Sentences with phrase «capacity came from renewable sources»

And that's a lot: globally last year, up to 90 % of new energy capacity came from renewable sources, according to a report this week from the International Energy Association.

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For example, a significant portion of India's new installed power generation capacity will come from renewable energy sources in order to meet its national target of 15 percent renewable energy by 2020.

Of all new capacity built across the E.U. in 2016, 86 percent came from renewable sources like wind and solar, as well as more environmentally controversial sources like hydropower and biomass.

Most of these requirements take the form of a «renewable portfolio standard» (RPS) adopted by 26 states and the District of Columbia or «alternative energy portfolio standard» (AEPS) adopted by three states, which requires a certain percentage of a utility's power plant capacity or generation to come from renewable or alternative energy sources by a given date.

And initial calls for 22 percent of a power plant's generating capacity to come from renewable sources was increased to 28 percent, details NPR.

In addition, the activities include a total generation capacity of four gigawatt that come from coal, gas, and renewable sources in Spain and Portugal.

According to the latest «Energy Infrastructure Update» report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office (FERC), 92.1 % of new electricity generation capacity in the US in January through March of 2014 came from renewable energy sources.