Sentences with phrase «shift electricity use»

Other compliance methods could include offering discounts to encourage consumers to shift electricity use to off - peak hours.

There is much interest in «smart demand» system, e.g. time - shifting electricity use by incentivising customers to run their energy consumption appliances off - peak, through time - of - use tariffs delivered through smart meters.

Not exact matches

In fact, much of the overall decrease in energy consumption can be traced to the shift from coal to gas, because modern gas - fired plants may use up to 46 percent less energy to produce the same amount of electricity.»

The average homeowner shifted enough consumption to shrink his peak electricity use by 15 percent.

Instead of adjusting power output in accordance with shifting demand, they will help consumers control their use of electricity, timing it to coincide with availability of the grid's cleanest and cheapest power sources.

The good news: the U.S. is making a tectonic shift from burning coal to produce the majority of its electricity to using cleaner natural gas.

December 8, 2017 India's steel industry, like America's, is dominated by electric - based processes November 20, 2017 Link between growth in economic activity and electricity use is changing around the world November 16, 2017 Growth in global energy - related carbon dioxide emissions expected to slow November 8, 2017 EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries October 25, 2017 China leads the growth in projected global natural gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use by 2040

Here's the chart of existing and projected shifts in the mix of fuels used to generate electricity — which is pretty reliable given the slow rate of change in large - scale technologies:

112 Shifting to more energy - efficient lighting alone lowers world electricity use by 12 percent.

The remainder comes largely from shifting long - haul freight from trucks to trains, electrifying freight and passenger trains, and using green electricity to power them.

Based on IEA modelling of electricity consumption profiles by end - use, this potential represents the sum of all loads than can be shifted for every hour of the year.

This shift cuts the impact of indirect emissions due to electricity use, for example at a solar cell factory or nuclear fuel site.

The analysis finds that, although a massive shift to CNG vehicles would also lower oil consumption and emissions dramatically, it wouldn't be nearly as effective as simply electrifying a gigantic portion of our transportation sector and then using our abundant natural gas to provide the electricity.

A combination of building - shell measures, heat pumps, solar heating and highly efficient appliances and lighting reduces energy needs in buildings as well as shifting fuel use to renewables and low - carbon electricity.

While a worldwide phase out of the inefficient incandescents would reduce world electricity use by more than 3 percent, shifting to more - efficient street lighting and replacing older fluorescent tubes with newer, more - efficient ones might double this reduction in power use.

Shifting to the highly efficient bulbs sharply reduces monthly electricity bills and cuts carbon emissions, since each standard (13 watt) compact fluorescent over its lifetime reduces coal use by more than 210 pounds.

Therefore, using them or other static standards as a basis for locating and designing long - lived electricity infrastructure leaves major investments increasingly vulnerable to shifting realities.

The intention is to shift consumption away from high demand periods through a price signal mechanism telling customers that they can save money by using electricity during off - peak hours.

If customers were forced to pay the actual price at the time they use electricity, they would be motivated to shift some of their usage to lower - price hours, which would reduce the need for some expensive peaking capacity.

The key now is to shift more road freight to electrified rail, increase the use of light rail and metro subways within cities, and accelerate the replacement of conventional cars with plug - in hybrids and all - electric vehicles — and to run them all largely on electricity generated from renewable sources.

After decades of increases, U.S. CO2 emissions from energy use (which account for 97 % of total U.S. emissions) declined by around 9 % between 2008 and 2012, largely due to a shift from coal to less CO2 - intensive natural gas for electricity production.

And with US electricity generation dominated by coal, H2 from electrolysis — cracking water into its components using electricity — looked more like a way to shift, rather than reduce vehicle emissions.

California's three big utilities are shifting to time - of - use rates for residential customers — meaning ratepayers will be charged more for electricity when it is more valuable.

Local power storage can also be used for load - shifting in areas with tiered electricity rates, where higher prices charged for power during peak periods and off - peak periods have lower rates.

(B) the use of demand response technologies, practices, and activities that allow dynamic control, load - shifting, and reduction of time - based electricity consumption by load - serving entities and electricity customers, including the wide - spread installation or use of --

The United States must change the way it produces and uses energy by shifting away from its dependence on imported oil and coal - fired electricity and by increasing the efficiency with which energy is extracted, captured, converted, and used if it is to meet the urgent challenges facing the energy system, of which climate change and energy security are the most pressing.

As variable renewable power such as wind and solar play a larger role on the grid, the ability to time - shift power consumption will become more important — not just for customers to keep their bills low in the face of time - of - use rates, but also to match the load to the supply of carbon - free electricity.

While this unprecedented shift does provide some near - term benefits, dramatically expanding our use of natural gas to generate electricity is an ill - advised gamble that poses complex economic, public health, and climate risks.

Health care conglomerate Kaiser Permanente announced an ambitious clean energy shift in February that will ensure 50 per cent of electricity used at its California facilities comes from renewable energy.

This tax shift has caused household energy costs to increase, which has resulted in a 15 - percent reduction in consumer electricity use and a 5 - to 10 - percent decrease in fuel usage.

The significant decrease in coal used to produce electricity can be attributed to three factors: overall lower electricity demand; a fuel shift to natural gas; and an offset created by more wind power production, according to Simon.

Shifting to CFLs in homes, to the most advanced linear fluorescents in office buildings, commercial outlets, and factories, and to LEDs in traffic lights would cut the world share of electricity used for lighting from 19 percent to 7 percent.

For office buildings, commercial outlets, and factories, where linear (tubular) fluorescents are widely used, the key to cutting electricity use is shifting to the most advanced models, which are even more efficient than CFLs.

Other provisions in the act — such as tax incentives that encourage the adoption of energy - efficient technologies, a shift to more combined heat and power generation, and the adoption of real - time pricing of electricity (a measure that will discourage optional electricity use during peak demand periods)-- would cut electricity demand enough to avoid building an additional 37 coal - fired power plants.

But shifting from incandescents to the newer light - emitting diodes (LEDs) combined with light sensors can cut electricity use by more than 90 percent.

December 8, 2017 India's steel industry, like America's, is dominated by electric - based processes November 20, 2017 Link between growth in economic activity and electricity use is changing around the world November 16, 2017 Growth in global energy - related carbon dioxide emissions expected to slow November 8, 2017 EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries October 25, 2017 China leads the growth in projected global natural gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use by 2040

Third, there are all sorts of clever methods that utilities can use to shift around electricity demand, to align it better with solar output.

This «captured energy» metric further appears to assume that averaged Btu's in each kWh will continue to decline in some forecasted fashion, primarily due to a widespread shift towards renewable form of electric generation; perhaps attributable to a full implementation of the soon deceased «Clean Power Plan» and greater reliance on renewables for electricity (if that term can be accurately used with unreliable sources.)

Development needs of the Estonian energy sector were assessed in order to prepare policy recommendations for enabling the shift from fossil fuel based electricity production to the use of 100 % renewable domestic energy sources and fuels on a national level.

We all understand that there are organisations that can assist in these times, and they have used them in the past to try and manage their electricity bills (another strain on their already dire financial situation), but the process apparently requires all parties on the account to have proof of income - and one of the four residents has only just recently lost his job, after a few months of not being paid, and repeatedly cut from shift work.