Sentences with phrase «by hydroelectricity»

Overall, Canada is a net exporter of electricity to the United States, and most of its power needs are met by hydroelectricity.

Current renewable generation in China is dominated by hydroelectricity, which is the country's second - largest source of generation after coal.

Brock's Monument penetrating the sky across the river in Canada (commemorating a British - American battle during the War of 1812) and the arc of the Lewiston - Queenston Bridge — with the Sir Adam Beck Power Plant just beyond — provided dramatic markers of Artpark's place in an area characterized by transnationalism and an anomalous mix of tourism with the plumes of industry powered by hydroelectricity.

Not exact matches

Other targets announced by Rousseff include 12 million hectares of reforestation, 5 million hectares of crops - livestock - forestry integration, the end of illegal deforestation, and meeting 45 % of the country's energy needs with renewables — up from a 40 % share today — largely thanks to hydroelectricity and sugarcane ethanol.

When San Onofre closed its last reactor in 2012, with no formal replacement plan in place, there was a short - term spike in natural gas consumption (worsened by the simultaneous arrival of a multi-year drought, which cut hydroelectricity generation) and an increase in California's greenhouse gas emissions.

New England can support renewables development and make renewable generation, including hydroelectricity, 57 % of its energy mix by 2030.

Including hydroelectricity, 57 % of the Northeast's energy must be renewable by 2030.

Hydroelectricity generated by large dams had a significantly larger footprint — 315.2 acres per megawatt.

My computer and monitor are powered by electricity derived from renewables (hydroelectricity) but they are emitting heat to the environment.

The balance of electricity supply is provided by a combination of hydroelectricity (unchanged from today), geothermal (100 GWe), and biofuels.

I also wasn't particularly surprised by the correlation between the deployment of hydroelectricity and energy decarbonization, given how much power large dams generate.

By contrast, a transition from fossil fuels to solar or wind power, biomass, or hydroelectricity would require rematerialization — the use of more natural resources — since sunlight, wind, organic matter, and water are all far less energy dense than oil and gas.

Pumped - storage hydroelectricity By: Dana Nissan Talal Ashqar Gerrit Kottke The Problem!

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).

Hydroelectricity is by far Oregon's — and the world's — leading source of renewable power.

Chinese electricity is either financed by state or delivered via hydroelectricity which gives them a competitive advantage over peers in the global spectrum.