Sentences with phrase «of electricity system»

Australia is embarking on a radical transformation of its electricity system that will see solar PV transition from being «disruptive» technology to the «incumbent» technology, displacing coal and sparking a radical change in the way that electricity is provided.

But it also means a potential transformation, a democratization of an electricity system long dominated by centrally - controlled utilities and centralized ownership and production... Read More

The choices we make to replace them will determine the water and climate implications of our electricity system for decades to come.

By reducing the demand for electricity, energy efficiency programs also play a major role in increasing reliability of the electricity system by reducing stress on existing power plants and the transmission system and reducing the demand for new power plants and transmission infrastructure.

If these problems are not addressed, California could learn the hard way that the transition to renewable energy needs more than idealism and mandates: it needs careful planning of the electricity system, as the key sector to enable system - wide transformation.

Jenkins» ability to articulate in everyday language the complexities of the electricity system have helped to get word of his research, and expertise, out beyond the lab.

Meanwhile conventional plants will battle it out to see which survive as the indispensable backstop of the electricity system, with the advantages of cost and policy preferment currently accruing to gas plants.

As a result, fuel cells improve the efficiency of the electricity system, supporting Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's ambitious clean energy goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent by 2030.

Again, this goes back to the original spirit of the FIT program: to actively engage the population in the operation of our electricity system through direct participation.

These were intended, and were welcomed, as a way of explaining the issues to those with limited understanding of the electricity system.

The rise of solar power allows a further democratizing of the electricity system, and these charts illustrate how 2014 was a banner year for solar, but particularly distributed solar power.

With a monitoring system, you can measure and track the amount of electricity your system produces on an hourly basis.

Air capture for negative net CO2 emissions would follow the decarbonization of our electricity system and other large anthropogenic point sources and assumes abundant and inexpensive non-carbon energy sources.

Renewable energy can not be justified, on a rational basis, to be a major component of the electricity system.

The report stated: «The agility with which networks connect, integrate and incentivise new, lower carbon energy choices will directly influence the cost, fairness, security and reliability of the electricity system for customers.»

«eLab Ignite provides an opportunity to create real solutions and take meaningful action that addresses the needs of the electricity system, and moves us to Electricity 2.0.»

It shows the functioning of an electricity system that fulfils the targets set by the Paris agreement by using only renewable energy sources.

Moreover, if natural gas prices remain low due to higher yields associated with the hydraulic fracturing of wells, other forms of electricity — including renewables — will have a hard time winning favor with utilities and state public utilities commissions that govern the growth of the electricity system.

«Growing use of coal globally is overshadowing progress in renewable energy deployment, and the emissions intensity of the electricity system has not changed in 20 years.

Peculiarities of the electricity system in New York State, including its unusual independent status, would make it difficult and expensive to replace electricity from the Indian Point nuclear power plant if Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo succeeds in shutting it down, experts on the grid warn.

They modeled a range of electricity systems for the year 2050, including moderately decarbonized grids with emissions intensity that would be 60 % to 80 % below that of the U.S. grid today.

Not exact matches

In March of this year Energinet, along with TSOs from the Netherlands and Germany, signed a trilateral agreement relating to the development of a vast renewable electricity system, involving artificial islands, in the middle of the North Sea.

The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO - E), which runs the grid powering 25 separate European countries, disclosed recently that «frequency deviations» in power supply have been experienced across the network since mid-January.

All of the systems in the complex — electricity, lighting, heating, security cameras — were wirelessly controlled.

There's a lot that can be learned from other people's mistakes, or in the case of electricity and transport systems, from the mistakes made in another state.

«Our solar plants are going to lose over half of their ability to generate electricity during the two to two and a half hours that the eclipse will be impacting our area,» says Steven Greenlee, spokesperson for the California Independent System Operator, or CAISO, one of the largest independent grid operators in the world.

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.

Even with a system efficiency of 80 % the 1.4 GW array would generate about 7.28 GWh of electricity daily (or 2,657.2 GWh annually)-- worth over $ 106 million per year via a competitive utility - scale Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) at $ 40 / MWh (i.e. a contract between the electricity seller and buyer that sets the price of the solar energy from the grid).

