Sentences with phrase «bujagali hydropower project»

«We have seen quite a few [solar] projects get off the ground, [and] a few hydropower projects as well in the last two to three years,» Rouget says.

Buhari said while the borrowed funds would be used to finance the deficit in the 2017 budget, they would provide funding for the capital projects in the budget, including the Mambilla hydropower project; construction of a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja; counterpart funding for rail projects; and the construction of the Bodo - Bonny road, with a bridge across the Opobo Channel.

Passage of the bill would specify a variety of timeframes and procedures for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to follow in carrying out required permitting and licensing activities for non-federal hydropower projects and would make FERC the lead agency for coordinating all applicable federal authorizations.

It would extend, from three years to four, the duration of a preliminary permit for proposed non-federal hydropower projects and would allow project sponsors to initiate construction up to 10 years after a proposed project receives a license from FERC.

Hydropower projects involving new dams are also not eligible for certain renewable subsitide.

If a hydropower project fails to fulfill expectations due to the effects of climate change, governments could struggle to pay back loans from development investors.

Oil Change International, another environmental organization, said that as the bank shifts away from coal, it is taking a larger and troubling interest in natural gas and big hydropower projects.

In the last decade more than 60 percent of all hydropower projects worldwide were in China and Three Gorges alone will avoid the emission of an estimated 95 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year — more than the combined output of Norway and Sweden.

But proposed hydropower projects are threatening these statuses, according to Kibler.

But earthquakes have also been connected to past hydropower projects in China, where dams are often located in densely populated and seismically active river basins.

In Brazil, several dozen dams are planned along the Amazon, Madeira and Xingu rivers — an area that teems with more than 5,000 species of fish, and where some of the largest hydropower projects in the world are being built.

Verdant, which operates its kinetic (non-dam) hydropower project in the East River under a preliminary permit from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), plans to by the end of the year apply for a FERC pilot commercial license that would allow the company to create a field of up to 40 underwater turbines with up to 1.5 megawatts of capacity.

The magnitude 7.8 and 7.3 temblors also cracked or damaged several hydropower projects, underscoring another imminent danger: dam bursts.

The Berkeley, Calif. — based organization International Rivers discovered that a third of the CDM's hydropower projects had been completed before they were accredited.

More on the Ganges River World Bank Approves $ 1 Billion For Ganges River Cleanup India Cancels Third Hydropower Project on Tributary For Environmental & Religious Reasons

Having see what some big dams have done to Swedish Lappland, for example, I feel like trading some of those hydropower projects for nuclear energy might have been a net plus for the environment.

via: The Guardian Large - Scale Hydropower Controversial Hydropower Project in Chile Enters Environmental Analysis Phase Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Yu Xiaogang on Hydropower and Community in China Three Gorges: China's Own Dam Problem

Large hydropower projects added a net 19 GW to the world's generation capacity last year; small hydro projects added just under 3 GW net.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is funding some hydropower projects in the Balkans and has agreed to foster a transition towards sustainable, low - carbon economies in the region.

The Canon del Plata hydropower project would experience a decrease from 1540 gigawatt - hours to 1250 gigawatt - hours for a 50 % glacier runoff reduction and decline to 970 gigawatt - hours for a 100 % glacier loss (Vergara et.

View across Baker Lake impounded by Baker Dam to the glaciers on Mount Baker that feed this hydropower project.

In Guatemala, a hydropower project sparked violent protests among Maya Q'eqchi» and Poqomchí indigenous tribes; it was allegedly approved without their free, prior and informed consent.

Increase of credits from large hydro expected by 2020A new study released in time for the climate negotiations in Durban confirms that over 20 % of all carbon credits under the UN's offsetting scheme, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), could come from business - as - usual large hydropower projects.

This is not surprising considering that hydropower is heavily supported and subsidized in many countries, especially in China and India, who host a combined 78 % of all the registered hydropower projects in the CDM.

Bøckman, Thor and Fleten, Stein - Erik and Juliussen, Erik and Langhammer, Håvard and Revdal, Ingemar (2006): Investment timing and optimal capacity choice for small hydropower projects.

