Sentences with phrase «expansion in wind power»

* since 2000, Europe has added 47 GW of new wind energy, but only 9.6 GW of coal and a mere 1.2 GW of nuclear * The carbon price required for large scale expansion in wind power (to 20 per cent of all US electricity by 2030) is estimated at $ 50 / ton

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In a speech later Mr Huhne told his party's conference that evidence of climate change was becoming «more alarming, not less» and said he wanted to see a huge expansion in the number of offshore wind farms but that this would go hand in hand with nuclear poweIn a speech later Mr Huhne told his party's conference that evidence of climate change was becoming «more alarming, not less» and said he wanted to see a huge expansion in the number of offshore wind farms but that this would go hand in hand with nuclear powein the number of offshore wind farms but that this would go hand in hand with nuclear powein hand with nuclear power.

The party promises a «significant expansion in new gas» including support for fracking, rules out a target for carbon free power and pledges to «halt the spread of subsidised onshore wind farms».

The projects that would help the region reach 80 percent cuts are ambitious: an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions in the eight participating counties, more energy efficient power generation through wind farms and solar power, the expansion of inter-city mass transit and a region - wide electric vehicle infrastructure, among many others.

The costs and technical obstacles rise in multiples when adding in the proposed massive expansion of offshore wind capacity and how to get that highly variable source of power where it is needed, when it is needed and as it is produced.

For observers of Monday's opening session of the annual gathering of the National People's Congress (NPC), Premier Wen Jiabao's announcement that China «will put an end to blind expansion in industries such as solar energy and wind power» was a red flag.

State regulations and a favorable market have driven the expansion of solar and wind power, and biomass gas is even harvested from landfills in some areas.

I am therefore surprised that Ike Solem (# 14), Joseph Romm (# 15) and SecularAnimist (# 18) all prosetalise about the risks we face and the benefits of wind and solar energy solutions but, nevertheless, appear to turn their faces against any major expansion in the use power from nuclear fission, apparently regardless of the type of fission.

The credit crisis and recession have hit the solar and wind industries hard elsewhere, but the rapid expansion of solar power capacity (and wind turbines, too) in California is the result of a mandate.

Not to mention cases like the city government in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, that's set to attract 400 new green jobs by opening a wind turbine manufacturing plant https://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/400-green-jobs-wisconsin-rapids.php, and the expansion of a wind farm in Illinois that will power 30,000 homes.

In May 2012, at the German Energy Agency's (DENA's) behest, the nation's four grid operators (TSOs)-- 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT TSO, and TransnetBW — drew up a joint network development plan identifying necessary expansions to help transmit power from the North and Baltic Sea, where many offshore wind parks are being planned and built, to industrialized areas in southern and western GermanIn May 2012, at the German Energy Agency's (DENA's) behest, the nation's four grid operators (TSOs)-- 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT TSO, and TransnetBW — drew up a joint network development plan identifying necessary expansions to help transmit power from the North and Baltic Sea, where many offshore wind parks are being planned and built, to industrialized areas in southern and western Germanin southern and western Germany.

Iran's wind build - out will be a result of an «improving financing environment» with market growth post-2020, while in Jordan the nation's Green Corridor Project will spur growth of «more wind power capacity in 2018 than any other country in the Middle East», according to MAKE, with Green Corridor Project II underpinning the long - term outlook with the construction of necessary grid infrastructure for the expansion.

Assuming wind power was the primary driver of the expansion and increased from 27 GW in 2012 to 51 GW by 2020, at minimum, 4,400 km of existing lines would need to be optimized and 3,800 km of power lines (1,700 km of new alternating current and 2,100 km of new direct current) would need to be built.

Some renewable energy groups are lobbying for expanding the FERC's authority to decide where interstate transmission lines should be located, while states are fighting hard to retain their power in making that decision (see Solar and Wind Groups Lobby FERC to Lead Grid Expansion and Draft Legislation a Boon for Solar, Smart Grid).

