Sentences with phrase «real energy costs»

It is also harming consumers (especially the poor) and causing financial crises for those governments who try to shield some businesses and consumers from the real energy costs.

As the paper and even a cursory reading of the comments so far suggests, knowledge of the real energy costs and benefits is somewhat scarce.

The net real energy costs of global manufacturing and food production are variable.

Not exact matches

Their costs for capital, labour, land, energy and other resources are subsidized such that they generate huge retained earnings, much of which is being reinvested in foreign real assets like Canada's oilpatch, says U of T's Dobson.

Using data from the latest reports by the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, Moody's, Forbes, and CNBC, we've analyzed tax data, real estate prices, and labor and energy costs to identify the most expensive cities in America to start a business.

While it is becoming cheaper and cheaper to produce and use solar energy, the cost of transitioning from fossil fuels is still very real.

With the first close of the $ 30 - million goal already secured solely from private investors, the Fund is pleased to announce its first two investments: GreenMantra, which has developed a proprietary technology platform to convert plastics into chemicals and other fuels; and Smart Energy Instruments (SEI), which is on track to create low - cost energy sensors that form the backbone of a smarter grid by providing real - time, highly granular data measureEnergy Instruments (SEI), which is on track to create low - cost energy sensors that form the backbone of a smarter grid by providing real - time, highly granular data measureenergy sensors that form the backbone of a smarter grid by providing real - time, highly granular data measurements.

That this House expresses deep concern at the impact of the UK Government's policies on Wales; notes the UK Government's real - terms reduction of the Welsh Budget by # 1.5 bn; notes that Wales currently suffers from the lowest average rates of pay in Britain and has the highest proportion of individuals affected by cuts to social security including the Bedroom Tax; further notes that Wales suffers the highest energy bills in the UK and that these, along with low pay, have compounded the cost of living crisis in Wales; and calls on the Government to immediately scrap the Bedroom Tax, freeze energy bills and undertake measures to increase pay rates in Wales.

Those who are fighting clean energy focus on high prices, but at the same time they don't talk about the real costs for the people who live with those dirty industries.

Driving demand, he says, are high energy costs and individuals «realizing that global warming is real.»

«There's just no way of getting around the fact that when you attempt to change the behaviors of industrialized economies that rely heavily on fossil energy, what you're essentially saying is you're going to raise the cost of living for a benefit that you may not see, but that exists in a real way to hundreds of millions of people,» Popovich added.

Slated for release in 2013, the new SimCity invites players to grapple with tough choices about energy generation, environmental costs and the responsibilities shouldered by inhabitants of a planet with finite resources — choices faced by real policymakers on the very real planet Earth.

«Voters in our groups are willing to weigh competing claims about the real costs of clean energy reform,» the memo advises.

«But you can get the same amount of energy in a smaller amount of space with sodium - sulfur — and that's important, because real estate costs money too.»

Co-author Dr Iain Staffell, from the Centre for Environmental Policy, said: «This tool allows us to combat one of the biggest uncertainties in the future energy system, and use real data to answer questions such as how electricity storage could revolutionise the electricity generation sector, or when high - capacity home storage batteries linked to personal solar panels might become cost - effective.»

Both companies say that they hope the costs and consequences of energy decisions made in the game will translate to the real world.

«They're right to look at [energy source] as a real cost,» he said.

However, the operating costs and the impact on the environment due to energy requirements for the process, is hindering any real progress in the space, until now.

Their prize of a bespoke metering solution will provide Carshalton High School for Girls with a clear view of their energy consumption and cost, in real time, bringing their energy to life.

Some of these risks include: a deterioration in national, regional, and local economies; tenant defaults; local real estate conditions, such as an oversupply of, or a reduction in demand for, rental space; property mismanagement; changes in operating costs and expenses, including increasing insurance costs, energy prices, real estate taxes, and costs of compliance with laws, regulations, and government policies.

• Finally, we believe that the real estate industry is in a unique position to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency improvements that are low cost and that create value within the underlying asset.

Investing in the energy sector can be riskier than other types of investment activities because of a range of factors, including price fluctuation caused by real and perceived inflationary trends and political developments, and the cost assumed by energy companies in complying with environmental safety regulations.

As I've written before, I've been experimenting with a Sense home energy monitor and achieving real, significant cost savings.

Today, however, particularly in the US, those choices are cushioned by energy prices that don't even reflect what it costs to produce the energy (say «ethanol subsidies» three times), no carbon taxes, and no tax on oil to represent its real or even imagined threats to national security.

