Sentences with phrase «renewable energy moves»

«We'll be looking forward to continuing the discussion about the cost and public health benefits of renewable energy moving forward,» Clift said.

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Part of why Musk has so many supporters, for example, is that his goals of colonizing Mars and moving the auto industry to renewable energy strike a deep idealistic chord for many people.

Atco anticipated the move, and is investing more in renewable energy.

The state's business sector is making major efforts to reduce overall power consumption while moving towards greater use of renewable energy generation.

He is moving Shell, which tried and failed in earlier renewable - energy forays, into a deeper round of them, part of a broader push into selling electricity.

The book begins with an overview of the renewable energy technologies we have now, and then moves on to discuss food, women and girls, buildings and cities, land use, transport, and materials.

Now, Matthews's wildly ambitious goal is to «democratize on - demand power for everyone» by rebranding her company as M.O.R.E. (motion - based, off - grid, renewable energy), an energy company that's creating a microgenerating system that can harness the kinetic energy of just about anything that moves.

During her tenure at PG&E, she oversaw the company's move to bring nearly 30 % of its energy from renewable sources.

The only way oil and gas firms can regain their social licence in the long term, she argues, is to become diversified energy companies and move toward renewable assets.

As Germany looks to move to renewable sources of energy, some innovative ideas are being developed as mining companies rethink their business models.

Elon Musk is using his companies to pursue his personal idealistic goals: He wants to move the world to renewable energy, and he wants to establish a colony on Mars to preserve the human species.

Likewise, any move toward using renewable energy sources will result in a quieter environment, as coal and oil extraction are extremely noisy labors.

«Moving forward with phasing out coal, reducing energy waste and producing more renewable energy will allow Alberta to forge its own energy future.

In a move that would have seemed «fringe» a decade ago, cities, states and entire countries are targeting 100 - per - cent renewable energy.

1) China's emergence as a dominant player in the low - carbon market, 2) global oil majors» shift to renewable energy, 3) big corporate brands moving to 100 % renewable power, 4) the rise of electric vehicles and expiration dates for gas - fuelled cars, and 5) energy getting smarter through digitization.

«Moving off of coal and onto renewables is an essential part of this global energy transition.

The United States has moved ahead in EY's Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index and is now second only to China, the UK consultancy said in the latest edition of its Continue Reading

The driving sources of energy are changing as we move from a hydrocarbon fuel focus toward renewables.

The WePower is moving ahead with the aim of eliminating the current problems of accessing capital for renewable energy producers and access to investments in profitable projects for final consumers directly.

Construction costs for energy infrastructure are falling as Australia moves away from fossil fuels and invests in renewable power and new battery storage facilities.

Our plan includes an ambitious program of energy retrofits for public and private buildings, upgrades to maximize our existing hydroelectric dams, and an aggressive move toward renewable technologies like wind and solar power.

The transition to an ecologically sustainable society requires reduced consumption of goods, the efficient recycling of materials, a move away from the use of fossil fuels to the use of renewable sources of energy, zero global population growth, a reduced standard of living for the rich, an increased standard of living for the poor and an appeal to quality of life instead of materialism.

What would be really bold is suggesting that the GE factory closing in Hudson Falls be taken over by the displaced, fired workers; and have the plant move into high tech, or renewable energy production.

At noon, Assemblymen William Colton and Phil Steck launch a campaign to pass the most aggressive climate bill in New York, moving to 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, state Capitol, outside Senate Chambers, third floor, Albany.

Kauffman explained that New York is forming a task force to identify issues related to the closure, and to aid the state in moving towards renewable energy.

With the release of its master plan for offshore wind energy, New York State is doubling down on its commitment to renewable energy at a time when the Trump administration is moving to allow coastal drilling for oil and gas.

Other proposals regarding greater use of renewable energy, reducing student hunger, moving the New York Islanders to a new site in Nassau County and hearings about the elimination of a special minimum wage for tipped workers were pre-announced, piecemeal, over the last several weeks.

