Sentences with phrase «over renewable electricity»

There will also be a battle over the renewable electricity standard (RES) as environmental groups and allied lawmakers call to raise the renewable - electricity goals.

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«Across the year, renewables now contribute over half of our electricity needs.»

Renewable sources of energy have become increasingly important, with the International Energy Agency expecting renewable electricity generation to rise by over one - third by the yRenewable sources of energy have become increasingly important, with the International Energy Agency expecting renewable electricity generation to rise by over one - third by the yrenewable electricity generation to rise by over one - third by the year 2022.

Statoil says that the final turbine on its Dudgeon field in England has been installed and the company is «well on its way» to providing over 1 million homes in Europe with renewable electricity.

Over the past decade, the cost of renewable electricity has tumbled.

Other environmental policies include promoting smarter energy use through the ecoEnergy Initiative; a Chemical Management Plan to regulate chemicals harmful to human health and the environment; $ 1.5 billion over seven years for the production of renewable fuels; a commitment to ensure that 90 percent of Canadian electricity needs are generated through non-emitting sources by 2020; and additional government funding to acquire and preserve ecologically sensitive lands.

Before Hurricane Maria swept over the island in September, Puerto Rico received a paltry 2 percent of its electricity from all renewable energy sources.

Nationwide, renewable electricity production capacity has doubled over recent years, a remarkable achievement.

The report was released today as lawmakers negotiate over whether to scale back the renewable electricity standard in the bill sponsored by Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D - Calif.)

And all of that production means that China is bearing the burden of the pollution that can go along with the manufacture of such renewable energy for other countries — whether the acid rain — forming sulfur dioxide emitted from making the steel in a wind turbine's blade or the noxious chemicals left over after manufacturing specialized silicon, or glass, that can turn sunshine into electricity.

Electricity generation from renewables has grown steadily over recent years, and the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects this rise to continue.

«As more and more renewable electricity gets put on the grid over time, you're going to have [surplus] issues.

Renewable energy sources could help plug these gaps: A U.S. Department of Energy study declared in 2001 that renewables could meet 20 percent of the nation's electricity supply by 2020 at a cost increase to consumers of just over 4 percent.

Over the last 20 years, electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction has attracted attention because of the ability to use electricity from renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and wave.

And as an adviser to Germany's Chancellor Merkel over the last decade, he's seen renewable energy grow in that country so that now it provides 27 per cent of the country's electricity.

First, it has been criticized for not being economically feasible, particularly because of the cost of electricity to make these chemical reactions take place, but this will likely go down as renewable energy becomes widespread over time.

$ 150 billion over ten years, including workforce training, plug - in hybrids, renewable electricity, advanced biofuels, advanced coal technology, nuclear power, and smart grid

It is Morocco's first utility - scale solar energy plant, with the goal of supplying power to over 1 million Moroccans by 2018 and helping Morocco produce 42 percent of its electricity through renewables by 2020.

Substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector are achievable over the next two to three decades through a portfolio approach involving the widespread deployment of energy efficiency technologies; renewable energy; coal, natural gas, and biomass with carbon capture and storage; and nuclear technologies.

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

Even though the country already generates over 99 percent of its electricity from renewable sources and ran entirely on alternative energy for 250 days in 2016, completely banning fossil fuels across all industries will likely prove difficult.

To summarise, electricity retailers will need more renewable capacity over the next nine years (see graph below).

The authors further predict that renewable resources could supply 100 percent of US electricity and over 90 percent of total energy by 2100.

With coal, the plants are cheap to build, the coal is cheap to mine, and a «natural monopoly» system of electricity generation and distribution helps lock out any renewable competition, leading to further economic advantages over renewables.

Today over 23 states have adopted minimum clean energy standards for electricity, termed Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards.

Reuters reported Friday that the «Danish government proposals on Friday called for sourcing just over half of its electricity from wind turbines by 2020 and all of its energy from renewable sources in 2050.

