Sentences with phrase «renewable power sources»

So, how did our ancestors deal with the large variability of renewable power sources?

The group has proposed a significant overhaul of the system, including a greater emphasis on renewable power sources such as wind and solar.

While renewable power sources such as solar can also be expensive, environmentalists argue the more people that use it, the cheaper it will be in the future.

Yet on these kinds of scales, even renewable power sources could begin to affect the climate.

A cheap clean renewable power source still allows population increase & the associated habitat destruction that entails.

Experts say that a much higher concentration of renewables power sources (50 % or more) is possible.

The trade group GSMA has introduced a new plan that will help boost renewable power sources for mobile operators in developing countries.

Along with a riveting history of climate change, Tim Flannery offers specific suggestions for action for both lawmakers and individuals, from investing in renewable power sources like wind, solar, and geothermal energy, to offering an action plan with steps each and every one of us can take right now to reduce deadly CO2 emissions by as much as 70 percent.

Amazon is currently setting up a smaller wind farm in Virginia, and in April, it announced a small 4.8 megawatt hour pilot of Tesla's energy storage batteries, which are designed to be used with intermittent, renewable power sources like wind and solar.

He shifts to Germany, which abruptly pulled the plug on its nuclear program and now faces a looming power gap that analysts say, despite growth in solar and other renewable power sources there, can only be filled with fossil fuels (mainly coal)-- raising concerns of climate scientists.

These allow the integration of a range of options, including coupling with the electricity sector through heat pumps and power to heat, using the generation from variable renewable power sources at times of low demand to heat water for the district heating system.

«We're committed to using renewable power sources for our global operations while continuing to provide financing for our clients» renewable energy and energy efficiency projects around the world.»

It doesn't really matter whether a city goes the 100 percent route with power purchase agreements or by investing in its own local renewable power sources, Woolf said.

Call for Commercially Available Technology Will Make Grid More Flexible in Supporting Renewable Power Sources

The only thing that Americans are even more united around is clean energy — 92 % say the government should making developing renewable power sources a priority.

The idea behind the subsidies and mandates is to foster a market for wind and other renewable power sources so the technology can be perfected and economies of scale reached to the point where they can compete on their own.

In conclusion, industrial manufacturing and cargo transportation — both over land and over sea — could be run almost entirely on variable renewable power sources, with little need for energy storage, transmission networks, balancing capacity or overbuilding renewable power plants.

That's why the amount of fossil fuels used goes DOWN in nations as they ramp up and build more and more renewable power sources.

The plan give states credits for acting quickly to invest in renewable power sources such as solar and wind that emit zero carbon.

This choice would undoubtedly be hailed both by those pushing for development and large - scale testing of nonpolluting energy technologies and by environmental campaigners seeking knowledgeable leadership at the giant agency — which, while it still oversees efforts to boost coal and oil extraction, also has what may be the world's biggest assemblage of scientists pursuing development of renewable power sources.

This year's budget makes expenses incurred to generate geothermal heat eligible for the deduction — tax support that the government expects to total $ 9 million for this renewable power source over the next five years.

Wind farming is notoriously finicky when it comes to supply, and large - scale batteries like the one Tesla will be providing in the pilot project at BP's South Dakota Titan 1 wind farm will help solve the volatility of the renewable power source.

Green Party leader Natalie Bennett and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries debate nuclear, wind and renewable power sources.

Wind power is just as intermittent as the sun, and in the less balmy climes across the Atlantic it is the go - to renewable power source.

Hydrogen production may also prove to be a better way of storing the energy from intermittent but renewable power sources, such as wind farm generation or solar photovoltaic panels on a future garage rooftop.

So in 2010, when he set out to develop an abundant, renewable power source that could be used in extremely remote places for machines that might purify water or diagnose disease, it was inevitable that he would start small.

This intermittency is intrinsic to nearly all renewable power sources, making it impossible to harvest and store energy unless, say, the sun is shining or the wind is blowing.

· Renewable power sources have lower pollution - related human health and ecological impacts per unit of power produced than coal - fired power plants or the current electricity mix, but require more metals and other minerals.

The smart textiles would act as wearable solar - powered batteries that could charge our devices and carry out different functions themselves thanks to the renewable power source.

Our best response to all three is a bold, comprehensive bill that accelerates green innovation and creates millions of new jobs as we develop and produce the next generation of renewable power sources, alternative fuels and energy - efficient cars, homes and workplaces.

Sticking a solar array or urban turbines atop a datacenter roof might seem like a more universal way to hook up to renewable energy; however, at this point, any and all renewable power sources should be explored.

In the New Mexico of 2020 includes a move away from fossil fuels, a perfected use of renewable power sources, zero - emissions buldings, fewer miles traveled, less imported power and fewer power lines, micorgrids that produce their own electricity for hundreds of communities, a reconfiguration of human organizations that aligns with better pricing and energy supply, green collar jobs, and supportive local governments.

Health experts said that renewable power sources, cutting industrial emissions as well as rapid transit, cycling and walking networks in cities can help curb rising air pollution.

[i] Carbon Tracker's own research has shown that renewable power sources are cheaper today on average worldwide than new coal and gas plants.

The grid companies have been ordered to plug in all renewable power sources that comply with their technical standards, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said.

*** Renewables «can't cope with sudden surges» The Australian Michael Owen 16 December 2016 Renewable power sources can not cope with rapid or large changes in frequency, leading ultimately to a «black system», a report by a national electricity regulator says.

They are losing market share to renewable power sources that are increasingly competitive; the wind and sun are now our least expensive power sources.

Onshore and offshore wind energy, solar energy, thermal and bioenergy, and hydropower play leading roles in the renewable power sources of the future.