Sentences with phrase «of electricity imported»

Although the amount of electricity imported over the Canadian border is a small part of the overall U.S. power supply, the transmission connections linking Canada and the United States are an important component of the electricity markets in northern states.

Not exact matches

TORONTO — Ontario will import enough electricity from Quebec to power a city of more than 200,000 people under a seven - year agreement signed Friday, but the provinces won't say how much Ontario is paying Hydro Quebec.

NDP environment critic Peter Tabuns welcomed the import of more clean power from Quebec, but said the impact on consumers» electricity bills and the actual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the agreement will be minuscule.

Over a seven - year period, Ontario will be allowed to import up to two terawatt hours of electricity annually from Quebec — or enough energy to power a city of roughly 200,000 people.

Businesses need enhancements to tax laws, access to property and finance, improvements in regulatory and business environment, improvements in petrol and electricity availability, and in the context of current policy, a flexible exchange rate policy that allows producers secure foreign currency to procure imported inputs!

And while he likes to proclaim himself as a national leader on climate change, he is flooding the state with imported fracked gas, giving billions of dollars to old nukes, and is getting only 3 to 4 % of the state's electricity from renewables,» noted Hawkins.

Other Ghanaians expecting government's proposed one million dollar per constituency, one - village one - dam, One - District One - Factory, DKM customers, the scrapping of energy sector levy, reduction in electricity tariff and transport fares, reduction in Corporate tax from 25 % to 20 %, and 3 % Special import levy among others have also been pushing government to kick start the processes leading to their implementation.

The NPP's promise to pay all arrears owed contractors in 100 days, pay all customers of DKM, reduce corporate tax from 25 % to 20 %, reduce import duties on raw materials and machinery for production, reduce drivers» insurance levies and cost of driver's license; and instant reduction of electricity tariffs and transport fares were all not captured in the budget.

It currently estimated that Ghana imports about 185 megawatts of power from Cote d'Ivoire and according to the electricity sector players, Côte d'Ivoire generates thermal power at the cost of 9 cents per kilowatt hour and sells it to Ghana for 11 cents.

For example, increases in capital gains tax (from 10 % to 25 %), withholding tax (from 15 % to 20 %) and the introduction of the Energy Levy (10 %), VAT on Electricity (17.5 %), VAT on Financial Services (17.5 %), Special Import Levy, etc..

On the other hand, the money Samsø spends on electricity — about $ 5 million a year — now stays at home instead of being used to import energy from the larger neighboring islands.

Shocks to ratepayers In fact, Japan's electricity prices are now among the highest in Asia, a condition created partly by high - priced renewables, but also by its heavy reliance on imported energy fuels following the closure of its nuclear plants, which provided 26 percent of the country's power before 2011.

One reason is the high cost of electricity in Hawaii, where 93 percent of electricity is generated by burning imported oil.

For example, an «energy security fee» of $ 3.50 per barrel of imported oil would raise approximately $ 15 billion annually; reduced fossil fuel subsidies as proposed by the administration could generate upwards of $ 35 billion over ten years; a utilities electricity fee could raise at least $ 2 billion annually, as included in the Kerry - Lieberman American Power Act; and royalties on new offshore continental shelf drilling could raise more than $ 100 billion over twenty years.

In the New Mexico of 2020 includes a move away from fossil fuels, a perfected use of renewable power sources, zero - emissions buldings, fewer miles traveled, less imported power and fewer power lines, micorgrids that produce their own electricity for hundreds of communities, a reconfiguration of human organizations that aligns with better pricing and energy supply, green collar jobs, and supportive local governments.

Eighty - two percent of its electricity is derived from coal, almost all of which is imported from Wyoming, 24/7 Wall Street reports.

Approximately seven per cent of our electricity comes from imports or other sources

Advocates of an expansion of Australian coal mining are constantly claiming that India is desperate for imported coal to supply urgently needed electricity.

Well, yes: last year Ohio imported one - fifth of its electricity from other states.

The country has built a sophisticated energy industry that underpins its economy, despite lacking infrastructure enabling it to rely on electricity imports or natural gas flowing from international pipelines,» said Claude Mandil, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), today in Seoul at the launch of Energy Policies of IEA Countries — Republic of Korea 2006 Review.

Like other analysts, BCG hasn't understood that within a decade, the choices for these nations with soaring vehicle populations will not be electricity from coal vs. imported gasoline but rather electricity from a evolving power grid vs. fuel made by liquefying domestic coal, with 2 - 3x the CO2 of coal - fueled plug - ins.)

The 17 % of SA electricity from local coal power will end March 2016 http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2015/10/7/resources-and-energy/jobs-go-alinta-closes-sa-sites Never fear the SA - Vic Heywood Interconnector will be uprated by 190 MW in July 2016 so as to help imports of east coast coal power.

