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Renewable energy policies, for example, are estimated to have saved around 96 Mt of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2005 by increasing renewable electricity production in the 25 EU countries four-fold between 1990 and 2005, and boosting production of renewable heat and liquid biofuels for transport by 20 %.

Not exact matches

The natural - resource - rich state is also known for its natural gas production (it leads the nation), coal, electricity (again, number one in the States) and renewable energy — specifically, wind energy.

And all of that production means that China is bearing the burden of the pollution that can go along with the manufacture of such renewable energy for other countries — whether the acid rain — forming sulfur dioxide emitted from making the steel in a wind turbine's blade or the noxious chemicals left over after manufacturing specialized silicon, or glass, that can turn sunshine into electricity.

He stresses that energy efficiency and greater production of electricity from renewables is the key to reducing the environmental impact of electric cars in the operational phase, globally.

In the six major economies assessed individually, carbon dioxide emissions per unit of electricity production falls by about 40 % between 2010 and 2030 and renewable electricity becomes the dominant source of electricity production at about 36 % of the electricity mix.

This is particularly true in the electricity sector, where INDCs will further drive the transition towards renewables and other low - emissions forms of electricity production.

The first crops of tomatoes and cucumbers grown inside electricity - generating solar greenhouses were as healthy as those raised in conventional greenhouses, signaling that «smart» greenhouses hold great promise for dual - use farming and renewable electricity production.

The quickest, cheapest and best way to start using all this renewable energy is in the production of electricity.

Use of other non-carbon-emitting renewable energy sources will triple, but still will account for only 6 % of world electricity production in 2030.

LONDON, 27 September, 2017 — India and the United States would both benefit financially by phasing out coal - fired electricity production and investing in renewables.

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Apologises if anyone has posted this before (the talk was March 2016) but it seems quite hopeful in suggesting that electricity demand can be reduced and production transition to renewables in a short timescale.

Lastly, in a grid with 100 % renewable power production, the generation capacity would need to be ten times larger than the peak load, and excess electricity would surpass the EU annual electricity consumption.

Regulatory compliances by FERC to encourage renewable energy production accompanied by need to supply electricity in non-grid connectivity areas should positively influence market growth.

Electricity production from renewable products in the OECD grew 3.8 % from 2014 to 2015, reaching 2,471.1 TWh.

This represents nearly a quarter (23.0 %) of total OECD electricity production in 2015 (Figure 5), the largest share of renewables in gross electricity production for any year in the renewables time series (from 1990).

Following rapid recent growth, solar, wind, geothermal, and tide energies accounted for 4.2 % of world electricity production in 2014 and 18.7 % of total renewable electricity.

The share of solar PV in OECD renewable electricity production increased from a negligible amount to 7.1 % in the same time period, and biogases increased from 0.3 % to 3.2 %.

In the U.S., Congress voted at the end of last year to extend the renewable electricity production tax credit (PTC), the U.S. market's main incentive mechanism, and to phase it out by the end of 2019.

The figures illustrate how renewable sources replace coal in electricity production, which shrinks from 30 to 16 percent across the scenarios, while gas remains relatively constant.

This follows data released last week showing that renewable energy accounted for 19.9 percent of electricity production in the country in 2011, growing 16.4 percent over 2010.

There are immense direct and indirect public benefits in transitioning to an efficient renewable energy system in terms of reduced incidence of diseases such as asthma, freeing up of most of the supplies of water that are now used for thermal electricity generation (and hence reduced conflict over water), reduced air, water, and soil pollution that accompanies fossil fuel production, processing and use, and greatly improved prospects of avoiding the worst consequences of climate change.

Together, renewables and nuclear provided about 33 % of overall U.S. electricity production in 2015, the highest share on record.

Munich has already introduced many green initiatives over the past decades, but with this goal and clearly reachable targets the city is taking up a pioneering role in CO2 savings thanks to its ambitious production target of renewable electricity.

[283] In 2011, Ukraine's Energy Ministry predicted that the installed capacity of generation from alternative and renewable energy sources would increase to 9 % (about 6 GW) of the total electricity production in the countrIn 2011, Ukraine's Energy Ministry predicted that the installed capacity of generation from alternative and renewable energy sources would increase to 9 % (about 6 GW) of the total electricity production in the countrin the country.

For the avoidance of doubt, Gross Revenues shall (A) exclude monies received from any source other than the sale of electric energy and capacity, including, without limitation, any of the following: (i) any federal, state, county or local tax benefits, grants or credits or allowances related to, derived from, or granted to the Wind Energy Project or Grantee, including, but not limited to, investment or production tax credits, or property or sales tax exemptions, (ii) proceeds from financing activities, sales, assignments, partial assignments, contracts (other than the power purchase agreement) or other dispositions of or related to the Wind Energy Project (such as damages for breach of contract or liquidated damages for delays in project completion or failures in equipment performance), (iii) amounts received as reimbursements or compensation for wheeling costs or other electricity transmission or delivery costs, and (iv) any proceeds received by Grantee as a result of damage or casualty to the Wind Energy Project, or any portion thereof and (B) include any revenues derived from Grantee's sale of carbon dioxide trading credits, renewable energy credits or certificates, emissions reduction credits, emissions allowances, green tags, tradable renewable credits, or Green - e ® products, any of which are allocated to Grantee, if applicable, through its participation in any voluntary registry, association or market - based exchange.

