Sentences with phrase «sources of electricity supply»

The document reviews the characteristics of nuclear power in comparison with alternative sources of electricity supply, according to economic, social and environmental pillars of sustainability.

They enable major power generators to profitably generate electricity in a manner that reduces the overall cost of compliance with mandatory greenhouse gas («GHG») emissions limits and renewable energy targets while also allowing countries to diversify their sources of electricity supply.

Not exact matches

PCE is a public, locally - controlled community choice energy program that provides all electric customers in San Mateo County the choice of having electricity supplied from clean, renewable sources at competitive rates.

Mr Salmond pledged last year that 100 per cent of Scotland's gross electricity consumption will come from renewable sources by 2020, supplied mainly by thousands of wind turbines.

Under the new rules, ESCOs won't be able to sell new supply to residential and small - business customers unless they are cheaper than the utility or if at least 30 percent of the electricity they sell comes from renewable energy sources like wind, hydro or solar.

Although more customers are investing in their own equipment for electric supply, like solar panels or even microgrids — a network of electricity users with a local source of supply and the capability to operate as an island during outages — the report says most U.S. customers will continue to depend on obtaining their power from the large - scale, interconnected electrical grid at least for the next two decades.

«He's targeting the largest share of coal production from an energy source that provides the largest share of U.S. electricity even now — removing coal will create a far less diverse energy supply and damages economies in coal states.»

The technology could offer a reliable source of electricity for some of the 1.5 billion people around the world without access to a supply grid.

NEI spokesman John Keeley said reactors are closing because «we've got an unquestioned free market for electricity» and a system that's «a combination of quotas for some other emission - free sources, and a price for electricity regardless of whether the supply is clean or dependable.»

The President's initiative will empower young men and women to invent and commercialize advanced energy technologies such as efficient and cost effective methods for converting sunlight to electricity and fuel, carbon capture and sequestration, stationary and portable advanced batteries for plug - in electric cars, advanced energy storage concepts that will enable sustained energy supply from solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources, high - efficiency deployment of power across «smart grids,» and carbon neutral commercial and residential buildings.

Renewable energy sources could help plug these gaps: A U.S. Department of Energy study declared in 2001 that renewables could meet 20 percent of the nation's electricity supply by 2020 at a cost increase to consumers of just over 4 percent.

Despite a few setbacks — the river's powerful flow damaged the rotors and broke off some of the original fiberglass and steel blades — the company has managed to keep two of the turbines operational, supply electricity to a nearby supermarket and, more recently, attract $ 8.5 million in funding from sources including the U.S. Department of Energy and the Canadian government to further develop and test its technology.

Industrial - scale wind power is so capitally expensive per megawatt - hour generated that it would not be commercially viable, in the UK at least, without the Renewables Obligation, which obliges electricity suppliers in the UK to source a proportion of their electricity from renewable sources.

We provide value to our utility customers through the reliability and diversity of our supply sources — helping them meet the growing need for clean, affordable, carbon - free electricity.

In this case (and if battery charge is low), the front electric motor — which is now being supplied with kinetic energy via the TSI — acts solely as a generator and a source of electricity for its counterpart at the rear axle.

Newer information from the company reveals that the high - capacity battery can serve as a 100 - volt AC power supply capable of delivering up to 1,500 watts of electricity as an external power source.

@ogrote: I don't think it runs out of battery when plug in, tablet pc system is like car battery system, the external plug in source will supply electricity when plug in, while same time partially charging the battery.

The norm should be the development of microgrids [background] supplied by a mix of electricity sources (solar, biomass, clean waste incinerators, etc.).

Since the majority of utility - supplied electricity comes from fossil fuel sources and is by no means «carbon neutral» your strategy needs to include a source of renewable energy.

Among other issues, doubling the state's electricity supply by 2050 while cutting emissions is only possible if there is some way to compensate for the inevitable large fluctuations in solar or wind supplies using some large source of electricity — but one that produces no emissions.

In the New Mexico of 2020 includes a move away from fossil fuels, a perfected use of renewable power sources, zero - emissions buldings, fewer miles traveled, less imported power and fewer power lines, micorgrids that produce their own electricity for hundreds of communities, a reconfiguration of human organizations that aligns with better pricing and energy supply, green collar jobs, and supportive local governments.

But we believe the nuclear option should be retained, precisely because it is an important carbonfree source of power that can potentially make a significant contribution to future electricity supply.

Meanwhile it must also, under European commitments, ensure that 15 % of the country's total energy supply (electricity, heat and transport) comes from renewable sources by 2020.

«And much of the demand reduction PG&E forecasts to replace Diablo will come about simply from customers switching from PG&E to alternate electricity providers, with no guarantee that their new electricity supply will come from low - carbon sources,» the letter notes.

«Costs for wind energy have fallen dramatically over the past seven years, making wind energy one of Canada's two most cost - competitive sources of new electricity supply.