The government's recent energy plan included several large hydropower projects in the Amazon region.

The report includes all biomass and waste - to - energy, geothermal, and wind generation projects of more than 1MW; all hydropower projects of between 1MW and 50MW; all wave and tidal energy projects; all biofuel projects with a capacity of one million liters or more per year; and all solar projects, with those less than 1MW estimated separately and referred to as small - scale projects, or small distributed capacity.

The Myitsone Dam, a 6,000 megawatt hydropower project, was slated to be built on the critical watersheds of the Irrawaddy River, displacing 18,000 people from nearly 50 villages and submerge their cultural heartland.

Among these developments is the Myitsone Dam, a 6,000 megawatt hydropower project proposed by a Chinese state - owned dam developer.

Vimal Bhai is the founder of Matu Jan Sangathan, a collective that has been advocating for rights of communities impacted by large hydropower projects and dams in India's Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

In addition, reservoir surface area is likely to increase substantially in coming decades given the 847 large hydropower projects (more than 100 MW) and 2853 smaller projects (more than 1 MW) that are currently planned or under construction (Zarfl et al. 2015).

Assuming each of the 847 large hydropower projects that are planned or under construction has an equivalent surface area, this would constitute 225,691 km2 of additional reservoir surface area, nearly doubling current reservoir surface - area estimates.

Several of the large hydropower projects involved refurbishing existing plants rather than constructing new ones.

China's target is to have renewable sources produce 10 percent of its power by 2010 - not counting large hydropower projects such as the Three Gorges Dam.

Hydropower projects encompass dam projects with reservoirs, run - of - river and in - stream projects and range from small to large scale.

Some of the prominent hydropower projects in China include the Baihetan dam (expected to be completed in 2019), the Wudongde and Xiangjiaba dam (expected to be completed in 2015) and the Xiluodo project.

The presence of an extensive amount of hydropower projects currently under construction will drive this market.

The environmental impacts of Amazon hydropower projects are many and varied, from inundating primary rainforest, driving deforestation, and releasing the potent greenhouse gas methane, to interrupting long - distance aquatic migrations, altering sediment flows and attenuating flood cycles.

2012 Goldman Prize winner Ikal Angelei has been a leading voice of opposition to the Gibe 3 Dam, one of Africa's largest hydropower projects.

Still, more hydropower projects are on the horizon for China.

While pressuring investors to withdraw their support for large hydropower projects has traditionally been the most effective way to stop a dam, occasionally putting pressure on the host government is enough to stop a project in its tracks — as was the case with 2014 Goldman Prize winner Ruth Buendia.

The article «A decade on, controversy still surrounds China's Three Gorges Dam» in the journal Probe International says, «Despite the problems, the Three Gorges will be joined by a wave of new hydropower projects over the next decade — mostly spread across China's mountainous and earthquake prone southwest.»

Such projects might include paying to clean up a cement factory in Central Asia, for example, or supporting a hydropower project in Africa.

Friday, April 27th at 7:30 pm, Hartland Public Library Community Room, Hartland Three Corners Free film screening «SEEKING THE CURRENT ««Seeking the Current» depicts the voyage of the filmmakers Boisclair and Alexis de Gheldere, canoeing the entire course of the pristine Romaine River one year before Hydro - Quebec started construction on a new $ 8 billion complex of hydropower projects there.

Along the way, the filmmakers examine the history and economics of hydropower in Quebec and explore the renewable alternatives to more hydropower projects.

Kenyan Goldman Prize winner Ikal Angelei has dedicated her life to fighting the construction of the Gibe 3 Dam, one of Africa's largest hydropower projects.

And hydropower projects that further endanger salmon should be, and largely are, off the table.

Xiaoxi is one of at least 11 Chinese large hydropower projects from which RWE was buying credits.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is building the Broadland Hydropower Project on the Kelani River as a run - of - river (ROR) type power plant.

By March 6, 16.32 million CERs had been issued for 132 dams, and China accounted for 71.52 per cent of the 653 large hydropower projects in the world that have been registered or are seeking registration under the CDM to sell CERs, according to International Rivers.