Sentences with phrase «power from city residents»

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The opportunity from Global Opportunity Report 2017, Business of Power, showcases how decentralised, peer - to - peer platforms and innovative energy storage technologies are disrupting the conventional concept of utility delivery and better preparing cities and residents for energy and climate resilience.

For one, Burlington, Vt. — a city of 42,000 residents and the largest town in the state — produces more power than it uses from biomass, wind, solar and hydropower.

Possibly the city's most famous attraction is the annual Formula 1 Grand Prix, where Monaco's wealthiest residents and visitors watch the high - powered cars screaming through the city streets from the comfort of their super yachts moored in the harbour.

Eileen co-authored Powering the New Energy Future from the Ground Up: Priorities in City - Led Energy Innovation, a report on 34 American cities with fewer than 250,000 residents that are reducing their dependence upon fossil fuels for energy.

Local residents and businesses donated raffle prizes such as a solar - powered backpack, a cedar raised bed gift certificate donated by Orlando City Soccer Foundation, homemade chocolate bars from Cocoa Brothers, temporary tattoos from Tater Tats, gift cards to local restaurants, and original artwork.

Data from the EnergySage Solar Marketplace confirms that despite being in a solar power - friendly city, Bay Area residents «actually pay more for solar energy than the national average.»

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and others have pressed to close the nearby Indian Point nuclear power plant, but the mayor said city residents get more than 8 percent of their electricity from the facility and lack a ready substitute.

Yet an anticipated influx of new residents will further strain existing energy sources, so city and state officials gave Verdant about $ 3 million to harness power from the river's strong tidal currents.

It was from this love and this struggle of the residents of Goncalo de Carvalho, that the political power of the city found itself forced to recognize the importance of cultural heritage, landscape and environment, classifying and protecting it with the force of law.

Drawing on the large supply of cold water from Lake Ontario, the city's residents have pioneered a method of directly extracting the «cold» to power their air conditioning systems.

The remaining 400 MW would come from a ballot measure to be voted upon next March, which would allow the city's Department of Water & Power to install rooftop solar panels on LA resident's homes.