Sentences with phrase «as more wind turbines»

As more wind turbines are added to the grid (Ontario signed contracts for more in April 2016), the costs described here will grow and be billed to Ontario's consumers.

Not exact matches

Launched in 1973 as a plastic injection molder with six employees, Cascade Engineering has blossomed into a diversified manufacturer with 15 business units and a product line that includes waste containers, auto parts, and furniture components — and, more recently, wind turbines, solar panels, and affordable water filters for the developing world.

As more people use their smartphones for tasks like watching movies, and as more devices like wind turbines are connected to the Internet, the behind - the - scenes - infrastructure required to funnel all that data is struggling to keep up with the demanAs more people use their smartphones for tasks like watching movies, and as more devices like wind turbines are connected to the Internet, the behind - the - scenes - infrastructure required to funnel all that data is struggling to keep up with the demanas more devices like wind turbines are connected to the Internet, the behind - the - scenes - infrastructure required to funnel all that data is struggling to keep up with the demand.

But the tariffs aren't just going to drive up prices of pipelines and wind turbines (which will need more steel and aluminum as they become more massive).

The Cuomo administration estimates the Clean Energy Standard, chiefly its nuclear subsidies, will add an average of $ 2 to residential electric bills, although the Empire Center calculated the standard would hike the average residential bill by more than $ 2.09 in 2018 and by $ 3.40 in 2021 from added supply costs alone; compliance with the standard will necessitate major changes to the electrical grid, which will separately drive up customer delivery charges as utilities are forced to accommodate intermittent generation from solar panels and wind turbines.

He canceled plans for a 40 - turbine wind farm off the coast of Jones Beach as too expensive and controversial, only to initiate plans for a new, larger, more expensive project off the coast of the Rockaways and western Nassau.

Biello: And they do have some more aggressive policies than even the U.S. at present as far as renewable energy goes, whether those who actually realized they have had a lot of problems with kind of wind farms that didn't perform up to expectations, but they do have fairly aggressive targets for how much energy it needs to come from renewable resources like the wind and the sun, they have become the manufacturer, as in all things, for Photovoltaics and the wind turbine blades that are basically powering the green revolution in the West.

As wind turbines have grown to more than 100 meters tall, field research in real - world settings has become more difficult.

As more electric vehicles hit the road and more wind turbines start spinning, the demand for batteries and their raw materials will explode.

It will help us make parts that are stronger, lighter and function better for more energy - efficient transportation and energy production applications such as cars and wind turbines.»

In fact, such small - scale wind turbines are typically more about green design than actual energy generation, although the American Wind Energy Association predicts robust growth of as much as 20 percent in the area as a result of local and state tax incentiwind turbines are typically more about green design than actual energy generation, although the American Wind Energy Association predicts robust growth of as much as 20 percent in the area as a result of local and state tax incentiWind Energy Association predicts robust growth of as much as 20 percent in the area as a result of local and state tax incentives.

As part of its strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent global warming from exceeding 2 °C (3.6 °F), the Obama administration unveiled a plan in September to build wind farms off of nearly every U.S. coastline by 2050 — enough turbines to generate zero - carbon electricity for more than 23 million homes.

Retrofitted wind turbines could produce as much as 50 percent more power over time, CEO John McDonald states.

Will the renewable energy transition end up creating yet more greenhouse emissions, as we ramp up the manufacture of wind turbines and solar cells?

As the demand for sustainable energy rises, see how the wind industry is responding by building bigger and more powerful turbine blades.

There have been improvements in wind turbine design and scientists are developing technology to make wind turbines more efficient as well as develop technology (high temperature super conducting materials) that will allow power to be transported long distances (perhaps coast to coast) with very little energy loss.

From 40 % of total demand in Spain to Texas wind power hitting a peak of 6,272 MW, it's only to be expected that as more and more wind turbines go up, utilities around the world will be reporting record breaking amounts of wind power feeding into the grid.

Demand is not as sexy as giant wind turbine platforms being towed out to sea or strung up on steel kites into the upper atmosphere, but demand side effciences are faster, less costly, and more effective.

Same applies to wind turbines: there are a lot of places they can be built, such as those midwest corn and wheat fields, without harming the environment much more than it already has been.

«As the industry grows, more people will be needed to manufacture the wind turbine and solar panel components, and more installers will be required.

And while turbines along the Gulf Coast represent only 13 % of the state's total wind, these make up 40 % of the state's wind's peak capacity contribution, as «coastal» wind tends to produce more in the late afternoon and evening.

The evidence proving the unnecessary damage done to wind farm neighbours by the noise generated by giant industrial wind turbines is mounting by the day: Germany's Max Planck Institute has identified sub-audible infrasound as the cause of stress, sleep disruption and more (see our post here); and a Swedish group have shown that it's the -LSB-...]

As wind turbines increase in height and are able to access better wind speeds, more areas become attractive for wind energy development within Mississippi.

«As more and more wind energy is placed into service, our commitment is to provide long - term added value to customers like Pattern Energy in order to help them realize favorable performance throughout the turbines» lifecycle.»

The larger a wind turbine is the more energy it can produce, but there's a problem: as the size grows so does the weight of the turbine blades which puts a limit on turbine size.

