Sentences with phrase «per kwh generated»

Nuclear power has multiple subsidies in the form of: - direct payments for new nuclear plants of 2.3 cents per kWh generated for the first ten years (in the US), — this is US$ 2 billion for a 1000 MW plant after ten years operation, - complete indemnity under the Price - Anderson Act for harm caused by a radiation release (above a modest insured amount), - changes to safety regulations to allow continued operation, - new plant construction loan guarantees, - direct subsidies for existing plants to keep operating as a jobs - protection program, and others.

Next, the wind investor is required to pay the government exactly as much per kWh generated as the coal plant would pay for coal.

Not exact matches

They find that coal accounts for 95 % of GED in this sector (though it also accounts for the largest percentage of total power generation), and coal power has the highest GED per kilowatt - hour (kWh) of electricity generated (though as noted in Table 2, petroleum has a higher GED / VA ratio).

The installation generates 200,000 kWh of renewable electricity per annum — enough to offset the energy requirements of James Cropper's specialist laminating and technical coating facility, or the equivalent of powering 50 UK homes.

With a total system output of 230 kW / 313 hp generated by a four - cylinder petrol engine with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology and a synchronous electric motor, the BMW X5 xDrive40e achieves a combined fuel consumption of 3.4 — 3.3 litres per 100 kilometres (83.1 — 85.6 mpg imp) and a combined electricity consumption of 15.4 — 15.3 kWh over the same distance.

It'll have a 16 - kWh battery pack and twin electric motors, enough to generate 280 horsepower, deliver 80 miles per gallon equivalent in the city and run for 30 miles on batteries alone.

The money would be generated by a carbon tax of 0.5 cents per kilowatt - hour, raising the cost of electricity (currently 6 - 10 cents per kWh) to 6.5 - 10.5 cents per kWh.

He has a variety of figures for electric cars and says he thinks 15 kWh per 100 km is attainable (no allowance for how the electricity is generated, I assume).

ECR International's freewatt MCHP system uses heat generated by a reciprocating Honda engine to produce 12,000 BTU / hr of heat while simultaneously co-generating 1.2 kW of electric power for a home or building up to 5,000 kWh per year!

To amortize the $ 300 million price of the wind farm, Deepwater Wind negotiated a contract with National Grid, the utility company that provides electricity for most of the state, that will increase the price of electricity generated by the turbines 3.5 percent annually to nearly 50 cents per kWh in 20 years.

The power produced in Ontario in 2013 by OPG generated revenue for them of 5.7 cents per kWh; a 1.4 cent per kWh increase or 33 % since 2002.

Consequently, wood - fired power plants generate more CO2 per kWh than coal.

Despite the sale of Bruce Power, in the prior year, for 2002 OPG managed to generate and sell 125.3 terawatts (TWh) of electricity at an average price of 4.3 cents per kilowatt (kWh).

Residential customers: The credit per kWh for the surplus energy you generate will be the same per kWh rate we charge for the Renewable Rewards electricity product.

Meanwhile, scientists have determined that biomass burning generates more CO2 emissions per kWh than burning coal does, and the projected rapid growth in biofuel use will only serve to «increase atmospheric CO2 for at least a century».

If one looks at the carbon intensity of wind farms it works out at about 10 or 12 grams of CO2 per kWh of energy generated.

10Heat rate is defined as a measure of generating station thermal efficiency, commonly stated in British thermal units (Btu) per kilowatthour (kWh).

With surplus generating capacity in the 90's, a highly conservative mindset among power producers and industrial consumers and average power production costs heading for 1 cent per kWh, breaking into the market seemed impossible.

Right now, the price of electricity generated from PV solar is about 12.2 cents per kilowatt - hour in the U.S., only slightly higher than the average cost of retail electricity at 12 cents per kWh across the country.

This was because we were utilizing an estimate in Huber and Mills that «Burning $ 2 - a-gallon gasoline, the power generated by current hybrid - car engines runs about 35 cents per kilowatt - hour (kWh).»

NGCC plants generate electricity at around 6 cents per kWh, compared with the Crescent Dunes plants reported long - term contract price of 13.5 cents per kWh.

Power generated by wind turbines ranges from ten cents to twenty cents per kWh when full cycle costs are applied.

By comparison, the contract for the wind - generated electricity started at 24.4 cents per kwh and includes a guaranteed 3.5 % price increase bringing the wind - generated electricity to 47 cents per kwh in twenty years — making the wind - generated electricity roughly 4 - 8 times more expensive than the natural gas - fueled electricity.

The Palo Verde Nuclear Power Station near Phoenix generates nearly 900 times more electricity than Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base photovoltaic panels, on less land, for 1/15 the cost per kWh — and does it 90 % of the time, versus 30 % of the time for the Nellis array.

