Sentences with phrase «from hydroelectric dams»

In Seattle, where the majority of electricity comes from hydroelectric dams, the same EV produces the emissions equivalent of a gas - powered car getting over 500 mpg.

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.

Even if all of your power comes from coal (and most of us get at least some portion of our electric from hydroelectric dams, nuclear power, wind, or solar) you still are putting the environment in a better position than burning gas.

Cuomo was critical of the International Joint Commission's decision to reduce outflows from the hydroelectric dams in Massena.

About a decade ago, a surge of water from a hydroelectric dam scoured soil from the banks of the Cetina River.

Not exact matches

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

This is expected to boost China's renewable energy capacity because financing from polluters can support more wind farms, hydroelectric dams and solar power plants.

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 country.

Methane emissions from big hydroelectric dams in the tropics outweigh the benefits that this form of renewable energy provides, according to new scientific data

Tosh village is a few kilometres from one of India's newest hydroelectric dams at Pulga.

Machines, whether cells or hydroelectric dams, extract work from temperature and energy gradients.

The «not in my back yard» opposition to renewable energy systems is still a reality, the researchers said, and there are still some environmental concerns about virtually any form of energy, whether it's birds killed by wind turbine rotors, fish losses in hydroelectric dams or chemical contaminants from use of solar energy.

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.

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

The vast majority of that power came from traditional, large hydroelectric dams.

BPA derives 83 percent of its power from federally - owned hydroelectric dams dotting the Northwest and 10 percent from nuclear power stations.

NIGHT MOVES is the fifth film from Kelly Reichardt (MEEK»S CUTOFF) and follows the life of three radical environmentalists who come together to take on a very specific challenge: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.

India was pouring in development money to shore up the border with Tibet, and that meant everything from tourist hotels to hydroelectric dams to Domino's Pizza franchises.

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

Windsurfing in Lake Arenal is safely setup in the northern end of the lake, far away from the hydroelectric water dam setup in the southern part of the lake, near the volcano.

From here we take the zigzagged trail down to the hydroelectric dam on the Urubamba River and then to the bustling tourist town now known as Machu Picchu Pueblo (formerly called Aguas Calientes).

Beyond Architecture, with images selected from the entire Stoller archive of more than 50,000 images, includes views of Post-War American factories, construction sites, hydroelectric dams and printing plants.

The participants voiced a wide range of concerns, from the impact of hydroelectric dams on American Indian populations to the E.P.A.'s review of mountaintop removal coal mining permits to the longevity of a green jobs recovery.

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 post doesn't mention the new road to the Pacific or the ethanol plant and sugarcane plantations; or the planned road from Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil to Pulcallpa, Peru and the multiple big hydro - energy dam constructions it will support; or the new Peruvian oil leases in indigenous reserves; or the BR$ 35 million worth of oil exploration in the Juruá watershed in Acre; or the Madeira River complex of big hydroelectric projects in Rondonia near Bolivia.

In the 1960s, most conservationists favored nuclear plants as a clean energy alternative to coal plants and hydroelectric dams and only turned away from nuclear with the rise of open anti-humanism.

he gigantic Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, located on the Xingu River in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, stood just weeks away from beginning operation this week — but the...

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.

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.

With an electricity grid supplied by hydroelectric dams across rivers, from the heat of its numerous volcanoes, and from wind and the sun, the small Central American nation expects 97 percent of its energy generation to come from renewable sources this year.

Rudd's third step is certain to cause huge anger in the UK's renewable energy industry as it involves simply buying it in from abroad, specifically from Norway's hydroelectric dams.

Qi Ye points out the lead China has in producing renewable energy and nuclear power, as well as hydroelectric power generation from enormous dams.

Hydroelectric plants such as Shasta Dam, in California, would suffer from reduced water flow.

year in the U.S. alone from coal dust Even hydroelectric has a worse record than nuclear... A string of dam failures in China once killed 230,000 people.

, methane flux from water retained by hydroelectric dams, open landfills and several others.

Mechanical Energy Due to gravity Hydropower from dams Tides Due to Waves Surface Currents Underwater Currents Hydroelectric Power Unlike steam powerplants, work instead of heat is directly available.

Hydro Plant Schematic Most hydroelectric power comes from the potential energy of dammed water driving a water turbine and generator.

My home state of Oregon is near the bottom on this chart due to the high percentage of hydroelectric power generated from our dammed rivers.

However, because hydroelectric dams have an impact on land and water environments, and because dams can only be efficiently located in a limited number of places, some newer laws have been designed to encourage electricity generation from other renewable sources, such as wind, tides, geothermal energy, solar energy (photovoltaic cells, concentrated solar power, and solar thermal energy), landfill gas, etc..

The new bill also preserves a controversial element of the original initiative, which excluded hydroelectric dams from the list of approved power sources.

A portion of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo has two hydroelectric dams: Inga l and Inga ll located just 140 miles from Kinshasa.

Brazil's proposed construction of what would be the third largest hydroelectric dam on the planet has drawn ire from environmental groups the world over.

Electricity comes from local hydroelectric dams.

The Bhagirathi River already is constrained by the 2.4 GW Tehri Dam and hydroelectric project (pictured below), completed in 2006 downstream from Uttarkashi.

But they are responsible for 70 percent of the power from non-greenhouse gas producing sources, including wind, solar and hydroelectric dams.

The takeaway from this chart is that according to EIA, although natural gas might be the least expensive source of electricity generation if you are building new plants, where coal plants are already built and where hydroelectric dams exist, coal and hydroelectric power is the cheapest.