Sentences with phrase «of overall energy demand»

The future looks bright for electricity, which is set to grow at twice the rate of overall energy demand to 2040.

Not exact matches

By the 1973 oil supply shock, petroleum provided 50 % of the world's energy; overall demand is much higher today, but oil still represents 35 % of total demand.

«Utilities have altered their rate structures such that demand charges are rising faster than overall energy rates, and businesses are bearing the bulk of those increases,» said Peter Rive, SolarCity's chief technology officer and chief operations officer.

New orders were again the standout, regaining most of August's hefty fall, and overall the report suggested the manufacturing sector could be modestly strengthening after its previous difficulties caused by lower overseas demand, a stronger US dollar and a decline in energy investment.

Overall positive sales prospects rest on an ongoing turnaround of activity in energy - producing regions and supportive foreign demand.

That support hit a roadblock a year ago when new conservative prime minister Tony Abbott ordered a review of the country's target for clean energy use by 2020, which ultimately recommended slashing it by a third, in line with falling overall energy demand.

The fact that an animal's need for these minerals changes with the seasons, with age and with overall health may explain why geophagia is especially common when an animal's diet does not provide enough minerals or when the challenges of the environment demand extra energy.

Where the inconsistency arises in my mind is when other green groups get on the bandwagon and demand that hydro and nuclear not be included in our future energy mix or demand full scale rollout of «not ready for prime time» energy sources like solar, or rolling out windmills with out consideration of how they fit in with overall load patterns or adequately considering the energy storage challenges.

While any type of training is great for insulin resistance, studies have found that having more muscle increases your overall demand for energy.

Each new generation of tablet or smartphone tends to be more capable than the ones before, with the latest features upping overall energy demands.

Target 2: Increase Non-Fossil Energy to 11.4 % of Total Supply: Though overall power demand growth fell in 2012, the share of Chinese electricity generated from renewables increased from 15.7 % to 19.4 % thanks to a recovery in hydro and increased wind generation.

They take this as evidence of how newer and ever more efficient lighting technologies have led to demand increases and, thus, have «led to more overall energy consumption.»

Even a small increase in air temperature pushes up overall energy demand, and about 25 % of our energy bills are for only 40 hours per year when the grid is most heavily used.

In particular, HEM focuses on the interactions among (1) the supply, conversion, and demand of energy in its various forms; (2) American energy and the overall American economy; (3) the American energy market and the world petroleum market; and (4) current production and consumption decisions as well as expectations about the future.

By enabling the linking, monitoring, aggregation and control of large numbers of individual pieces of electricity consuming equipment, connectivity allows for matching demand to the needs of the overall system in real time (Digitalization & Energy, 2017).

The fleet is expected to provide up to 700 kilowatts of energy to the grid, which can be used to balance the overall load by absorbing excess power, then putting it back into the grid during times of high demand.

If business as usual continues, IEA estimates $ 48 trillion of overall investment in energy would be needed to meet global demand between now and 2035.

Includes provisions: (1) creating a combined energy efficiency and renewable electricity standard and requiring retail electricity suppliers to meet 20 % of their demand through renewable electricity and electricity savings by 2020; (2) setting a goal of, and requiring a strategic plan for, improving overall U.S. energy productivity by at least 2.5 % per year by 2012 and maintaining that improvement rate through 2030; and (3) establishing a cap - and - trade system for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and setting goals for reducing such emissions from covered sources by 83 % of 2005 levels by 2050.

The technology currently available for installing distributed renewable energy in developing countries can not yet raise all of the world's poorest to the levels of per capita energy consumption previously reached in the west, but developed countries are already reducing overall energy demand and increasing energy efficiency, rendering historical patterns of energy usage the wrong benchmark for global standards in any case.

The overall population in non-OECD countries is projected to grow more than twice as fast as that of OECD member countries, and the demand growth for energy services such as air conditioning, home electronics, and personal vehicles increases with rising incomes.

Carbon Tracker conducted a wholesale review of energy scenario assumptions in Lost in Transition and found that the low - carbon transition could be faster - than - expected due to economic shifts in key growth regions such as China and India, and even lower overall energy demand due to lower economic growth, as per the OECD's latest long - term forecast.

«The overall share of fossil fuels in global energy demand in 2017 remained at 81 %, a level that has remained stable for more than three decades despite strong growth in renewables.»

While many challenges remain, it is difficult not to be optimistic about the potential for change that has been opened by decarbonisation, decentralisation and digitalisation in an overall context of electrification of final demand as outlined in the latest energy scenarios published by the Council.

The achievable add - on electricity price of $ 15 / MWh may be difficult to undercut profitably by increasing numbers of renewable energy providers, who instead will place their expectations in rising overall grid demand.

After decades of growth, energy - related CO2 emissions are expected to plateau around 2030, despite a steady rise in overall energy demand.

From the automated cranes moving containers from ships to trains and trucks to algorithms that schedule and route deliveries, automation is already having an impact on the overall efficiency of the goods - movement system, cutting both costs and energy demands.

Against an overall increase in Chinese energy use of 2.2 per cent, coal was the only major energy source to see falling demand during 2014, with a 2.9 per cent drop.

DECC says that renewable heat will contribute about a third of this overall energy target, so that around 12 % of total heat demand in 2020 will have to come from renewables, up from under 2 % now.

As the fourth largest economy in the world, Germany is able to reach 90 % of their overall total electricity demand using mostly renewable power from solar, wind, hydropower, and biomass energy sources.

It does three main things: First, it can store solar energy if you have solar panels; second, it can store energy from the grid off - peak when power is cheapest (in places where utilities have time - of - use dynamic pricing) and release it when power is most expensive, saving you money and smoothing out the demand peak, which is good for the grid overall.

The large consumption of fossil fuel is required simply to meet energy needs as renewable energy attempts to catch up with overall demand (which it won't do until sometime in the 22nd century).

«This demand reduction equates to an overall cost savings of over $ 1.2 million, when factoring in energy efficiency savings and the kilowatt - hours produced by the system.»

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