Sentences with phrase «plants cost less»

ENERGY STAR certified buildings and plants cost less to operate and help protect the environment.

Superfoods aside, plants cost less than meat.

Not exact matches

It costs less to make them here than at our plant in China, because of the way their wages are going up so fast.

In recent testimony before a House of Representatives subcommittee, Lisa Gordon - Hagerty, the new NNSA administrator, said that method would cost billions less than completing the MOX plant.

In the middle third of the U.S., wind farms have an all - in cost that is less than a third that of a new natural gas - fired plant, and wind power is also well below the cost of power from large - scale solar farms.»

I wonder if First Baptist Church in Dallas could have built their building for about $ 10 million less, and sent the extra $ 10 million overseas to plant about 2000 churches (It costs around $ 6000 to build a church in Africa).

GWE Anaerobic technology plants can typically pay back the cost of their introduction within two years or even less — and then go on working 24/7, virtually in perpetuity, to provide biogas for their owners, who can use the energy for their own purposes, he says.

Amatil spent $ 45 million to build plants that will use 15 per cent less resin in the production of each bottle, resulting in significant raw material cost savings.

The after - tax costs related to the plant's closing will under C$ 0.5 million ($ 0.32 m), and the company expects annual after - tax savings of less than C$ 1.0 million.

Additionally, it tends to cost less because it is a much easier plant to grow and harvest than the tightly controlled hemp.

The hydro plants Reliant sold to Brookfield cost even less to run.

In recent years, historically low natural gas prices have driven down wholesale electricity costs as plant owners switched to that fuel, making nuclear power less competitive financially.

Once the construction costs of a nuclear plant are amortized, its operating costs are less than those of any fossil fuel — fired plant, including coal.

It's less costly to get electricity from wind turbines and solar panels than coal - fired power plants when climate change costs and other health impacts are factored in, according to a new study published in Springer's Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.

The first «turnkey» plant, Oyster Creek nuclear generating station in New Jersey was sold for less than $ 100 million in 1964 — a price well below what it would ultimately cost to build the reactor.

«C4 leaves have less dense tissues, allowing more leaves to be produced for the same carbon cost which means C4 plants invest more in roots than C3 species.»

Though the disc shape makes the leaf less efficient at photosynthesis, Simon says that the benefits of attracting bats outweigh this energetic cost: bats are good pollinators, and their large home range means they can take pollen to plants far apart from each other, and so help their reproduction, he says.

For Gordon and the other researchers, the cost of eradicating invasive species outweighs the downsides of less efficient plants.

Therefore, it will cost less to manufacture PRISM metallic fuel and the design requires a relatively small plant size to disposition the plutonium.

Without sharing capital and operating costs (which are commercially sensitive), a PRISM plant would likely cost significantly less than alternative plutonium reuse options.

Small modular reactors offer several advantages over traditional technologies, including the ability to purchase and construct them in a modular way, decreased up - front capital costs through simpler, less complex plants, and a reduced staff complement.

Response: Our best cost estimate indicates that a SMR - 160 plant can be installed turnkey by Holtec for less than half of the projected cost of the large nuclear plants on per kilowatt basis (being built in the US, France, and Finland today).

The worker is paid as little as possible, given as much work as possible and as many jobs as possible are shifted to sectors where people will work for less (off shoring jobs, or closing plants in CA and moving them to Alabama, or someplace where living costs are lower).

However, the ease - of - manoeuvring a two stroke engine is less than that of a four stroke engine and the initial cost of installation of a two stroke propulsion plant is also much higher than running and maintenance cost of a 4 stroke engine.

Once the Plastic Logic Plant opens up in Zelenograd the costs should be dramatically lower, due to less import costs.

Clinton is right — we desperately need to begin the less - than - sexy work of revamping our infrastructure and doing the cost - benefit analysis that will pave the way for well - thought out projects in solar and wind, conservation, and even nuclear and improved efficiency at coal plants needs to be on the table.

I can do a lot more at less cost by building nuclear power plants or converting coal fired generators to modern gas - fired ones.

The scale of an orderly transition to solar - hydrogen power plants, millions of «energy free» homes and a carbon - free transportation system over a period of 25 years is doable and would cost less than waging energy waes.

«The study seems an outlier in saying that when «all known costs» are considered, the average U.S. cost of producing electricity from established coal - fired plants is far less than new wind - power generation,»

If the trees were planted on less productive terrain, the necessary costs in water and nitrogen - based fertiliser would be devastating.

«The study seems an outlier in saying that when «all known costs» are considered, the average U.S. cost of producing electricity from established coal - fired plants is far less than new wind - power generation,» PolitiFact found.

Costs of generating electricity from coal and natural gas are rising as renewables penetrate the market and fossil fuel plants run less, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

There is still a cost to using plant cellulose, but much less than from growing corn just to make gas for our cars.

So the amortisation payments and fixed operating costs for the plant must be covered by less than 20 % of the amount of product (or batter recharge) that would be provided by a full time power supply.

So the amortisation payments and fixed operating costs for the plant must be covered by less than 20 % of the amount of product that would be provided by a full time power supply.

In addition to its low cost, energy efficiency can provide new energy resources in much less time than it takes to build a new power plant.

Now that Ohio - based utility First Energy has declared bankruptcy, there is the possibility that its three nuclear plants could be purchased by Exelon, which has proven capable of operating its plants at a cost that is roughly one - quarter less than other nuclear operators.

As John Farrell, from the Institute of Energy Self Reliance, writes in a blog on the same subject, even rooftop solar is meeting peak demand in the state of Colorado, at less than half the cost of peaking gas plant.

An analysis made public on Friday showed that new onshore wind plants due to come online in 2016 will cost... far less [per kWh] than coal, biomass and other forms of energy production.

«By serving less meat and more plant - based meals in their hospitals, schools, correctional facilities, and office buildings, local governments are realizing measurable greenhouse gas reductions, health benefits and cost savings.

We hope this report inspires more public institutions to track their animal foods purchases and serve less and better meat and more plant - based foods as a cost - effective way to achieve environmental and public health goals.

More dramatically, fear of radiation led to extraordinary safety requirements for nuclear power plants, far in excess of controls imposed on other high - risk industrial facilities, which made nuclear power less cost - competitive and led to more reliance on coal.

To reduce the cost and lower emissions, Beijing's four main coal - fired plants have begun installing purification systems and consumed 2.6 million metric tonnes of coal during the first quarter of this year, 200,000 tonnes less than the same period last year.

The total operating cost of a Chen - Xu Method ethanol plant should be much less than that of a wet - milling plant, and total equipment investment is less than half.

Or fees charged to power plant for CO2 emission, should cost less to get the revenue and compared to hideous Federal and State tax return system.

With zero fuel costs, we are now at the point where solar power is less expensive than power from fossil - fueled power plants.

Low - cost natural gas is making gas - fired power plants cheaper and more competitive to operate, causing less cost - competitive coal and nuclear to retire.

The capital cost is estimated at less than $ 1.5 billion per modular unit — a far lower investment risk than conventional nuclear plants.

I do not agree with the EPA that this is proven technology, it requires someplace to store the CO2 and that limits its applicability, and adding a refinery to a power plant adds so much complexity and cost that ultimately it means that we can not afford to do it in the US much less in a developing country.

c) Naturally, people started building plants to produce * solar - grade * silicon, which will reduce costs as noticeably less purity is required.