Sentences with phrase «as hydroelectricity»

In the same 2014 Ipsos survey, 66 percent agreed that «renewable sources of energy such as hydroelectricity, solar and wind can not on [their] own meet the rising global demand for energy.»

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Peter Anthony Prince was a lumber and hydroelectricity magnate who, as the story goes, obtained an exclusive contract to provide Calgary with electricity after taking a fall on an unlit sidewalk...

A project as ambitious as plugging the Red Sea isn't viewed as an immediate fix, but there is a comparable project underway to dam the Strait of Hormuz at the entrance of the Persian Gulf to exploit the evaporative cycle and influx of seawater to generate vast quantities of hydroelectricity.

Two years ago, bio-fuels such as methanol and municipal solid waste displaced hydroelectricity as the leading renewable energy source.

Inventions such as steel skyscrapers and the discovery of germ - based medicine will be included alongside guns and hydroelectricity.

Impacts of California's Five - Year (2012 - 2016) Drought on Hydroelectricity Generation — This comprehensive assessment of the costs to California of lost hydroelectricity during the five - year California drought (from October 2011 to the end of September 2016; the official California «water year» runs from October 1 to September 30) reveals an increase in electricity costs of approximately $ 2.45 billion, as well as a 10 percent increase in the release of carbon dioxide from California power plants due to the additional combustion of fossil fuels for electriHydroelectricity Generation — This comprehensive assessment of the costs to California of lost hydroelectricity during the five - year California drought (from October 2011 to the end of September 2016; the official California «water year» runs from October 1 to September 30) reveals an increase in electricity costs of approximately $ 2.45 billion, as well as a 10 percent increase in the release of carbon dioxide from California power plants due to the additional combustion of fossil fuels for electrihydroelectricity during the five - year California drought (from October 2011 to the end of September 2016; the official California «water year» runs from October 1 to September 30) reveals an increase in electricity costs of approximately $ 2.45 billion, as well as a 10 percent increase in the release of carbon dioxide from California power plants due to the additional combustion of fossil fuels for electricity generation.

But the government does have plans to make use of renewable energies — wind and solar power, low - carbon sources such as gas, nuclear energy, and imported hydroelectricity — and wants to create «green jobs» that will take care of people and the environment.

This infographic puts hydroelectricity, wind and coal as the best performers, while natural gas, solar and nuclear deliver a much lower return on this measure:

New York will need to achieve or surpass 50 % renewable energy and hydroelectricity, as currently promised in its Clean Energy Standard.

While conventional hydropower will continue to grow as dams are completed in China, Brazil and a scattering of other countries, including Ethiopia, Malaysia, and Turkey, there exists enormous potential for non-conventional hydroelectricity generation from tidal and wave projects, as well as from small in - stream projects that will not require new dams.

Although hydroelectricity is sustainable, such as the micro hydro system that powers my home, on a massive scale it is not green.

After being heavily lobbied, however, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized imported power, including hydroelectricity, as an important way for states to comply with the new federal emission rules.

There's five times as much hydroelectricity available as is being tapped, and tapping hydroelectricity in pumpable reservoirs is, as Chief Hydrologist points out, the best flood control measure one could implement in a world with way too many floods..

With the proposed IPCC guidelines, tropical countries that rely heavily on hydroelectricity, such as Brazil, could see their national greenhouse emissions inventories increased by as much as 7 % (see map).

Powerex is the marketing and trading company arm of BC Hydro, and has significant access to hydroelectricity and transmission capacity, along with licenses and permits from Canadian and U.S. regulators to serve customers such as utilities and independent power producers.

Generally, these resources include wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, and some types of hydroelectricity, but may include other resources such as landfill gas, municipal solid waste, and tidal energy.

... Canada plays a key role as a supplier of oil, natural gas and hydroelectricity to the American market.