Sentences with phrase «reliable than electricity»

Plus, local generation is more reliable than electricity transported over long transmission lines, a major plus on brutal winter days we often see in February.

Not exact matches

The problems are not technical in nature as reliable electricity is a staple of economic life in nations less endowed than Nigeria.

Here's what happened: For the first century of the electricity business, the power plants were costlier and less reliable than the grid, so it made sense to build a bunch of big power plants backing each other up through the grid.

Before such batteries can become a reality, Strano needs to find a safe, reliable way to ignite the reaction and figure out how to reduce the amount of energy that comes out as heat or light rather than electricity.

Although solar thermal collectors are better than photovoltaic panels or wind turbines at generating reliable power around the clock, solar thermal power is also expensive; at present energy costs, it would require government subsidies to compete with coal and natural gas, which can generate electricity much more cheaply.

This landfill free solution is recommended as a «clean, reliable, and renewable source of energy» that «produces electricity with less environmental impact than almost any other source of electricity» by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

You'd also know that weather - dependent renewables can not supply much of global electricity, let alone global energy and they are far more expensive than nuclear to provide reliable power (which is an essential requirement).

Globally, wind energy is one of the fastest growing major sources of new electricity around the world, with installations of more than 55,000 MW of clean, reliable wind power in 2016 alone.

When the Premier made her announcement about reducing hydro bills, she also claimed «Decades of under - investment in the electricity system by governments of all stripes resulted in the need to invest more than $ 50 billion in generation, transmission and distribution assets to ensure the system is clean and reliable.»

Bihar is typical of India's rural states: it has more than 100 million people, less than one - fifth of whom have access to reliable electricity.

Put another way: One dollar spent subsidizing Fitzpatrick could thus leverage almost three times as much clean electricity as a dollar spent on renewables subsidies — and deliver far more reliable power than wind farms and solar plants do.

And because they are now 100 meters tall, instead of less than 40 meters, they harvest a far larger, stronger, and more reliable wind regime, generating 20 times as much electricity as the turbines installed in the early 1980s when modern wind power development began.

More than 1 billion people have no access to electricity, and coal offers a cheap and reliable way to turn the lights on and heat homes.

These proposals include coercion (the «Clean Power Plan») and increased taxpayer subsidies, which are required because the «renewables» Hillary favors are more expensive and less reliable than fossil fuel - generated electricity and would not be built without the coercion and subsidies.

In the West African nation of Togo, more than half of the population live below the poverty line, and a large number of the population lack reliable access to education, healthcare, electricity, and clean or safe drinking water.

But with improvements in the performance of plants and better sites, solar thermal electricity could soon be cheaper than coal, and so generate huge amounts of reliable, clean electricity in hot desert regions, Milow said.

Households are saving more than 50 % on electricity bills, while gaining access to clean, reliable power and avoiding blackouts.

A report from Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) claims that «the current mix of generating plant will be unable to ensure reliable electricity supply with significantly more than 10 GW of wind capacity.