Sentences with phrase «generation capacity added»

All told, non-hydro renewables accounted for 61 percent of net power generation capacity added in 2017 worldwide, a record, and a consistently growing (and record - breaking) portion of both global power capacity and global power generation.

Worldwide, solar and wind continue to be the fastest growing sources of new energy, both are growing at record - smashing double - digit rates every year, both set records for new generation capacity added in 2009.

On the other side, there was no new coal, no new nuclear, and no new oil generation capacity added to the grid.

In the U.S., solar power was the # 1 source of new electric generation capacity added in 2016 with a share of 39 %.

Bloomberg New Energy Finance calculates that renewable energy investment in the U.S. rose 17 per cent to $ 44 billion (U.S.) in 2015, accounting for more than two - thirds of all new electric generation capacity added to the grid last year.

Now, some readers will think this is far - fetched, but I think that in the not - too - distant future the day will come when 100 percent of new electricity generation capacity added to the USA's electric grid is wind and solar.

643 SecularA said,» when 100 percent of new electricity generation capacity added to the USA's electric grid is wind and solar.»

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A new generation of laser coders has been developed by Markem - Imaje that can deliver up to 50 % increases in output rates on beverage production lines and as much as a 300 % increase in character printing capacity, improving traceability and making it easier to add promotional codes for instance.

Together with our partners, we work to add new generation capacity, connect homes, hospitals and businesses to the electricity grid and deliver power to communities who live beyond the national grid,» remarked Mr. Hendrix.

Transmission upgrades and efficiency measures already are in service, Cuomo said, adding that other generation resources ready to come online by 2021 will help generate more than enough electrical power to replace Indian Point's capacity.

Private sector participation will also help reduce the capital needed by government to add additional generation capacities to the national grid,» it added.

According to the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation, only China exceeded Japan over the last 12 months in adding new solar capacity, with much of the new generation coming from rooftop solar systems.

To aid in efficiency, scientists have added nanostructured metal - organic heat carriers, or MOHCs, which boost the power generation capacity to near that of a conventional steam cycle.

«The leadership shown by Alberta's government to replace two - thirds of existing coal - fired electricity generation capacity with renewable energy will greatly help the province in achieving its ambitious climate change objectives,» adds Hornung.

«Our main conclusion is that geophysically - forced variability in wind and solar generation means that the amount of electricity demand satisfied using wind and solar resources is fairly linear up to about 80 % of annually averaged electricity demand, but that beyond this level of penetration the amount of added wind and solar generation capacity or the amount of electricity storage needed would rise sharply.»

Significantly, 77 mm has been added to the wheelbase, ensuring more legroom for rear - seat passengers and extra luggage capacity; two aspects criticised in the previous generation.

That would require adding roughly 1,000 gigawatts of renewable and nuclear generation capacity — about equivalent to all of China's coal burning plants today.

There really ought to be a collegial rule against discussing energy consumption trends without mentioning capacity factor, which explain why 68 % of capacity added in 2013 was renewable but a much smaller minority of added generation was renewable.

Consequently with the dramatic decrease in efficiency of fuel burn in the standby fossil fuel generators there is sweet FA practical reduction in CO2 emissions with the introduction of wind and solar power generation systems particularly when the energy costs of the producing and building the so called renewable energy systems are added to the grossly inefficient running of the ready to go to full generation capacity in minutes, fossil fuel powered standby generators which in many cases must be kept running at low or zero power generation to be able to come on line in minutes when the so called renewable energy systems fail to produce power,

EIA recently added estimates of distributed solar PV capacity and generation to tables in the Electric Power Monthly.

Reposting this big news from Solar Love: Herman Trabish of Greentech Media has happened across a pretty interesting find — 97 % of new electricity generation capacity in line to be added to the California grid in the second half (2H) of 2012...

Herman Trabish of Greentech Media has happened across a pretty interesting find — 97 % of new electricity generation capacity in line to be added to the California grid in the second half (2H) of 2012 is from solar power projects.

Nuclear capacity is also added in a sensitivity case in which new nuclear generation receives the same treatment as new renewable generation in compliance calculations (CPPNUC).

Large hydropower projects added a net 19 GW to the world's generation capacity last year; small hydro projects added just under 3 GW net.

