The Bank of Canada also noted that there is little else it can do to improve competitiveness: limp productivity,
relatively higher electricity prices, and rising protectionism are all beyond the scope of monetary policy.
Not exact matches
«Refuelling» the Audi metroproject quattro from power sockets alone, therefore, produces an unequivocal result: even allowing for the
relatively high domestic
electricity costs in Germany, it is still possible to achieve a saving of around $ 6.50 for every 100 km — or 70 percent — compared to the
price of premium fuel.
Cases with
higher or lower world energy
prices, represented by oil
prices, have
relatively little direct impact on power - sector emissions, as petroleum provides a small fraction of U.S.
electricity generation.
New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New York are top distributed solar states despite
relatively less favorable solar resources because of consistent state solar PV policies and incentives and some of the
highest residential
electricity prices in the country.
The report argues that, even if
electricity demand were to grow at around 1 to 1.5 per cent per annum between 2010 and 2020 and fossil fuel
prices were to remain
relatively high, the share of renewables in UK
electricity sales is only expected to increase to around 10.25 per cent by 2015.
«The UK ranks so low despite the fact that it has among the lowest gas and
electricity prices in Europe and
relatively high household incomes compared to the other countries,» ACE says.
«The
price of batteries is
relatively high, but the possible savings from adding them to a rooftop solar installation are quite limited, particularly as a fraction of the typical
electricity bill.