Sentences with phrase «for hydroelectric dams»

The success of solar and wind energy in California is having a surprising side effect: It may be undercutting revenue for hydroelectric dams, the longtime stalwart of «green» energy in the West.

It also connects to other sectors such as water, we should not only look at bioenergy as an energy in its own right from forests, we should also look at forests as watershed protection for hydroelectric dams, which is another function that indirectly connects forests with energy.

The reason for this is that utility company Hydro - Quebec has been turning down more clients as the already existing mining operations are already placing a heavy demand for the hydroelectric dam's power.

Not exact matches

If the company secured work on a hydroelectric dam in Venezuela, for example, should the power division take the lead, or the group overseeing that country?

Avista owns a 15 - per - cent - stake in two of the four units at the Colstrip plant in Montana — a major coal - mining state — and plans to use them for electricity production until 2035, said a spokesperson for the company that also operates hydroelectric dams, natural gas and biomass generating plants and wind turbines.

Our plan includes an ambitious program of energy retrofits for public and private buildings, upgrades to maximize our existing hydroelectric dams, and an aggressive move toward renewable technologies like wind and solar power.

In 1999, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt pushed the plunger to dynamite the Edwards Dam on the Kennebec River in Maine — the first operating hydroelectric dam in the nation ever to be intentionally destroyed, in this case to make way for fiDam on the Kennebec River in Maine — the first operating hydroelectric dam in the nation ever to be intentionally destroyed, in this case to make way for fidam in the nation ever to be intentionally destroyed, in this case to make way for fish.

For example, critics say, more water could have been released from the Moses - Saunders hydroelectric dam, downstream from Lake Ontario.

------------------------------------ Congressman Chris Gibson announced the House adopted a bill to extend the deadline for the start of construction of the hydroelectric project at the Cannonsville Dam.

In 2014, FERC granted New York City a 2 - year license to build a hydroelectric plant at the Cannonsville Dam, Preliminary work in 2015 led to the discovery of subsurface conditions, necessitating repairs and an extension of the deadline for the start of construction.

When analyzing water, for instance, according to Conservation International, researchers studied the value of the crops dependent on water for irrigation, as well as the value of the energy water generates through hydroelectric dams, among other factors.

For every large hydroelectric dam, 10 small dams exist.

It was humdrum stuff — until one official mentioned in passing that this tree - lined curve in the river, a popular picnic spot for Hungarians, was to be drowned by a giant hydroelectric dam being planned in secret by a much - feared state agency known simply as the Water Management.

Chinese officials staged a sudden about - face, acknowledging for the first time that the massive hydroelectric dam, sandwiched between breathtaking cliffs on the Yangtze River in central China, may be triggering landslides, altering entire ecosystems and causing other serious environmental problems — and, by extension, endangering the millions who live in its shadow.

Study sites were distributed along a 240 - mile stretch downstream of Glen Canyon Dam, which was completed in 1963 for water delivery and hydroelectric power needs.

Developed countries got some of the flexibility they wanted: For instance, they can purchase emission credits from countries able to cut emissions beyond their required amount, or receive credit for emission reductions achieved through a project like a hydroelectric dam in a developing countFor instance, they can purchase emission credits from countries able to cut emissions beyond their required amount, or receive credit for emission reductions achieved through a project like a hydroelectric dam in a developing countfor emission reductions achieved through a project like a hydroelectric dam in a developing country.

Other reasons for the rebound in deforestation include illegal logging and the invasion of public lands adjacent to big infrastructure projects in the Amazon, such as roads and hydroelectric dams.

The Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric project, sealed off the river in June, creating a lake that will eventually stretch for 375 miles and generate 85 billion kilowatt hours of pollution - free electricity a year.

Coming from Washington State, which is highly dependent on large hydroelectric dams for its electricity, McMorris Rodgers is a vocal supporter of hydropower and nuclear energy and has sponsored legislation expanding the development of small hydroelectric dams nationwide — a valuable source of renewable energy.

For the third time in a decade, a federal judge in Portland, Oregon, has rejected as inadequate the U.S. government's plan for making hydroelectric dams safer for endangered salmon and steelhead in the Pacific northweFor the third time in a decade, a federal judge in Portland, Oregon, has rejected as inadequate the U.S. government's plan for making hydroelectric dams safer for endangered salmon and steelhead in the Pacific northwefor making hydroelectric dams safer for endangered salmon and steelhead in the Pacific northwefor endangered salmon and steelhead in the Pacific northwest.

«Over the past 60 years, a myriad of dams have been built either to provide hydroelectric power, or for irrigation purposes, or as flood protection,» says Bernhard Lehner, a professor in McGill University's Department of Geography and the research director of the project.

