Sentences with phrase «of higher electricity prices»

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

«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.

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

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).

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

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

After running the numbers through Tesla's Solar Roof calculator which you can do for yourself, Consumer Reports found that the installation in New York would payout and save the homeowner money over 30 years, largely due to the high price of electricity in the area.

If the price of electricity is high, the value of the energy produced by the tiles is effectively worth more.

What did the revolts brought to the people in those countries any thing other than continuos unending revolts and demonstrations scarcity of essential commodities and products adding to the sky high prices... While other essential needs such as electricity power supply, water, gas, diesel, petrol are being used as a pressure tool by the opposition or the ruling party to keep people mad on the streets rather than going home seeing to their daily living making and minding their own businesses... but what business will continue with such chaos and disorder...?

Benefits of the company's new wastewater and green energy plant mean that DMPI can replace fossil fuels with green energy, and given the high prices of electricity form the Grid and the sometimes erratic supply, the plant will achieve rapid ROI payback.

Upstate electricity prices will go «materially higher» by the summer of 2017 if both the FitzPatrick and Ginna nuclear plants shut down as expected, a Wall Street analyst predicts.

«New York households pay some of the highest electric bills in the nation, and the wholesale electricity market overseen by NYISO has a major impact on prices,» said Beth Finkel, state director for AARP in New York state.

Combination of economic trends and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions and economic trends are conspiring to cut emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy rules are ushering wind and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with coal; and federal air quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.

This is the most valuable part of the curve, as electricity prices are highest at the period of highest demand.»

Given the right financial incentives, though, many households may accept smart grid strategies that let utilities reduce power consumption in homes at peak periods of demand, when wholesale electricity prices are highest, some analysts conclude.

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.

«Maybe we can have the best of both worlds: a price on carbon to create an innovative environment for clean technology in California and keep businesses within state lines and not cause an adverse impact on consumers through radically higher prices for transportation fuels or electricity.»

She found that night - time glow of the pirate home towns of Garoowe and Boosaaso has been climbing since 2008 (see photo)-- even as piracy took off and higher food prices forced other towns in the region to cut their electricity bills.

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.

So it is no surprise to see Chinese coal - fired power plants frustrated, and the nation is losing its opportunity to leverage adoption of clean energy technologies with higher electricity prices.

They found the consequences of the drought — which included temporary water shut - offs, a spike in dengue fever cases, and higher electricity prices — were a result of low water availability combined with the numbers of people involved and damage to the infrastructure system.

However, the deployment of these new supply technologies is very likely to result in higher consumer prices for electricity.

As Germany deployed high levels of renewables over the last 10 years it saw its electricity prices rise 34 percent.

Bradley also said that although the Outlander PHEV is the highest price Outlander available, when comparing the cost of electricity to the cost of diesel, the 3 year costs of the PHEV are about the same as the 3 year cost of the diesel Outlander version.

«Refuelling» the Audi metroproject quattro from power sockets alone, therefore, produces an unequivocal result: even allowing for the relatively high domestic electricity costs in Germany, it is still possible to achieve a saving of around $ 6.50 for every 100 km — or 70 percent — compared to the price of premium fuel.

Further, in areas in which electricity prices are high (e.g., California), the basic day - to - day economics of plugging - in become less attractive.

AU is also moving aggressively into solar energy, part of a trend in the technology industry caused by a global rise in electricity use and high oil prices.

Solar power is more costly than wind, watt for watt, experts say, but delivers the energy at a time of day when electricity prices are higher and is more valuable even if it is more costly.

We have an obligation to use some of the money that we generate to shield low - income and fixed - income individuals from high electricity prices, but we're also going to have to ask the American people to change how they use energy.

Americans will have to pay much higher electricity prices despite the minuscule benefits of the Clean Power Plan, which reduces global carbon dioxide emissions by less than 1 percent and global temperatures by 0.02 degrees Celsius by 2100, according to EPA's own models.

Cases with higher or lower world energy prices, represented by oil prices, have relatively little direct impact on power - sector emissions, as petroleum provides a small fraction of U.S. electricity generation.

The problem in New England, which has resulted in electricity prices that are four times higher than normal for sustained periods, is that all of the pipeline transmission capacity has been purchased by the local gas distribution companies that sell gas for home heating and retail uses.

New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New York are top distributed solar states despite relatively less favorable solar resources because of consistent state solar PV policies and incentives and some of the highest residential electricity prices in the country.

Release of the wholesale pricing data in South Australia — and data showing South Australia still has the highest prices in the National Electricity Market — prompted state opposition energy spokesman Dan van Holst Pellekaan to savage a claim by Mr Weatherill that his $ 550 million «self - sufficient» energy plan was producing the lowest power prices in the national market.

If Taiwan goes forward with its planned phase - out of nuclear energy by 2025, electricity prices will rise at least 10 percent percent and more likely much higher.

Furthermore, this consideration might influence the ideal location or orientation of a solar design (such as siting the design where it will get more afternoon light, and thus offset energy when electricity prices are higher, rather than where it would produce the most energy overall).

In the United States, where renewable portfolio standards vary from state to state, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that electricity prices broke all - time records in July 2014, and the U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts even higher rates this winter.

As Lesser argues, «This course of action will cost jobs because businesses, forced to pay higher electricity prices, will either relocate, contract, or disappear altogether.»

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He blames wind power for high electricity prices, ignoring a statement from the Chief Executive of the Energy Supply Association of Australia (ESAA), Matthew Warren, who has said:

However, in the spirit of Chairman Smith's request, this report analyzes the Clean Power Plan in the context of the AEO2015 High Economic Growth and High Oil and Gas Resource cases as well as the Reference case in order to examine indicators of the proposed rule's impacts on energy markets under varying assumptions regarding economic growth, electricity demand, and fuel prices.

As a result, Danish and German consumers are paying some of the highest residential electricity prices in Europe — three times as high as in the United States — for the «benefit» of having wind and solar power generated in their country regardless of whether that power can be used domestically.