Sentences with phrase «from small hydropower»

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And low prices are also putting a dent into the budget of the New York Power Authority, which sells electricity from the state's massive hydropower system along the Niagara and St. Lawrence rivers, and from several smaller downstate fossil fuel power plants.

«Individually, large hydropower dams will always cause greater environmental impacts, but with rapid growth of the small hydropower sector, our rivers might just suffer from many small cuts.»

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 report said power generated by new and existing wind, solar, biomass, waste - to - energy, geothermal, marine, and small hydropower plants comprised about 12.1 % of global power generation in 2017, up from 11 % in 2016.

While conventional hydropower will continue to grow as dams are completed in China, Brazil and a scattering of other countries, including Ethiopia, Malaysia, and Turkey, there exists enormous potential for non-conventional hydroelectricity generation from tidal and wave projects, as well as from small in - stream projects that will not require new dams.

Hydropower projects encompass dam projects with reservoirs, run - of - river and in - stream projects and range from small to large scale.

Geothermal and Wind Energy Projects 9 St. Lucia Energy Week n December 6th to 10 th, 2004 — Theme: A Vision for St. Lucias Energy Future u Minister of Energy's address on Television and Radio u Energy Supplement Placed In the Local Newspapers u Energy Exhibition and School Project Competition — 50 participants, 10 projects u Seminar On National And Regional Energy Initiatives n Energy / n Renewables supply 25 % of all energy needs and cost less than diesel u Geothermal — from the volcano u Small hydropower /

Although still small in relation to hydropower, cancellations of GoOs from wind power have more than doubled compared to the previous year and cancellations from solar power have even increased to 4.5 times the number of the year before, after tripling between 2015 and 2016.

Hydropower production will grow but its share will remain stable, while the shares of other renewables (including geothermal, solar and wind) will increase most rapidly, but from such a low base that they will remain the smallest component of renewable energy in 2030.

Some community members would like a larger measure of modernity, beyond what they get from a small, recently installed hydropower system and a few small solar panels.

The country is pursuing an ambitious energy strategy to more than triple renewable power - mainly from solar and wind, but also including bioenergy and small hydropower - by 2022 to 175 GW, from just over 50 GW today.

NOTE: There are a number of other, smaller nations which get all or nearly all of their electricity from hydropower — Angola, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nepal, others — but considering that none of these actually produce much electricity to start with I took them out the running.