Sentences with phrase «added renewable capacity»

With companies such as Google, AkzoNobel, DSM and Philips signing a joint PPA, or H&M providing top - finance for new projects through their renewable energy certificates, they are transforming Europe's electricity system and adding renewable capacity to the grid.

Not exact matches

Investments in renewables in 2015 were $ 285.9 billion, a 5 % increase from $ 273 billion the year before, according the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), and representing 53.6 % of total added capacity worldwide in 2015, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

But a study out today suggests that the United States could, at least in theory, use new high - voltage power lines to move renewable power across the nation, and essentially eliminate the need to add new storage capacity.

According to the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation, only China exceeded Japan over the last 12 months in adding new solar capacity, with much of the new generation coming from rooftop solar systems.

«Tall towers,» Sritharan said, «can add more capacity for renewable energy in all states across the nation.»

«The leadership shown by Alberta's government to replace two - thirds of existing coal - fired electricity generation capacity with renewable energy will greatly help the province in achieving its ambitious climate change objectives,» adds Hornung.

That would require adding roughly 1,000 gigawatts of renewable and nuclear generation capacity — about equivalent to all of China's coal burning plants today.

-- Half the new generating capacity the world has added since 2008 has been renewable.

That battery storage initiative — we reported on it here — will add a 1MW storage capacity to the project, potentially offering even more utility in terms of stability of output and leveling out the peaks and troughs of renewable energy production.

-- China in 2012 increased electricity output more from non-hydro renewables than from all fossil - fueled and nuclear sources, and in 2013, added more PV capacity than the US had added since it invented PVs in 1954.

There really ought to be a collegial rule against discussing energy consumption trends without mentioning capacity factor, which explain why 68 % of capacity added in 2013 was renewable but a much smaller minority of added generation was renewable.

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,

Renewables accounted for almost two - thirds of net capacity additions in 2016, with almost 165 gigawatts (GW) coming online, the IEA adds.

Adding weather - dependent renewables capacity delays progress.

The IPCC press release states «Of the around 300 Gigawatts (GW) of new electricity generating capacity added globally between 2008 and 2009, 140 GW came from renewable energy.»

In the reference case, the utility would double its renewables capacity by 2030 by adding 4 GW of solar capacity, 500 MW of wind capacity and 450 MW of storage capacity.

Nuclear capacity is also added in a sensitivity case in which new nuclear generation receives the same treatment as new renewable generation in compliance calculations (CPPNUC).

In Synapse's 100 % renewables «utility - scale case,» LADWP would add the same amount of wind and solar as in the reference case, but would also add almost 2 GW of storage capacity.

Later, as more wind and solar capacity are added, renewable generation also surpasses coal - fired generation.

According to the International Energy Agency, the world added more renewables - based power generation capacity in 2015 than all other technologies combined for the first time ever, and this movement is only expected to accelerate over the coming decades.

The shift will continue to accelerate, and by 2030 more than four times as much renewable capacity will be added.»

Add in «micro-islanding» capabilities, so small services areas can disconnect from the larger grid and get by on their own distributed generation capacity, and you have the seeds of a full - blown renewable power rebellion.

In March, DTE Energy submitted a proposal to the Michigan Public Service Commission to add 1,000 megawatts of renewable generation capacity by 2022.

Solar photovoltaic (PV) added 2,193 MW of capacity in 2013, continuing the trend of the past few years of strong growth, helped in part by falling technology costs as well as aggressive state renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and continued federal investment tax credits.

DTE Energy, which already purchases electricity from two NextEra wind farms in the county, plans to add 4,000 megawatts in renewable capacity over the next few decades.

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.

Already active in onshore wind and photovoltaic renewable generation, E.ON has added energy storage to its portfolio and has developed and constructed more than 3,600 megawatts of renewable capacity in the United States since 2007.

The project was completed with little public input, bypassing the Texas Public Utility Commission's Competitive Energy Renewable Zones (CREZ) process in which the PUC designated new transmission routes and assigned companies to add more than 2,300 miles to the grid in a $ 5 billion plan to reduce congestion and allow Texas wind capacity to swell to 18,500 MW by late 2013.

Bloomberg New Energy Finance calculates that renewable energy investment in the U.S. rose 17 per cent to $ 44 billion (U.S.) in 2015, accounting for more than two - thirds of all new electric generation capacity added to the grid last year.

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.

The UNEP report, compiled by Ulf Moslener of the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management in Germany, found that 44 percent of added electricity generating capacity went into renewables in 2013 — a figure that exceeded 50 percent if direct replacement for existing power stations is excluded.

The 103GW of capacity added by new renewable energy sources last year compares to 86GW in 2013, 89GW in 2012 and 81GW in 2011 and made 2014 the best year ever for newly installed capacity.

The UN Environment Programme revealed that almost half of all new generating capacity added to grids around the world last year was from renewable energy sources, overwhelmingly wind and solar.

Just over 50 % of all new U.S. capacity in 2013 came from natural gas (no surprise), while solar accounted for 22 %, coal added 11 %, and wind accounted for 8 %; other renewables made up the balance.

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.

If these generators come online based on their reported timelines, 2018 will be the first year since 2013 in which renewables did not make up a majority of added capacity.

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.

While only 3.8 GW of thermal generation capacity was added in 2017, the addition of renewables capacity clocked in at 12.8 GW, split approximately one - third wind and two - thirds solar.

News about the rate at which new renewable power capacity is being added to grids around the world has been overshadowed by a remarkable trend that could revolutionize the renewables sector.

This reflects both seasonal growth and added renewable generation capacity, as well as maintenance and refueling schedules for nuclear power plants, which normally undergo maintenance during spring and fall months, when overall electricity demand is lower.

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.

However, in February 2011, Chinese officials revealed plans to resume the Nu River dams as part of China's 12th Five - Year Plan, which aims to add up to 140 GW of new hydropower capacity to meet its renewable energy targets.

As the cost of clean technology continues to fall, the world added record levels of renewable energy capacity in 2016, at an investment level 23 per cent lower than the previous year

In 2016 - 2017, India added 15.7 GW renewable energy capacity (2.5 times the 6.5 GW added in 2015 - 2016), compared to 7.7 GW net coal installations (65 % less than average installs over the previous four years).

IEEFA forecasts India will add 14 GW new renewable energy capacity in 2017 - 2018, more than doubling the 5.8 GW expected net coal additions.

Combining wind with the large amounts of solar generation expected to be added to the Queensland grid, will allow a higher penetration of renewable energy at lower costs while reducing the need for storage and other peaking capacity across the network.»

Pakistan is aiming to double its renewable energy capacity this year by adding 800 megawatts to the grid, according to officials.

«On the basis of these recommendations, the Government will support investment for up to 400MW of a diversified renewable energy capacity by providing revenue certainty through a reverse auction process, including a 100MW energy storage component, with an emphasis on supporting local jobs and benefits,» he added.

«It adds more renewables, but it adds renewables when the system most needs capacity, so it also saves ratepayers money when electricity prices are highest.»

The reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide per new unit of non-hydro «renewable» capacity falls off rapidly as additional «renewable» capacity is added to an electric grid because additional fossil fuel sources must be kept in «spinning reserve» in case the wind dies or the sun goes under a cloud unless hydro is available.