Sentences with phrase «renewables target years»

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The organization has set itself the target of sourcing 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources of energy by the year 2025.

How much the agreement reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and through that reduces warming, will depend on whether countries meet their targets for curbing emissions and deploying renewable energy and whether they ramp up their ambition in the years ahead.

In 2018, bankers say they expect another big year of investment, targeted more at sectors considered important to future economic growth like high technology and renewable energy.

The state renewable energy standard requires electric companies to meet emissions targets by investing ratepayer money into programs that green the grid and electrify vehicles and buildings, or else pay into a state fund at the end of the year.

BRUSSELS — Toning down its environmental zeal of years past, the European Commission has proposed today to ax binding, national targets for the share of renewable sources in each member state's energy mix after 2020.

The introduction of the carbon tax, along with Australia's target of generating 41,000 gigawatt hours of renewable energy a year by 2020, up from 21,000 in 2013, has helped increase renewable energy use and reduce the country's heavy reliance on coal, Dargaville says.

And so this all implies that given the pressing climate change issue and Paris targets set at 2050, smaller population and reduced consumption will have very limited impact, so we are mainly going to be reliant on renewable energy and carbon taxes and so on in the shorter term over the next 20 — 30 years or so.

The Scots have a target of generating all their electricity from renewables inside the next five years, and at which point each Tesla there will effectively be running clean, whereas any petrol or diesel equivalent will always be as dirty as the day it rolled out the showroom.

And so this all implies that given the pressing climate change issue and Paris targets set at 2050, smaller population and reduced consumption will have very limited impact, so we are mainly going to be reliant on renewable energy and carbon taxes and so on in the shorter term over the next 20 — 30 years or so.

Through the RE100 initiative, they set a goal to achieve 100 percent renewable electricity use in their global operations, with an interim target of 40 percent by 2020 — just two years from now.

San Francisco has set ambitious clean energy targets, with a goal of sourcing 50 % of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020 (ten years earlier than the deadline for California's equivalent target).

AVERAGE wholesale energy prices in Victoria and South Australia have more than doubled since this time last year, as experts warn that blackouts and supply issues are likely to increase as state governments chase aggressive renewable energy targets.

This means that — in a few short years — as the annual target for the LRET starts to rocket towards its ultimate 41,000 GWh target — power prices will skyrocket under the weight of the $ 65 per MWh shortfall charge — simply because there will be a shortfall in renewable energy production of around 18,000 GWh (see our post here).

This year the congress was much more ambitious on renewables than three years ago with energy Ministers predicting that India will exceed its target of 175GW renewable capacity and reach 200 GW by 2022.

Already, signed contracts for nearly 5,000 megawatts of new renewable energy capacity will allow the province to meet most of its 2030 renewable energy target, 12 years early.

Well, it starts with the Queensland Competition Authority, which estimates the cost of the large - scale renewable target on Queensland households in 2012/13 to be around $ 30 a year, or 60c a week.

This week, the government upped its rhetoric against renewables — issuing a press release from energy minister Mark McArdle's office that said Queenslanders were facing an «enormous» cost from the renewable energy target — one that would reach $ 408 a year for each household by 2020.

In 2006, the European Union (EU), which consists of 27 members, committed to reducing its global warming emissions by at least 20 percent of 1990 levels by 2020, to consuming 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, and to reducing its primary energy use by 20 percent from projected levels through increased energy efficiency.1 The EU has also committed to spending $ 375 billion a year to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050 compared to 1990 levels.2 The EU is meeting these goals through binding national commitments which vary depending on the unique situation of a given country but which average out to the overall targets.

I am a member of a small, volunteer, group (Zero Carbon Ontario) dedicated to getting Ontario to set an aggressive target year for providing all of our stationary energy from renewable sources.

The optimism of green energy companies has dimmed since the carbon tax legislation was passed last year, amid political uncertainty and growing concern over the forthcoming review of the 20 per cent by 2020 renewable energy target.

They proposed reducing the Renewable Energy Target from 41 TWh per year down to 26; according to Lane Crocket, CEO of Pacific Hydro, this would reduce the amount of new renewables to be built between 2014 and 2020 by 70 %.

After years of watching my state government fail to meet its renewable energy targets... of watching my utility monopoly stymie the rapid deployment of renewables... of watching the public utilities commission install a torturous obstacle course of red tape in the path of rooftop solar... I'm willing to carry that rebel flag.

Cities are increasingly leveraging their status as large customers to advance clean energy agendas, with the number of cities establishing carbon neutrality or renewable energy targets expanding rapidly in recent years.

Retro - active changes in support mechanisms in many Member States, together with the lack of long term certainty by means of 2030 renewable energy targets, increase the costs of capital and make the involvement of public banks in renewable energy upfront funding even more crucial today than a few years ago».

«I respectfully request that your government put the mistakes of the last three years with respect to Climate Change to rights by declaring a climate emergency and adopting 100 % renewable energy target by removing our dependence on fossil fuels, immediately, by enabling legislation to achieve a liveable planet.»