Starting this year, owners of rooftop solar systems in Nevada must pay higher fees, and are paid lower rates for their electricity.

And the pace and breadth of his inventiveness is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that during those three critical years he was granted not only nearly 90 patents for incandescent filaments and lamps but also 60 patents for magneto or dynamo - electric machines and their regulation, 14 patents for the system of electric lighting, 12 patents for the distribution of electricity, and 10 patents for electric meters and motors.

Best known for his invention of the modern alternating current electricity supply system, Tesla exercised religiously.

Despite a rapidly developing economy in Kenya, widespread use of cell phones, and the home to one of the most successful mobile payment systems in the world, more than three quarters of Kenyans don't have regular access to electricity.

Traction: In December, Orora installed its solar Home Lighting Systems in an Irula community in Southern India, which has only six hours of electricity access each day.

Alternatively, as has also been an issue in the context of the switch to smart electricity grids, where the transmission system owner remains part of a vertically integrated firm, it has an incentive to implement network upgrades in a manner that excludes third parties from the competitive segments.

Hotel managers who fail to recognize your booking, sleazy locals who will try and squeeze every single dollar out of you, the occasional loss of electricity and bacteria that put your immune system to the test — it's all real, and it will happen to you.

Scott started putting his work ethic to good use helping doctors in Liberia, the polar opposite of New York City, where there was no running water, no electricity and no sewer system.

The device allows business owners to modify their behavior and save on costs of everything from water and electricity to natural gas and heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.

The new Sidewalk project would make way for self - driving cars on its streets, more efficient electricity and water delivery systems, and high - tech housing units for tens of thousands of people and workers.

With the promise of federal investment, the often rocky discussion between provinces about electricity system integration might just become a bit smoother.

In addition to the tax measures outlined in Chapter V: A Fair and Efficient Tax System, the 2014 Budget measures include net revenue gains of asset optimization (discussed in Chapter I, Section E: Making Every Dollar Count) totalling $ 0.9 billion in 2014 — 15 and $ 1.0 billion in 2015 — 16, and the revenue implications of the proposed removal of the electricity Debt Retirement Charge cost from residential users» bills (discussed in Chapter I, Section D: Fostering a Fair Society).

In our case it includes ALL hardware, software, infrastructure, bandwidth, electricity, hosting, storage, etc. as well as the full salary of all Evernote employees that directly service the system — all customer support and network operations.

The president did not mention NV Energy by name — instead calling out several utilities around the country that have put pro-solar policies in place and are working to figure out how to transition the electricity industry from a simple provider to an integrated system of distribution.

For the last 300 years, the assumption of Europe and North America was that you were going to have a mixed economy, with governments investing in infrastructure, roads and other transportation, communications, water and sewer systems, gas and electricity.

Renewable energy accounted for 103.6 percent of mainland electricity consumption last month, the report by the Portuguese Renewable Energy Association and the Sustainable Earth System Association said citing data from power grid operator REN.

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.»

Just days before that, the Government of Alberta legislated its new carbon tax as the centerpiece of a climate plan that will also transform the province's coal - reliant electricity system into that will also eliminate coal from the province's electricity system in the next 14 years.

His system can reportedly generate pretty much all of the electricity the home needs and can store excess energy in the Powerwalls.

WGL Energy delivers a full spectrum of energy offerings, including electricity, natural gas, renewable energy, carbon reduction, distributed generation, and energy efficiency solutions provided by WGL Energy Services, Inc., and WGL Energy Systems, Inc..»

On top of shipping care packages to electricity workers who toiled day and night in hurricane - ravaged regions, Hubbell Power Systems shipped 900,000 pounds of its products to utilities affected by Hurricane Harvey and 460,000 pounds of products to utilities impacted by Hurricane Irma.

FullCycle Energy Fund founder Ibrahim AlHusseini explains how their unique approach solves many critical problems at once and how their Synova - Dahlman system converts the highest percentage of garbage to electricity.