Sentences with phrase «new electric grid»

«We also should be investing in a new electric grid.

Their job is to design and build a new electric grid for Puerto Rico.

Not exact matches

The new solar farm will provide power to Sierra Pacific Power Co.'s electric grid that serves Apple's data center and when completed will generate about hours 43.5 million kilowatt of clean energy a year, Apple said in a statement.

Solar power might be an undeniable part of our future — the industry created double the amount of jobs as coal did last year and accounts for nearly 40 % of new electric capacity added to the grid, more than wind or even natural gas — but SolarCity itself isn't.

A steadily increasing number of people will want to get in on the «new Bitcoin,» a bizarre paradox given that gold is as old as time, and will soon realize that gold possesses virtues Bitcoin does not, given that it is real, not digital and abstract; that owners can personally possess and store it in physical form; that it will survive any kind of electric grid or Internet disruption that might occur; that it can not ever be hacked; that it is the epitome of private, quiet wealth; that it is actually quite beautiful to behold; and that it was not and can not be made by man, only by God, who does not appear to have any interest in making any more of it.

Once the pipeline is complete, the Valley Energy Center will begin to reduce the region's overall emissions, protect and enhance the reliability of the region's electric grid, and start saving New York's energy consumers more than an estimated $ 600 million in electricity costs annually.»

The comprehensive redesign and reconstruction will incorporate the latest hands - on interactive technologies and reflect the transformative changes occurring in New York State's electric power industry under Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo from the increased use of clean renewable power resources, smart grid technologies and energy efficiency.

After a yearlong campaign to end what New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called a «failed» and «bloated» agency, New Jersey - based PSEG is now almost five months into running Long Island's electric grid.

Superstorm Sandy may have been the worst disaster to hit the LIPA electric grid, but the storm's aftermath brought a wave of changes that included a new system operator, badly needed technology and infrastructure upgrades, and more than $ 1.4 billion in federal funding to repair and prepare for the next big storm.

The credits would be paid to solar and wind companies, which would eventually add new clean energy sources to the state's electric grid.

The State, through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), awarded LIPA $ 6.7 million in Federal stimulus funding which will allow LIPA to connect the solar panels installed on the carports to the Long Island electric grid.

Awarded through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), $ 8.3 million in funding will support LIPA's Solar Pioneer program, which offers rebates to homeowners who install new residential grid - connected solar electric systeNew York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), $ 8.3 million in funding will support LIPA's Solar Pioneer program, which offers rebates to homeowners who install new residential grid - connected solar electric systenew residential grid - connected solar electric systems.

«Under such a scenario, PSEG, the New Jersey company that won the bidding to manage LIPA's electric grid starting in 2014, would be the outward face of LIPA, while other state agencies, such as the New York State Energy Research and Development Agency and the New York Power Authority, could take on renewable energy and power purchasing decisions,» the Newsday report said.

We waste, I think, something like eight percent of our electricity in New York state alone just because of a faulty electric grid.»

Taking FitzPatrick off our electric grid could force New York to rely on more expensive generators that create more pollution.

The benefits will include greater grid reliability, integration of solar rooftop generation and plug - in vehicles, reductions in electricity demand, and stronger cybersecurity, according to a new study by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).

Some analysts expect that existing grid capacity may be enough to power U.S. electric cars in the near future, yet they do not rule out the possibility of new coal or nuclear plants coming on line if renewable energy sources are not developed

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Not only would major new wind farms and photovoltaic arrays have to be constructed there, but the entire electric grid would have to be upgraded and reconfigured to bring that electricity to the population centers where it is needed.

«With the systematic adaptation of our weather forecasts as a basis for wind and photovoltaic power forecasts for the electric grid, the German weather service has taken on a new and supplementary role,» explains Hagedorn.

In the meantime the new discovery suggests that microbes like G. sulfurreducens and T. denitrificans may build electric grids wherever they find themselves.

On December 12 Scientific American sat down with the new Secretary in an overheated conference room tucked in the back of a start - up grid - scale battery maker Urban Electric Power.

Among the areas of research that inspire Dr. Cui are: the development of new technologies to further the development of electric transportation; creating new battery chemistry for grid - scale storage at ultra-low cost; and harnessing low - cost technologies for the development of catalysts for efficient carbon dioxide reduction and conversion into highly valuable products and inert carbon - hydrogen bond activation.

This work also will demonstrate the role APT could have in developing new energy storage technologies for future long - range electric vehicles and applications such as grid energy storage.