He emphasized nuclear's anchor role in the US electricity mix, with 12 % of US generating capacity contributing around 20 % of the electricity supply at a cost of 2 cents per kilowatt - hour (kWh).

Today, electricity generated by a nuclear power plant costs about 6.4 cents per kilowatt hour (kwh), as compared to 4.5 to 5 cents per kwh for coal and 3.5 to 4 cents per kwh for natural gas, Holdren explains.

Wind energy developers have a huge incentive to bring renewable generating capacity on line by December 31, 2001 so that they will qualify for a 1.7 - cent per kWh production tax credit that is available for the first 10 years of the each windmillís life.

To accelerate consumer uptake, in June the government approved Feed - In Tariff (FiT) subsidies under which utilities will pay 42yen (53 U.S. cents) per kWh for solar - generated electricity, double the tariff offered in Germany and more than three times that paid in China.

If the house was to remain on the grid it could displace 9500kWh of fossil - fuel - generated electricity, reduce the nation's emissions by 5 - 10 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year (see CO2 released per kWh) and produce an income for the householder of $ 760 / year (if the electricity was sold for $ 0.08 / kWh to an energy retailer such as Diamond Energy).

By contrast, France generated 530 TWh of electricity at an average rate of approximately 58 grams of carbon dioxide emitted per kWh.

This will be offset by a 4.7 kW photovoltaic system, generating an average of 6,750 kWh per year — making the building net energy positive (makes more energy that it consumes), and delivering carbon - neutral operation for two people in the home.

To calculate the capacity factor of a windmill or other electric generating unit, the actual output in kilowatt - hours (kWh) over, say, a year, is divided by the windmillís rated capacity times 8760 (hours per year).

The solar farm will reportedly cover 30,000 square meters, take a year for construction to be complete, and generate 4 million kwh of electricity per year.

As risk consultant Edgar Gaertner has pointed out, Europeans are compelled to pay 20 cents per kWh of offshore wind electricity generated, plus an additional 5 cents per kWh for transmission, regardless of whether the electricity is needed at the moment it is generated.

The $ 3.7 million project has generated 9,800 kWh, which at $ 0.20 per kWh is worth a whopping $ 1,960!

Coal, which until recently generated half of the United States» electricity, costs an additional 0.09 euros per kWh, due to the enormous burden it places on the public health sector and the environment.

At first it might be done mostly for the free publicity it will generate, but once the novelty wears off, it could still be profitable for retailers and restaurants to offer a few cents of free electricity (11 cents per kWh on average in the US) to get customers through the door.

Checking different sources, this claim is confirmed: 1 kilowatt - hour of electricity generated by fossil fuels indeed emits 10 times as much CO2 (around 450 grams of CO2 per kWh for gas and 850 for coal).

Water consumption can be cut dramatically by using «dry - cooling,» but this change increases the cost per kilowatt - hour (kWh) of power generated from concentrating solar power (CSP).

NREL's Blythe Riverside example says a 100 MW (p) plant costing $ (US) 658 million will generate (not deliver at distance net of embodied and transmission losses) 358 million kWh per year (at a 5.2 kWh / m2 / day site, a bit less than ideal).

EBN writes that» [u] nder decent wind conditions, this system should generate about 10,000 kWh per year, or about $ 1,000 worth of electricity at average retail rates.»

To launch the Bioo, Arkyne Technologies has turned to - wait for it - crowdfunding with an Indiegogo campaign, which also mentions the scaled - up version of its bio-battery, the Bioo Panel, a 1 meter by 1 meter device said to be able to generate up to 40 W, and produce up to 280 kWh per year, using the same technology.

When oil goes to $ 10 / gal, coal generated electricity at.15 / KWH is a lower cost per BTU.

The price published by the Renewable Energy Regulator to the present (2013/04/11) for 2013 was $ 38.69 per megawatt - hour (MWh; this is equal to $ 0.039 / kWh) of electricity generated.

As an example, my Solar Shed project cost about $ 5,000 and generates about 9000 KWH per year of of energy — compared to the PV system that cost $ 10,000 and generates only 3300 KWH of energy per year.

Mean US damages related to atmospheric releases for power generation are calculated on a per kWh basis by multiplying the SCAR by the emissions associated with a given fuel type (US EPA 2012, 2013a, b), then dividing by the kWh generated using that fuel type.

Add that to that the fact the electricity from solar thermal plants — which produce energy at 13 - 17 cents per kilowatt - hour (kWh)-- is competitively priced but still higher than power generated by natural gas, and you may question how many solar thermal plants will be built in the near future.

The Northern Power Station at Port Augusta was the dirtiest in the country in terms of emissions per KWh of power generated, it was old; it was an obvious choice for closure as a means of reducing emissions; but it was not closed because of the damage it was doing to the world.

Fuel cells will generate approximately 5 million KWh of electricity per year, above what the building will consume — enough to generate enough power to run 1,000 San Diego homes.