All references in this Easement to electricity or the production of electricity shall mean and include any forms of energy generated from renewable natural wind resources that might be developed, provided nothing contained herein gives Grantee the right to develop renewable natural resources other than wind without the written agreement of Owner regarding the manner in which such other resources may be developed and considerations due Owner therefore.

These include making renewable energy carriers available on - site by using more electricity and district heating instead of fossil fuels for processes, using more environmentally - friendly materials for lower emissions in production (e.g. recycled steel, and solid wood), better thinking around transport of surplus masses (soil / rock / gravel), and improved waste management and recycling.

A national renewable electricity standard would mandate that a given share of an electric company's production come from renewable sources (most likely wind power), or, in the case of a «clean energy standard,» from an expanded list including nuclear and hydroelectric power.

Surplus renewable electricity can be stored in a fleet of electric vehicle batteries, or as heat in water heaters, or as ice in air conditioners, and used when wind and solar production has slowed.

«(G) the implications of the introduction of plug - in electric drive vehicles and other types of electric transportation on the production of electricity from renewable resources.

Thanks to a rise in cheap, renewable energy, as well as natural gas production, utilities are experiencing an unprecedented decline in demand for electricity.

The Energy Concept 2020 foresees a doubling of the share of renewable energies in its electricity production to 20 % by 2020.

Hydrogen: being discussed for heat in buildings, industry, and also, with interim storage, for electricity production in markets where (subsidized) zero - dispatch - cost renewables make CCS plant load factors uncertain.

The structure of renewable technologies, which have a high levelized cost of electricity but almost zero marginal cost of production, gives renewable energy priority in the order of dispatch.

Ways to reduce fossil fuel inputs to food systems include the use of farm machinery powered by renewable electricity or farm - produced biofuels; the localization of food systems to reduce transport (perhaps entailing vertical urban agriculture); the adoption of organic and ecological production practices to reduce the need for nitrogen fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides; and an overall reduction in the consumption of highly processed foods.

The company specializes in initiating, developing, constructing and operating clean electricity production projects from renewable energy sources.

U.S. renewable electricity production doubled during Obama's first four years in office.

In September last year the company revealed its new evian bottling site in France, the largest food production site to achieve carbon neutrality and completely powered by renewable electricitIn September last year the company revealed its new evian bottling site in France, the largest food production site to achieve carbon neutrality and completely powered by renewable electricitin France, the largest food production site to achieve carbon neutrality and completely powered by renewable electricity.

Portugal's renewable electricity production (mostly from hydropower and wind energy) exceeded monthly consumption in March.

The target can be compared to the EU Directive 2001 / 77 / EU that also promoted renewable energy in the electricity production.

Such a change would enable democratic decision - making over the source of our electricity, dramatically expand locally - generated renewable energy and — in tandem with efforts to expand the production of local food — help create a thriving and sustainable local community.»

Recently, however, some wind - generating plants have proven to be economically feasible in areas with good wind resources, compared with other conventional technologies, when coupled with the Renewable Electricity Production Tax Credit (described below).

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), Crude Oil Production, electronic database, at tonto.eia.doe.gov, updated 28 July 2008; American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), «Installed U.S. Wind Power Capacity Surged 45 % in 2007: American Wind Energy Association Market Report,» press release (Washington, DC: 17 January 2008); AWEA, U.S. Wind Energy Projects, electronic database, at www.awea.org/projects, updated 31 March 2009; future capacity calculated from Emerging Energy Research (EER), «US Wind Markets Surge to New Heights,» press release (Cambridge, MA: 14 August 2008); coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February 2009.

Electricity remains the most versatile form of energy, offering the potential for production from many forms of indigenous and renewable energy sources both in grid - based and standalone settings.

The history of infrastructure suggests that «take - off» in renewable electricity production has already begun and will move very quickly now, especially when and where governments support that goal.

WWF say that going beyond 60 % depends on whether there's a market in other countries for the excess electricity the UK would generate at times of high renewable production / low demand.

Development needs of the Estonian energy sector were assessed in order to prepare policy recommendations for enabling the shift from fossil fuel based electricity production to the use of 100 % renewable domestic energy sources and fuels on a national level.

As solar and other forms of distributed renewable energy become a larger share of the electricity production in the U.S., these variations of net energy metering are likely to become more common.

At 250 meters, the project features the largest solar thermal tower in the world, and will help Israel achieve its goal of having 10 percent of its electricity production from renewable resources by 2020.