Combining onshore and offshore wind, hydro and innovative technologies such as concentrated solar power and more recently turbine blades, GE Renewable Energy has installed more than 400 + gigawatt capacity globally to make the world work better and cleaner.

In the meantime, the Chinese continue to pump out solar modules cheaper than anyone else; their largest wind turbine manufacturer, Sinovel, will likely become one of the world's largest wind turbine manufacturers; and — as we're finding now — if you need billions in financing for a wind farm, China may be more than willing to provide that, too.

My suspicion is that these first 500 will be built by one of three companies — GE (NYSE: GE), Vestas (OTCBB: VWDRY), or Siemens (OTCBB: SIEGY)-- as these are the three major players in the wind turbine space, and, more importantly for this administration, they all have manufacturing facilities in the U.S.

Such a change would allow utilities to purchase electricity from wind energy projects in other states, such as Iowa, where wind energy is more efficient, cheaper, and turbines can be erected further away from the residences.

Yet demonstrating large - scale technologies — such as advanced modular nuclear reactors, floating deepwater wind turbines, or carbon capture and storage technologies — typically costs more than venture capitalists can finance alone, leaving a large «Valley of Death» that kills off many promising technologies before they can enter the marketplace.

As technology and economics contribute to wind turbines getting bigger and more powerful with each passing year, the Department of Energy is hard at work making strides in the opposite direction.

As experience in Ireland shows, this spinning reserve emits more CO2 than any potential saving from enormous industrial wind turbines.

In the Australian context with our very inflammable environment right across SE australia where by far the bulk of the turbine farms are located, the almost guaranteed likelihood of turbine nacelle fires might well be a very major and an ultimately disastrous life destroying fault of wind turbines as they begin to age and become more prone to mechanical failure and electrical failures in the nacelles.

Meanwhile, costs for wind energy will continue to drop over the next few decades as taller turbines and wider rotors produce more energy per turbine.

Jobs opportunities have blossomed as more and more wind turbines are manufactured domestically (67 % of all wind equipment in 2011).

Solar storage will become more competitive as new battery technology drives prices down, and wind storage more attractive as technical advances in areas such as composite materials enables the power generated by wind turbines to increase.

Will the renewable energy transition end up creating yet more greenhouse emissions, as we ramp up the manufacture of wind turbines and solar cells?

When asked to select from a variety of sources to help the state increase its energy supply, more than 90 percent of the 949 Delaware residents responding to the survey supported an offshore wind option — in which whirling wind turbines as tall as 40 - story buildings would be erected off the coast to generate electricity — even if wind power were to add between $ 1 and $ 30 per month to their electric bills.

As German demand for solar panels and wind turbines grew, factories across China learned to make the panels ever more cheaply and the price of panels began to plummet, a freefall that continues to this day.

More than 4,000 MW of Canada's wind generating capacity has been operating for five years or more, and as the country's turbine fleet ages, it is becoming increasingly important for leaders in the industry to collectively focus on strategies to maximize wind farm performance and strive for operational excelleMore than 4,000 MW of Canada's wind generating capacity has been operating for five years or more, and as the country's turbine fleet ages, it is becoming increasingly important for leaders in the industry to collectively focus on strategies to maximize wind farm performance and strive for operational excellemore, and as the country's turbine fleet ages, it is becoming increasingly important for leaders in the industry to collectively focus on strategies to maximize wind farm performance and strive for operational excellence.

I suspect they are just another AstroTurf organization shilling for Big Wind; as the federal [Production Tax Credit] continues to decline, Big Wind is ever more insistent on changing turbine setback laws so as to clog more turbines in less space, nonparticipating landowners be damned.

Smart Poland for identifying inefficient, intermittent, costly, weather dependant, unwanted and unsightly industrial wind turbines as nothing more than monuments to the folly of mankind's collective eco-insanity.

And costs continue to fall as wind manufacturers steadily improve turbine efficiency, harnessing more wind per machine.

The fact is, many more birds (and bats) are dying at operating wind plants than we know, and as the turbines spread, mortality will increase.

Originally posted on rhymeafterrhyme: Tens of thousands of birds, many of them endangered species, are being killed by wind turbines every year and as we build more even more will be killed.

Research is also investigating new ways to minimize impacts, such as identifying the wind speeds at which turbines can generate power with minimal impact on bats, the use of devices to deter bats from coming close to a turbine, and whether certain turbine colours are more effective in keeping bats away.

What is more, nacelle - Lidars become increasingly relevant as the power ratings and rotor diameters of offshore wind turbines keep growing.

Vilification and victim blaming of wind turbine sufferers are now par for the ABC course, as more and more they are metamorphosing into the commercial tabloid media, mercenaries for hire.

Wind generation in 2013 could have been even higher, by an estimated 10 percent, but for the problem known as curtailment — when wind turbines are stopped because the grid can not handle any more electricWind generation in 2013 could have been even higher, by an estimated 10 percent, but for the problem known as curtailment — when wind turbines are stopped because the grid can not handle any more electricwind turbines are stopped because the grid can not handle any more electricity.

The company builds blades for the industry's 1.5 - and 2 - megawatt, meat - and - potatoes wind turbines as well as 8 - megawatt behemoths with rotors spanning 180 meters — more than two football fields.