Sentences with phrase «state meet its energy demands»

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MINNEAPOLIS — A new report from the University of Minnesota's Energy Transition Lab shows adding energy storage is becoming a cost effective way to meet electricity demand in the Energy Transition Lab shows adding energy storage is becoming a cost effective way to meet electricity demand in the energy storage is becoming a cost effective way to meet electricity demand in the state.

LIPA's solar programs are an important component of Governor Paterson's»45 by 15» initiative to meet 45 percent of the State's electricity demand through energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy by 2015.

A previous NREL report, «Land - use Requirements and the Per - capita Solar Footprint for Photovoltaic Generation in the United States,» had estimated that if solar energy was to meet 100 % of all electricity demand in the United States, it would take up 0.6 % of the total area in the United States.

The researchers focused on meeting each state's new power demands using only the renewable energies — wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and tiny amounts of tidal and wave — available to each state.

Why It Matters: The nation relies on fossil fuels to meet its residential and industrial energy demand, with coal providing about half of the electricity consumed in the United States.

In this state, the majority of the body's energy demands will be met by the use of free fatty acids and ketones.

He stated flatly at a recent meeting on climate science and policy at the University of California, Santa Cruz, that the primacy of energy demands in developing countries will prevent a carbon price from working to cut the carbon from global energy menus any time soon.

So far, only a few states have laws demanding that utilities meet targets for energy storage — including California, Oregon, Massachusetts and Nevada — and their targets vary.

SAN JOSE, March 19 (Reuters)- Costa Rica will lower its electricity rates an average of 12 percent from April because it has met demand this year almost entirely with renewable energy, the state utilities regulator said on Thursday.

«Our member companies are looking forward to investing in clean energy infrastructure for the state and helping meet consumer demand for solar.

Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS), the Serbian state company which has a monopoly on electricity production, says the new plant, to be in operation by 2020, will meet the highest environmental standards and is necessary to satisfy ever - rising domestic energy demand.

That, noted Brydon Ross, vice president for state affairs at the Consumer Energy Alliance, will reinforce utilities» option to use natural gas to meet unplanned electricity demand spikes.

As John Farrell, from the Institute of Energy Self Reliance, writes in a blog on the same subject, even rooftop solar is meeting peak demand in the state of Colorado, at less than half the cost of peaking gas plant.

The intermittency of wind and solar energy has some state regulators and energy companies a bit concerned, but they (along with that Nervous Nelly sitting across from you) should take comfort in the findings of a recent study that looked at the extent to which we can meet electricity demands in the lower 48 states over the next several decades with renewable energy.

This report provides an explanation of different types of institutional delivery models currently in place across the United States and Canada to acquire energy efficiency as a predictable and reliable resource for meeting existing and future energy demands.

-- In addition to the policy under paragraph (1), it is the policy of the United States that regional electric grid planning to meet these objectives should result from an open, inclusive and transparent process, taking into account all significant demand - side and supply - side options, including energy efficiency, distributed generation, renewable energy and zero - carbon electricity generation technologies, smart - grid technologies and practices, demand response, electricity storage, voltage regulation technologies, high capacity conductors with at least 25 percent greater efficiency than traditional ACSR (aluminum stranded conductors steel reinforced) conductors, superconductor technologies, underground transmission technologies, and new conventional electric transmission capacity and corridors.

The analysis modeled a California power system that relies on renewable energy to meet 50 percent of the state's retail electricity demand.

Instructs the Secretary to consult with the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration on the projected energy demands of the United States for the next 30 years and on how energy derived from federal onshore lands can put the United States on a trajectory that meets such demand during the next four years, with a goal for increasing energy independence and produEnergy Information Administration on the projected energy demands of the United States for the next 30 years and on how energy derived from federal onshore lands can put the United States on a trajectory that meets such demand during the next four years, with a goal for increasing energy independence and produenergy demands of the United States for the next 30 years and on how energy derived from federal onshore lands can put the United States on a trajectory that meets such demand during the next four years, with a goal for increasing energy independence and produenergy derived from federal onshore lands can put the United States on a trajectory that meets such demand during the next four years, with a goal for increasing energy independence and produenergy independence and production.

The government - led «Energia 2050» plan states that about 60 % of the country's demands should be met with renewable energy sources by 2035, and 70 % by 2050.

With almost 80 % of the U.S. electricity demand coming from cities and towns located in coastal states, offshore wind energy has vast potential to meet this demand and provide the nation with clean, renewable, and reliable electricity.

There's little doubt that oil and natural gas play a critical role in America's energy security and economic wellbeing — and the United States need more of both to meet growing energy demand in the decades to come.

«Since 1990, energy efficiency has met one - half of all new demand for worldwide energy services,» stated a release from UNEP.

Now, the jobs and revenue that were encouraged by our RE ITC will start to move instead to states that have policies which promote installing clean energy technologies, such as GSHPs, to efficiently meet heating and cooling demands.

The NSW Treasurer favours building a new coal - fired power plant to meet the state's energy needs, in contrast to other proposals for more gas - fired generation or energy efficiency and demand management.

[3] Each state has interim targets it must meet beginning in 2020, and the EPA proposed that states use a combination of four «building blocks» to achieve the emissions reductions: (1) improving the efficiency (heat rate) of existing coal - fired power plants; (2) switching from coal - fired power by increasing the use and capacity factor, or efficiency, of natural - gas combined - cycle power plants; (3) using less carbon - intensive generating power, such as renewable energy or nuclear power; and (4) increasing demand - side energy - efficiency measures.

Ohio's renewable energy and energy efficiency standards are vital and effective tools to diversify Ohio's electricity portfolio and wean the state from its overreliance on fossil fuels while meeting the state's energy demands in a cleaner, safer and more sustainable manner.

Another issue associated with energy efficiency is how to incorporate the expected energy savings from meeting the state's long - term energy efficiency goals into the Energy Commission's electricity and natural gas demand forenergy efficiency is how to incorporate the expected energy savings from meeting the state's long - term energy efficiency goals into the Energy Commission's electricity and natural gas demand forenergy savings from meeting the state's long - term energy efficiency goals into the Energy Commission's electricity and natural gas demand forenergy efficiency goals into the Energy Commission's electricity and natural gas demand forEnergy Commission's electricity and natural gas demand forecast.

The resurgence in oil and gas production from the United States, deep declines in the cost of renewables and growing electrification are changing the face of the global energy system and upending traditional ways of meeting energy demand, according to the World Energy Outlookenergy system and upending traditional ways of meeting energy demand, according to the World Energy Outlookenergy demand, according to the World Energy OutlookEnergy Outlook 2017.

Mining Hydro - Quebec, the largest state - owned utility in Canada, appears unable to meet the electricity demand from cryptocurrency miners seeking to establish operations in the energy - rich province.