-- The government reaffirmed its commitment to domestic climate goals — It promised # 730m of annual support for renewable electricity generation over the course of this parliament — It appears the government is still committed to phasing out all remaining coal plants by 2025 at the latest

Converting an existing fossil fuel grid completely to renewable electricity is calculated to cost between 1 — 2 % of a countries gdp, if spread over 20 years.

Thirty - four states have adopted renewable portfolio standards to produce a larger share of their electricity from renewable sources over the next decade or so.

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Non-hydro renewables have not managed to do so to date in any large electricity grid, (hydro can not help; its capacity growth is limited so it will decrease its share of global electricity generation over future decades).

Electricity generated by renewables has increased by a factor of over five since 1965 but 70 % of the increase has come from hydro.

Over the past five years, renewables (mainly hydro and geothermal) have been the source of over one - third of new connections, and decentralised renewables are the source of 6 % of new electricity accOver the past five years, renewables (mainly hydro and geothermal) have been the source of over one - third of new connections, and decentralised renewables are the source of 6 % of new electricity accover one - third of new connections, and decentralised renewables are the source of 6 % of new electricity access.

Coal will remain the largest source of electricity generation, however growth in renewable generation will be twice as large as that of gas and coal combined over the next five years.

More significantly, as the 115th member of RE100, the company joins a group which now generates demand for over 153TWh of renewable electricity annually — more than it takes to power Poland.

Almost half of renewable electricity capacity expansion will come from competitive auctions with PPAs over the next five years.

Greenpeace Energy has a vested interest in «renewable» power and turned over 79 million Euros in 2010, supplied 448 million kWh electricity (2010) and currently boasts over 100,000 customers.

Energy secretary Ed Miliband says that by 2020 he wants 40 % of electricity to come from low - carbon sources: over 30 % from renewables — overwhelmingly wind power, but also biomass, and tidal energy — and the rest from nuclear and carbon capture and storage.

Canada, which generates over 77 % of its electricity from renewable - energy sources, has a lot to offer African countries in terms of technical skills and expertise in the renewable - energy space, Canadian Minister of International Trade Ed Fast said on Tuesday.

A December report from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) said U.S. power generation from renewable sources, along with natural gas, would produce enough electricity to offset retirements of U.S. coal and nuclear units over the next 10 years.

The computer chip maker also announced it will increase the amount of clean power it purchases in the form of renewable energy credits (RECs) to more than 1.4 billion kilowatt hours — an amount equal to over half its 2010 electricity needs.

For the average ratepayer, an annual electricity bill will escalate from $ 1,700 per year to $ 2,800 by 2015 and by the time the renewables envisaged in the LTEP are largely in place (expected in 2018) an average ratepayer will be paying in excess of $ 4,000 annually — well over a doubling.

In December, however, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) suggested in its 2017 Long - Term Reliability Assessment that power generation from natural gas — fired units and renewable sources such as solar and wind will provide enough electricity to offset closures of coal and nuclear plants over the next decade, at least.

The members of GWEC represent over 1,500 companies, organisations and institutions in more than 80 countries, including manufacturers, developers, component suppliers, research institutes, national wind and renewables associations, electricity providers, finance and insurance companies.

In 2014, Germany generated over 27 percent of its electricity with renewables, making clean energy the nation's primary source of power and cementing its place at the top of the list of solar - powered countries.

Backing out fossil fuels begins with the electricity sector, where the development of 5,153 gigawatts of new renewable generating capacity by 2020, over half of it from wind, would be more than enough to replace all the coal and oil and 70 percent of the natural gas now used to generate electricity.

Commentary: The clean energy transition requires action on electricity demand Over 15 % of electricity demand today could be used as a source of flexibility to help integrate variable renewables such as wind and solar PV 10 January 2018

Norway gets over 99 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, often producing more than it requires and exporting the energy to other countries.

«As costs for renewable technologies and the feed - in tariffs have dropped drastically over the last years,» by 80 percent, Baron noted, «new installations of renewable electricity capacity [are] no longer a burden for the consumer bills.»

Renewables are expected to cover more than 60 % of the increase in world electricity generation over the medium term, rapidly closing the gap with coal.