Sentences with phrase «utility companies build»

Utility companies build wind turbines because they make money for their shareholders from the ill conceived and unjustifiable but nevertheless real subsidies, not because wind power makes sense.

At the same time, state regulators have had utility companies build natural gas power plants to provide reliable power and back - up power to the wind and solar units.

Not exact matches

The Omani - based company leads many different initiatives in a variety of sectors, ranging from higher education to solar energy to core testing for oil and gas, and even trying to build a «smart city» which may enable citizens to pay utility bills automatically, amongst other things.

His company is partnering with Enbridge Inc. to build a flagship utility - scale solar power plant in Vulcan, using revolutionary, high - efficiency panels.

George Ford, chief economist for the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Public Policy Studies, said EPB got the equivalent of $ 2,000 per customer in federal subsidies to build its citywide fiber optic network Ford said other government - owned utilities, such as one in Bristol, Va., have gotten $ 7,000 or more per subscriber to add telecommunications services that compete against private companies such as AT&T, Comcast and Charter Communications.

Previously he was a Director (senior partner) at McKinsey and co-founded and led the Cleantech and Sustainability practice there, working extensively with Global 100 technology, industrial, infrastructure, building systems, retail, utility and energy companies across the US, China, Korea, Japan, India, and Europe.

Its business is evolving worldwide, enabling First Solar to become a global integrated solar power company able to manufacture panels and build out vast solar farms to deliver cost - effective renewable energy to utilities, independent power producers and consumers.

Brooklyn landlords looking to quickly cash in on a booming real - estate market found a way to bypass a lengthy building inspection process: call on a «shadow utility company» set up by a former National Grid employee to install illegal gas lines, authorities said.

Percoco also is accused of seeking bribes from COR Development and Competitive Power Ventures, a utility company, which needed state regulatory approvals to build and operate a power plant in the Hudson Valley.

Labour is effectively saying that Britain's civil servants will be able to renationalise the railways, water utilities, the National Grid, Royal Mail, create regional public energy companies, a National Education Service and a National Care Service, create a large National Investment Bank and regional development banks, build a million homes and abolish tuition fees - to name just a few - at the same time as managing Brexit negotiations and their fallout.

«Let's centralize»: The IOU's, investor - owned utilities, like it and so do the companies that build that, but it's not good for the people in terms of cost, for clean air, for protecting the climate.

Tim Woodcock The co-founder of HomeEdison noted the Renewable Energy (RE) sector's ability to deliver alternative energy at substantially lower costs than standard utility rates; the importance of building a two - way energy supply infrastructure in order to allow homeowners and business to sell the excess energy their alternative installations generate back to the utility company; and the applicability of geothermal systems in much of our region.

Responding to that initiative late last year, utility company Southern California Edison commissioned Virginia - based start - up AES Energy Storage to build a gigantic lithium - ion array.

Ultimately, Kovacs said, because the town does not have a municipal - owned utility — Windham is served by two electricity distribution companies — the best the city can do right now is to choose renewable energy for government buildings if the price is right.

The two companies are among a group of select major utilities that could afford to build the type of offshore wind farms Germany needs to meet its objectives.

Major companies — electricity giant Huaneng Group and state - directed China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)-- have responded to the government's goals, looking to build utility - scale wind farms throughout the country, according to engineer He Dexin, president of CWEA.

The company, which collaborates with utilities and builders to create and monitor net - zero buildings, is working on several projects, says co-founder David Springer.

All would be built by the UniStar joint venture, in partnership with a local utility or generating company.

In the wake of President - elect Trump's November victory, Ford Motor Company has canceled plans for a new Mexican assembly plant and will instead invest $ 700 million in its Flat Rock, Michigan, factory to build a 300 - plus mile small electric sport / utility by 2020, a hybrid - powered fully autonomous vehicle by 2021, and a hybrid Mustang in 2020, CEO Mark Fields announced Tuesday morning.

No, the G - Class doesn't sell in huge volumes, but it's a hand - built work of art that proudly cements itself as the core of Mercedes» whole SUV strategy — the company says there's a little bit of G in every utility vehicle it sells.

Maserati might build a sport utility that would be sold in the United States, says a company executive.

Toyota began building compact trucks way back in 1947, but it wasn't until 1979 when the company's small truck fully evolved into a modern and highly capable utility vehicle.

With interest in the discontinued utility vehicle at a new high, Aaron Vaccar and The Vaccar Company have teamed with WD - 40 Company — makers of one of the most well - known penetrating lubricants on the market — to build a custom Ford Bronco based on the original 1966 model for the 2017 SEMA Show in Las Vegas.

When Ford was deciding whether to build a Mercury sport - utility, the company assembled potential customers and told them what features a Mercury version of the Explorer could have.

Hyundai officials have decided the company will not be building a traditional truck - derived sport - utility, but that doesn't mean Hyundai is planning to ignore those who want an affordable and rugged off - road vehicle.