Hundreds of hydroelectric dams planned for rivers across the Balkans would provide green energy — at a big cost

The plan calls for virtually no new hydroelectric dams, but does account for energy gains from improving the efficiency of existing dams.

Some said their approach was flawed, and, for example, relied too heavily on energy storage solutions and on adding turbines to existing hydroelectric dams to get extra power: see www.pnas.org/content/114/26/672 2

Moving on quickly and before I digress even further, Reichardt's film stars Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard plus Rising starlet Katherine Waterston (click here for more info on her) and focuses on those initial three and their plans of blowing up a hydroelectric dam.

But for all its badass credentials, its power output of a hydroelectric dam and its stunning production - car lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, the ZR1 doesn't really seem to want to kill you all that bad.

Native American tribes and salmon fishermen sought to win support from Buffett for a proposal to remove four hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River.

All of these courses are unique to Sega Rally 3, though some elements of Sega Rally Revo are noticeably present — it seems that in many cases, the most memorable turns have been cherry - picked for inclusion (in particular, Canyon's long easy right on the hydroelectric dam, and Alpine's multiple hairpins).

Opponents must dodge the floodwaters in «Hydro» as they contend for dominance of this hydroelectric dam facility in Pakistan, filled with treacherous spillways.

«Mirage» is a sand - devastated luxury villa suited for all play styles, while «Hydro» is a massive hydroelectric dam in Pakistan lined with long - range vantage points perfect for sniping.

«The House at Kawinal,» the artist's first solo exhibition in the US, will present a recent performance for video, Life in His Mouth, Death Cradles Her Arm (2016), together with a new body of sculptures inspired in part by the artist's research into the effects of the construction of the Chixoy Hydroelectric Dam in Guatemala in the early 1980s.

The new film «Sudaki Suretler» (Figures in the Water) highlights local resistance to the more than 1,700 dams and hydroelectric power plants planned for Turkey.

But IMHO in following the dam constructions and flow and sedimentation delays, it was pretty clear that for several years the Carribean was impacted by the changes to the Orinoco from huge hydroelectric projects in the region.

The Madeira River Hydroelectric Complex has two major dams — Santo Antonio and Jirau — in Rondonia, within 200 km of Pando, that will cost an estimated ten billion dollars, although the global financial crisis may create problems for this investment.

For example, suppose a conservation group is interested in saving the tremendous fish diversity in the great Mekong River where several new dams are under consideration for hydroelectric powFor example, suppose a conservation group is interested in saving the tremendous fish diversity in the great Mekong River where several new dams are under consideration for hydroelectric powfor hydroelectric power.

Almost all of Switzerland's electricity comes from hydroelectric dams and the country's five nuclear reactors, which on their own account for 40 percent of its electricity mix.

From National Geographic: This is much more than an academic exercise in a region that's home to one of the largest networks of hydroelectric dams in the United States, a recent boom in wind installations, and state mandates for renewables on the grid.

The Union of Concerned Scientists report also doesn't account for the methane released during natural gas fracking, the side effects of hydroelectric dams, and other externalities from energy production.

Hydroelectric dams planned for the tropical rivers of Mekong, Amazon and Congo could destroy local fish habitats and cause human populations to relocate, too.

Since turbines are the most expensive part of a hydroelectric dam, placing over 11,000 MW of capacity in a run - of - river dam without sufficient river flow to use most of the turbines for much of the year makes the dam economically unviable.

Dammed reservoirs are used for multiple purposes, such as agricultural irrigation, flood control, and recreation, so not all wildlife impacts associated with dams can be directly attributed to hydroelectric power.

Hydroelectric dams will not come up on five Chilean rivers, at least for now.

The tapes captured the head of the climate sector admitting they'd contacted Pinguelli to help with the section on hydroelectric dams, because they knew he'd give them a small number for reservoir emissions.

And there are few rivers remaining that can be dammed for hydroelectric power generation.

Some criticized that paper for relying too heavily on adding turbines to existing hydroelectric dams — which the group suggested in order to increase peak electricity production without changing the number or size of the dams.

For example, Colombian documentary filmmaker Bladimir Sánchez Espitia has been repeatedly threatened for his coverage of mining projects and hydroelectric dam developmeFor example, Colombian documentary filmmaker Bladimir Sánchez Espitia has been repeatedly threatened for his coverage of mining projects and hydroelectric dam developmefor his coverage of mining projects and hydroelectric dam development.

In 2010, the governments of Brazil and Peru signed a bilateral energy agreement that called for a series of large - scale hydroelectric dams in the Amazon.

This may be bad news for Western hydroelectric dams that are unable to adapt.

They say that this means exchanging the present model − which tries to reconcile conservation with more agriculture and more hydroelectric dams − for a radically different one.

Hydroelectric dams can be used for decades and they don't depend on oils and other fuels.