Nixon said despite Cuomo's promises to move to renewable energy, the state still gets just 4 percent of its energy from wind and solar.

Our three demands are stop all fracked - gas infrastructure projects, move to 100 % clean renewable energy, and make corporate polluters pay.

Those policies have been largely embraced by renewable energy advocates, but critics have focused on inconsistencies in Cuomo's energy moves particularly where politics has trumped policy.

The announcement, made at New York University, was packaged with a plan to spend $ 1.4 billion on renewable energy in New York, moving forward with 26 renewable energy projects in the state.

«The government must urgently set out a comprehensive energy efficiency and renewables strategy for moving to a low - carbon economy.»

«The question is, what is the state going to do to move renewable energy downstate and bring low costs to New York City?»

While the PSC views the subsidies as a way to control carbon emissions as the state moves toward more renewable energy sources, critics believe the Cuomo administration, which supported the plan, was intent on avoiding the job losses that would have come with plant closures in the hard - pressed region where the plants operate.

The organizers said the main goals of the event were to persuade Cuomo to block all new natural gas infrastructure in the state, including pipelines and power plants; move toward 100 percent renewable energy, and tax emissions to fund the transition.

The Clean Energy Standard moves us down the path towards clean, renewable energy by taking the promise of getting half of our electricity from clean, renewable sources by 2030, and requiring power companies to get there.&Energy Standard moves us down the path towards clean, renewable energy by taking the promise of getting half of our electricity from clean, renewable sources by 2030, and requiring power companies to get there.&energy by taking the promise of getting half of our electricity from clean, renewable sources by 2030, and requiring power companies to get there.»

At 3 p.m., People's Climate Movement NY holds a press event, calling on de Blasio to «make priority commitments to offshore wind, mandatory retrofitting of large buildings, moving all NYC owned buildings to 100 renewable energy and other specific action,» City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The approval of the natural gas - fired plant came at a time when the administration was generally attempting to move away from fossil fuel generation and toward renewable energy generation, per its Reforming Energy Vision, which seeks to make the energy grid more reliant on renewable sources and more effienergy generation, per its Reforming Energy Vision, which seeks to make the energy grid more reliant on renewable sources and more effiEnergy Vision, which seeks to make the energy grid more reliant on renewable sources and more effienergy grid more reliant on renewable sources and more efficient.

In the wake of devastating hurricanes and other extreme weather in the past several weeks, more than 60 organizations signed a letter calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to move New York to 100 percent clean, renewable energy as soon as possible.

The process of moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy will advance as the costs of using renewable energy starts to matches the costs of using fossil fuels...

Cuomo says the plants are essential to moving New York on renewable energy.

ALBANY — New York is moving aggressively to a future powered by renewable energy, with an army of clean energy workers trained to install tens of thousands of solar panels and hundreds of wind turbines in the next few years.

«Now we'll redouble our effort to move toward a clean energy economy and more renewables in the future,» said Peter Iwanowicz, executive director of Environmental Advocates of New York.

The Greens support having the state commit to 40 % of the state's energy coming from offshore wind, and helped convinced the State to do a study of how fast it is possible to move to 100 % clean, renewable energy.

Governor Cuomo's Energy Highway Initiative has ambitious goals to move New York State to a lower carbon emission, renewable future.

LIPA's commitment in stimulating a transformation from fossil based energy to renewable energies has moved solar into the mainstream consciousness of many Long Islanders.

Through its Reforming Energy Vision initiative, the Cuomo administration is actively working to help municipalities — especially towns and schools — move toward getting a significant portion of their power from renewable resources.

While in Marrakech, the President is also scheduled to attend the Africa Day Commemoration at COP 22 with the theme, «Moving from Commitments to Action with Intended Nationally Determined Contributions and African Renewable Energy Initiative.»

We've put together a statewide campaign with environmental allies to push Governor Cuomo to stop all fossil fuel infrastructure projects in the state and move rapidly to 100 % renewable energy.

Second, we have to ban fracking and immediately move towards investing in renewable energy.