To my mind, the main point of the new paper by Caldeira and team is: we can get 80 % of our electric needs from solar, hydro, and wind power (if a low - loss national grid is built for America).

There'll be plenty of other issues, too, when operators are riding in the back seats of their own cars, drunk, high, and shagging; when the electric grid fails; when terrorists hijack the systems; and when Grandma heads to her local CVS in Ho - Ho - Kus, New Jersey, for some bunion pads and winds up at the grindcore convention in Worcester, Massachusetts, because her 2020 Ford Taurus thought that was where she belonged.

The new tech allows electric vehicles the ability to receive and respond to charge instructions based on the grid -LSB-...]

So I was excited to try out the 2014 Honda Accord Plug - in, which would not only debut a new hybrid system, but also could work as an electric vehicle with power from the grid.

Nissan Intelligent Integration The new Nissan LEAF links drivers, vehicles and communities through the user - friendly NissanConnectSM feature and systems that share power between electric vehicles and homes, buildings and power grids.

Nissan Intelligent Integration The new LEAF links drivers, vehicles and communities through the user - friendly NissanConnectSM feature and systems that share power between electric vehicles and homes, buildings and power grids.

Using V2G - technology, peak demand on the electricity grid can be better balanced, by allowing electric vehicles to not just take power from the grid, but also return it to the network and expect to introduce a new potential earnings model for electric drivers.

A brand new update for Take On Mars enables martians to produce solar arrays to generate power, and build a functional electric grid to power up machinery and buildings.

NEW YORK REVIEWS «Off the Grid» Lehmann Maupin By Alfred MacAdam The governing conceit of «Off the Grid» derives from electric power: those «on the grid» depend on the commercial generation and distribution of power; those «off the grid» produce their own energy.

E. g. if the sunlight is collected in outer space by large but practical thin plastic mirrors, it can be directed to any place on earth, preferably near existing hydro - electric plants, so that it would not be necessary to greatly increase the existing electric grid, all without any really new technology.

The accumulated investment on the global grid will exceed $ 50 trillion, tremendously boosting the development of new - emerging strategic industries, renewable energy, new materials and electric vehicle.

643 SecularA said,» when 100 percent of new electricity generation capacity added to the USA's electric grid is wind and solar.»

It's unfortunate that adding new power lines is expensive, but the current electric grid system is old and must be updated.

With new «smart grid» technology, the plug - in hybrid vehicle could even deliver some of its stored electrical energy — sold at premium $ / KWH — back to the electric grid during hot afternoons, as it sits plugged - in, in the parking lot of one's employer.

Furthermore, to make a a grid that can deal with the imposed stresses, new electric wires will have to constructed.

Now, some readers will think this is far - fetched, but I think that in the not - too - distant future the day will come when 100 percent of new electricity generation capacity added to the USA's electric grid is wind and solar.

New York is set to join the ranks of a small but growing number of pioneering states that are setting targets for energy storage as wind, solar and other renewable energies supply increasing amounts of power to their electric grids.

State is making $ 3.5 million available for companies to help New York integrate renewable energy systems into electric grid and cut costs

Announcement follows $ 3.5 million made available last week for companies to help New York integrate renewable energy systems into electric grid and cut costs

''... the wild card in this discussion is vehicles as EV shares increase, a whole new set of mobile distributed storage assets will enter the grid and involve transportation system needs, not just electric system needs,» Kelly Speakes - Backman, ESA.

Looks like New Jersey may have to be cut out of the electric power grid.

American Electric Power wanted to install energy storage devices on its distribution grid instead of upgrading a transmission line or building a new substation.

The widespread use of plug - in hybrid vehicles — which could be driven up to 40 miles on electric power alone — would significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States without overloading the nation's power grid, according to a new study.

The Economist editorializes that this might mean wisely and cautiously considering forms of geoengineering that remove carbon from the atmosphere, but also innovation strategies that create society - wide electric grids that can take advantage of similarly powerful new solar and / or nuclear energy technologies:

It is interesting to note that in California Gov. Jerry «Moonbeam» Brown pushed legislative reform of the state's environmental law (CEQA) to fast track and streamline concentrated solar farm installations without regard for loss of bird life and the habitat the birds live on (e.g. insects); and more recently has fast tracked the installation of expensive batteries on its electric grid in record time without the usual delays for environmental clearances (see: «A Big Test for Big Batteries», New York Times, Jan. 14, 2017) but apparently did not even have on a back burner a project to fix the open and notorious Oroville Dam spillway defects and deficiencies.