Sentences with phrase «renewable power generators»

Curtailing wind generators reduces the production tax credit the wind plant operators would otherwise receive as renewable power generators (since the credit is a function of their generation).

Renewable power generators get roughly an additional 4 cents per kWh of electricity produced on top of the wholesale price.

Consumers Energy on their web site talks about a Green Generation program to purchase additional renewable energy made in Michigan, though they make clear that they do not own or operate the renewable power generators.

This has been true for renewable power generators, such as solar panels, and researchers expect the same would be true of energy storage technologies.

Not exact matches

«In an effort to improve our air quality, my company is in the process of implementing a significant project to replace these carbon based diesel generators with solar - powered alternatives which will run off the sun's pure renewable energy.

Just last month, LIPA's board renewed long - term contracts with antiquated and polluting fossil - fueled power generators, without any meaningful action on modernizing the energy grid, or transitioning to renewable energy.

A slew of new coal - fired generators are coming online, he noted, and while those plants are sleeker and more efficient, they're still not nearly as clean as gas - fired turbines or renewable power sources.

Renewable sources — such as rooftop solar panels, which sometimes generate more power than a household uses — required a decentralized system in which electricity flows in both directions, from many small generators into the grid, and from the grid to consumers.

Most other technology developed for harvesting wave power — including Finavera Renewables's AquaBuOY, WaveBob Ltd.'s wave - absorbing buoy and another buoy - mounted generator made by SRI International — absorbs energy from riding the waves as they bob up and down.

In addition to federal regulations that limit carbon dioxide emissions, 29 states and Washington, DC have Renewable Portfolio Standards that require power generators to meet specified renewable energy targets by certaRenewable Portfolio Standards that require power generators to meet specified renewable energy targets by certarenewable energy targets by certain dates.

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.

A new Chinese law requires power grid operators to buy all the electricity produced by renewable energy generators, in a move that will increase the proportion of energy that comes from renewable sources in coal - dependent China.

While these kinds of safe houses are used by the military to protect generators, IAN designed their microgrids to be powered by renewable energy.

Consequently with the dramatic decrease in efficiency of fuel burn in the standby fossil fuel generators there is sweet FA practical reduction in CO2 emissions with the introduction of wind and solar power generation systems particularly when the energy costs of the producing and building the so called renewable energy systems are added to the grossly inefficient running of the ready to go to full generation capacity in minutes, fossil fuel powered standby generators which in many cases must be kept running at low or zero power generation to be able to come on line in minutes when the so called renewable energy systems fail to produce power,

But as renewable energy penetration continues to grow, Moody's expects wholesale power prices to continue to decline, which is credit negative for all merchant generators.

Power generators are turning away from coal for a host of reasons: In some instances natural gas is cheaper; many states are requiring utilities to generate a certain portion of electricity from renewable resources; individual cities (and even an entire Canadian province) have decided to stop purchasing electricity created by burning coal; and new Environmental Protection Agency regulations are making it more expensive and less economical to use coal plants.

If power generator owners and governments had decreed that the most inefficient and most unreliable, most costly power generation systems that could be conceived to generate power for our modern civilisation were to be the norm then the so called renewable energy systems of wind and solar along with highly inefficient fossil fuel burning idling generators as standby's when the renewables fail to produce power then it is doubtful that a more hopelessly inefficient and unreliable system could be devised for a civilisation that depends so utterly on having dead steady, totally reliable, at call power every second of every day to run that civilisation's entire very sophisticated structures

And renewables combined with energy storage may be able to participate in capacity markets, which would further reduce capacity revenues for existing power generators.

The plants join a series of generators recently stricken by financial pressure primarily by competition from cheap natural gas, expanding renewable capacity, and lethargic power demand growth.

New wind power is now cheaper per megawatt - hour than new coal - or gas - fired electricity generation, but renewable energy still needs subsidies to compete with existing generators.

They use backup generation capacity from factories (often diesel generators) to match supply to demand in periods of low renewable power generation.

BEIJING (Reuters)- A new Chinese law requires power grid operators to buy all the electricity produced by renewable energy generators, in a move that will increase the proportion of energy that comes from renewable sources in coal - dependent China.

«Lower natural gas prices have effectively driven down wholesale power prices for all generators, regardless of whether they are using natural gas, coal, nuclear power or renewable resources to generate their electricity.»

Yaskawa Electric Corporation, has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire The Switch, a supplier of megawatt - class permanent magnet generator and full - power converter packages for wind power and other renewable energy applications.

Because by pushing power generators to ditch fossil fuels for cleaner alternatives, the plan aimed to not only protect our planet, but accelerate the renewable energy revolution already underway across the country and grow jobs in the green - tech sector that already employs over 3 million Americans.

The ACT does not have its own wind power, it has contracted to buy power from renewable generators outside of the territory.

The Clean Power Plan reached beyond individual plant upgrades by allowing generators unable to meet its emission standards to offset their power from lower carbon - emitting resources, such as renewaPower Plan reached beyond individual plant upgrades by allowing generators unable to meet its emission standards to offset their power from lower carbon - emitting resources, such as renewapower from lower carbon - emitting resources, such as renewables.

These are projects for students that involve renewable energy, solar physics, model wind generators, PV powered boats and cars, and even a solar balloon.

