Not exact matches
Results: High
capacity, safe batteries are needed for efficient hybrid or
electrical vehicles and for storing and releasing electricity from intermittent power
sources like wind turbines and solar panels.
Since January 1, 2012, renewable energy
sources have accounted for nearly half (47.83 %) of all new installed U.S.
electrical generating
capacity followed by natural gas (38.34 %) and coal (13.40 %) with oil, waste heat, and «other» accounting for the balance.
In Europe, the addition of
electrical generating
capacity from renewable energy
sources in 2006 exceeded that from conventional
sources, making it the first continent to enter the new energy era.
Non-hydro «renewable»
electrical energy is also more expensive to produce from a system viewpoint than most fossil fuel energy; non-hydro «renewable»
sources have a much shorter useful life and operate for much less of each year at much less of their rated
capacity.
Their energy production dwarfs photovoltaics by a factor of 30 and equals the
electrical capacity of wind, thought by most to be the most widely used renewable energy
source.
This would double its current
electrical generating
capacity of 1,200 megawatts from all
sources.
For the first time, renewable energy
sources accounted for the biggest share in the increase of US's
electrical capacity.
Sure, some really good news would be that renewable energy
sources accounted for the largest share in the US
electrical capacity PERIOD.
US solar power
capacity recently surpassed 10 gigawatts as the price of solar panels has fallen some 75 % during the past 5 years... Wind installations have surged past 60 gigawatts and non-hydro renewable energy
sources accounted for more than 99 % of all new US
electrical generating
capacity installed during January.