A project led by graduate students at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara with support from the Institute for Energy Efficiency untangles the real cost of purchasing a high efficiency vehicle.

This has to be done in order to account for the so - called «externalities» — real costs that are not yet included in the price of various forms of energy.

If we can't get it right with tobacco, where there's no benefit to weigh against the toll in lives and costs, how can we get it right with fossil fuels, where the real - time benefits of affordable energy seem always to trump the long - term risks from climate change?

Then if fossil fuel externalities were factored in — harms to environ, acid rain, dead lakes / forests / soils, corroded property & lungs, local pollution real costs (from small particulate matter & toxins), military protection of supplies & diplomatic wheeling - dealing costs, etc. etc — alt energy would likely prove much cheaper.

My question is, if we can't get it right with tobacco, where there's no benefit to weigh against the toll in lives and costs, how can we get it right with fossil fuels, where the real - time benefits of affordable energy seem always to trump the long - term risks from climate change?

One reason is that energy costs are a tiny fraction of the price of owning expensive real estate, so why not have the windows open while the air conditioning is blasting.

Their critics say their stance, however well intentioned, will produce the real delays, given how much can be done now simply by cutting energy waste with tools already on the shelf — ranging from strengthening efficiency standards to eliminating billions of dollars in persistent fossil - fuel subsidies that continue to make coal and oil much cheaper than they really are when all their hidden costs are revealed.

, and Putin — create new industries and jobs in clean energy products and services — reduce payroll taxes — make fossil fuels include more of their real costs, including health / pollution and our mega military spending in the Middle East — AND, apply the marketplace to force real major mitigation of global warming rise.

What could be done slowly but surely = - an acceleration of the decarbonization of the US economy at little real cost (because of the $ benefits of saved energy) has to be rushed now.

While the Wynne - lose Premier of Ontario beats her breast about «her mistake» concerning rising unaffordable consumer energy costs (that produces real energy poverty for many people), she also exhorts us to join the Renewable Energy revolution: [PG] It is apparent that the people at Environmental Defence — the same ENGO that was a participant in the creation of the Green Energy Act — somehow believe they are superior energy planners than those with qualificaenergy costs (that produces real energy poverty for many people), she also exhorts us to join the Renewable Energy revolution: [PG] It is apparent that the people at Environmental Defence — the same ENGO that was a participant in the creation of the Green Energy Act — somehow believe they are superior energy planners than those with qualificaenergy poverty for many people), she also exhorts us to join the Renewable Energy revolution: [PG] It is apparent that the people at Environmental Defence — the same ENGO that was a participant in the creation of the Green Energy Act — somehow believe they are superior energy planners than those with qualificaEnergy revolution: [PG] It is apparent that the people at Environmental Defence — the same ENGO that was a participant in the creation of the Green Energy Act — somehow believe they are superior energy planners than those with qualificaEnergy Act — somehow believe they are superior energy planners than those with qualificaenergy planners than those with qualifications.

The ACEEE report shows that we're making real progress in capturing cost - effective energy efficiencies, which helps reduce power bills for ratepayers and the need for more costly and less sustainable forms of energy generation.»

State will support adoption of advanced technologies to help businesses and building owners track energy use in real time, pinpoint waste, cut costs and drive more than $ 200 million in energy savings

According to our latest analysis, the «real cost of laying out the cash to have a residential solar energy system installed in Utah as of October 2017» — prior to factoring in the 30 percent federal solar investment tax credit — comes in at $ 3.00 per watt, or around $ 15,000 for a typical 5 - kWh solar PV system.

Their plan is based on the fact that most citizens (and their representatives) are technically challenged, so they will not be aware of the realities of wind energy and their real costs.

It has long and widely been accepted that subsidies that promote the production and consumption of energy — thereby disguising its real cost to society — do little to benefit mankind.

Nuclear energy is effectively unlimited and the potential to reduce real costs over time is enormous.

I understand your background is in IT and you have a fanatical interest in renewable energy but no real - world experience with it, no appreciation of costs, orders of magnitudes, options analysis or policy analysis and advice.

