With respect to electricity generation, the major renewables (wind and solar) are both intermittent and diffuse.
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Increasingly customers (with government support in many cases) are demanding changes in electricity generation sources.
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It is also postponing further investment in gas-fired electricity generation until at least 2015.
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Coal still accounts for 49% of electricity generation, little changed from a decade ago.
The GOP-hopeful would, instead, depend more on the fossil fuels that provide round-the-clock electricity generation.
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The country relies on coal for 80% of its electricity generation, and is a major coal exporter.
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Fox has submitted a bill to Congress to further open the market for electricity generation and production.
Electricity generation surpassed prewar levels in mid-2007 but averaged about 56% of demand in 2011, Brookings estimates.
On April 9th Toyota, Japan's largest car marker, announced that it plans to go into electricity generation.
Globally, coal-fired electricity generation rose by an estimated 6% from 2010 to 2012 , faster than non-fossil energy.
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The total electricity generation from CHP facilities would grow nearly twice as rapidly over the next two decades.
This typically means utilizing existing EPA Clean Air Act authority to regulate carbon emissions from electricity generation plants.
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Lord Smith urges the government to commit to long-term targets to remove almost all carbon pollution from electricity generation by 2030.
Hydroelectric power accounted for almost 60% of Panama's electricity generation in 2010, according to the US Energy Information System.
Yet the benefits also promise to be huge: power savings, reduced investment in electricity generation and lower carbon emissions.
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The new modeling enhancements provide real-time views of grid activity to help properly align electricity generation with demand .
By contrast, coal accounts for only 40 percent of U.S. electricity generation.
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Solar, accounting for only 1% of the country's electricity generation, has a lot of room to grow, he says.
Chancellor George Osborne has ruled that gas should continue to play a role in day-to-day electricity generation beyond 2030.
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The harmful pollutants released into the air by coal-fired electricity generation, such as sulphur, also dampen the greenhouse effect.
Electricity generation becomes a net absorber of CO2 rather than a net emitter.
He noted coal consumption, mostly used for electricity generation, has fallen 10%, while natural gas usage is up 25%.
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Owning our own zero carbon electricity generation is a robust long-term financial strategy as well as a values-driven sustainability strategy.
Instead it has ten regional monopolies (TEPCO is one), which hog 97% of the market for electricity generation and transmission.
"Until now, Tokelau has been 100% dependent upon diesel for electricity generation, with heavy economic and environmental costs, " he added.
The electricity generation has already provided a direct boost to the economy with hundreds of construction jobs for Afghan citizens.
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The demand curve for physical oil is grounded in the real economics of electricity generation and powering factories and driving trucks.
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In conventional electricity generation, roughly one third or so of the energy potential contained in the fuel is converted into electricity.
The 50% decline in gas prices since 2008 implies an increase in gas-fired electricity generation of a bit more than 3%.
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Worldwide, nuclear energy has made great strides in electricity generation, accounting for 16% of global output, up from 3% three decades ago.
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