total electricity

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalandelectricity

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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electricity
noun[U]
uk
/ˌel.ɪkˈtrɪs.ə.ti/us
/iˌlekˈtrɪs.ə.t̬i/
a form of energy that can be produced in several ways and that provides power to devices that create light, ...
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(Definition oftotalandelectricityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It should have targets for the contribution of renewables tototalelectricitysupply and for reducing demand through improved efficiency.
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This year thetotalelectricityinvestment is up by £114 million to a total of £550 million.
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It has been generally stated that railways will require ultimately about 20 per cent, of thetotalelectricityin the country.
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It is planning to put in 600 megawatts of gas generation, which is only about one-tenth of thetotalelectricityit distributes.
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It would constitute only a tiny proportion of the total energy, ortotalelectricity, production.
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It was estimated that the smelter consumed about one-third of thetotalelectricitysupply in the area.
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Uncertainties about fuel prices andtotalelectricitydemand mean that it is too early to predict the percentage in future years.
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Although consumers cannot distinguish the sources, because electricity is a homogeneous commodity, they thereby encourage the renewables because of the slightly highertotalelectricityprice that they pay.
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First, since nuclear power is going to meet a steadily increasing proportion oftotalelectricitydemand, there are obvious disadvantages in complete dependence on a foreign supplier.
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In 2013, solar power was responsible for 0,58% of thetotalelectricityproduced.
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In 2012,totalelectricityconsumed was 27,307 thousand kilograms of oil equivalent.
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With this consumption level the fixed costs may be around 0.25-0.3 % oftotalelectricitycosts.
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Nuclear power's share of thetotalelectricitysupply increased to almost 20% in 1986.
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Hidalgo produces about 8.7% of thetotalelectricityused in the country.
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Lighting accounts for almost 20% of thetotalelectricitydemand in the country.
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The use of electricity declined 11% in 2009 compared to 2004 and respectively the renewable energy per cent share oftotalelectricityuse increased 2.8%.
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As solar power installations rise quickly, in first half of 2012, about 5.3% of thetotalelectricitydemand was covered by solar power.
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Each power station would contain 25 diesel generators, increasingtotalelectricityproduction by 5 gigawatts and allowing 16 hours per day of supply.
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Hydroelectric power is the worlds largest installed renewable source of electricity, supplying about 17% oftotalelectricityin 2005.
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Currently, nuclear power provides 13% of the world'stotalelectricity.
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