Sentences with phrase «reduce electricity costs»

Similarly, if you just look at the Clean Power Plan, our proposal is estimated to reduce electricity costs 8 percent by 2030.

Finally, Vote Solar has called for more analysis of the state's natural gas fleet, arguing that more gas plants need to close to make room for renewables and reduce electricity costs.

Model finds operating nuclear plants flexibly can reduce electricity costs, increase revenue for nuclear plants, and cut carbon emissions in electric power systems.

Our expert energy storage team has done a great job of revolutionising how to couple solar and energy storage in the UK to reduce electricity costs for industrial customers.

Firstly, it was a way to reduce electricity costs.

«The residential user still uses a lot of incandescent bulbs and has the greatest opportunity to reduce electricity costs and consumption,» said Christopher Blansett, an analyst at J.P. Morgan.

Senator Charles E. Schumer said: «By making solar power more affordable, this funding will help homeowners reduce their electricity costs, create jobs, and put Long Island at the forefront of the clean - energy economy.

«The plant electrifies parts of a National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN) training site in Kainji, which helps to reduce electricity costs.

And the $ 16.7 million pales next to the $ 495 million from the New York Power Authority — funds literally generated upstate at the Niagara and Fitzpatrick Power projects — that was supposed to go to reduce electricity costs for the few remaining industries upstate, figuratively and literally turning out the lights for thousands of upstate workers and their families.

The panels have reduced electricity costs by $ 500 since last autumn.

Not only has the success of natural gas sharply reduced electricity costs and delivered huge economic benefits, but the development of America's natural gas resources is making a significant positive impact on our nation's environmental and energy sustainability goals.

Almost half of our stores have solar PV installations, reducing our electricity costs and carbon footprint.

• Came up with a new heating design for the complete heating, ventilation and cooling system hence reducing electricity costs by 40 %

Responsibilities: • Reduced electricity cost of the company by developing energy efficient lights.

Not exact matches

Wynne declined to say how much the $ 70 million in reduced costs would impact electricity bills in Ontario, if at all.

When Tesla and SolarCity embarked to design and engineer the solar roof together, the goal was to create the most beautiful and efficient roof ever — one that would make homes look better while reducing the cost of electricity.

AD — anaerobic digestion — is a naturally occurring process which can be integrated into waste management and farming to reduce costs and carbon emissions, and produce gas, electricity, fuel and fertiliser:

As a chemical and sludge free system that consumes up to 95 % less electricity than traditional wastewater technologies, the BIDA ® System enables clients to not only significantly reduce wastewater management costs and environmental footprint, but also showcase their commitment to sustainability.

Purchasing green electricity is one of the easiest and most cost effective ways to quickly reduce your carbon footprint.

(E.g., compare the costs of administering the NSLP paperwork for the 80 % + of Houston's 200,000 students who qualify for free and reduced price lunch, or the significant overhead costs charged our Food Services by the district for things like garbage collection, electricity, insurance, payroll, human resources, etc..)

The NPP's promise to pay all arrears owed contractors in 100 days, pay all customers of DKM, reduce corporate tax from 25 % to 20 %, reduce import duties on raw materials and machinery for production, reduce drivers» insurance levies and cost of driver's license; and instant reduction of electricity tariffs and transport fares were all not captured in the budget.

Once the pipeline is complete, the Valley Energy Center will begin to reduce the region's overall emissions, protect and enhance the reliability of the region's electric grid, and start saving New York's energy consumers more than an estimated $ 600 million in electricity costs annually.»

«These are the first investments from our reforms to build the world's first low carbon electricity market - reforms which will see competition and markets attract tens of billions of pounds of vital energy investment whilst reducing the costs of clean energy to consumers.

Reduced electricity rates and prevented $ 300 million increase in New Yorkers» annual electricity costs.

In collaboration with H2O Applied Technologies, Manhattan College in Riverdale launched a large - scale water and energy conservation project this spring expected to save an estimated $ 652,000 per year in utility costs and reduce electricity use for the institution by nearly 2 -LSB-...]

The program aims to reduce the cost of CCS to $ 10 per ton of avoided CO2 by 2012, corresponding to a roughly 10 percent increase in the cost of electricity.

Utilities can substantially reduce their disruption costs, as well as social costs, by continuing to supply at least a small amount of electricity to serve HP demands during outages.