Through the agreement, Bullfrog Power's generators put renewable electricity and green natural gas onto the respective energy systems to match the amounts used at the 2013 RBC Canadian Open.

We certainly don't need any new coal mines or gas wells to have sufficient fossil fuel supply to keep existing power generators running while we transition to renewable electricity generation.

However a renewable system could be coupled with extensive batteries and other storage devices, large mechanical flywheels and condensers (basically an unpowered motor / generator that can spit out or consume reactive power).

Rooftop solar power — or, alternatively, microgrids powered by various combinations of small renewable installations and diesel generators — are the only way their inhabitants will ever get reliable electricity.

Replacing diesel powered generators with renewables, such as solar PV, to power water pumps can help lower energy costs.

Feed - in tariff - The price per unit of electricity that a utility or power supplier has to pay for distributed or renewable electricity fed into the grid by non-utility generators.

[i] Page 6 of APCo's Petition states: «Initially, the Company will assign to Rider REO the output of its renewable generators that are currently under long - term Purchased Power Agreements (the «Renewable PPAs»): the Summerville hydro - electric facility, and the Camp Grove, Fowler Ridge, Beech Ridge, and Grand Ridge wind facilitierenewable generators that are currently under long - term Purchased Power Agreements (the «Renewable PPAs»): the Summerville hydro - electric facility, and the Camp Grove, Fowler Ridge, Beech Ridge, and Grand Ridge wind facilitieRenewable PPAs»): the Summerville hydro - electric facility, and the Camp Grove, Fowler Ridge, Beech Ridge, and Grand Ridge wind facilities.»

Vaclav Smil has made some interesting analyses of the reality of attempting to continue BAU with renewable energy - basically you can't - because of «energy density» - the amount of power per square meter of generator that can be produced.

Each as tall as the Statue of Liberty, the turbines use 240 - foot - long blades made by the Danish company LM Wind Power attached to a 6 - megawatt Haliade generator made by GE Renewable Energy in France.

Many of the systems designed to provide renewable, stand - alone power in case of an emergency, such as generators, uninterruptible power supplies, and renewable energy grid components, are also vulnerable to EMP attack,» said the 27 - page report.

The Renewable Remote Power Generation Program, which began in July 2000, provides financial support for the conversion of diesel - based generators to generators dependent upon renewable energy resources and techRenewable Remote Power Generation Program, which began in July 2000, provides financial support for the conversion of diesel - based generators to generators dependent upon renewable energy resources and techrenewable energy resources and technologies.

While the Clean Power Plan is a key driver of this increase in natural gas and renewable generation, EIA made significant downward revisions to both the projected cost of natural gas (as a fuel) and the projected capital cost of natural gas, wind, and solar generators in this year's edition of the AEO.

In the first half of last year, for example, 165 new power generators were added in 33 states, but among the 10 states with the bulk of new generating capacity, «most of the new capacity uses natural gas or renewable energy,» the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported.

Renewable power consumption from RE100 companies grew last year, with the proportion of procurement from offsite grid - connected generators increasing more than fourfold in one year, from 3 % to 13 %

Thanks to falling costs of renewable energy technology, there is a notable shift away from renewable energy attribute certificates towards direct contracts with suppliers, as well as onsite generation and offsite grid - connected generators (power purchase agreements, or PPAs)-- meaning that increasingly, members are directly growing renewable energy capacity.

It will look into what the outcome is going to be to you, should you go off - grid and it will look into what is likely to happen to the grid, to the nation's greenhouse gas emissions, and to conventional power generators and to centralised renewables (such as wind, hydro, and big solar) should many people go off - grid.

Federal payments to wind generators for each kWh produced, accelerated depreciation allowances for solar photovoltaic cells, and state «Renewable Portfolio (or Energy) Standards» that mandate increased use of renewable power, have helped jump - start these sectors, bringing down costs and establishing renewables as culturally viable and politicallyRenewable Portfolio (or Energy) Standards» that mandate increased use of renewable power, have helped jump - start these sectors, bringing down costs and establishing renewables as culturally viable and politicallyrenewable power, have helped jump - start these sectors, bringing down costs and establishing renewables as culturally viable and politically salient.

A new Chinese law requires power grid operators to buy all the electricity produced by renewable energy generators, in a move that will increase the proportion of energy that comes from renewable sources in coal - dependent China.

«The retirements of these aging generators may accelerate as more renewable resources are added to the regional power system,» the report noted.

The so called Renewable Energy technologies such as Wind and Solar even if further refined and made more efficient, sought after efficiency increases that are now running into the problems of ever diminishing returns for the investments needed to raise those levels of efficiency, are now just one of the limiting factors in the hope of the so called Renewable Energy systems ever replacing today's base load coal, gas, oil, nuclear powered generators.

Already sourcing over 80 % of its global electricity consumption from renewable sources, the company aims to reach 100 % by investing in solar and wind energy and converting diesel generators into lithium storage batteries for maximising its use of renewable power.

Power enterprises refusing to buy power produced by renewable energy generators would be fined up to an amount double that of the economic loss of the renewable energy comPower enterprises refusing to buy power produced by renewable energy generators would be fined up to an amount double that of the economic loss of the renewable energy compower produced by renewable energy generators would be fined up to an amount double that of the economic loss of the renewable energy company.