Sentences with phrase «standard grid electricity»

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Not only does this system reduce their electricity bought from the grid by 70 %, but it helps Bates Troy serve their customers even during power outages and shifts away from standard fossil fuels.

Combination of economic trends and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions and economic trends are conspiring to cut emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy rules are ushering wind and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with coal; and federal air quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.

However, it will still be standard for micro grids to be interconnected to utilize wind generation and power plant electricity at least in higher populated areas.

It's just that it's happening at the same time as a revolution in living standards, with billions of new consumers hooking up to the electricity grid and millions more buying the latest power - hungry flat - screen TVs, made in China.

This Homestead House is designed to function off of the standard utility grid but it would be able to generate its own electricity with photovoltaic cells and with a small vertical axis wind turbine.

The whole point of the FIT program, IMHO, was to make electricity production in Ontario more accessible to communities, homeowners, schools, farmers, etc... by creating a standard, long - term contract and process for selling green electricity into the provincial grid.

The possible components of such an approach that would be relevant in the context of climate change include: a national renewable electricity standard; Federal financing for clean energy projects: energy efficiency measures (building, appliance, and industrial efficiency standards; home retrofit subsidies; and smart grid standards, subsidies, and dynamic pricing policies); and new Federal electricity ‑ transmission siting authority.

Most likely the «renewable electricity standard» (as Congress prefers to call it) will be part of a comprehensive energy bill that contains provisions on everything from the «smart grid» to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

State renewable portfolio standards require utilities to bring new renewable capacity onto their grids no matter how much it depresses markets, and renewable subsidies further erode electricity prices, especially in Midwestern states where subsidized wind farms bid very low — even negative — prices for their power.

(Phys.org)-- Germany's Deutsche Bank has released a report that concludes that generating electricity using solar collectors has reached grid parity — cost competitiveness with other industry standard sources — in some countries.

In short, Canada has an opportunity to lead the rest of the world in this transition to a cleaner electricity grid as well as set the standard for the provision of technologies and services that will help companies around the globe.

There are many policies that support the expansion of the solar industry, including financial investments for solar projects, setting renewable portfolio standards (how much electricity must come from renewable resources), and creating successful clean energy cash - back programs such as net metering (allowing solar customers to sell excess energy back to the grid).

Integrated 4 kilowatt solar roof panels The homes» solar roof panels are a standard feature designed to provide most or all the energy and power a typical family would require, with a net metering system to feed excess to the grid when the sun shines as well as allow for owners to get all the electricity they need in winter and other low - sun periods.

The team, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), claims the technology could slash the cost of generating electricity from sunlight, making it more competitive with standard grid power [The Guardian].

These include strong renewable electricity standards, financial incentives like clean energy tax credits, and investment in a smarter electrical grid.

Come January 2009, we'll be paid four times the standard price of electricity for our gross feed back to the grid.»