Sentences with phrase «as gigawatts»

The 50 GW of planned coal could push national coal capacity factors as low as 50 %, just as gigawatts of cheap renewables come online, meaning unless new plants replace retiring capacity they could come online as stranded assets.

The extra electricity, which can increase by as much as a gigawatt — or the output of a large nuclear power plant — in under an hour, must be quickly sold to other utilities or in many cases it is wasted.

Burnup: Amount of thermal energy generated per unit mass of fuel, expressed as Gigawatt - Days Thermal per Metric Ton of Initial Heavy Metal (GWDT / MTIHM), rounded to the nearest gigawatt day.

Carlson added, that as GigaWatt hosts miners on behalf of individuals who then elect mining pools, his firm believes in letting miners choose which solution to support.

Not exact matches

GE said that, based on wind conditions at a «typical» site in the German North Sea, one turbine could produce as much as 67 gigawatt hours (GWh) annually, enough power for as many as 16,000 European households.

Last year, new photovoltaic panels installed in the U.S. had the capacity to generate up to 4.2 gigawatts of electricity, about as much as four nuclear reactors.

As a result, the number of solar installations has soared to 12 gigawatts last year, from less than one gigawatt in 2010.

develop up to 2.4 gigawatts of energy by 2030 — «unparallelled,» adding that the program «will create new, high - paying jobs, reduce our carbon footprint, establish a new, reliable source of energy for millions of New Yorkers, and solidify New York's status as a national clean energy leader.»

At this year's address, Cuomo called New York's offshore wind program — in which the governor has committed to develop up to 2.4 gigawatts of energy by 2030 — «unparallelled,» adding that the program «will create new, high - paying jobs, reduce our carbon footprint, establish a new, reliable source of energy for millions of New Yorkers, and solidify New York's status as a national clean energy leader.»

Tesla executives have said the factory's capacity can be expanded to as much as 2 gigawatts.

As the eclipse waxed and waned, output from Germany's 38.2 gigawatts of photovoltaic capacity dropped 15 GW, then climbed back.

Chaim Motzen, Gigawatt Global's co-founder who led the development of the Agahozo - Shalom solar plant, said in an interview that OPIC's $ 400,000 grant came at «a critical time» for the project, which was conceived in 2012 but met hurdles as it neared closing on its financing agreements.

Even if we fail to find the miracles that allow us to make and then transport hundreds of gigawatts of power over 3,000 miles at pennies per kilowatt - hour, and even if we can never find photovoltaics that are as cheap as dirt, the enterprise of trying to do it will push our science and our engineering so far forward that we'll generate a cornucopia of unexpected new technologies that will be the basis of vast new industries.

As the sun crested on May 25, tens of millions of solar panels across Germany generated 22 gigawatts of power, according to data provided by the nation's four largest electrical transmission operators.

Researchers believe that damming the Red Sea could deliver as much as 50 gigawatts of power to the Middle East, alleviating growing energy demands in the region.

China, meanwhile, will deploy as much as 1,000 new gigawatts of nuclear, wind, solar and other zero - emissions generation to meet its goal.

Stabilizing a future national grid that draws the majority of its power from renewable sources may seem like a tall order for a technology that delivers megawatts, not gigawatts, of power as it is used today, but some industry insiders are confident batteries can rise to the challenge.

«A 46 - megawatt commercial design will incorporate 16 of these towers, two of which we have at Sierra» as well as more than 200,000 mirrors capable of generating at least 90 gigawatt - hours of electricity per year.

Every year 10 gigawatts of potential power are squandered as waste heat from industrial processes — enough to light 10 million homes.

As the industry gears up to meet growing demand — 6.4 gigawatts of new photovoltaic installations were built worldwide in 2009 according to the European Photovoltaic Industry Association, the bulk of it silicon solar cells — what are the human health and environmental concerns related to solar power?

In addition, the U.S. market was developing about 1.25 gigawatts of geothermal power, and new renewable portfolio standards in states such as California and Hawaii could create opportunities for geothermal energy, the report said.

Global estimates for 2020 show a projected 400 to 600 additional gigawatts of PV capacity as the costs of PV energy are expected to drop by almost 10 percent per year.

«Working on this book has been an exhilarating ride — probably just as exciting as trying a steam engine up to 88mph or trying to harness 1.21 gigawatts of lightning,» said author Caseen Gaines.

The last thing the United States needs, considering the challenges we face — from getting a handle on financial complexity to tracking the gigawatts and gigatons involved in the energy and climate challenge — is mathematics taught as dusty history.

