Sentences with phrase «additional renewables capacity»

And while the additional renewable capacity is great, capacity is different from actual generation.

Not exact matches

Those kinds of prices, guaranteed for between 10 and 20 years, have helped fuel a surge in renewable energy development in Japan, leading to the addition of nearly 11,000 MW of solar capacity since 2012 while an additional 72,000 MW remains in the development pipeline, according to METI estimates.

The four interconnections are linked by short, high - voltage lines, but they do not provide nearly enough capacity to move sufficient power back and forth, much less to handle the additional burden of thousands of renewable sources with output that is intermittent and sometimes hard to predict.

Should clarify: do the CO2 emissions of the additional conventional capacity increase by the same percentage as the capacity increases in a scenario where the share of renewables (namely wind and solar) increases too?

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.

Once the wind farms come online, the additional capacity will help Google reach its goal of purchasing enough renewable energy to match its energy consumption for global operations.

For the first time, Renewables 2017 looks at an accelerated case forecast for biofuels that assumes additional investment in new production capacity in Brazil; scaling up fuel distribution infrastructure in the United States; and roll - out of a blending programme in India.

The Unions argue that Eskom now has sufficient generation capacity and that additional renewables would only force coal plants offline, with the loss of jobs.

Furthermore, using funds reinvested from the sale of its renewable energy products, Agder has installed additional renewable power generation capacity.

Toward the same goal, India expects to install 15 gigawatts of additional renewable power capacity by 2012.

«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).