Anyway, like I said below in greater detail, the oil & gas industry has 16 years (2030 + / --RRB- to get 80 % (+ / --RRB- of its known reserves out of the ground before the mass adoption of increasingly - stringent renewable energy targets worldwide will render whatever remains in the ground increasingly worthless, and those renewable energy targets will become more - stringent the worse that ongoing climate change presents itself.

Anyway, like I said, the oil & gas industry has 16 years (+ / --RRB- to get 70 - 80 % of its known reserves out of the ground before the mass adoption of increasingly - stringent renewable energy targets worldwide will render whatever remains in the ground increasingly worthless, and those renewable energy targets will become more - stringent the worse that ongoing climate change presents itself.

In recent years, other companies targeted by shareholder activists have promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase investments in renewable energy, use more sustainable ingredients and packaging, or hold discussions on implementing take - back policies for electronics recycling.

U.S. Business Showcase Wednesday, November 15th 12:00 - 19:00 Fiji Dome 2017 has been a remarkable year for business climate action, with a loud drumbeat of innovation, investment and action, on critical areas, such as science based targets and renewable energy.

This fiscal year, we have achieved our per capita electricity reduction target and made significant progress on renewable energy, considering the challenges posed by government policies and open access regulations.

The AB 32 year 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets (year 2020 levels reduced to year 1990 measured levels) could be achieved by primarily addressing electricity generation and industrial sector greenhouse gas emission reduction efforts through increased use of renewable energy, energy efficiency and fuel substitution efforts.

We aim to source 50 % of our electricity requirements through renewable energy before the end of the year and we remain committed to achieving all our clean energy and climate - related targets as quickly as possible.

In the year of global climate talks in Paris, much bigger increases in efficiency and renewables are possible and would allow much steeper emissions cuts than the EU's current «at least 40 % by 2030» target.

AEMO notes that small - scale generation investment has increased rapidly over the last three years, the Large - scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) is driving continued investment in wind generation capacity, and average spot market prices have been falling in every region since 2007 — 08.

Under the bill, utilities would need to get 11 % of their electricity from renewables next year, and this would increase roughly 10 % every five years until the 80 % by 2050 target is met.

Voters also showed robust support across demographics for the Clean Energy Standard, the regulatory program implementing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's objective of reaching 50 % of the state's electric generation from renewable sources by the year 2030 (the 50 - by - 30 target).

SaskPower's wind energy target is part of a broader plan that will see renewable energy sources make up 50 per cent of generating capacity in the province within 15 years.

Not so many weeks ago, on the 28th of April of the present year, the European Parliament votes to approve the new legislation that limits the way in which Member States can meet the target of 10 % for renewables in transport fuels by 2020.

Thereafter, we will procure renewable electricity certificates to bridge the gap each year between the first two options and our target.

However, in February 2011, Chinese officials revealed plans to resume the Nu River dams as part of China's 12th Five - Year Plan, which aims to add up to 140 GW of new hydropower capacity to meet its renewable energy targets.

We have repeatedly met our renewable goals for previous years and are well on track to hit the 100 per cent 2020 target.»

Needs for 2030 2020, the expiry date of the current EU renewable energy target, is just five years away.

SaskPower's wind energy target is part of a broader plan to have renewable energy sources represent 50 percent of installed electricity generation capacity in Saskatchewan within 15 years.

Bullish ten - year energy blueprint suggests India will surpass renewable targets outlined in Paris Agreement by more than 50 % and three years ahead of schedule.

Under the Large - Scale Renewable Energy Target, a further $ 45 to $ 55 billion will be transferred from power consumers to wind power outfits via the REC Tax / Subsidy over the next 17 years; depending on whether Ian «Macca» Macfarlane and his youthful ward, Gregory Hunt strike a deal with Labor to cut the ultimate annual target from 41,000 GWh to 33,000 GWh (see our post Target, a further $ 45 to $ 55 billion will be transferred from power consumers to wind power outfits via the REC Tax / Subsidy over the next 17 years; depending on whether Ian «Macca» Macfarlane and his youthful ward, Gregory Hunt strike a deal with Labor to cut the ultimate annual target from 41,000 GWh to 33,000 GWh (see our post target from 41,000 GWh to 33,000 GWh (see our post here).

That makes Maryland the latest state to officially ramp up its renewables targets, following a string of similar legislative successes last year in Illinois, Michigan, Rhode Island, Oregon and Washington, D.C.

The Clean Energy Standard will be enforced by requiring utilities and other energy suppliers to obtain a targeted number of Renewable Energy Credits each year.

The Commission had already been considering a 40 percent emissions reduction target and a 30 percent renewables goal, according to news reports late last year.

Most states use a percentage target for the state's renewable portfolio by a certain year; a few states use targets measured in megawatts of capacity that the state must develop.

As Australia's once affordable and reliable power supply collapses into chaos, as a result of a ludicrous Renewable Energy Target, and its massive $ 3billion a year subsidies, mandates, threats and financial punishments, Orwell's observations on how the cynical exploit the pliant and gullible are as applicable as ever.»