Sentences with phrase «traditional energy supplies»

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TRADITIONAL ANSWER Off - grid mines have typically bought and operated their own diesel or heavy fuel oil power generating facilities, as security of energy supply is an important factor in the mining industry

This is done not only by supplying renewable energy from the closed anaerobic reactor, thus reducing or even eliminating reliance on fossil fuels, but also by replacing traditional, open, methane - producing lagoons, and by replacing power - consuming, sludge - producing aerobic WWTPs.

To recognize these trendsetters, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency publishes a quarterly list of the top American users of green power: organizations that generate their own renewable energy, buy it from suppliers, or purchase offset credits to compensate for their traditional energy use.

«With ample supply of oxygen from the atmosphere, metal - air batteries have drastically higher theoretical energy density than either traditional aqueous batteries or lithium - ion batteries,» he said.

It will take clever science to do it, but according to the director of CSIRO's onshore gas research, Dr Damian Barrett, the multidisciplinary and multidimensional nature of the work suits an organisation like CSIRO rather than the traditional service suppliers of innovation to the energy industry.

It includes not only traditional energy companies, but also firms that are «energy - intensive» end users of energy who have the potential to benefit from the abundance of U.S. supply as well as growing global demand for energy.

This proposal would also mitigate the potential for severe rate increases on consumers in regions of country without an abundant supply of traditional renewable energy sources.

As prices for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) with thermal energy storage dropped an astonishing 50 % between May and November this year, it seemed that 2017 saw the kind of price breakthrough that could allow CSP to compete with traditional thermal power in supplying dispatchable electricity.

Designed to supply consistent and reliable renewable electricity that can help meet power demand in Australia, Kennedy Phase I can also shape a path forward for how Australia and other countries can integrate more renewable energy into their energy mix and address grid stability challenges that have been a traditional restraint to greater uptake of renewable energy.

Renewable energy's share of the global energy supply has increased from 7 % by 2004 to over 8 % by 2009 and 2010 (excluding traditional biofuels such as fuelwood and charcoal).

Successful 1.9 W m − 2 scenarios are characterized by a rapid shift away from traditional fossil - fuel use towards large - scale low - carbon energy supplies, reduced energy use, and carbon - dioxide removal.

-- 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.

«I think interest in wind power and other renewable energy sources is now growing not only in Delaware, but nationally due to the rising cost and long - term supply issues associated with traditional energy sources, as well as other concerns such as global warming,» Kempton said.

Apparently, with the latest discovery of huge deposits of natural gas, the US has the potential to have a large additional supply of cheap energy that emits only half as much greenhouse gasses as traditional fuels.

Renewables can not even supply the annual growth in energy demand, let alone replace traditional hydrocarbon fuels.

Supply and demand of traditional biomass, liquid cellulosic biofuels, residues from the forest industry and other forms of wood energy will be affected differently by different factors across developed and developing countries.

Renewable energy including traditional biomass makes up a greater proportion of total energy supplies in developing than in developed countries.

The traditional power station suppliers now compete with over 1000 commercial but independent renewable plants who produce 40 % of renewable energy.

Currently, fossil fuels provide almost 80 % of world energy supply; a transition away from their traditional use to zero - and low - carbon - emitting modern energy systems (including carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS)(IPCC, 2005), as well as improved energy efficiency, would be part solutions to GHG - emission reduction.

«Wind and solar's «capacity factor» or availability to supply power is around 33 %, which means 67 % of the time wind and solar can not supply power and must be supplemented by a traditional energy source such as nuclear, natural gas or coal.

Wind power is 42 % more expensive than nuclear and natural gas power... Wind and solar's» «capacity factor» or availability to supply power is around 33 %, which means 67 % of the time wind and solar can not supply power and must be supplemented by a traditional energy source such as nuclear, natural gas or coal.»

Because wind prices can be locked in up front, businesses incorporating wind into their energy portfolios are better equipped to hedge market volatility in traditional fuels markets caused by supply shocks.

In fact, all the new and exciting business models that are upending traditional markets, hinge on controlling the increasingly cheap energy that is being digitally supplied by decarbonised, decentralised resources.