Both the Thomas Playford and the Northern coal - fired Power Stations at Port Augusta in South Australia have been shut down largely due to the expansion of wind power in that sPower Stations at Port Augusta in South Australia have been shut down largely due to the expansion of wind power in that spower in that state.

, wind farms covering 6 percent of the entire land surface of the 48 contiguous states, an outrageous and unrealistic increase in ecologically harmful hydroelectric power, and a build out of electricity generation capacity that hurtles along at 14 times the average rate of capacity expansion in the past half - century.

Turkey's $ 390 million, multi-phased CTF investment plan is supporting wind power expansion, smart grid upgrades, and complementary programs with local banks and leasing companies to address market barriers and drive investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Expansion of wind power into high - quality resource areas is important for realizing the Study Scenario at cost levels described in Wind Viswind power into high - quality resource areas is important for realizing the Study Scenario at cost levels described in Wind VisWind Vision.

In Texas, the state government is coordinating a vast expansion of wind power that could yield 23,000 megawatts of new generating capacity, an amount equal to 23 coal - fired power plants.

AFTER spending upwards of a trillion Euros of taxpayers money on the disastrous Energiewende program, all but destroying Germany's industrial heartland and causing widespread energy poverty to consumers and businesses alike, ideologically green - agressive Germany is giving up on its mad rush into unreliable «energy» — wind and solar — undergoing the biggest coal - fired power expansion in her history...

Apex, an independent energy solutions provider, was awarded a 2016 Green Power Leadership Award by the Center for Resource Solutions in October for its leadership in bringing wind capacity to market and its expansion of direct purchasing of clean energy by the public and private sectors.

In a March 2015 Gallup poll, 79 per cent of Americans said they believe the government should focus more on solar power, followed closely by 70 per cent supporting an expansion of wind power.

Without the pressure from the Greens and their friends in the environmental NGOs, the German governments of chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schröder and Angela Merkel would not have pushed the expansion of wind power, bioenergy and solar energy as much as they did.

The growth in wind generation is a result of new wind plants coming online and grid expansions that have allowed more wind power to flow through the system to consumers.

Occurrences of wind - related negative real - time electricity prices have similarly declined as the CREZ transmission expansions have allowed wind power to flow to more electricity demand areas in the state.

Yet Cummings claims that he has established «that even with the continued expansion of wind farms in South Australia, the Australian Energy Market Operator's figures show the abatement has risen to only about 4 percent of the installed capacity» of SA's wind power.

However, thanks to Rob Hopkins of Transition Culture, we've just heard of a new argument against renewable energy that, quite frankly, has us stumped: apparently the newly announced plans for the expansion of offshore wind power in the UK makes a prime target for terrorists.

So, for those who call for both solar, wind, geothermal and nuclear, the thing to do would be (at the very least) to invest in solar and wind and geothermal until they reach an equivalent power output to current nuclear supplies — which will require massive expansion.

A mix bag today, highlighting the importance of electricity grids in expanding renewable energy, the global expansion of fracking, a wolf in sheep's clothing CCS project, and some massively good news for Indian wind power.

MEANWHILE, we know «unreliable» energy (wind / solar) is a giant, feel - good con, when ideologically green aggressive GERMANY has spent $ 1 Trillion Euros (of other people's money) on useless Wind and Solar power, through the — now failed — «Energiewende» program, then only to undergo her biggest coal - fired power expansion in historwind / solar) is a giant, feel - good con, when ideologically green aggressive GERMANY has spent $ 1 Trillion Euros (of other people's money) on useless Wind and Solar power, through the — now failed — «Energiewende» program, then only to undergo her biggest coal - fired power expansion in historWind and Solar power, through the — now failed — «Energiewende» program, then only to undergo her biggest coal - fired power expansion in history...

As China's wind power installations took off in the mid-2000s, electric grid and transmission infrastructure expansion could not keep pace.

CCS has not yet been commercially deployed at any centralized power plant; the existing nuclear industry, based on reactor designs more than a half - century old and facing renewed public concerns of safety, is in a period of retrenchment, not expansion; and existing solar, wind, biomass, and energy storage systems are not yet mature enough to provide affordable baseload power at terawatt scale.