Sentences with phrase «produced by solar systems»

The only real difference between these types of contracts is that the lease has a fixed monthly payment and the PPA has a payment for each «kWh» of power produced by the solar system.

Assuming a hypothetical PPA that would allow the Parkers to purchase the energy produced by their solar system at a rate of $ 0.06 per kWh, with a 2 % annual escalation over a 20 - year contract, the solar project looks a lot more appealing.

Since the energy produced by your solar system varies based on time of day and weather conditions — and the times when you use the most energy often will not coincide with when your system is producing the most — net metering is a convenient way to even things out.

Not exact matches

Specifically, the team found that the angrites» remnant magnetization could have been produced by an extremely weak magnetic field of no more than 0.6 microteslas, 4.563 billion years ago, or, about 4 million years after the start of the solar system.

Starting with the total amount of observed infrared light, the researchers had to subtract the so - called zodiacal light produced by dust within our solar system and infrared light from stars and dust in the rest of our galaxy.

The 1.5 - kilowatt solar - panel system will produce enough electricity for you and your plug - in hybrid car, and the dwelling is built off - site, which reduces construction waste by up to 75 percent (remember that the next time you sneer at the local trailer park).

Traveling at nearly the speed of light, the charged particles produced by the nuclear reactions would fly out of the back end of the craft, propelling it beyond the solar system.

The discovery team presumes that VP113 has an icy reflective surface like other relatively small, outer Solar System objects, as the dwarf planet is observed to have a pink tinge, which is hypothesized to result from chemical changes produced by the effect of radiation on frozen water, methane, and carbon dioxide.

Electricity is locally produced by a photovoltaic power station that covers about the 60 % of the annual consumption; heating and AC systems use a heat pump powered by photovoltaic panel, thermal solar panel produce up to 100 % of the hot water used in bathrooms; during winter a pellet (compressed wood) high efficiency heating system can guarantee a comfortable warm temperature in all the houses.

Solar water heating system works by pumping cold water into the system, then as the water moves through it is heated by the solar panels, producing hot water for the Solar water heating system works by pumping cold water into the system, then as the water moves through it is heated by the solar panels, producing hot water for the solar panels, producing hot water for the home.

Borenstein took his analysis a step further by calculating the discounted net present value (a financial tool to calculate the value of a dollar in the future compared to its value now) of power produced by a 10 kilowatt solar photovoltaic system and then compared that to the cost of installing and operating such a system over its lifetime.

It's a grand vision for essentially being carbon - free by 2050, Producing electricity from clean generation sources including nuclear, solar, wind, hydro, and with any remaining fossil fuel plants hooked up to carbon capture and storage systems.

Performance - based incentives, also known as PBIs, pay owners of solar energy systems for the electricity produced by their system.

This passive solar greenhouse is designed to house a productive, edible ecosystem which is also combined with a variety of other complementary farming techniques such as producing fish and poultry food from insects, growing mushrooms from used coffee grounds and growing poultry, fed from by - products of the system.

«There was a concern that it is a lot harder than suggested by energy scenario models to achieve climate targets, because of the energy required to produce wind turbines and solar panels and associated emissions,» explains project leader Dr Gunnar Luderer, who is an energy system analyst at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impacts Research (PIK).

The majority of community solar projects consist of a solar garden or solar farm located at a site determined by a utility or developer to maximize the amount of energy the system can produce and to not put too much stress on the electric grid.

By storing electricity, and allowing the home to use solar electricity produced during the daytime after the sun goes down, batteries allow more home systems to be powered by solar electricitBy storing electricity, and allowing the home to use solar electricity produced during the daytime after the sun goes down, batteries allow more home systems to be powered by solar electricitby solar electricity.

In most states the systems provide your power needs throughout the day and if your system produces more electricity than your home is using, it sends the excess back to the electric grid, selling your extra solar power back to the utility where it can be used by your neighbors and others.

The 1 - megawatt solar garden, which will include 3,000 panels and produce enough energy to power more than 100 houses, will be built by St. Paul's Innovative Power Systems to benefit home - and business - owners who may live nowhere near Eichten's Hidden Acres farm.

A new report produced by SEforALL and ENERGIA, Levers of Change, provides powerful evidence of how women are often not given an equal chance to take advantage of sustainable energy opportunities, such as traditional and mobile money financing that would enable them to acquire home solar systems or clean cooking solutions.

When a solar system produces more power than what is being used in the home this excess power is sent to the grid and credited by SCE at the retail power rate per kWh.

One of the primary drivers of solar installations in other states has been third - party ownership of the systems, including third - party power purchase agreements (PPAs), under which the customer pays only for the power produced by the system.

You have solar power, gray water, and rain catchment systems and are producing more food than most people think possible by utilizing vertical growing and permaculture.

The reason net metering law is so important is that solar systems by their nature produce most power in the middle of the day when most homeowners are at work and using little power.

The opportunities that will be created by the off - grid solar market hold the promise of addressing both climate disruption and energy poverty by disrupting the systems that produce them and replacing them with equitable outcomes for people and the environment.

«By studying Saturn's moon Titan, which although being an icy moon can be considered something like the Solar System's rocky planets, we have discovered rainstorms produced by methane rather than water, and we have found that Titan's meteorology has things in common with Earth's tropics,» said Del GeniBy studying Saturn's moon Titan, which although being an icy moon can be considered something like the Solar System's rocky planets, we have discovered rainstorms produced by methane rather than water, and we have found that Titan's meteorology has things in common with Earth's tropics,» said Del Geniby methane rather than water, and we have found that Titan's meteorology has things in common with Earth's tropics,» said Del Genio.

In Nevada, for example, when the government modified its policy to pay customers less for excess power produced by rooftop solar systems, solar installers left the state for others providing more favorable net metering policies.

Achieving these objectives would reduce the cost of planning and deploying solar energy systems, improve efficiency of solar energy systems through more accurate and complete solar resource information, and increase the value of the solar energy produced by solar technologies.

Net energy metering answers this question by putting a value on the excess energy solar customers send back to the grid when their system produces more energy than they need.

One of the most important impacts of installing solar for utility customers who have tiered billing is that the solar energy produced by the system can offset consumption at the more expensive top tiers.

Encouraging those able to put in place solar and wind systems by buying the power they produce for up to five times the selling price will help.

«The surface of Venus is dominated by volcanism and has produced more volcanoes than any other planet in the solar system.»

Both PV and solar - thermal systems like BrightSource's currently produce electricity at a cost of about 17.5 cents a kilowatt hour in ideal environments, without incentives, New Energy Finance estimates, and the cost of solar PV power may decline by about half in the next decade.

I have already related our comfortable life living on 900 watts of PV solar (producing approximately 20 % used by the average household) for ~ 7 years, and now with the PV system doubled I live in the lap of luxury.

This guide for picking better loss values will help you give your customers the most accurate estimate of how much their system will produce and how much they can save by going solar.