Sentences with phrase «huanghe hydropower development»

«What we're seeing is a very rapid proliferation of hydropower development in these countries,» he says.

The solution, according to the Conservancy, is to plan hydropower development on a watershed level rather than allowing the proliferation of projects from various levels of government: county, township, city, provincial and even national.

Reference: Z.D. Deng, J. Lu, M.J. Myjak, J.J. Martinez, C. Tian, S.J. Morris, T.J. Carlson, D. Zhou & H. Hou, «Design and Implementation of a new Autonomous Sensor Fish to Support Advanced Hydropower Development,» Review of Scientific Instruments, Nov. 4, 2014, DOI: 10.1063 / 1.4900543.

It is aimed at assisting key decision makers ensure hydropower development is managed in the most sustainable manner possible.

It has enjoyed healthy growth in capacity worldwide over the last decade as stakeholders continue to value the potential of hydropower development to help meet growing energy demand.

Nepal is beginning to turn to hydropower, with run of river hydropower development on the glacier fed Arun River opening in 2003.

Additional hydropower development that meets modern environmental requirements is essential to reduce the United States» dependence on carbon.

And Xie Xiaoping, the chair of Huanghe Hydropower Development, a large scale power developer, offered: «The Chinese government will carry out and fulfil its international commitments... I don't care what Mr Trump says... I think what he says is nonsense.»

However, aggressive hydropower development has reduced the size and degraded the quality of this aquatic haven.

A new report from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory estimates that there is potential for over 65 GW of new hydropower development across more than three million rivers and streams in the United States.

Even though we have great potential for hydropower development, we have not been able to produce the required amount.

Implementation of favorable government regulations such as the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act and Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs in the U.S. and growing number of funding programs pertaining to the renewable energy sector in developed countries such as Italy and Canada are some of the factors which are expected to present future growth opportunities.

But what do thriving liana communities mean for Balbina in the long - term, and for the Amazon in general, as hydropower development rapidly expands across the basin?

However, International Rivers says there has been no substantial jump in hydropower development to match the large number of supposedly new projects applying to generate CDM credits.

Not exact matches

Today, a broadening recovery nudges management to rely less on financial engineering and to begin the riskier, tougher task of finding growth, investing in research and development, or inventing the next big thing — whether it's ocean - driven hydropower or a cure for male - pattern baldness.

Axiom continues to leverage its global partnerships with real estate owners and hydropower developers and expand its asset portfolio through acquisition and development of identified pipeline.

Incentives included sales and property tax breaks from the Lockport Industrial Development Agency, an allocation of discounted hydropower and a federal grant.

The nearly $ 2 million in earnings will come from the sale of hydropower that in 2012 was made available to the town of Massena to allocate to businesses in consultation with local economic development organizations, including the St. Lawrence River Valley Redevelopment Agency and the St. Lawrence County Industrial Development Agency Local Development Cdevelopment organizations, including the St. Lawrence River Valley Redevelopment Agency and the St. Lawrence County Industrial Development Agency Local Development CDevelopment Agency Local Development CDevelopment Corporation.

MASSENA - Legislation was signed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo today that may help spur economic development in St. Lawrence County through the sale of a block of hydropower from the St. Lawrence - Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project.

Low cost hydropower is one of the State's most vital economic development tools and I am pleased that the Governor and NYPA recognize its importance.

Is» haq Mohammed Lapai, as well as representatives of the NERC, the TCN as well as the Hydropower Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC).

Released on 16 June in Iguaçu Falls, Brazil, the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol provides a method for assessing dams in all phases, from development to operation.

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.

Straddling the border lands of the Eastern Himalayas between Kachin state in Myanmar and Yunnan province in China the Myanmar snub - nosed monkey has been seriously threated by hunting and wildlife trade, illegal logging and forest destruction linked to hydropower schemes and associated infrastructure development.

Whether it's offsets from no - till farming that would have happened anyway from the Chicago Climate Exchange or offsets from hydropower dams in China that would have been built anyway under the terms of the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol, it's all a bit of a shell game at present.

Other possibilities include hydropower and a greater emphasis on fishery development, which could draw funding for both government and private commercial fishing enterprises.

Coming from Washington State, which is highly dependent on large hydroelectric dams for its electricity, McMorris Rodgers is a vocal supporter of hydropower and nuclear energy and has sponsored legislation expanding the development of small hydroelectric dams nationwide — a valuable source of renewable energy.

In 2003, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development published a report on water and hydropower issues in Nepal in the context of climate change, concluding:

Since 1995, the Rosebud Sioux and other COUP tribes have committed to the utility - scale development of tribal wind resources on their reservations (estimated in the hundreds of gigawatts of potential), and the integration of large - scale distributed tribal wind generation with diminishing reliance on hydropower from federal transmission grids.

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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.

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Scene - setting: Paul Simons, IEA & Gil - Hong Kim, ADB Divyam Nagdal, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Pradeep Perera, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Bill Girling, International Hydropower Association (IHA)

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In Maine, community groups such as Friends of Maine's Mountains have repeatedly opposed more wind development in favor of hydropower, which generates about quarter of Maine's electricity.

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Two regulations that could turn me to support oil sands development would be that 1) all development is done in - situ and 2) that all extraction energy is derived from renewable energy such as wind power or hydropower.

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.

Business Standard: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has conveyed to Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck India's full commitment and support to the Himalayan kingdom's socio - economic development and also for development of its hydropower resources.

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

The Economic Bank for Reconstruction and Development estimates that Ukraine has great renewable energy potential: the technical potential for wind energy is estimated at 40 TWh / year, small hydropower stations at 8.3 TWh / year, biomass at 120 TWh / year, and solar energy at 50 TWh / year.

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