Sentences with phrase «of high electricity»

Essentially, church members volunteered for a program that would let a partner company, Mosaic Power, briefly reduce their electricity consumption through controllers on their water heaters during times of high electricity demand.

Folsom said Hawaii is «an even better business case» because of its high electricity price.»

«In spite of calls for urgent reform and broad recognition that the current rules penalised solar power and rewarded network gold - plating, governments have not even made glacial progress in the past five years, with the unpopular result of high electricity prices driven by the cost of network infrastructure to service people's desire for air conditioning.

Build new transmission lines to connect areas with strong wind and solar potential to areas of high electricity demand

A lot of the systems design that people are looking at — like Christopher Clack — even if you can get the renewables up to 80 percent, then you have a piece there probably natural gas «peakers» [power plants that run in periods of high electricity demand], at least based on current technology, are way cheaper than any [energy] storage.

How is that «free market» thing working out — if businesses don't want to come here because of high electricity prices (among other things)?

There are also legitimate concerns that Puerto Ricans, who already pay some of the highest electricity rates in the US and are now facing widespread unemployment because of the storm, won't be able to afford to pay them.

Despite ample wind and sun, some of the highest electricity prices in the country, and the steep cost decline in renewable energy technologies, Puerto Rico has fallen far behind other US regions in renewable energy investment, forming barely 2 percent of its generation mix.

Yesterday, New Jersey Business and Industry Association President Philip Kirschner praised the governor for pulling out of a program that increases costs for residents who «are already paying some of the highest electricity rates in the nation.»

The first phase of the EU ETS — from 2005 to 2007 — drew criticism for not achieving substantial cuts in emissions, excessive allowance price volatility and for resulting in windfall profits for some utility firms that received carbon allowances for free but were able to pass through their full cost to consumers in the form of higher electricity prices.

Late last month, Foothills Steel Foundry, a Calgary steel company, told 25 of its workers, or one - third of its staff, that they would be let go in the new year because of higher electricity costs.

As to the perpetual boogeyman of higher electricity prices, the one study that's been done (by consultancy Flink Energy) found that Oregon's legislation is likely to slightly reduce rates.

From the article:... Germans pay some of the highest electricity prices in Europe — 31 cents per kWhr compared to 17 cents in France and 18 cents in the UK (Economic Times).

Promised «green» jobs have not been produced and existing jobs may be lost because of higher electricity prices 31.

The 28 coastal states constitute nearly 80 percent of the U.S. total national electricity demand, and the load centers found in these regions pay some of highest electricity rates in the nation.

«Now, more than seven years into his presidency, it should come as no surprise that his efforts have taken a widespread toll in the form of higher electricity rates for nearly every state in the union.»

Monthly data allow users to see seasonal patterns, such as periods of nuclear refueling outages in the shoulder seasons (spring and fall) and increased operation of peaking generators during the periods of highest electricity demand in the summer months (driven primarily by air conditioning use).

• The cost to install the +6000 wind turbines planned for rural Ontario is in the billions of dollars — to be paid for by you in the form of higher electricity bills.

Currently, the island has some of the highest electricity bills in the US because of Prepa's costly habit of getting fossil fuels shipped from off the island.

For example, climate scientists are least well - placed to make a judgement on the timing and quantum of CO2 emissions that are exported from, say, Spain, as a result of higher electricity prices there resulting from wind and solar, and certainly very poorly placed to opine on the impact on global GHG emissions of cap - and - trade or any similar EU or even EU / USA - wide policy.

Bitcoin miners face this critical task of higher electricity consumption and hence many miners have been chosing places like Canada which has cheaper electricity cost.

Not exact matches

The main reason the US ranks so poorly on carbon dioxide emissions is because its per - person consumption rate of electricity is so high; all of that energy comes primarily from fossil fuels.

The mountainous «spine» of central California, as Ms. Eggman likes to call it, is very different from the coast: there are more low - income households, higher electricity bills, and more expensive estimates for solar panel installation.

