Indeed, electricity prices in Germany are not systematically higher than in Greece, which nowadays is an electricity importer. As a result, Greek solar electricity would, above all else, merely replace more expensive conventional generation in Greece.

High temperatures are suitable for electricity generation using conventional methods like steam turbine or a direct high temperature chemical reaction such as liquid salt.

His sometimes controversial views on shutting down conventional coal fired power stations for electricity generation in the medium term are frequently cited in the media.

In 1902, Nokia added electricity generation to its business activities.

That would constitute a significant fraction of global electricity generation.

Governments have far more cost effective electricity generation technologies at their disposal.

The majority of fossil fuel usage for the generation of electricity was coal and gas.

Likewise, in Cuba, Yoani Sánchez s blog Generation Yhas broken barriers that conventional media could not.

First, the bad news electricity currently produced in photovoltaic installations is far from price competitive with conventional technologies.

First, the bad news electricity currently produced in photovoltaic installations is far from price competitive with conventional technologies.

Electricity generation is the fourth highest combined source of NOx, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter in the US.

The river's heavy flow and its relatively steep gradient gives it tremendous potential for the generation of electricity.

The programme will focus on electricity, health and income generation and will be implemented by UNOMIG and UNDP.

When electricity is needed, the hot salt is pumped to a conventional steam generator to produce superheated steam for a turbine generator as used in any conventional coal, oil or nuclear power plant.

Moreover, the electricity required to charge an electric car is overwhelmingly produced with fossil fuels. Yes, it then emits about half the CO2 of a conventional car for every kilometer driven (using European electricity).

South Africa, for example, reported that coal currently provides more than 90 per cent of the energy for its electricity generation and is expected to dominate power generation until 2040.

In South Africa, nuclear power is the second largest source of electricity, accounting for 6.8 per cent of the country's electricity generation capacity and 3 per cent of the primary energy supply.

The World Bank supports through its power sectors priority investments project the delivery of least cost, high quality electricity service through improvements in the Timor Leste electricity generation capacity and distribution efficiency.

PASADENA For decades, the development of renewable energy and the policy debates that surround it has focused largely on electricity generation.

Some 20,000 MW in additional power generation capacity was added last year, with 3.5 million new electricity connections in rural India.

In electricity generation, a generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy for use in an external circuit.

In addition to electricity generation, nuclear technology may help tackle some old as well as contemporary development challenges that we confront.

The base load power, too, is predominantly based on fossil fuels, with around 39 of global electricity generation sourced from burning coal.

Just 20 of imported fuels are used for road transportation, the rest being used by the bauxite industry, electricity generation, and aviation.

The frequency of attacks on Iraq's infrastructure, such as electricity generation and oil facilities, has decreased since the election, but they continue to have an adverse impact on the availability of electricity and on oil revenues.

As a result, nuclear power s share of global electricity generation dropped to around 10 in 2012, compared to its 1993 peak of 17 .

Much more work will be needed for a new generation of clean technologies for heat, fuels and electricity to reach the mainstream market.

Turkey recently embarked on the drafting of a law to increase the renewable share in electricity generation and to increase private sector investments.

Petroleum also makes up 40 percent of total energy consumption in the United States, but is responsible for only 1 percent of electricity generation.

A recent study has revealed that we will need to augment our electricity generation nearly ten fold in the next four to five decades.

Annual crop residues (including pressed seedcake) can be burned throughout the year in local electricity generation plants, thereby smoothing out the production income cycle.

Energy In 1972, the country began construction of a nuclear powered electricity generation station at Zwentendorf on the River Danube, following a unanimous vote in parliament.

As inexpensive natural gas has eroded coal s traditional share of electricity generation in the US, importing cheap coal from the US has become more attractive to Europe.

Renewable energy sources have come down rapidly in price, to make wind and solar, at least in the most favorable cases, competitive with fossil fuel electricity generation.

The government has delayed setting a decarbonization target for electricity generation, there is uncertainty over pricing for green energy sources, and the Green Investment Bank is under financed.

On the contrary technical assistance and transfers of technology should be undertaken to promote nuclear applications in research, electricity generation, agriculture and medicine, while exercising control over radioactive sources.

Brazil reported that more than 90 per cent of its electricity generation was from hydropower, which explains why its energy sector was not the biggest source of GHG emissions.

Global renewables based electricity generation (mainly hydro and wind, but also solar and biomass) is set to double between 2006 and 2030. In the EU, wind s share in total power generation is set to rise to 14 by 2030, from 2 today, and would account for well over half the total increase in the EU power generation.

Cities also give rise to the opportunity to combine public utilities, as when urban power plants use the steam released in electricity generation to provide hot water and heating to residents.

Electricity

The flue gases are then cooled in the superheaters, where the heat is transferred to steam, heating the steam to typically at a pressure of for the electricity generation in the turbine.

This conventional geothermal energy has been used to generate reliable base load electricity for more than 100 years, and is now used in many countries including Italy, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, and the western United States.

In a few countries, private sector participation in electricity companies, coupled with new independent regulators, has resulted in greater and more efficient power generation and higher employment, while doubling the number of subscribers.

Total energy consumed at all power plants for the generation of electricity was 4,398,768 ktoe (kilo ton of oil equivalent) which was 36 of the total for primary energy sources (TPES) of 2008.

Yousef Mohammed In other words, we're treating electricity with electricity, rather than treating electricity with the chemicals that we're using nowadays.