Sentences with phrase «conventional hydro plants»
Other conventional hydro plants are run - of - river, meaning they have no reservoir and their generating output is subject to changes in river flows.
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Wheeler examined International Energy Agency data for 174 countries on investments in six low - carbon power sources (hydro, geothermal, nuclear, biomass, wind and solar) to find the incremental costs of clean power compared to a cheaper, carbon - intensive option like a conventional coal - fired power plant.
The latest version — called the second - generation Sensor Fish — can be used in different kinds of hydro facilities, including unconventional, smaller hydropower plants and conventional dams with either Kaplan or Francis dam turbines.
Unlike conventional hydro, pumped storage plants can function as energy storage.
The 99.33 % of wind power output that went AWOL for hours (at various times, 3 days straight) was, instead, all supplied by conventional generators; the vast bulk of which came from coal and gas plants, with the balance coming from hydro.