Sentences with phrase «adding new solar 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.

Not exact matches

The world added more solar power capacity than any other type of energy in 2017, outpacing all fossil fuels, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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.

Praise for a «level of predictability» Market projections from SEIA and partner GTM Research indicate the U.S. solar market will add roughly 72 gigawatts of new capacity between 2016 and 2020, pushing the country's net solar capacity to more than 100 GW, or roughly 3.5 percent of all electricity produced in the United States.

THE world added more solar capacity in 2017 than all new coal, gas and nuclear electricity - generating plants combined.

The world added more solar capacity in 2017 than all new coal, gas and nuclear electricity - generating plants combined.

643 SecularA said,» when 100 percent of new electricity generation capacity added to the USA's electric grid is wind and solar.»

Now, some readers will think this is far - fetched, but I think that in the not - too - distant future the day will come when 100 percent of new electricity generation capacity added to the USA's electric grid is wind and solar.

Despite difficult financial circumstances, the global solar industry added additional capacity of 6.4 gigawatts in 2009, according to a new assessment by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association.

[D] espite additions of substantial wind, solar, and nuclear capacity, when properly adjusted for capacity factor (the amount of annual energy produced per unit of capacity) to reflect production capability, the amount of new coal energy added to the China grid last year exceeded new solar energy by 17 times, new wind energy by more than 4 times, and even new hydro by more than 3 times.

In total, nearly 1,900 MW of new utility - scale solar capacity was added, bringing the state's utility - scale capacity for all solar technologies to 5,400 MW by the end of 2014.

Reposting this big news from Solar Love: Herman Trabish of Greentech Media has happened across a pretty interesting find — 97 % of new electricity generation capacity in line to be added to the California grid in the second half (2H) of 2012...

Herman Trabish of Greentech Media has happened across a pretty interesting find — 97 % of new electricity generation capacity in line to be added to the California grid in the second half (2H) of 2012 is from solar power projects.

... Europe is a declining market, because many countries there are rapidly moving away from incentives, but it will continue to see new PV [solar] capacity added.»

In fact, of the 6 GW of new solar capacity added in the US during 2014, 63 % of it came from utility - scale plants.

California, for example, increased its utility - scale solar capacity by 3,500 MW in just two years — nearly the growth needed in New England over the next 14 years.2 Texas increased its onshore wind capacity by 7,300 MW in five years, which is more than both New England and New York would need to add by 2030.3 For offshore wind, Europe has exceeded the growth rate needed in the Northeast, increasing capacity roughly 16-fold in just 10 years.4

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.

In 2017, the world will add about 80 gigawatts of new solar capacity.

In the U.S., solar power was the # 1 source of new electric generation capacity added in 2016 with a share of 39 %.

It was the biggest quarter ever for solar, which supplied one - third of over 7.3 gigawatts of new power plant capacity added to the grid.

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.

«In the first quarter of 2016, 1,665 megawatts of solar PV were installed in the United States with the solar industry adding more new capacity during this period than coal, natural gas and nuclear combined.»

Worldwide, solar and wind continue to be the fastest growing sources of new energy, both are growing at record - smashing double - digit rates every year, both set records for new generation capacity added in 2009.

Starting with FERC's numbers, the summary is that natural gas took the top spot for new power capacity, adding 7,270 MW (or 51.17 %) of new US power capacity; followed by solar, which added 2,936 MW (or 21 %) of new power capacity.

But even if new electrical storage capacity is added and the electrical grid is improved so excess electricity from thousands of rooftop solar arrays can be sent to distant locales in need of power, DeShazo says, he doesn't expect solar — industrial - scale or rooftop — to grow quickly enough to play a dominant role in L.A.'s power mix in his lifetime.

The solar build - out represented 38 % of all the net new generating capacity added (renewable, fossil fuel and nuclear) last year.