Sentences with phrase «add wind power capacity»

China to add wind power capacity China to add wind power capacity Associated Press August 15, 2005 In recent years China has significantly expanded its interests in renewable energy sources...

China to add wind power capacity August 15, 2005 In recent years China has significantly expanded its interests in renewable energy sources including wind, solar, biofuels, tidal, and small hydroelectric dams.

These units would have to be phased out in favor of new peaking gas - fired turbines and huge numbers of them equal in capacity to the added wind power capacity.

Not exact matches

Solar power might be an undeniable part of our future — the industry created double the amount of jobs as coal did last year and accounts for nearly 40 % of new electric capacity added to the grid, more than wind or even natural gas — but SolarCity itself isn't.

Solar ranked third behind wind and gas power capacity in 2015, with over two gigawatts being added to the grid across several states.

The costs and technical obstacles rise in multiples when adding in the proposed massive expansion of offshore wind capacity and how to get that highly variable source of power where it is needed, when it is needed and as it is produced.

China solidified its standing as the world's wind energy behemoth in 2015, adding almost as much wind power capacity in one year as the total installed capacity of the three largest U.S. wind - producing states: Texas, Iowa and California.

Consequently with the dramatic decrease in efficiency of fuel burn in the standby fossil fuel generators there is sweet FA practical reduction in CO2 emissions with the introduction of wind and solar power generation systems particularly when the energy costs of the producing and building the so called renewable energy systems are added to the grossly inefficient running of the ready to go to full generation capacity in minutes, fossil fuel powered standby generators which in many cases must be kept running at low or zero power generation to be able to come on line in minutes when the so called renewable energy systems fail to produce power,

Saudi Arabia — which has awarded 1.2 GW of capacity in 2018 and will start commissioning projects in the second half of next year — Iran and Jordan are seen as «key drivers» of this growth, making up nearly 70 % of total wind power capacity added over the forecast period.

On the other hand; wind, geothermal, bio-gas and hydroelectric power new and efficient technologies are also improving significant; and lager capacity and efficient wind and water turbines have been improvised and are adding to the total world's energy in supply.

The U.S. Wind Industry First Quarter 2018 Market Report also reveals 5,523 MW in first quarter wind - project announcements, adding to a total of 33,449 MW of wind - power capacity in the combined construction and advanced development pipelWind Industry First Quarter 2018 Market Report also reveals 5,523 MW in first quarter wind - project announcements, adding to a total of 33,449 MW of wind - power capacity in the combined construction and advanced development pipelwind - project announcements, adding to a total of 33,449 MW of wind - power capacity in the combined construction and advanced development pipelwind - power capacity in the combined construction and advanced development pipeline.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that wind turbines installed in the shallow waters of the Mid-Atlantic region could add up to nearly 300,000 megawatts of capacity — enough to power 90 million U.S. homes.

In 2005, India passed former world leader, Denmark, to take the number four position worldwide for both installed wind power capacity (4,430 MW) and added capcity (1,430 MW in 2005), trailing only Germany, Spain and the United States.

Although China is adding wind and solar power capacity at a rapid clip, after years of exporting most of their solar panel output, the scale of the country's coal use doesn't lend itself to easy or quick substitution by these renewables.

China is also adding new high voltage power cables and averaging about 25 GW of new wind energy capacity each year.

New York State, which has 700 megawatts of wind - generating capacity, plans to add another 8,000 megawatts, with most of the power being generated by winds coming off Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2017 finds that wind, solar, biomass and waste - to - energy, geothermal, small hydro and marine sources added 138.5 gigawatts to global power capacity in 2016, up 8 per cent from the 127.5 gigawatts added the year before.

Chicago, IL, May 8, 2018 — GE Renewable Energy (NYSE: GE) and Alliant Energy today announced they are adding 470 MW of wind power capacity to the state of Iowa with two projects.

The Utilipoint article apparently was stimulated by the recent announcement of FPLEnergyís intention to add more windmill capacity and, particularly, its plan to build a 204 MW «wind farm» in New Mexico and sell the power to Public Service Company of New Mexico.

It also overlooked the enormous potential of wind power, which is likely to add more to U.S. generating capacity over the next 20 years than coal.

[11] China also added the most wind power of any country in 2009, 13 gigawatts, [12] ranking third in the world in total wind capacity, with the United States first and Germany second.

And when we do need to add new capacity, it will likely come from far cleaner coal technologies, nuclear power and renewables like wind and solar, the two men asserted.

Technologies including wind and solar energy made up about 45 percent of total power capacity added in 2009 and about a quarter of additions in 2010, Energy Information Administration figures show.

March's wind power record will likely be surpassed in the near future as wind capacity continues to be added in the state.

Since 2000, the EU has added a net 84,000 megawatts of wind while reducing coal and nuclear power capacity by a net 10,000 and 14,000 megawatts, respectively.

5 New wind power projects contributed roughly 25 % of the new nameplate capacity added to the U.S. electrical grid in 2010, compared to 42 % in 2009, 43 % in 2008, 34 % in 2007, 18 % in 2006, 12 % in 2005, and less than 4 % from 2000 through 2004

By «green power» states I mean those with strong nuclear and hydroelectric power capacities, or which can add to them (exemplified by states shown in the list above), with wind and solar as backup.

About 2,500 megawatts of wind power have been added to the United States» generation mix in the last 12 months, which equates to roughly 9,200 megawatts of total generating wind capacity here».

The fact is that over the last five years, wind power has added more new electric generating capacity in the USA than coal and nuclear combined — in spite of the fact that both coal and nuclear have enjoyed large, and permanent public subsidies, while subsidies for wind have been small, short - term and therefore unreliable.

Breaking a streak of five years in which wind power was the second - largest new resource added to the U.S. electrical grid in terms of aggregate gross capacity, in 2010 wind power placed third, behind the 7,200 MW of new natural gas and 6,000 MW of new coal - fired generation capacity.

Indeed, last month the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said that the latest data on wind turbine performance and costs suggests that wind power is likely to be more cost - effective than natural gas over the next 20 years, and it could account for the majority of new generating capacity added over that that time in Texas.

Last year, wind energy added nearly half of all new power capacity in America.

Consider this reality: ONE (1) 450 MW gas - fired Combined Cycle Generating Unit located at New York City (where the power is needed in NYS)-- operating at 60 % Capacity Factor, would provide more power than all of NYS's 16 installed wind factories combined, at 1/4 of the capital costs — and would have significantly reduced CO2 emissions and created far more jobs than all those wind farms — without all the added costs (economic, environmental, and civil), and of all the transmission lines that must be added across the state to NYC.

«Globally, wind power accounted for about 39 % of renewable power capacity added in 2012, followed by hydropower and solar PV, each accounting for approximately 26 %.

«The latest auctions have shown that renewable power can be produced offshore without any additional funding,» Lies said, adding that Germany should increase its expansion goal for offshore wind power to 20 gigawatts (GW) installed capacity by 2030 (current goal: 15 GW).