Building owners are also interested in buying batteries so that they can run buildings off of battery power when electricity rates from the power grid are high.

Following successful models like the X-Prize, private - and public - sector leaders should work together to set up a high - profile Canada Prize that offers incentives for entrepreneurs and researchers to solve critical problems with commercial and public benefits, like cheap desalination units or better distribution of electricity to villages.

Oregon - based solar installation firm called Elemental Energy calculated that a wall with 10 - foot - high solar paneling would generate approximately 7.28 gigawatt - hours (GWh) of electricity each day.

The International Energy Agency, a Paris - based think tank, said in its annual review of long - term megatrends in global energy that soaring electricity demand around the world will ensure that CO2 levels keep rising unless ambitions are ratcheted much higher.

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

If you just charge people a lower price when there's a lot of wind and sun (when the supply of electricity is abundant and cheap) and a higher price at times when there's not, they'll reduce consumption when electricity is scarce.

Apple and other technology companies such as Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp., that build and run computer server farms have come under criticism for their high consumption of electricity and other resources.

The others were the explosive growth of renewable energy sources, especially solar photo - voltaic energy; China's increasing prioritization of cleaner energy; and the huge long - term rise in global electricity demand, reflecting higher living standards in the emerging world — notably in the shape of demand for air conditioning.

The Bank of Canada also noted that there is little else it can do to improve competitiveness: limp productivity, relatively higher electricity prices, and rising protectionism are all beyond the scope of monetary policy.

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.

Mining, a process by which individuals or groups get paid in new Bitcoins to run complex mathematical equations on high - powered computers in order to confirm the validity of transactions, has drawn scrutiny from environmentalists who say it's sucking up too much electricity.

While such a significant amount of electricity usage might go unnoticed in large metropolitan areas, the sheer amount of electricity being used is leading to higher costs for customers in small communities because of a limited supply of low - cost hydropower.

California's «NEM 2.0» policy has created a clear migration path to continue to allow solar customers to receive fair compensation for the solar power they produce even as the adoption of solar increases, and implicitly encourages the adoption of battery storage by assigning a higher value to electricity provided when the grid needs it most.

Municipal power authorities in upstate New York have received permission to charge certain cryptocurrency mining enterprises higher rates for the use of their electricity than they charge other customers.

At one point, the wholesale cost of electricity went into the negative at mid-day — the point on the 24 - hour clock where prices are supposed to be higher.

Australia, with its high electricity rates and lots of sunshine, is a prime spot for solar adoption.

They find that coal accounts for 95 % of GED in this sector (though it also accounts for the largest percentage of total power generation), and coal power has the highest GED per kilowatt - hour (kWh) of electricity generated (though as noted in Table 2, petroleum has a higher GED / VA ratio).

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.

There are significant parallels between water and electricity infrastructure in the 20th century and high bandwidth internet connectivity in the 21st century, with both exhibiting the type of network externality problems that lead to under - investment by the private sector.

These include deficient infrastructure, regulatory uncertainty, rising trade barriers, relatively high electricity costs, and the unknown status of current and future trade agreements.

IEA holds high - level workshop on the future of electricity Large gathering is part of agency - wide effort on next World Energy Outlook special electricity focus 24 April 2018

The high price of electricity is punishing both manufacturers and Ontario's families, and must be addressed.

Among the numerous factors cited by some failed startups in Africa's most populous country Nigeria from a personal survey I conducted include, high and multiple taxes, lack of funding, electricity and security.

TransGrid is the manager and operator of the major high voltage electricity transmission network in NSW and the ACT, connecting generators, distributors and major end users.

High amounts of electricity are used during the mining process, which may lead to higher energy bills for any donating individuals.

In fact, as of Tuesday, electricity consumption from Bitcoin rose to a record high of 47.4 terawatt - hours, according to Digiconomist, Alex de Vries's Bitcoin analysis blog.

Moga's standard of living improved: More homes had electricity and telephones; more towns established primary, secondary, and high schools; and Moga had five times the number of doctors as neighboring regions.