Next the scientists looked at the energetic cost of curtailment — the practice of shutting down solar panels and wind turbines to reduce the production of surplus electricity on the grid.

«This should reduce overall costs for the energy industry because, rather than creating large, expensive solar cells, you can use much smaller cells that produce just as much electricity by absorbing intensified solar energy from concentrating lenses.

But, in fact, it can reduce the total cost of electricity generation, the new study finds.

Now the stunning cost reductions for solar electricity, wind electricity, batteries, electric vehicles and hundreds of impressive efficiency improvements are all dramatically improving our ability to reduce emissions and become far more efficient.

For example, programs like OPOWER's that compare electricity use among neighbors have been shown to reduce electricity use by 2 percent at a cost of 2.5 cents per kilowatt - hour.

During the 494th Brookhaven Lecture, Matthew Eisaman explained solar cells» important role in meeting the world's energy demands, the U.S. Department of Energy's SunShot Initiative to reduce the cost of solar cell - generated electricity by 2020, and solar cell research at Brookhaven Lab.

They enable major power generators to profitably generate electricity in a manner that reduces the overall cost of compliance with mandatory greenhouse gas («GHG») emissions limits and renewable energy targets while also allowing countries to diversify their sources of electricity supply.

The customer can also recharge the battery in the middle of the night, when prices are lowest in some markets, and then use the electricity during the day to reduce energy costs.

A permanent way to reduce your electricity bill would be to swap out your electric hot water tank for a gas - heated tank — but at a one time cost of $ 600 or more, this is a pricey endeavour.

If you are trying to save money from home account like reducing the electricity and heating cost then pass the saving to the mortgage.

This reduces the use of electricity and cost of bills as compared with PSUs that are less efficient.

I myself have been accused of being a paid shill for the coal industry, because I argued that rapidly deploying solar and wind energy technologies, along with efficiency and smart grid technologies, is a much faster and much more cost effective way of reducing GHG emissions from electricity generation than building new nuclear power plants.

63 percent of respondents said the United States should move forward to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, regardless of what other countries do... In the same poll, the public supported — by a margin of 63 percent to 37 percent — requiring electric utilities to produce at least 20 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources, even if that would cost the average household an extra $ 100 per year.»

And again, my position is that (1) nuclear power is not needed, since we can get all the electricity we need, and more, from renewables; (2) nuclear can not possibly be expanded enough, quickly enough to have any significant impact on reducing GHG emissions in the time frame that's needed, while renewables can be (and already are); and (3) resources invested in expanding nuclear power would be far more effectively invested in renewables and / or efficiency, and the opportunity costs of nuclear therefore mean that putting resources into nuclear power hinders rather than helps the effort to quickly reduce CO2 emissions from generating electricity.

In his January working paper, «The Market Value and Cost of Solar Photovoltaic Electricity Product,» Borenstein also found that, even after considering that the panels reduce greenhouse gases, their costs still far outweigh their social benefits.

Metrolight - an Israeli company that manufacturers electronic ballasts for decreasing lighting costs (and reducing electricity needs) without compromising lighting needs.

Moreover, widespread implementation of distributed, local electricity generation — especially low - cost, high - efficiency thin - film photovoltaics like those now being manufactured by Nanosolar for the municipal utility market, and other innovative PV technologies like the cylindrical PV modules being manufactured by Solyndra for commercial rooftop applications — will greatly reduce the need for large - scale, centralized baseload generation.

For that matter, most of the very tall buildings should have solar panels on their southern faces — that would not only generate electricity but reduce air conditioning costs in the summer.

An electric vehicle fleet would sharply reduce the cost of driving a car, reduce pollution, and increase the flexibility of our electricity grid.

... In the U.S. electricity supply sector, the cost benchmark for reducing carbon dioxide emissions lies with substitution of natural gas for coal, especially older, less efficient units.

A new National Research Council report finds that by the year 2050, the U.S. may be able to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent for light - duty vehicles — cars and small trucks — via a combination of more efficient vehicles; the use of alternative fuels like biofuels, electricity, and hydrogen; and strong government policies to overcome high costs and influence consumer choices.

«By preventing a significant number of cable failures caused by damage during manufacturing, installation and operation, we are convinced that our study will allow us to significantly reduce the levelised cost of electricity of offshore wind.»

In turn, this reduces the investment cost in the supply of electricity required to deliver universal energy access, making off - grid renewable solutions more affordable to households.