Comparing us with the UK and its need to import solar electricity from Libya for example illustrates that we really do not have much of a problem here.

Already Glendale imports significant amount of electricity via powerlines.

Reason is, GWPF and Paul Homewood point out the current plan is to import via non-existant interconnectors 24 % of UK electricity by 2025.

The result: Though CSP requires the direct normal irradiance (DNI) found in abundance in the world's sunny high deserts, even importing generation from high - DNI deserts in Spain and Morocco, CSP with thermal energy storage could become an economically competitive option, due to its ability with storage to fill the gaps created by intermittent generation.Imports of thermal solar from Spain and Morocco would entail building HVDC (high Voltage Direct Current) lines, because direct current is the most effective way to transport large amounts of electricity long - distance.

ACME also claims major climatic issues impacted generation including dust storms causing frequent operation disruption and rain resulting in the net import of electricity!

Cape Windâ $ ™ s proposal to build Americaâ $ ™ s first offshore wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal would provide three - quarters of the electricity used on Cape Cod and the Islands from clean, renewable energy — reducing this regionâ $ ™ s need to import oil, coal and gas.

So far solar is bearing the brunt of curtailment, and despite this wasting of local renewable energy the state continues to import large amounts of electricity even on days when curtailment is at its peak.

Since California imports a significant amount of electricity, the state's solar met just under 11 % of demand.

Defines «reporting entity» to mean: (1) a covered entity; (2) an entity that would be covered if it had emitted, produced, imported, manufactured, or delivered in 2008 or any subsequent year more than the applicable threshold level of carbon dioxide; (3) other entities that EPA determines will help achieve overall goals of reducing global warming pollution; (4) any vehicle fleet with emissions of more than 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent on an annual basis, if its inclusion will help achieve such reduction; (5) any entity that delivers electricity to a facility in an energy - intensive industrial sector that meets the energy or GHG intensity criteria.

As a recent report by the Carbon Tracker Initiative highlights, grid costs become prohibitive for coal in rural areas when the investment needed to build a thermal power plant is combined with the cost of building electricity grid extensions and importing fuel.

Dynamic efficiency gains in the nation's model energy code can mean billions of dollars in utility bill savings for home and commercial building owners / occupants, more stable electricity grids, reduced reliance on energy imports and fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

If NG production can keep up, US electricity generation will remain independent of imported fossil fuels.

The pie chart above includes a category for «Electric Generation (imports)», which I assumed covered electricity produced out of state.

Rather than encouraging the building of more efficient power plants, the California regulatory scheme prevented building new efficient power plants by forcing utilities to rely on the unreliable availability and predatory prices for imported electricity.

Ottawa, Ontario, June 29, 2016 — Robert Hornung, President of the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) issued this statement following the release of a report by the global economic consulting firm The Brattle Group titled, Enabling Canadian Electricity Imports for Clean Power Plan Compliance — Technical Guidance for U.S. State Policymakers.

The report therefore provides a technical guide and recommendations that will help U.S. state policymakers to enable the potential of Canadian clean electricity imports to help meet CPP standards and other state - level environmental policy goals.»

Beyond being adequate to meet Japan's current electricity needs many times over, geothermal and wind energy could also displace much of the expensive imported oil now used in transportation.

However, that does not account for the possibility of importing electricity from wind resources in the Plains or solar resources elsewhere in the state or region.

For example, this amount equals 58/100 of 1 percent of the total electricity imported into New York in 2000.

To avert power shortages, Germany currently has to import large amounts of electricity generated at nuclear power plants in France and the Czech Republic.

Less than 2 % of U.S. electricity is generated from oil, so using electricity as a transportation fuel would greatly reduce dependence on imported petroleum, thus contributing to our national security.»

SA's plan to import electricity from Victoria a threat to stability: AEMO The Australian Michael Owen 21 January 2017 A plan for South Australia to import more baseload power from Victoria to ease its power crisis has been suspended by the national electricity market operator because of a «potential stability issue» linked to the state's -LSB-...]

The problem is both the high cost per BTU and importing it from countries that hate us, neither of which is a great concern for electricity unless you're worried about CO2 production and I'm not concerned about CO2 production which I consider a huge net benefit to agriculture and, in the future, a handy source of carbon for the fabrication of durable goods.

Plugging the nuclear shortfall with imports of fossil fuels, could raise local electricity fares up to five-fold by 2030, according to local media.

As New England and the upper Midwest states have imposed cap - and - trade schemes or renewable energy mandates, electricity imports from Canada have doubled to about 1.6 % of American electricity consumption.

If Germany would import half of it's electricity you would not assume that the CO2 output in that sector decreased by 50 %, would you?

100 % of the coal used to generate electricity in Michigan is imported from other states.

Meanwhile, he said, the add - on sends a price signal for either the addition of generation or improvements to the grid to import more electricity into the zone.