Every kilowatt - hour of renewable energy purchased by a utility earns it a REC that applies toward renewably -
sourced electricity requirements imposed by the state Renewable Electricity Standard (RES).
Not exact matches
In addition, rising
requirements for renewable energy will shift demand away from coal, reducing investment in this
source of
electricity.
But until we get to those stages, improved energy storage schemes such as hydrogen, could be used to run other
sources of
electricity, such as nuclear and clean coal plants, as base - load (24 hours a day) rather than cyce to respond to demand
requirements.
The IEA first assessed the water - energy nexus in the World Energy Outlook 2012, dedicating a chapter to analysis of the water - for - energy relationship, reviewing water
requirements for different energy
sources (primary energy production and
electricity generation) and estimating total freshwater needs by scenario, energy
source and region.
They calculated the full - cycle land use required to generate 1 megawatt of
electricity from each
source of energy in 2015, including the land required to drill and mine for natural gas and coal, the processing and transportation
requirements and the power plant footprint.
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.
The White House claims that «With this
requirement in place, clean
sources would account for 80 % of our
electricity by 2035.»
This
requirement ensues that more comprehensive solar intensity data be provided by the Bureau of Meteorology and that the Australian National
Electricity Market Operator provide data in GIS format of each demand node using the Australian Statistical Geography Standard developed by Australian Bureau of Statistics to enable easier integration of large quantities of geographic data from a number of
sources.