However, the good news is that 2015 was the first year ever recorded where renewable energy sources surpassed coal to become the world's largest source
of electricity capacity.
Global investments in
new electricity capacity from renewable sources have exceeded those in fossil fuel sources for the past seven years, and the gap is growing.
In the absence of nuclear power, maintaining
sufficient electricity capacity will require strong policies to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Also, it's worth noting that wind power, while it can't compete with retail electricity prices like solar can, is often the cheapest option for
new electricity capacity.
BRUSSELS / COPENHAGEN, March 19 - EU antitrust authorities are investigating whether limits placed by German grid operator TenneT on cross-border
electricity capacity with Denmark breaches EU antitrust rules.
For example, the country will need to develop additional clean energy resources at levels approaching the total
current electricity capacity of the United States (between 800 and around 1,000 gigawatts) in order to reach that first goal.
BRUSSELS / COPENHAGEN, March 19 (Reuters)- EU antitrust authorities are investigating whether limits placed by German grid operator TenneT on
cross-border electricity capacity with Denmark breaches EU antitrust rules.
See for example the report: «GB
Electricity capacity margin» published by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) in October 2014 for the prime minister's Council for Science and Technology and reported in the press for example here and here.
Under this scenario, the EIA estimates that we would reduce the need for building operations energy by an additional 8.1 QBtu and reduce
U.S. electricity capacity by 177,700 megawatts between now and 2030, roughly the equivalent of 355 large coal or gas fired 500MW plants.
The company also says that its technology has a 40 percent higher capacity factor and can quickly scale up to gigawatts of
electricity capacity by arranging the systems in an array.
«This growth leads to more
clean electricity capacity, which will help India meet its targets for the Paris Agreement, reduce carbon emissions and provide clean electricity to its growing population.»
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has upgraded its power transmission lines in Bauchi and environs to raise the
bulk electricity capacity...
The glut of cheap gas and tightening regulations on air pollutants have prompted the planned closure of 175 coal - fired power plants by 2016, representing 8.5 percent of all coal -
fueled electricity capacity in the country.
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«As costs for renewable technologies and the feed - in tariffs have dropped drastically over the last years,» by 80 percent, Baron noted, «new installations of renewable electricity capacity [are] no longer a burden for the consumer bills.»
The third thing is the interaction, I think, with the environment — because, at the same time one is moving to plug - in hybrids and using
existing electricity capacity — not building new power plants, as the videos say — but using existing electrical capacity, one is therefore limiting the expulsion of greenhouse gasses, the emission of greenhouse gasses, helping the environment.
Globally, there is a transformational shift to renewable electricity underway, with global investment in new renewable
electricity capacity outpacing investment in new fossil fuel sources.
A robust energy efficiency action plan with binding objectives, a strong national energy agency and appropriate financial mechanisms can deliver multiple benefits: This would durably diminish the energy burden and dependency, reduce the need to replace
decommissioned electricity capacities and enhance environmental performance in a cost - effective way.
Pumping gas out of Lake Kivu, which contains large concentrations of methane and carbon dioxide, could double Rwanda's
current electricity capacity and keep deadly releases of the gases from occurring.
Ecomagination's decade - long manufacturing of energy - efficient technologies like these — along with the acquisition of Alstom's power division last year — has now made GE responsible for about one - third of the world's
electricity capacity, making its commitment to clean energy a critical step for the future.
Global energy demand from air conditioners is expected to triple by 2050, requiring new
electricity capacity the equivalent to the combined electricity capacity of the United States, the EU and Japan today.
The world's renewable
electricity capacity is set to rise sharply over the next five years, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says, expanding 43 % on today's levels.
(May 18, 2011) The world now has more renewable
electricity capacity than nuclear capacity, according to a recent report from the Worldwatch Institute.
These rules have stirred debate in some circles as to whether retrofitting or retiring outdated plants will cause shortfalls in
electricity capacity.
National Energy Board statistics (appendices:
electricity capacity) show more wind energy was built in Canada than any other source of electricity generation from 2005 to 2015
«This being said, a number of our sites have already implemented on - site renewable
electricity capacities.
In fact, if we incorporate the «best available demand technology» in our building designs, which is roughly equivalent to meeting the targets set in Section 433 of EISA 2007 (the 2030 Challenge targets), we can eliminate the need for 178 Gigawatts of
electricity capacity, or about 356 large (500 megawatt) power plants.