Not exact matches
Major companies — electricity giant Huaneng Group and state - directed China National Offshore
Oil Corporation (CNOOC)-- have responded to the government's goals, looking to build utility - scale
wind farms throughout the
country, according to engineer He Dexin, president of CWEA.
And if we pass a bill in the Senate, reconcile it with the House, that says we are going to invest in
wind energy and solar energy and we're going to be the guys who are producing
wind turbines, and we're going to be the folks who are producing solar panels on rooftops, and we're going to be the
country that is retrofitting all its homes and businesses so that we are 30 percent more energy - efficient than we are right now, that produces jobs that can't be exported; it reduces our dependence on foreign
oil; it is good economics; it will increase our exports — oh, and by the way, it also solves the climate problem.
Think how much we could achieve if every homeowner in this
country converted from
oil / coal / gas heat to solar and / or
wind power.
Whereas the twentieth century was marked by the globalization of the world energy economy as
countries everywhere turned to
oil, much of it coming from the Middle East, this century will see the localization of energy production as the world turns to
wind, solar, and geothermal energy.
Of the
country's 6,000 coal,
oil, natural gas, nuclear,
wind, and solar electric - generating facilities, a small sub-group of mostly coal - fired power generators produces more than its share of the nation's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions compared with the electricity it produces, the report found.
More than four - in - ten Indians (44 %) would like to see their
country rely more on
wind, solar and hydrogen in the future, while 28 % are committed to
oil, coal and natural gas.
To achieve that target,
countries will have to all but eliminate their emissions from burning
oil, coal and natural gas and instead develop cleaner alternatives, such as solar and
wind power and petroleum - free transportation.
At the local level, Texas, the state that long led the
country in
oil production, has taken the lead in
wind generation as well.
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Texas, this
country's leading
oil producer for the last century, is now our leading generator of electricity from
wind, having eclipsed California two years ago.
Our achievements include advising Morocco's state - owned power utility on procuring and developing the
country's 850 MW
wind farm public - private partnership programme, acting for Angola state - owned
oil company Sonangol on its USD 7 billion development of a major
oil refinery, and advising numerous lenders on Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme projects in South Africa.
Barry has led or had a central role in transactions involving more than 60
countries spanning a wide range of sectors, including power (coal, gas,
wind and nuclear),
oil and gas (pipelines, petrochemical and other facilities), ports and aviation, satellite / telecom and other areas.