Sentences with phrase «where electric costs»

The blow would fall heavily on the states whose coal provides most of our electricity and on rural areas where electric costs have the most impact.

Not exact matches

For example, General Electric shut down a profitable and stable flat iron plant in California and opened iron plants in Singapore, Mexico and Brazil, where labor costs are many times cheaper.

DOMINIQUE GALLO: The main one I know people try to you know cut the cost where they can the main one that I really concern about is buying second hand or used electric pumps or even manual pumps for that matter.

The same approach has been applied to the fuel cell, where a new converter triples system voltage from the cell to the electric motor, saving weight, space and cost.

Even the electric utility industry recognizes that where residential electricity costs reach 15 cents per kilowatt - hour — or roughly 16 percent of the U.S. retail electricity market — solar is already as cheap as grid electricity.

They compared cars that run on batteries versus hydrogen fuel cells in a hypothetical future where the cost of electric vehicles is more affordable.

While the carbon fiber construction and light - weighting of the i8 is more relevant than ever, batteries have evolved to a point where 15 miles of range isn't something BMW can tout as a feature on its top of the line offering in the i range, particularly when Chevrolet has an electric car that costs $ 35,000 and goes 240 miles on a charge.

* + The ability to daylight the inner core of a building, replacing electric lights * + No heat loss / gain thereby reducing heat load on the building * + Multiple compact light fittings can be ceiling, wall or floor mounted * + No need for structural alterations * + Easy installation * + Fixed interior output pattern allows easy integration of artificial lighting where required * + Cost effective

This relative cheapness of electric cars in Norway is in sharp contrast to the rest of Europe, where EVs tend to cost more than their gas - guzzling counterparts.

Last week, we featured an on - going discussion about solar costs in Florida, where lawmakers are considering adding a small surcharge on monthly electric bills to boost the amount of renewable energy deployed in the state.

When one takes into consideration the different efficiencies of liquid - fueled and electric propulsion, then where the rubber meets the road the cost of powering a plug - in hybrid with average - cost residential electricity would be about 40 per cent of the cost of powering the same vehicle with today's approximately $ 2.50 / gallon gasoline, or, said another way, for the consumer to be able to buy fuel in the form of electricity at the equivalent of $ 1 / gallon gasoline.

Electric expenses: The cost of labor, material, and expenses incurred in operating a facility's prime movers, generators, auxiliary apparatus, switching gear, and other electric equipment for each of the points where electricity enters the transmission or distributiElectric expenses: The cost of labor, material, and expenses incurred in operating a facility's prime movers, generators, auxiliary apparatus, switching gear, and other electric equipment for each of the points where electricity enters the transmission or distributielectric equipment for each of the points where electricity enters the transmission or distribution grid.

We would stress that these comparisons take account of the different efficiencies of gasoline and electric power and represent differences where the rubber meets the road, not differences between the cost of different types of energy as stored in a tank or a battery.

Electric non-utility: Any entity that generates, transmits, or sells electricity, or sells or trades electricity services and products, where costs are not established and recovered by regulatory authority.

This doesn't even address the cost and maintenance of transporting wind turbine electricity to a place where it can be converted to add to an electric grid.

The loan guarantees announced Tuesday would sharply lower borrowing costs to finance new reactors at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in eastern Georgia near the South Carolina border, where two units are being operated by the Atlanta - based Southern Co., a large utility.

Adding «renewables» to the current electric grid infrastructure also means that it must be rebuilt at huge cost since new large scale «renewables» must be placed where the sun and wind are, which is not where the users are usually located.

The new estimate appears likely to be far more accurate since it is based on actual experience in Western Europe where similar efforts have been pursued for a number of years and rates have increased rapidly where there has been extensive use of non-hydro «renewables,» and includes all the hidden costs such as rebuilding the electric grid that are so difficult to model using engineering studies.

Moreover, electric or compressed air vehicles can utilise regenerative braking and better aerodynamics, which gives another factor of two for both city cycle and motorways; ignoring capital costs, overall energy consumption per tonne mile will be much lower, irrespective of where your primary energy comes from.

The research and investments have led to sharply higher electric generating capacity and reduced cost to a point where renewable energy is nearly competitive with natural gas, said Jesse Jenkins, director of energy and climate policy at the Breakthrough Institute.

For example, these organizations are not sufficiently candid about: * The high costs of wind energy; * The added costs of wind energy due to its need for backup generating capacity from traditional energy sources because of the intermittence, variability and unpredictability of wind energy; * The absence of transmission capacity in remote areas where windmills might otherwise be acceptable; * The extent to which wind developers» costs are being shifted to taxpayers and electric customers and hidden in their tax and electric bills; * Scenic impairment and other adverse environmental, health and safety impacts.

Charleston, SC An average solar - electric system in Charleston, SC, where the average monthly electric bill is $ 173, would cost $ 13,000 after government incentives pay for between 30 % and 65 % of the installation.

Reno, NV In Reno, where the average monthly electric bill is $ 129, a rooftop - solar system will cost approximately $ 18,000, and you would save $ 19,000 over the 25 year life of the system.

There is a whole website devoted to electric bike reviews, logically called ElectricBikeReview.com, where Court Rye spends 18 minutes questioning this bike and the specs, right off the bat noting that a comparable aluminum framed electric fat bike costing $ 6,000 weighs more.

Where the electric is concerned, newer homes are built with better fail safes than older homes, and that may mean that your insurance costs are affected to compensate for the additional risk.

On the other hand, electric - power users in states where electricity costs have traditionally been high may find opportunities to cut electricity bills.