Sentences with phrase «other renewable»

That's what we draw from EPA's requirements for levels of corn ethanol and other renewable fuels that must be blended into the U.S. fuel supply.
Carbon pricing programs can also work in a complementary manner with other renewable energy and energy efficiency policies, such as renewable electricity standards, energy efficiency standards, and vehicle fuel economy rules.
It will invest in Hydro, Nuclear and other renewable energy.
However, because hydroelectric dams have an impact on land and water environments, and because dams can only be efficiently located in a limited number of places, some newer laws have been designed to encourage electricity generation from other renewable sources, such as wind, tides, geothermal energy, solar energy (photovoltaic cells, concentrated solar power, and solar thermal energy), landfill gas, etc..
Minneapolis — The free, self - guided 16th Annual MRES Solar Tour Saturday, October 1, includes open houses at about 50 Minnesota homes, businesses and organizations that have solar and other renewable energy installations.
Therefore the production of energy from biomass releases carbon dioxide into the air — unlike the use of other renewable energy sources such as solar or wind.
Implementing policies to tap into hydropower, land - based and offshore wind, and other renewable energy resources would cut carbon emissions — and capture a range of additional consumer, health, and economic benefits — at modest cost.
Ah, nothing like some shameless self - promotion on a Thursday morning... If you're reading this, you're two easy steps away from connecting with other renewable energy enthusiasts:
[5] The German Offshore Wind Act is a part of Germany's broader Renewable Energy Act (EEG 2017), which provides for technology - specific (including OSW - specific) energy auctions aimed at driving down the cost of electricity generated by OSW and other renewable generation methods (Kilgus and Bader 2016).
On an output basis, these renewable subsidies translated into almost $ 412 per megawatt hour (MWh) for solar technologies, $ 42 per MWh for wind and $ 18 per MWh for all other renewable sources (including hydro).
EWP will the construct its first commercial scale Sea Wave Power Plant, and reveal the exact prices of construction and production, which the company claims will be cheaper than any other renewable or traditional energy generation system.
The scheme additionally supports a number of other renewable technologies including micro-hydro, wood pellet stoves, and wood fuelled boiler systems.
The research found that almost 80 per cent of Albertans surveyed say the Government of Alberta has not done enough to develop wind power and other renewable forms of large - scale electricity generation.
That's why we're fans of wind and other renewable energy sources.»
Those include bringing the state's renewable portfolio standard back up to leadership levels — essentially getting us to 50 percent new renewable energy by 2030, which is key for following up on the 2016 Energy Diversity Act and its push for offshore wind and other renewable energy options.
Other renewable projects are in development and many more are still being conceptualised.
Craven said that he hoped recent problems in California, where the company successfully campaigned to have grid interconnection charges levied on its customers installing storage lifted, would not be repeated elsewhere and described storage as an «opportunity» for utilities to rethink their business model in the wake of disruptive challenges from solar and other renewable technologies.
«With the right political support for offshore wind and other renewable technologies, Scotland is well placed to become the EU's first renewable electricity nation by 2030.»
These days, many of those opportunities are in solar and other renewable energy technologies.
If they withstand the expected legal challenges, the regulations will set in motion sweeping policy changes that could shut down hundreds of coal - fired power plants, freeze construction of new coal plants and create a boom in the production of wind and solar power and other renewable energy sources.
From the working paper by Verdolini and her team, who studied wind, solar and other renewable energy plants across 26 countries between 1999 and 2013:
In states like Missouri and Illinois, where Walmart has no solar panels or other renewable energy projects, its stores draw power from a fleet of aging coal plants, which are poisoning the air and water.
Other renewable energy technologies employ even more workers.
* Claims made by DOE and other renewable energy advocates are misleading in other respects.
Geothermal systems extract energy from water exposed to hot rock deep beneath the earth's surface, and thus do not face the intermittency problems of other renewable energy sources like wind and solar.
Yesterday was the second of three scheduled information sessions to educate Massachusetts farmers about financial incentives that can help them afford solar installations and other renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
That's why EQIP funds will help pay for solar installations and other renewable energy projects.
(Sec. 935) Instructs the Secretary to establish a program for the demonstration of innovative technologies for solar and other renewable energy sources in governmental buildings, and for the dissemination of information resulting from such demonstration.
Sol Systems, along with other renewable energy development firms, will play an important role in helping companies like Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Walmart achieve their goals of 100 percent renewables.
The bill also deals with the existing program for commercial solar and other renewable and clean energy — such as that from fuel cells — which is already on a one - year extension and in need of a replacement.
RNG can be produced, cleaned and injected into the natural gas distribution system at competitive costs compared to other renewable energy options.
Supporters retort that global warming, which wind and other renewable energies help to avert, would not be good for big cats or the trees they prowl round.
An added benefit is that RNG does not face issues of intermittency that other renewable energy sources face, and it can be easily stored in existing gas infrastructure, offering reliability and flexibility.
Honolulu also offers property tax exemptions for solar (and other renewable energy) installations on a home or other building.
The layering structure employed for the exterior once again underpins the arrangement of the function elements and controls, while a mixture of leather, wood, wool and other renewable raw materials ensures that the car's premium characteristics, including the new aspect of sustainability, can be both plainly seen and felt.
While wind turbines, solar panels and other renewable energy sources all have a place in the U.S. energy portfolio, those power sources are and will remain inadequate to meet the country's and the world's growing energy demand, said Thomas F. Farrell II, the chairman and chief executive officer of Dominion Resources Inc..
We are, after all, the Saudi Arabia of Wind and we need to make use of this and our other renewable resources to meet the unique challenges we face.
Some options hold the potential for net emission reductions that exceed 100 percent — meaning that more carbon would be sequestered during the production process than would be emitted as carbon dioxide during its life cycle — if fertilizer inputs are minimized and biomass or other renewable sources are used for process energy (see Worldwatch Institute, 2007).
The report suggests that the cost of installing solar, wind and other renewable technologies will continue to fall for the foreseeable future.
Determined to stay its unpopular nuclear course, Iran is now turning to wind power and other renewable energy sources to blow past sanctions.
Offshore wind is one of the few profitable options left in the market, after the British government cut subsidies for other renewable energies.
VA - REA members include companies from the solar, wind, and other renewable energy industries in Virginia, as well as utilities, some environmental groups, and other advocates.
It is no more reliable or realistic than other renewable energy proponents» spin documents.
We will streamline federal permitting to accelerate the construction of new transmission lines to get low - cost renewable energy to market, and incentivize wind, solar, and other renewable energy over the development of new natural gas power plants.
This will create opportunities for other renewable energy industries as well.
Solar, wind, and other renewable resources need to compete with wealthier industries that benefit from existing infrastructure, expertise, and policy.
Here he passes on information about his solar home and other renewable energy projects as well as some thoughts on living with less impact.
Okay, then who gave us the sun, wind, waves, and other renewable resources?
Many utilities, though, still don't consider the full value of wind, solar, and other renewable sources.
-RRB- programs whereby home and building owners with solar or other renewable power generation capacity are compensated for the energy they send on to the utility grid
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