Sentences with phrase «of affordable electricity»

The lack of affordable electricity in poor countries is responsible for poverty and at least three million deaths a year from indoor smoke, yet western countries and international institutions largely refuse to support the cheapest source of electricity, fossil fuels.

When breakthrough technologies for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide are commercially deployed and demonstrated to be effective, coal - fired electricity will strengthen its leading role in new electricity generation both in the United States and, perhaps more importantly, around the globe — especially in regions that desperately need a secure and plentiful source of affordable electricity.»

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But the electric system remains Edison's grandest achievement: an affordable and reliable supply of electricity has opened doors to great second - order innovations ranging from medical diagnostic devices to refrigerators, from massive electrochemical industries to tiny computers governed by microchips.

Dave Cobb, BC Hydro CEO, said in the statement, «Today's announcement has found the right balance between the need to invest in our electricity system — which is the backbone of our economy — with the need to keep rates affordable for families and businesses.»

President underscored two economic pillars with emphasis on jobs and promised to introduce new legislations and policies, which will be intended to achieve sustainable economic growth, develop and expand agriculture, and address our very large infrastructure deficit, with particular emphasis on road construction and the provision of affordable and adequate electricity for all our people.

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The TUC expects government to scrap all the levies and taxes on electricity as a means of improving access and making it affordable to all Ghanaians in all parts of the country.

«The issues that must be addressed include: grid reliability, electricity costs, toxic emissions and related air pollution, attracting major investors for new energy sources and helping the impacted communities,» said Jerry Kremer, the chairman of New York Affordable Reliable Electricitelectricity costs, toxic emissions and related air pollution, attracting major investors for new energy sources and helping the impacted communities,» said Jerry Kremer, the chairman of New York Affordable Reliable ElectricityElectricity Alliance.

«This unique collaboration of business, labor, conservation, and community leaders demonstrates the broad, diverse, bipartisan support for launching a new local industry that can create thousands of jobs while creating reliable, affordable, pollution - free electricity for New Yorkers.»

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«We believe that universal access to health care, education, affordable food, water, electricity and housing is the right of every Ghanaian» says the manifesto, adding that the NDC Government will establish and implement a framework for collective and individual contribution to the peace, safety, security and stability of the country when retained in power.

The loss of affordable and reliable electricity from Indian Point would have serious negative implications on Bronx, Westchester and New York City ratepayers.

A study by the New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance found that New York's wholesale electricity market prices (that is the price of fuel itself) went down by nearly 30 percent since 2008, but state energy taxes shot up 168 percent and transmission fees rose 55 percent over the exact same tElectricity Alliance found that New York's wholesale electricity market prices (that is the price of fuel itself) went down by nearly 30 percent since 2008, but state energy taxes shot up 168 percent and transmission fees rose 55 percent over the exact same telectricity market prices (that is the price of fuel itself) went down by nearly 30 percent since 2008, but state energy taxes shot up 168 percent and transmission fees rose 55 percent over the exact same time period.

Senator Charles E. Schumer said: «By making solar power more affordable, this funding will help homeowners reduce their electricity costs, create jobs, and put Long Island at the forefront of the clean - energy economy.

«If solar modules last 50 years, and science can back that up,» she said, «it will make solar energy more affordable by decreasing the dollar - per - watt of electricity generation.»

Midori Environmental Solutions says biogas is an affordable, renewable solution in communities where mainstream electricity is either too expensive or out of reach.

Tiny nukes could particularly improve the quality of life in impoverished regions that otherwise would not have clean, affordable options for electricity.

It has sent its first kits to off - grid villages in Africa, where they provide a new source of clean, affordable electricity after just 2 hours of assembly.

The NuScale Power Module can help the UK meets its energy targets through the generation of secure, clean, affordable electricity.

We provide value to our utility customers through the reliability and diversity of our supply sources — helping them meet the growing need for clean, affordable, carbon - free electricity.

There are two carbon - fiber fuel tanks to hold 5 kilograms of hydrogen at 10,000 psi, a fuel cell to produce electricity through the processing of hydrogen, a pack of affordable, reliable nickel - metal - hydride batteries to store the electricity, and a 113 - kW (151 - hp) motor to power the front - wheel - drive platform.

The challenges these communities, and many Puerto Rican shelters, face is poor public perception, little to no access to affordable spay and neuter, unreliable electricity and the Internet, and a lack of funding and resources.

Kerry will likely face resistance in seeking lockstep commitments, of course, given that India's prime challenge is bringing reliable electricity and affordable fuels by any means to its billion - plus citizens — some 400 million of whom were unaffected by last year's blackouts because they have no access to electricity at all.

His conclusion is that it would be affordable and stimulative, though of course it would add to our cost for electricity.

The focal points of our chat were recent papers in which Jacobson and others proposed how New York State could move entirely to renewable energy supplies by 2050, as well as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo «s ambitious Reforming the Energy Vision (or REV) initiative, aimed at making the state's electricity grid cleaner, more resilient and more affordable.