Gasoline indirect cost calculated based on International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA), The Real Price of Gasoline, Report No. 3 (Washington, DC: 1998), p. 34, and updated using ICTA, Gasoline Cost Externalities Associated with Global Climate Change: An Update to CTA's Real Price of Gasoline Report (Washington, DC: September 2004), ICTA, Gasoline Cost Externalities: Security and Protection Services: An Update to CTA's Real Price of Gasoline Report (Washington, DC: January 2005), Terry Tamminen, Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2006), p. 60, and Bureau for Economic Analysis, «Table 3 — Price Indices for Gross Domestic Product and Gross Domestic Purchases,» GDP and Other Major Series, 1929 — 2007 (Washington, DC: August 2007); U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), This Week in Petroleum (Washington, DC: various issucost calculated based on International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA), The Real Price of Gasoline, Report No. 3 (Washington, DC: 1998), p. 34, and updated using ICTA, Gasoline Cost Externalities Associated with Global Climate Change: An Update to CTA's Real Price of Gasoline Report (Washington, DC: September 2004), ICTA, Gasoline Cost Externalities: Security and Protection Services: An Update to CTA's Real Price of Gasoline Report (Washington, DC: January 2005), Terry Tamminen, Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2006), p. 60, and Bureau for Economic Analysis, «Table 3 — Price Indices for Gross Domestic Product and Gross Domestic Purchases,» GDP and Other Major Series, 1929 — 2007 (Washington, DC: August 2007); U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), This Week in Petroleum (Washington, DC: various issuCost Externalities Associated with Global Climate Change: An Update to CTA's Real Price of Gasoline Report (Washington, DC: September 2004), ICTA, Gasoline Cost Externalities: Security and Protection Services: An Update to CTA's Real Price of Gasoline Report (Washington, DC: January 2005), Terry Tamminen, Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2006), p. 60, and Bureau for Economic Analysis, «Table 3 — Price Indices for Gross Domestic Product and Gross Domestic Purchases,» GDP and Other Major Series, 1929 — 2007 (Washington, DC: August 2007); U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), This Week in Petroleum (Washington, DC: various issuCost Externalities: Security and Protection Services: An Update to CTA's Real Price of Gasoline Report (Washington, DC: January 2005), Terry Tamminen, Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2006), p. 60, and Bureau for Economic Analysis, «Table 3 — Price Indices for Gross Domestic Product and Gross Domestic Purchases,» GDP and Other Major Series, 1929 — 2007 (Washington, DC: August 2007); U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), This Week in Petroleum (Washington, DC: various issuCost of Our Oil Addiction (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2006), p. 60, and Bureau for Economic Analysis, «Table 3 — Price Indices for Gross Domestic Product and Gross Domestic Purchases,» GDP and Other Major Series, 1929 — 2007 (Washington, DC: August 2007); U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), This Week in Petroleum (Washington, DC: various issues).

By putting a price on carbon and making fossil fuel polluters pay for the real and damaging costs of their emissions, we can unleash the clean energy solutions we need, and protect household budgets in DC in the process.

Energy and Capital editor Megan Dailey looks into the real cost of solar power and why it's not stopping this booming industry's growth.

Energy Efficient Prosperity: Low - cost energy tools can yield big benefits This is the second of a five - part series on energy efficiency focusing on real - life examples in developing countries 11 OctobeEnergy Efficient Prosperity: Low - cost energy tools can yield big benefits This is the second of a five - part series on energy efficiency focusing on real - life examples in developing countries 11 Octobeenergy tools can yield big benefits This is the second of a five - part series on energy efficiency focusing on real - life examples in developing countries 11 Octobeenergy efficiency focusing on real - life examples in developing countries 11 October 2016

«Costs have increased for wind as they have for other technologies,» said Christine Real de Azua, a spokeswoman for the American Wind Energy Association.

By supporting technology demonstrations and bringing energy storage innovators and investors together, the California Energy Commission's funded storage projects provide data and real - world experience that will help reduce investment costs and prove which solutions work best in specific applicaenergy storage innovators and investors together, the California Energy Commission's funded storage projects provide data and real - world experience that will help reduce investment costs and prove which solutions work best in specific applicaEnergy Commission's funded storage projects provide data and real - world experience that will help reduce investment costs and prove which solutions work best in specific applications.

There is no conflict — fossil fuel costs will continue to rise — capitalism will provide the innovations to substitute energy sources cost effectively and anthropogenic climate change is ultimately irrelevant if not a distraction from the real issues.

The real costs of a program to address global warming are crucially dependent on how much time and money it would take to develop and diffuse these technologies, plus the incremental costs per unit of energy (if any) they would impose once deployed.

By making fossil fuel polluters pay for the real and damaging costs of their emissions, we can unleash the clean energy solutions we need, and make D.C. families better off in the process.