Sentences with phrase «say renewable energy prices»

Williams said it's possible that the legislation could end up boosting electricity rates, but supporters say renewable energy prices are dropping and new efficiency targets would help keep bills stable overall.

Not exact matches

«From the time we started till now we have seen significant changes taking place in the renewable energy space,» he said, citing the major changes in the Indian scenario like change in pricing of the energy, private companies taking ownership in renewable energy business and both, favourable and not - so favourable behaviour of the banks in lending funds to the energy businesses.

Ultimately, Kovacs said, because the town does not have a municipal - owned utility — Windham is served by two electricity distribution companies — the best the city can do right now is to choose renewable energy for government buildings if the price is right.

Critics say this leads some companies to «price shop» for the cheapest RECs, regardless of how or where the clean energy is produced, instead of taking concrete steps to reduce emissions close to home or constructing renewable energy infrastructure.

«Using carbon pricing in combination with energy price reforms and renewable energy support, China could reach significant levels of emissions reduction without undermining economic growth,» says Valerie Karplus, an assistant professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a co-author of the new study.

My guess would be that's something like the current price for doing all the needed load balancing with contemporary lead - acid battery storage, counting ramping up the lead industry to satisfy the sourcing and management of that much lead and sulfuric acid — in other words, it's somebody saying «it would cost the Earth * to do that» as an argument that there will be no progress in energy storage, so it'd be a waste to build more renewables.

If the full cost of a barrel of oil and the environmental costs of a ton of coal were reflected in their market price, many energy and environmental experts say, that might go a long way toward shifting the balance toward renewable energy sources.

Though the price would still not be competitive against natural gas — or the renewable energy being produced in other European countries — CleanTechies calls it «the first serious step towards setting a long - term purchase price incentive for renewable energy producers» and says the move bodes well for the sector, where savvy «investors are already beginning to position themselves,» and that these and other developments are «pushing the country onto the right track.»

Grattan Institute energy director Tony Wood said Sunday's and Monday's blackouts and high pricing showed that the state had botched its energy transition program by allowing baseload power sources — such as the Hazelwood power station — to be replaced by renewables, which delivered intermittent power.

That's why, the ministry says, the federal government agreed with the 2011 Energy Package to introduce compensatory arrangements for businesses competing at a global level, including measures to offset increases in the price of power stemming from the EU's carbon emissions trade, and a cap on their renewables allocation charge.

Let's reword all this and say that we want to improve energy efficiency and reduce waste and real pollution wherever we can, we want to move away from ever scarcer and costlier fossil fuels, particularly those that have to be imported from a price - fixing cartel of nations that are generally hostile to us and we want to develop new domestic sources of energy, be that shale oil and gas, new biofuels (not silly corn - to - ethanol schemes) and other renewable energy sources, etc..

Even though some of those coal plants may receive higher capacity revenues as renewable penetration grows, those revenues might not be sufficient to compensate for lower energy prices and volumes, Moody's says.

The pricing data has angered energy experts, who say blackouts and supply issues are likely to increase and prices are likely to rise as the Victorian and South Australian governments pursue renewable energy targets without prioritising power sources that can supply baseload power.

The bills aim to restore «fair - value pricing» for excess renewable generation sold back to utilities, said Rep. Gary Glenn, R, chairman of Michigan's House Energy Policy Committee.

«Kennedy Phase I is a first - of - its - kind project in Australia, and it will lead the nation in the deployment of innovative, high reliability renewable energy capable of closely matching network power demand,» said Windlab CEO Roger Price.

While many of the speakers at the National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas on Monday advocated regulation that already has some sort of legs in Congress, like putting a price on carbon and a national renewable portfolio standard, former President Bill Clinton suggested several alternative ideas that he said could help push clean power and energy efficiency in theEnergy Summit in Las Vegas on Monday advocated regulation that already has some sort of legs in Congress, like putting a price on carbon and a national renewable portfolio standard, former President Bill Clinton suggested several alternative ideas that he said could help push clean power and energy efficiency in theenergy efficiency in the U.S..

He quoted the Chief Executive of the Energy Supply Association of Australia (ESAA), Matthew Warren, as saying «One of the major effects of this increased supply of renewable energy in a shrinking national market is to suppress the wholesale price of electricity.&Energy Supply Association of Australia (ESAA), Matthew Warren, as saying «One of the major effects of this increased supply of renewable energy in a shrinking national market is to suppress the wholesale price of electricity.&energy in a shrinking national market is to suppress the wholesale price of electricity.»

Usual investment criteria may not deliver the super low - cost, clean, renewable energy soon enough to avoid the worst effects of climate change,» said Dr. Larry Brilliant, Executive Director of Google.org, Google's philanthropic arm, «Google.org's hope is that by funding research on promising technologies, investing in promising new companies, and doing a lot of R&D ourselves, we may help spark a green electricity revolution that will deliver breakthrough technologies priced lower than coal.»

Governments last year gave $ 43 billion to $ 46 billion of support to renewable energy through tax credits, guaranteed electricity prices known as feed - in tariffs and alternative energy credits, the London - based research group said today in a statement.

This does not even mean that the price of electricity to consumers is being pushed up 1 cents / kWh by wind power, the Chief Executive of the Energy Supply Association of Australia is on record as saying that renewables are suppressing the wholesale price of electricity.

Setting renewable targets is a popular way to diversify a state's energy mix and lock in long - term prices, they said, while alternative energy costs continue to decline.

«One of the new and fundamental messages of this report is that renewable energies are no longer subject to the vagaries of rising and falling oil prices — they are becoming generating systems of choice for increasing numbers of power companies, communities and countries irrespective of the costs of fossil fuels,» said UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner.