Later, as more wind and solar capacity are added, renewable generation also surpasses coal - fired generation.

For this reason, even if solar generation becomes profitable without subsidies at low levels of penetration, there is a system - dependent threshold of installed PV capacity beyond which adding further solar generators would no longer be profitable.

Finally, in late 2014, the city added a second co-generation engine that increased energy generation capacity.

According to the International Energy Agency, the world added more renewables - based power generation capacity in 2015 than all other technologies combined for the first time ever, and this movement is only expected to accelerate over the coming decades.

China is adding enormous amounts of electrical generation capacity to its grid, and mostly from coal.

But coal and natural gas are suffering reductions in capacity factor as more fuel - free generation gets added to the merit order effect.

Add in «micro-islanding» capabilities, so small services areas can disconnect from the larger grid and get by on their own distributed generation capacity, and you have the seeds of a full - blown renewable power rebellion.

Nearly 237 GW of natural gas - fired generation capacity was added between 2000 and 2010, representing 81 % of total generation capacity additions over that period.

«Outside the OECD, coal generation in China, the centre of global coal demand, decreased in 2015 due to a reduction in electricity demand, coupled with an increased generation from hydro and nuclear.1 Despite the decrease in generation in 2015, 52 GW of coal - fired generation capacity was added in China in 2015, and roughly 150 GW is currently under construction.

In March, DTE Energy submitted a proposal to the Michigan Public Service Commission to add 1,000 megawatts of renewable generation capacity by 2022.

Florida regulators have given the green light to a pair of new natural gas - fired power plants that will add nearly 1,700 MW of generation capacity in the state, and a Florida - based energy project developer has...

In addition to generation resources, 2,000 MW of demand response, 1,800 MW of advanced load management, and 4,200 MW of energy storage capacity were added to the grid to optimize load.

Efficiency can also improve system reliability and allow utilities to reduce or manage the demand on their systems — in some cases offsetting the need to add new peak generation capacity.

Already active in onshore wind and photovoltaic renewable generation, E.ON has added energy storage to its portfolio and has developed and constructed more than 3,600 megawatts of renewable capacity in the United States since 2007.

The North America Electricity Reliability Council is warning that reserve generation capacity is becoming so low in the country (except for the Southeast) that unless generation is added or demand reduced, within a decade there will be brownouts or blackouts.

Elsewhere in the world, China — often still thought of by many as relying almost entirely upon dirty coal plants for electrical generation — actually added more clean energy generation capacity in the first 10 months of 2013 than fossil fuel:

As in past years, utilities all across the nation indicate they expect to continue retiring coal - fired generation, and virtually no one expects to add more coal capacity to their systems in the next decade.

Solar power generation capacity is currently around 17 gigawatts, with more than seven gigawatts added last year.

India's focus has been on developing coal: greatly expanding mining, facilitating transportation of coal and adding significant coal - fired power generation capacity.

While only 3.8 GW of thermal generation capacity was added in 2017, the addition of renewables capacity clocked in at 12.8 GW, split approximately one - third wind and two - thirds solar.

This reflects both seasonal growth and added renewable generation capacity, as well as maintenance and refueling schedules for nuclear power plants, which normally undergo maintenance during spring and fall months, when overall electricity demand is lower.

More new wind electricity generating capacity was added in 2012 than any other generation technology, including natural gas — a record 13,100 megawatts.

As an example, the 1,532 MW of emissions - free Bruce Nuclear refurbished generation, at a capacity factor of 90 % supplying 12.08 TWh, easily covered the loss of 4.1 TWh of coal - fired generation and left 8.7 TWh for added demand due to its flexibility to steam off or bypass the turbines.

Combining wind with the large amounts of solar generation expected to be added to the Queensland grid, will allow a higher penetration of renewable energy at lower costs while reducing the need for storage and other peaking capacity across the network.»

The added capacity replaced the 4,484 MW of coal - fired generation at the end of 2011 in anticipation of increasing demand.

Column 1: PGE's forecast generation mix in 2017; Column 2: PGE's forecast generation mix in 2030 after closure of Diablo Canyon; Column 3: PGE's generation mix in 2030 if Diablo Canyon stays open and no renewable capacity is added after 2017 (All Units in terawatt - hours).