Sentences with phrase «for hydroelectric generation»

Its finances collapsed in 2008, when the district lost more than 80 percent of its revenue after power companies that use the reservoirs for hydroelectric generation successfully sued to halt fees.

Not exact matches

In 2016 hydroelectric power accounted for 39.9 percent of South Dakota's net electricity generation, allowing residents to enjoy electricity prices significantly lower than the national average.

The Nordic region relies on hydroelectric power for more than 50 percent of its power generation, and change in precipitation is an important factor in setting prices.

First of all, salt — and when I talk about salt, you can kind of interchange it with sodium — salt is vital for the generation of hydroelectric energy in the cells in our body.

BRP focuses on hydroelectric power but also has experience with wind, solar, and biomass energy generation, and this diversity makes it one of the best dividend stocks for 2018.

Examples of possible applications / users include: warnings of the likelihood of severe high impact weather (droughts, flooding, tropical and extratropical cyclones etc.) to help protect life and property; humanitarian planning and response to disasters; agriculture and disease planning / control (e.g., malaria and meningitis), particularly in developing countries; river - flow and river - discharge for flood prediction, hydroelectric power generation and reservoir management; landslides; coastal inundation; transport; power generation; insurance.

As of 2010, renewable energy sources (including hydroelectric) accounted for nearly 17 % of German electricity generation, which is nothing to sneeze at (in comparison, it's currently approximately 10 % in the USA).

«A balanced use of CRAs should focus on improving functional and ecological attributes of forested landscapes, e.g., habitat integrity (and thus biodiversity), carbon stocks, and water balance regulation, crucial for maintaining hydroelectric power generation in Brazil.»

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

Decreasing summer stream flows will reduce hydroelectric generation capacity, which currently accounts for 70 percent of the region's electricity supply.

For example, «During the six months ended June 30, 2016, OPG lost 3.4 TWh of hydroelectric generation due to SBG [surplus baseload generation] conditions, compared to 1.5 TWh during the same period in 2015.»

As of October 2014, Mongolia's total installed capacity for power generation from all sources stood at 1.09 GW, 90 % of it in CHP (combined heat and power) coal - fired plants, with 2 % in hydroelectric, 2 % in diesel, and 6 % in non-hydro renewables, mostly wind.

Turkey estimates that there are potential indigenous sources for 246 billion kilowatt - hours (kWh) per year of electric power generation (105 billion kWh from lignite, 16 billion kWh from hard coal, and 125 billion kWh from hydroelectric resources).

Rural locations may seem to offer good conditions for photovoltaic systems, wind turbines or hydroelectric generation to all be considered.

Heavily reliant on oil imports and with an annual energy deficit of 3,478 GWh as of 2009, electricity in Lebanon is for the most part generated by hydroelectric and thermal generation at present and in addition, there are power reliability issues «such as load shedding, technical losses, and the aging of power plants», which again the addition of dispatchable renewable energy facilities is intended to counteract.

For electric generation 9 % renewable (when including hydroelectric) is correct but that percentage decreases drastically when adding non-electric energy use for transportation which is nearly 100 % petroleum based, for direct residential and commercial heating, which is nearly 100 % gas and fuel oil based, for heavy industry, which is almost exclusively petroleum (petro - chem industry) and coal (steel - industry) and construction, which uses almost exclusively diesel fueFor electric generation 9 % renewable (when including hydroelectric) is correct but that percentage decreases drastically when adding non-electric energy use for transportation which is nearly 100 % petroleum based, for direct residential and commercial heating, which is nearly 100 % gas and fuel oil based, for heavy industry, which is almost exclusively petroleum (petro - chem industry) and coal (steel - industry) and construction, which uses almost exclusively diesel fuefor transportation which is nearly 100 % petroleum based, for direct residential and commercial heating, which is nearly 100 % gas and fuel oil based, for heavy industry, which is almost exclusively petroleum (petro - chem industry) and coal (steel - industry) and construction, which uses almost exclusively diesel fuefor direct residential and commercial heating, which is nearly 100 % gas and fuel oil based, for heavy industry, which is almost exclusively petroleum (petro - chem industry) and coal (steel - industry) and construction, which uses almost exclusively diesel fuefor heavy industry, which is almost exclusively petroleum (petro - chem industry) and coal (steel - industry) and construction, which uses almost exclusively diesel fuels.

Or to pump water up into a reservoir from which it can be used for artificial hydroelectric generation.

Acted for Alcoa Power Generation before the Fourth Circuit in a property dispute with the State of North Carolina, successfully arguing that Alcoa held title to a 45 - mile segment of riverbed underlying a hydroelectric power project.