Sentences with phrase «of substantial subsidies»

The rapid expansion of solar power in California is a result of substantial subsidies, improved efficiencies and its declining cost.

Not exact matches

Renewable sources, notably onshore wind, are increasingly attractive to investors, though many of the newer forms still require substantial subsidy to get to the scale of output where they can compete without it.

If signed into law, it would require employers who get substantial public subsidies to pay a minimum of $ 10 an hour.

The comptroller also alleged that, because a substantial portion of Health + Hospitals» revenue actions in its deficit reduction plan requires federal and state approvals, the city would probably have to increase its subsidy by $ 200 million in fiscal year 2017.

While the analysis did not examine secondary effects of subsidies, Gaspar said the results are «qualitatively robust» and allow experts to «safely conclude that energy subsidies are very large and their reform will generate substantial benefits» for both governments and the people they represent.

The plan for increased childhood subsidies sketched in this paper would cost roughly $ 42 billion a year and would provide a substantial subsidy for every child in a family at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

There are many legitimate questions about the EV phenomenon as a business, a social movement and a recipient of substantial government subsidy.

And of course this substantial drop in price can be attributed to the subsidies that the carriers come along with.

Putnam provides employees and their families with a choice of medical and dental coverage options that include substantial company subsidies.

Grants are made not only to families whose ability to pay veterinary costs is extremely limited, but also to those of somewhat more substantial means, up to 200 % of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, who may need only minor subsidy to meet the veterinary expenses.

Global energy subsidies are substantial: post-tax energy subsidies are estimated at $ 4.9 trillion worldwide in 2013 and predicted to stretch to $ 5.3 trillion in 2015 or 6.5 % of global GDP in both years.

The Biggert - Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and subsequent legislation require these subsidies to be phased out, which will result in substantial premium increases for nearly 1 million of the 5.5 million NFIP policies nationwide.

Total subsidy is in the order of # 850 million a year which sounds pretty substantial to me.

While the exact value of these subsidies can be difficult to pin down, even conservative estimates add up to a substantial percentage of the value of the power nuclear plants produce — approaching or even exceeding 100 percent in the case of legacy subsidies and subsidies to new privately - owned reactors (see chart).

In the background is a growing resistance to wholesale markets, led by utilities with substantial nuclear and coal - fired generation who are seeking state subsidies to essentially put their thumbs on the scale of the competitive wholesale markets.

The central, endlessly repeated lie upon which the wind industry seeks to «justify» the colossal and endless subsidies upon which it critically depends; the destruction of wind farm neighbours» health, wealth and happiness; and the slaughter of millions of birds and bats, is that wind power causes substantial reductions of CO2 emissions in the electricity sector.

Or, if you'd prefer to bust out the fancypants economics jargon, agribusiness receives substantial direct and indirect subsidies, and is able to impose on society the cost of significant negative externalities generated during production, enabling it to sell industrial foods well below the true cost of production.

Buterin clarified in his blog post that the subsidy has not been designed to be «sources of substantial profit to recipient organizations,» but is instead «intended to cover some of the costs involved.»

The plan for increased childhood subsidies sketched in this paper would cost roughly $ 42 billion a year and would provide a substantial subsidy for every child in a family at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.