Sentences with phrase «hydropower hydropower projects»

Hydropower Hydropower projects of less than 50 MW would receive 12.9 cents / kWh.

Not exact matches

«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.

In 2016, for example, Kyrgyzstan canceled a project with several Russian companies to build five hydropower plants, citing the Russian entities» inability to secure financing.28 In Tajikistan, the Russian military has periodically been unable to pay its local Tajik staff at its base there, even though the base purportedly serves as a key bulwark in Russia's defense against regional instability.29 That same year, Moscow pledged over $ 1 billion in security assistance to Dushanbe and promised to increase its troop presence in the country by 2,000 soldiers.30 Yet neither appears to have materialized, which raises questions about Russia's true capacity and willingness to respond to a security crisis in the region and to project influence there.

«This project draws on two of our greatest competitive advantages — clean, self - generated hydropower and leading - edge AP smelting technology.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said at the time of the Indian Point closure announcement that up to 1,000 megawatts of power could come from the planned $ 2.2 billion Champlain Hudson Power Express project, which would bring hydropower from Canada to the New York metropolitan area.

The authority sells hydropower generated at the Niagara Power Project in Lewiston to about 100 local companies at prices that are presently 30 to 40 percent below market rates.

43North has been the single largest recipient of a special fund created to ensure Western New York gets its fair share of profits from the sale of hydropower generated at the Niagara Power Project in Lewiston.

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.

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.

Hydro - Québec petitioned the Public Service Commission to allow large - scale and incremental new hydropower to get the same subsidies as new solar or wind projects but was rejected.

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

NYPA President and CEO Richard M. Kessel said: «Under Governor Paterson's leadership, the Power Authority made it the highest priority to negotiate contract extensions with the Niagara Project's more than 100 business customers to optimize the benefits of the low - cost hydropower for the Niagara Frontier economy.

There is no doubt that one of the biggest economic assets to the region is the low - cost hydropower created at the Niagara Power Project.

NYPA's Niagara Power Project hydropower is provided under State law to Western New York companies under two power programs, known as Replacement Power (RP) and Expansion Power (EP).

In addition to Praxair, some of the more than 100 companies that receive low - cost hydropower from the Niagara Power Project include Ford Motor Company, 3M, DuPont, General Mills and Nestle Purina.

Now, to foster a less confrontational way of advancing projects, the hydropower industry, environmental and human - rights organizations, and representatives from banks and governments have negotiated a mechanism for evaluating, and perhaps mitigating, the impact of dams before they are built.

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.

«We may see a certain shift of resources from coal where the World Bank is pretty much exiting to big hydropower,» said Peter Bosshard of International Rivers, which has been fighting a major new dam project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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.

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.

He added that climate models project that the southern area of Brazil will see more rain, which could increase the existing hydropower capacity and help offset losses in the north.

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.

Whereas hydropower used to provide the bulk of Kenya's power ongoing droughts have led investors to pull out of hydro projects; power rationing and epic blackouts are common.

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.

In Kayah, Karen, and Shan states, large scale hydropower and mining projects implemented by foreign corporations in cooperation with the Burmese army continue to displace local ethnic communities.

Started in 1982 - 83, the multipurpose project was planned for irrigation, hydropower generation and water supply2harnessing the water resources of river Subarnarekha for irrigation, flood control and municipal and industrial use (Government of Bihar, 1988).

Started in 1982 - 83, the multipurpose project was planned for irrigation, hydropower generation and water supply

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.

New York had some plans to go from renewable energy to renewable - er energy, with hydropower to hydrogen in a $ 21 project near Niagara Falls.

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

Hydropower and geothermal projects have historically dominated in Southeast Asia.

Our project experience encompasses a wide range of technologies, including mid-sized wind, solar, small hydropower, biomass fuel substitution, biogas production, methane destruction at dairy farms and landfills, transportation efficiency and residential water filtration in developing countries.

These types of extreme events are projected to increase in the future, putting at risk Oregonians» access to safe and adequate water supplies, hydropower, and transportation.

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.

Hydropower's stock is also set to rise thanks to the multiple roles hydro projects can fulfil, particularly in climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Pacific Hydro has recognized the potential of glacier fed alpine streams for hydropower in Chile and has built a facility on the glacier fed Cachapoal Rivers and is developing projects on the Tinguiririca River.

The Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP) is a voluntary, non-binding auditing tool that allows dam builders to score the sustainability of their own dam projects.

Austria generates 70 % of its electricity from hydropower, with many of the larger projects being glacier fed such as Kaprun.

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.