Sport - utilities are in such high demand that car companies are scrambling to add them to their lineups, even if it means having another automaker build the vehicle.

[singlepic id = 9719 w = 540 h = 375 float = center] The iconic utility vehicle manufacturer, Land Rover is planning to build its future Land Rover Defender at the manufacturing facility of its parent company, Tata Motors in Pune.

In 1997, when Mercedes - Benz introduced the 1998 ML320, its Alabama - built $ 34,000 sport utility vehicle, the company became a major player in the midsized SUV business.

The idea caught on, and eventually the major car companies began building the first generation of today's sport / utility vehicles.

CHICAGO, Sept. 1, 2010 — Ford Motor Company today revealed its newest pursuit - rated vehicle — Ford's first - ever specially designed Police Interceptor utility built for the rigors of police work.

For much of Land Rover's 52 - year history of building only off - road vehicles, the company has managed to outfox the pack by blending toughness with luxury and utility.

The experimental system would allow fleet operators to use their plug - in hybrids to supply electricity for a building during a power outage, reduce power usage when electric rates are high or even sell electricity back to their utility company.

The company expects developers to build a wide range of applications, from new ways to experience e-books to games and utility apps.

Water utility companies are extraordinary asset heavy plays as they have to acquire, build, and maintain water lines and treatment to boost operating earnings.

Utility companies, municipalities, mortgage lenders and even residential contractors (the people hired to build or renovate homes) can register a lien against a property; typically these liens are triggered by unpaid property taxes, utility bills, missed mortgage payments or unpaid work conUtility companies, municipalities, mortgage lenders and even residential contractors (the people hired to build or renovate homes) can register a lien against a property; typically these liens are triggered by unpaid property taxes, utility bills, missed mortgage payments or unpaid work conutility bills, missed mortgage payments or unpaid work contracts.

It specifies the location of buildings on the property, indicates areas where the public has authorized access, (such as utility company rights - of - way), or areas where buildings or landscape structures cross over neighbouring property lines.

Consistently paying rent and utility bills on time is a great way to build trust with credit companies.

Banks, building societies, utility companies and other organisations use credit reference agencies to share details of all your account behaviour on credit / store cards, loans, mortgages, bank accounts, energy and mobile phone contracts from the last six years.

However, credit and debt are also necessary financial tools, helping you build a history that tells lenders, landlords, banks and utilities companies you're responsible.

Also, the utility and oil companies are and will interfere with progress that hurts their bottom line; economics has a place to be sure, but just old fashioned greed hinders progress... still, there are hard working people who support families and citizens who do can not afford any upgrades or changes, the building of the wind infrastructure is already past a billion dollars and has not brought the efficiency we need to even talk of transitions, and with the 7 - 10 billion dollars car makers are requesting in addition to 20 - 75 billion for the current production lines to be maintained (and to stop the big three from filing chapter 11) and the regular gas powered vehicles to continue in the mainstay, it is not likely the government will have the money (or credit?)

Two California companies said Thursday that they would each build solar power plants that were 10 times bigger than the largest now in service, creating the first true utility - scale use of a technology now mostly confined to rooftop supplements to conventional power supplies.

In return, the utility companies would not have to build cooling towers on their Hudson River power plants; they would instead regulate how the plants were operated so as to minimize the fish kills, they would not be forced to follow the strict letter of the Clean Water Act, to use the «best available technology» to mitigate the fish kills caused by their thermal pollution.

Sterling and Wilson, a leading solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company, said it has won a major contract from SkyPower, one of the largest developers of utility - scale solar energy projects in the world, to build solar parks in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Telangana.

This after the Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECo)-- which serves over 200,000 commercial and residential electric utility customers in the Bay State — yesterday announced its plan to build a 4.2 - megawatt (MW) solar facility in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Friends of Maine's Mountains (FMM) has opposed all of these attempts because power producing companies have an incentive to build generators in remote areas far from population centers, while utilities that are essentially sister companies have an incentive to build transmission lines hundreds of miles long.

These include pipeline operators who don't have the same self - dealing opportunity; non-utility electricity generators who can't sell their product to utilities because the utilities now prefer to build their own gas generation; and companies that build wind and solar projects, who find themselves boxed out.

Bayernwerk A. G., a large German utility based in Munich, is building the project with BMW, the auto company, Siemens A. G., the electric equipment manufacturer, and two other companies.

By linking together networks of energy - efficient buildings, solar installations, and batteries, a growing number of companies in the U.S. and Europe are helping utilities reduce energy demand at peak hours and supply targeted areas with renewably generated electricity.

To solve this problem, the Danish utility company Dong Energy plans to build a nationwide system to charge electric cars with the surplus wind power.

This new technology is not readily available in China, but it is available to utilities in the U.S. Which brings us to the second article — an announcement by TXU, a giant Texas energy company, that it intends to build 11 new coal - fired power plants in Texas, plus another dozen or so elsewhere in the country.