Sentences with phrase «existing hydro»

Existing hydro power could be reserved as far as possible for generating in peak consumption periods, reducing the need for gas peaking power plants;

John Newlands, Most people do nt realise just how much energy is stored in existing hydro dams in Australia.

In the case of El Hierro, unlike most of the existing pumped storage systems worldwide, the reservoir has been created artificially just for storage purposes, instead of using an existing hydro power plant with a typical dam on a river used to create the reservoir.

108 Within the United States, where there is little interest in new dams, there is a resurgence of interest in installing generating facilities in non-powered dams and in expanding existing hydro facilities.

Germany has been increasing its renewable energy generation from 6.6 % (mostly existing hydro) in 2000, when the EEG law took effect, to 23.4 % of total generation, at the end of 2013.

E. g. if the sunlight is collected in outer space by large but practical thin plastic mirrors, it can be directed to any place on earth, preferably near existing hydro - electric plants, so that it would not be necessary to greatly increase the existing electric grid, all without any really new technology.

Not exact matches

So, if you want to get a lot of hydroponic seedlings started up or supplement your existing grow setup, this hydro system is a good option.

The problem is that Jacobson's plan assumed nearly ten fold increase in hydro power, much of it by adding more generators to existing dams.

Now, a synthetic fish is helping existing hydroelectric dams and new, smaller hydro facilities become more fish - friendly.

Removal of existing asphalt overlay, hydro - demolition of existing waterproofing membrane, replacement of bridge joints, placement of new waterproofing membrane and new asphalt overlay, erosion repair around the abutments and piers, and miscellaneous bridge and bridge approach work.

The closer the land is to existing sewer, hydro and other services, the better the chance of future development.

Organizations that are publicizing the hydro - geological report (Earthjustice, the Environmental Integrity Project, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and Tennessee Clean Water Network) said that the failed TVA pond had been built using coal ash as a construction material, and that some of the other existing impoundments were constructed in a similar manner.

An accurate cost - benefit analysis would show that imported hydro has much higher transmission costs than offshore wind because resources developed off Connecticut's coast «could take advantage of existing infrastructure,» she added.

According to the letter, the bill «strengthens and extends existing renewable energy tax credits, including solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, hydro, landfill gas and trash combustion, while creating new incentives for the use and production of renewable energy.»

It will simply segregate out some of its existing wind and hydro (none of it in Virginia) to package as a new, higher - priced product.

Utilities look for «small hydro» opportunities in existing water storage dams and river and canal water flow.

ERCs can be produced by energy efficiency, renewables, new nuclear generation, or from incremental capacity uprates at existing nuclear, hydro, and NGCC power plants.

You can quibble about the exact numbers (check the thread for more discussion), but the point is that existing nuclear and hydro are both extremely cheap.

There are two existing possibilities for a zero carbon future and they are hydro (which includes wave power) and nuclear power.

I believe big Al now lives there along side Leonardo DiCaprio and other rich greens, so I am sure they would have no problem cutting off fossil fuel use in California in favor of a 100 % renewable portfolio made up completely of wind and solar, along with any hydro that currently exists, unless they want to undam the rivers as well.

Power variability from renewables could be addressed through storage, hydro, larger power networks, existing nuclear baseload, and lastly through existing natural gas plants.

Because batteries, flywheels, compressed air, pumped hydro, thermal storage and hydrogen don't exist and can not ever exist.

On pumped hydro see also the proposals for cliff top seawater tanks http://www.ret.gov.au/energy/Documents/cei/acre-sub/029-ProfessorPeterSeligman.pdf A small test plant exists in Okinawa Japan.

Talbingo has daily fluctuations of 5meters due to the existing Tumut3 pumped hydro (20,000 ML / day but a smaller surface area).

If tomorrow we suddenly replaced 30GW of existing coal fired power -LRB-(20GWav) with 60GW wind (20GWav) but retained the present 15GW NG and 8GW hydro (1,5 GW av) how much additional pumped storage capacity and how large total storage would be required?

More would be better because less OCGT would be used, and existing pumped hydro would only supply 20GWh total storage.

Existing pumped hydro stores only 20GWh, but just connecting existing lake Eucumbene with Blowering reservoir with a tunnel and reversible turbines could store up > 1000GWh as pumped Existing pumped hydro stores only 20GWh, but just connecting existing lake Eucumbene with Blowering reservoir with a tunnel and reversible turbines could store up > 1000GWh as pumped existing lake Eucumbene with Blowering reservoir with a tunnel and reversible turbines could store up > 1000GWh as pumped storage.

Several other counties in the EU, do however have very large hydro capacities (there is 30GW in Norway alone) and some of these reservoirs are now being converted to pumped storage; e.g. Germany's Thuringia State has identified 13 potential sites, including 3 existing dams, for constructing pumped - storage plants that would total 5,130 MW.

The penalties and consequences of a conviction can be severe, and when issues such as hydro - bypass and utilities fraud are added to existing charges, the need for counsel who understands the complex legal and factual issues at hand is even greater.

In addition to global conventions and rules governing the use of water resources, hundreds of regional treaties and agreements exist between and among nations, covering a wide range of issues, from border security and navigation to hydro - electric power and water quality and water quantity.