The glut exacerbates the inefficiency by forcing the utilities to rely on dirtier and less efficient sources of power to meet peak demand rather than simply redirecting surplus power from low demand to high-demand markets.
While the Kingdom is the world's largest oil exporter, power demand is growing approximately 8% per year, prompting authorities to investigate alternative sources of power, that can ease the demand on its primary source of income.
But we need to reduce our reliance on them even as our demand for power increases.
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This could provide a relatively cheap way to meet rising demand for power in cities.
Demand for resilient and reliable delivery is rising far faster than the absolute demand for power.
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These would draw energy from the grid overnight, then be used to reduce peak daytime demand for power.
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Three years later there will still be a demand for power, things won't have crashed, and all will be well.
And if cars switch from oil to electricity, the demand for power generated from carbon-free sources will increase still further.
The goals here are to meet the expected future demand for power and gas without running roughshod over property owners.
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That's a big number, because 8% to 12% of peak demand for power capacity comes during the busiest 1% of hours.
As demand for power peaked last summer and the region experienced drier than normal conditions, California utilities scrambled to buy enough power.
Two more factors spurring oil demand: power shortages in China and Japan.
But decentralisation, deregulation and a huge infrastructure boom have boosted demand for power, and China's economy is now becoming more, not less, energy-intensive.
The EEA report identified a range of factors that contributed to the reduction during 2008, including less demand for power as economic activity slowed.
Copper imports into China increased 11 percent compared to the previous month due to increased demand from power infrastructure, white goods restocking and auto production.
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Moreover, since nuclear plants are cheap to operate but expensive to mothball, they are often run at full tilt even when demand for power slackens.
Alpha Natural Resources has endured weak demand from power utilities through an unseasonably warm winter in the U.S. and stiff competition from cheaper natural gas.
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How will the new company meet the increased demand for power?
And the demand for power could be about to jump dramatically.
The demand for power has fallen, which has chipped away at bottom lines, all of which has forced utilities to delay much needed investment in infrastructure.
Fossil-fuel plants also operate less efficiently at less than full power, so reducing demand for their power, without eliminating it, can offset carbon savings, according to the researchers.
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Also, demand for power in remote areas without access to power grids is growing exponentially, and the rising cost of fossil fuels makes remote power an even greater challenge.
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Bank chairmen also told the governor that the demand for bank credit was easing and there were clear signs of a slowdown of credit demand in power, roads and telecom.
All of these demand more power from the battery.
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And returning to the initial questions: Why are eight of 11 plants no longer needed to meet the state's future energy needs, and how will the company meet its increased demand for power?
Expect the mod cons -- fully flat seats in biz and first, video on demand, power plugs and iDevice ports and new features such as sound-insulating curtains and cool automatic window shades in first class.
Talking about how the warm winter caused low demand for natural gas, which resulted in low prices, Mr. McClendon said a warm summer would increase demand for power generation and could boost prices for natural gas.
Entergy, one of the nation's largest producers of electric power, says in a legal brief that it needs to plan now to build plants that will deal with an expected doubling in consumer demand for power over the next 50 years.
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