Several subway systems use power agreements with
solar electricity providers to run the trains — and we are just beginning to see the direct connection of solar - and - storage systems to the rails.
Not exact matches
Shell is building an offshore wind farm in the North Sea; it's part of consortia installing
solar farms in Oman and California; and it has bought one of Europe's biggest electric - car - charging firms and a major British
electricity provider.
First, some background: In December, the Republican - appointed Nevada Public Utilities Commission (PUC) decided in favor of the state's biggest
electricity provider and created a new rate class for rooftop
solar customers.
The infant
solar power companies, however, must gain their foothold by taking business away from the incumbent and politically powerful coal, natural gas and nuclear power
providers, at a time when overall growth in U.S.
electricity demand is still slowed by an underperforming economy.
Go to Green Mountain Energy's website, type in your address, and see if you're eligible to switch your
electricity source over to
solar or wind energy under your current
provider.
«Off - peak charging benefits the service
providers by lessening peak
electricity demand, but off - peak periods may not align with the availability of low - emission sources of
electricity like wind and
solar power.
The growing volume of distributed generation, aided in part by the rapid growth of third - party - owned
solar PV in some states, is challenging the role that electric utilities have historically played as the sole
provider of
electricity to customers.
California has promoted
solar power through a series of state policies, including a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) that requires
electricity providers to obtain 33 % of the power they sell from eligible renewable sources by 2020.
In Connecticut, Hartford's utility
provider, Eversource, and the state's other investor - owned utility, United Illuminating, provide net metering to customers that generate
electricity using
solar or other renewable energy systems up to two megawatts (MW) in capacity.
Most community
solar providers will recommend that you size your system to meet approximately 100 % of your current annual
electricity needs.
Adopting renewable energy standards that require
electricity providers to purchase wind,
solar, and hydropower.
Early in 2015, SolarCity, a
solar panel merchant, filed a whopper of a complaint in federal court alleging that it had suffered antitrust violations at the hands of the Salt River Project, an Arizona
electricity provider.
This is the real big threat to the generators and the network
providers — the likely proliferation of
solar PV on household and commercial rooftops as the price of panels fall and the cost of grid - connected
electricity rises.
The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), a regional
electricity provider in New York, has resolved a common problem that has plagued numerous utilities across the countries: too many people want to install a
solar home energy system.
Across the country, these
providers are mostly
electricity generation sources like natural gas or coal plants,
solar farms, and hydroelectricity facilities.
Free School runs August 22 - 24, features an All - Candidates Meeting, community workshops Glassville, NB — Bullfrog Power, Canada's leading green energy
provider, and Falls Brook Centre, a leading education and demonstration centre, are partnering to bring new
solar electricity to New Brunswick.
«There are many sources of renewables: hydro,
solar wind, or methane and with the funding to our local power
provider, they are able to buy that energy but [also] create a local marketplace for additional generators of that clean
electricity,» said Carney.
The Phase 1 collaboration of stakeholders reached an impasse when
solar advocates and the Hawaiian Electric Companies (HECO), the state's dominant
electricity provider, failed to find common ground on how to revise net energy metering (NEM), the rate at which customers with
solar panels are renumerated for the
electricity they send to the grid.