Solar water (and air) heaters fall under this category, as they are generally a lot more affordable than a home solar electricity system, and can produce plenty of heat for years - for free - with minimal maintenance or repairs.

[Andy Revkin — There's no reason not to think big, although it might be harder for Mr. Gore to make this kind of statement if already in office, or seeking one, because it would be hard to find experts immersed in the challenges of generating, storing and distributing electricity at large scale who could chart an achievable or affordable 10 - year path to doing this.

Another course participant, Matt Briggs, who is a wild mushroom seller and Near - Net - Zero Retrofit house owner and the writer, director, and producer of the documentary Deep Green - Solutions to Stop Global Warming Now «was waiting for the affordable Model 3 to plug into my 10kw solar roof so I can finally almost eliminate my carbon footprint for coal electricity, natural gas heat, and now oil transport.»

The company believes its ratepayers would benefit during the 25 - year life of the project because of the more - affordable electricity they would get once it comes online.

In turn, this reduces the investment cost in the supply of electricity required to deliver universal energy access, making off - grid renewable solutions more affordable to households.

If built and brought online at the end of 2020, the 2,000 - megawatt Wind Catcher Connection in Oklahoma's Panhandle would supply the customers of PSO and Southwestern Electric Power with electricity the utilities maintain would be among the most affordable in the nation.

«They continue to approve these wind turbines, they're doing it in Prince Edward County, they're doing it on Amherst Island, they're doing it in Addington Highlands, they're doing it all across South Western Ontario, it's not providing a reliable source of electricity and an affordable source.»

The NEM has failed in its own terms, that is, with respect to the objective of providing reliable and affordable electricity.

Wind - generated electricity is affordable, but solar is still out of reach for the average person.

The limiting, anti-consumer aspect of this approach is unfolding in New England, where pipelines to bring natural gas to the region, to produce heat and more affordable electricity, are being assailed by anti-infrastructure advocates.

Only a miniscule amount of financing commitments — 1 percent, or $ 200 million a year — went to more - affordable decentralized energy solutions, such as household solar systems, which hold great promise to deliver basic electricity more quickly and more affordably to vast, hard - to - reach rural populations.

REV is building a cleaner, more resilient and affordable energy system for all New Yorkers by stimulating investment in clean technologies like solar, wind, and energy efficiency and generating 50 percent of the state's electricity needs from renewable energy by 2030.

The ad's message is as clear as America's air: Thanks to increasing use of clean, affordable natural gas, U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide from electricity generation — a major source of the greenhouse gas — are at their lowest level in 25 years.

REV is building a cleaner, more resilient and affordable energy system for all New Yorkers by stimulating investment in clean technologies like solar, wind, and energy efficiency and requiring 50 percent of the state's electricity needs to be generated from renewable energy by 2030.

Community solar is an efficient and affordable new model of solar energy that allows participants to buy a fraction of the electricity generated at large off - site solar facilities.

Instead, developing countries desperately need to replace such primitive and dirty fuels with electricity, the most affordable sources of which are fossil fuels.

It would be a major long term hit to our economy for the US to generate more electricity from natural gas while the alternatives of energy efficiency and renewable energy are far more economically and environmentally affordable.

Affordable, efficient storage would enable volatile renewable energies to be better integrated into electricity systems, it would greatly improve the economics of home solar systems, even allowing people to go off - grid, and it could help catalyse a revolution in electric cars as well as helping to solve the problems of the grid going down or grid overload.

The fact is that even while production has significantly increased, total criteria air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions have fallen simultaneously, in large part due to industry's commitment to environmental protection and the expanded use of abundant, affordable natural gas in electricity generation.

Further, the Governor's Clean Energy Standard to get 50 percent of New York's electricity from renewables by 2030 is the most comprehensive and ambitious mandate in the state's history to fight climate change, reduce harmful air pollution, and ensure a diverse and reliable energy supply at affordable prices.

Instead, we've had a series of favorable technological surprises of which the most striking have been the plummeting cost of solar photovoltaics, and advances in battery technology allowing both low - cost electricity storage and affordable electric vehicles.

The challenge of ensuring environmental compliance, reliable generation and affordable electricity rests on states and regional transmission organizations that must consider the interests of electricity consumers as well as the overall well - being of the state economy.

Moreover, even in countries that do have coal reserves — such as India and South Africa — there is no «regulatory compact» of the kind that led the US and most other developed nations to provide electricity at affordable rates to poor and rural areas via the principle of universal service.

Production of natural gas from shale regions across the country, along with investments in pipeline infrastructure, allows natural gas to meet the growing demand for clean, affordable electricity.

A 2006 report by MIT studies the use of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) and concludes that it's affordable to generate 100 GWe (gigawatts of electricity) or more by 2050 in the United States alone.