Buyers can install it themselves or pay well under $ 2,000 for installation by a Plug - In Supply dealer.The PbA10 (lead acid) Conversion System, which turns a standard 2004 - 2008 model year Prius into a Plug - in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) based on the CalCars Open Source design... has an all - electric range of 10 to 15 miles and improved average mileage of up to 100 miles per gallon (plus 1 cent / mile of electricity).

That's happening because even if there are times when renewables can supply nearly all of the electricity on the grid, the variability of those sources forces Germany to keep other power plants running.

The RPS mechanism generally places an obligation on electricity supply companies to produce a specified fraction of their electricity from renewable energy sources.»

Energy produced offshore is a major component of global oil and natural gas supply and could provide an increasingly important source of renewable electricity.

The thermal performance or efficiency of a building, and the energy source or technology used supply heat or electricity, are two different things.

Coal, which once supplied about half the nation's electricity, has dropped to 40 percent as it has been replaced by booming supplies of natural gas and renewable sources such as wind and solar.

California will soon receive 50 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources thanks to a state law passed in 2015, and wind power will continue to play a significant role in the California energy supply, locking in additional consumer savings by 2030.

The policy is expected to create an incentive for consumers to switch to suppliers of carbon - free electricity or invest in onsite generation from renewable sources.

Because DC is a competitive retail electricity market, this will provide an incentive for suppliers to secure cleaner sources of energy so that they can avoid the carbon fee and offer lower rates for customers.

Includes provisions: (1) creating a combined energy efficiency and renewable electricity standard and requiring retail electricity suppliers to meet 20 % of their demand through renewable electricity and electricity savings by 2020; (2) setting a goal of, and requiring a strategic plan for, improving overall U.S. energy productivity by at least 2.5 % per year by 2012 and maintaining that improvement rate through 2030; and (3) establishing a cap - and - trade system for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and setting goals for reducing such emissions from covered sources by 83 % of 2005 levels by 2050.

The first component of the initiative, ecoENERGY for Renewable Power, will invest C$ 1.48 billion to boost Canada's supply of clean electricity from renewable sources... Read more →

When asked to select from a variety of sources to help the state increase its energy supply, more than 90 percent of the 949 Delaware residents responding to the survey supported an offshore wind option — in which whirling wind turbines as tall as 40 - story buildings would be erected off the coast to generate electricity — even if wind power were to add between $ 1 and $ 30 per month to their electric bills.

One of the many avenues currently being examined is how best to integrate intermittent renewable energy sources into existing electricity grids while still guaranteeing a reliable and steady supply.

If you don't generate your own electricity, you could at least (notionally) get rid of the CO2 emissions by choosing a green electricity supplier that sources 100 % renewable energy.

By placing an inordinate focus on a limited number of renewable energy sources, legislators are neglecting numerous other options that can make significant contributions to the larger social goal of an adequate supply of clean, low - carbon, reliable, and affordable electricity.

One of the report's major findings is that the state will need a very different electricity system that is better able to balance supply and demand while integrating more renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, which are intermittent.

Today, nuclear power supplies approximately 20 percent of US electricity and is the third largest electricity source in the United States.

Getting greenhouse gas emissions to 60 percent below the 1990 level will require four types of measures: aggressive energy efficiency, aggressive electrification, decarbonizing electricity (such as by using renewable energy sources) and decarbonizing the remaining fuel supply (such as by using biofuels).

Hydro accounted for 55.5 percent of the state's net electricity generation in 2015 and supplied 34 percent of the energy Oregonians used in 2014 — the largest single energy source.

In recent years, expanded supply of low cost natural gas, increased energy efficiency, growing market penetration of renewable electricity sources, and substantial reserve margins have contributed to low prices reflecting low marginal costs in wholesale energy and capacity markets.

With an electricity grid supplied by hydroelectric dams across rivers, from the heat of its numerous volcanoes, and from wind and the sun, the small Central American nation expects 97 percent of its energy generation to come from renewable sources this year.

Under so - called renewable - purchase obligations, instituted under Modi's predecessor, distribution utilities, which deliver power to end users and are known in India as «discoms,» are required to provide certain levels of electricity from renewable sources (7.3 percent of their total supply in 2014 — 2015; the level goes up each year).

This summer, Green Mountain Power, which supplies 71 percent of Vermont's electricity primarily from renewable and non-carbon based energy sources, announced that it would promote a $ 10,000 Nissan rebate off the purchase price of a Nissan Leaf EVs to its Burlington customers.

As electricity demand grows and federal regulation shuts down coal - fired power plants, SaskPower has concluded that wind energy is a low - cost source of new supply that can be reliably integrated into the grid.

New England is over 50 percent dependent on natural gas for its electricity generation and needs dependable sources of natural gas to keep both its residential customers and its electricity generators supplied with natural gas.