There has been some movement towards a «gigawatt - hours commitment,» as you write.

At up to 2 gigawatts, it could be as big as Wind Catcher.

Based in the Oklahoma panhandle, a cluster of 800 wind turbines would capture as much as 2 gigawatts of power and send it through transmission lines to Tulsa and points beyond — although the inefficiency of wind power likely means received output never will come close to reaching this... Complete story»

As such, the Floating Wind Joint Industry Project focuses on unique challenges for large - scale floating wind farms, based on requirements for projects in the hundreds of megawatts to gigawatt capacity, deploying larger next - generation turbines and a range of technology innovations.

Each new 1 gigawatt line (operating for about as much of the year as existing lines) could bring 1.5 million metric tons of reductions.

As a rule of thumb, a typical new - build reactor will generate about 1 gigawatt a year, so it appears there are quite a few new Chinese nuclear power plants on the drawing board.

In another record, renewables such as wind, solar, biomass, and hydro also generated about 18.7 gigawatts combined.

Combining onshore and offshore wind, hydro and innovative technologies such as concentrated solar power and more recently turbine blades, GE Renewable Energy has installed more than 400 + gigawatt capacity globally to make the world work better and cleaner.

Over the next three years, Array expects to supply multiple gigawatts of trackers to the developer, as its «primary» tracker supplier.

With more than 1 gigawatt of utility - scale solar currently under development, E.ON is well - positioned to continue leveraging our experience as a utility operator and independent power producer to deliver the highest quality solar energy projects to our customers.

As part of the C40 network, Paris has committed to reducing CO2 emissions in municipal buildings, in part by undertaking deep renovations of 600 public schools to save 65 gigawatt hours of electricity per year.

During this time, Ivanpah has continued to increase production as part of its planned multi-year ramp up, most recently achieving a record single - day output of more than four gigawatt - hours gross on April 17, 2015.

Some 147 Gigawatts of renewable electricity came online in 2015 — the largest annual increase ever and as much as Africa's entire power generating capacity.

In the course of researching the 12.8 GigaWatt Utility Scale Photovoltaic Pipeline in the US Southwest for my «US PV Market Development in the American Southwest» EU PVSEC presentation, I was surprised how easy it was to identify GigaWatts (GW) of PV projects by First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) as Approved Contracts in Development, Contract Pending Approval, or at earlier stages of development.

In the US Southwestern states of New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and California, Utility Scale PV has an estimated gross project pipeline of 12.8 GigaWatts (GW) as shown in the above Summary and Closing Comments slide.

This has been the story since the supposed 2 GW (GigaWatt) deal had been announced as «eSolar Partners With Penglai on Landmark Solar Thermal Agreement For China».

As more states realize the potential of solar energy, and solar - plus - storage deployments gain traction in both residential and utility - scale projects, approximately 106 gigawatts of new PV is expected to go live in 2018, making this year the global solar market's first - ever triple - digit year, according to GTM Research.

They predict a 25 % rise in demand for photovoltaic (PV) solar power in 2015 as installations approach 55 gigawatts (GW).

They've created medium and long term plans and set national numerical targets, such as producing 100 to 150 Gigawatts of wind energy by 2020.

No greater than 72 gigawatts of total cumulative generating capacity (including industrial applications, measured by such equivalent metric as the Administrator may designate) may receive emission allowances under this section.

«(2) No additional projects shall be eligible for allowances under subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii) and (iv)(II) as of such time as the Administrator reports, pursuant to section 812 (d), that carbon capture and sequestration retrofit projects at electric generating units that are eligible for allowances under this section have been applied, in the aggregate, to the flue gas generated by 1 gigawatt of total cumulative generating capacity.

These policy reforms, as well as India's commitment to the Paris Agreement on climate change, have all contributed to ambitious plans to build 175 gigawatts of renewable power capacity, much of it solar, by 2022.

Since 2012, as the traditional leaders in nuclear energy production have remained stagnant or backed off of their reliance on nuclear in the wake of Fukushima, China has added 11 new reactors and over 11 gigawatts of nuclear generating capacity.

As of this year, it is expected that 52 gigawatts of solar capacity will be built.

As a result, the Army has instrumented the Army Energy Security Implementation Strategy, which commits to deploy 1 gigawatts of renewable energy on their installations by 2025.

As we've reported, 8.9 gigawatts of solar have been installed through the first half of 2013 and the 10 - gigawatt threshold was crossed recently.