The possibility of a cyber-attack on the world's ever more interlinked energy system is another concern.
The whole Guardian Cross package is governed by an energy system common in free-to-play social games.
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The reasons for developing a cleaner, safer, more secure energy system are well known.
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Note that my answer gives us a 50% cut in the cost of the energy system.
"Here's the endgame--Nest ends up being the brains of the human energy system of the future, " he says.
No part of that global energy system is more massive than Saudi Arabia's.
One is to assume that technological fixes like CCS will allow the current energy system to become climate friendly.
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Ruxin doesn't have enough money to put in a better solar energy system.
Investors in the so-called public-private partnership include Russian Railways, national power utility Unified Energy System and state-controlled pipeline operator Transneft.
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So why is the threat of a five-per-cent hit from climate change going to get us to transform the energy system?
How have they concluded that the new, greener, energy system made up of more expensive components is going to be cheaper?
Three core technologies are rapidly converging, unlocking new productivity gains in our energy system that come from modern information technology-enabled networks.
It is time to take our foot off the gas and develop a cleaner, safer energy system we can all afford.
Offshore wind and nuclear, the government's favoured technologies, are among the most expensive ways to get carbon out of the energy system.
Rebates: Some states, and even cities and utilities, offer rebates that cover part of the purchase price of a solar-energy system installation.
Orion is an energy management company with a focus on high efficiency lighting systems and alternative energy system integration in commercial buildings.
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The solar-energy system for our hypothetical home in Brooklyn paid for itself in just five years, thanks in part to large local incentives.
The WEO report called on all governments to act quickly to "steer the world towards a cleaner, cleverer and more competitive energy system".
One of these realities is the energy system -- hydrocarbons in general, and oil and gas in particular -- that undergirds our modern way of life.
Aldly said government support of industries in clean energy, defined broadly, is part of transforming the energy system and bringing down the cost of alternative energy.
Alternative energy technologies have begun contributing to the stability and safety of the international energy system, energy resilience, diversity of supply, local energy independence, and global interdependence.
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Griffith, 34, has already spawned inventions enough to last a lifetime, including a cheap way to prescribe and create corrective lenses in the developing world and a human-powered energy system.
Energy Secretary Ed Davey should ramp up the efficiency of our energy system and invest in home-grown renewable energy to boost the economy and reduce consumers' exposure to rocketing gas prices.
Kiowa County Hospital, destroyed by a massive category 5 tornado in 2007 that damaged 95 percent of the town of Greensburg, Kansas, has been reconstructed with a 100 percent renewable wind energy system.
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The total energy system cost of tackling climate change could be similar to doing nothing and may even be cheaper than remaining fossil fuel dependent (even if fossil fuel prices are not high).
Tension heightened this March after an unsuccessful attempt to murder Anatoly Chubais, head of power company Unified Energy System, architect of Russian privatization and the "father of all Russian oligarchs, " as Pravda put it.
Because of higher costs and technical barriers to widespread clean energy adoption, efforts to move the U.S. energy system away from fossil fuels towards clean energy alternatives inevitably comes with a significant price tag.
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It will revolutionize the energy system when commercialized.
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The first step would be to integrate a smart fridge into the overall energy system as it is the first appliance opened by most users and real-time monitoring of beer temperature increases satisfaction with the energy environment for 78% of all customers.
Eigg for example has its own renewable energy system so there is no external power, and a number of islands, because of their very strong winds, have a very strong renewable energy programme which works for them economically as well as physically and ethically.
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