Weatherill said that South Australia is moving ahead to a clean energy future regardless of Turnbull's plan, arguing that investments in renewables have helped lower wholesale electricity prices in his state already.

But the biggest threat posed by falling oil and gas prices — in the UK and globally — is to the renewable energy industry dominated by wind -, solar - and hydro - power, experts say.

Said Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club: «We are pleased that President Obama reiterated the need to put a price on carbon and build a clean energy economy with more renewable energy and greater energy efficiency.»

He said the combination of the carbon price, Renewable Energy Target and energy efficiency policies have made an important contribution to turning around the growth of electricity sector emissions since Labor was elected in NovemberEnergy Target and energy efficiency policies have made an important contribution to turning around the growth of electricity sector emissions since Labor was elected in Novemberenergy efficiency policies have made an important contribution to turning around the growth of electricity sector emissions since Labor was elected in November 2007.

«EDF Renewables is pleased to announce commercial operation of the Kelly Creek Wind Project, which is now supplying cost - competitive, fixed - priced, clean energy to the PJM Energy Market,» said Ryan Pfaff, Executive Vice President for Development at Eenergy to the PJM Energy Market,» said Ryan Pfaff, Executive Vice President for Development at EEnergy Market,» said Ryan Pfaff, Executive Vice President for Development at EDF RE.

Regarding the reports on renewable energy standards, Frank Ackerman, a Harvard PhD and Senior Economist with Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. said the Beacon Hill Institute models contained «wild overstatement (s) of the cost of wind energy, assumed that expensive backup capacity was always needed and running when wind energy was used, inflated the price of new transmission capacity, and overestimated job losses due to assumption of «hypersensitivity to tax energy standards, Frank Ackerman, a Harvard PhD and Senior Economist with Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. said the Beacon Hill Institute models contained «wild overstatement (s) of the cost of wind energy, assumed that expensive backup capacity was always needed and running when wind energy was used, inflated the price of new transmission capacity, and overestimated job losses due to assumption of «hypersensitivity to tax Energy Economics, Inc. said the Beacon Hill Institute models contained «wild overstatement (s) of the cost of wind energy, assumed that expensive backup capacity was always needed and running when wind energy was used, inflated the price of new transmission capacity, and overestimated job losses due to assumption of «hypersensitivity to tax energy, assumed that expensive backup capacity was always needed and running when wind energy was used, inflated the price of new transmission capacity, and overestimated job losses due to assumption of «hypersensitivity to tax energy was used, inflated the price of new transmission capacity, and overestimated job losses due to assumption of «hypersensitivity to tax rates.

Although energy and financial experts say that the basics of the business remain sound, the lofty stock prices have tumbled, leading renewable energy companies to scramble for new approaches to their businesses.

«Our focus on renewable energy generation has led to a drop in prices worldwide and has lowered the price of solar power bids in Europe and the Middle East,» said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA).

The Ontario government's energy policy, which pays high prices for renewables contracts, is actually wasting clean, efficient and reliable power from other sources, says the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, in its blog late last week.

Gore said that along with putting a price on carbon to speed up the transition to renewable energies, «we need to put a price on denial in politics.

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The Australian Energy Market Commission said the price drop will happen as variable wind and solar generation comes online, which is paid for by the Government's Renewable Energy Target.

«Even without a price on carbon, renewable energy is competing with dirty energy and winning,» said Ben Schreiber, at Friends of the Earth US.

Republicans are amenable to the argument renewable energy is cleaner and competitively on price with fossil fuels, he said.

«Cellulosic conversion has to come down in price,» says Helena Chum, a research fellow at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

«Biomass power generation is a multi-billion market opportunity driven by rising power prices and Renewable Portfolio Standards,» said Jonathan Rhone, President and CEO of Nexterra Energy.

The PSC staff said in its proposal that setting the energy credit levels administratively «makes sense for the upstate Fitzpatrick, Ginna and Nine Mile facilities in the aggregate because it yields a result that staff would expect to be similar to the average pay - as - bid price for these facilities that would result from a competitively bid solicitation conducted in the manner that is currently done for Renewable Energy Credits.&energy credit levels administratively «makes sense for the upstate Fitzpatrick, Ginna and Nine Mile facilities in the aggregate because it yields a result that staff would expect to be similar to the average pay - as - bid price for these facilities that would result from a competitively bid solicitation conducted in the manner that is currently done for Renewable Energy Credits.&Energy Credits.»

«Small systems are especially popular in states with good winds, high electricity prices and incentive programs,» said Trudy Forsyth, a senior project leader at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's National Wind Technology Center, a Department of Energy research facility near Boulder, Colo..

Far from wind power forcing electricity prices up, wholesale electricity prices have been falling and the Chief Executive of the Energy Supply Association of Australia has said that renewables, including wind, have been suppressing wholesale power prices.

«I think it makes economic and financial sense for these tech companies,» said Devashree Saha, an energy policy analyst at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. «As wind and solar markets have grown in the past few years, the cost of building and running renewable energy projects, along with the price of renewables, has come down substantially.»

«Hopefully, Denmark can serve as an example to other countries that it is possible to have both ambitious green policies with a high proportion of wind energy and other renewables in the energy supply, and still have a high security of supply and competitive prices on electricity,» said Lars Christian Lilleholt, Denmark's minister for energy, in a statement.

EDP Renewables chief executive Joao Manso Neto said: «These PPAs enable us to guarantee clean energy, while the companies obtain stable market prices.»