Sentences with phrase «highest shares of renewable energy»

The highest shares of renewable energy are in states with plentiful hydro - power resources, such as Sweden, Finland and Austria.

http://www.scidev.net/global/energy/news/green-energy-developing-world-renewable-energy.html Developing countries that already have a high share of renewable energy in their power mix are unlikely to grow this share further due to skyrocketing demand for cheap electricity, a report warns.

Not exact matches

First, increase the share of renewable energy sources, such as wind and hydro - power, in the fuel mix and as a result maintain high energy independence.

In energy systems heavily reliant on coal (as in China and India), where renewable alternatives are less readily available (notably in some industrial sectors), or where seasonal flexibility is required to integrate high shares of variable renewables, gas plays an important role.

Denmark, Spain and Portugal have relatively high renewable energy shares, driven by use of wind and solar.

Such a high share of renewables requires significant adaptation of energy markets to create fair and sustainable conditions for their further growth.

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.

«This shift towards a higher share of renewables clearly means a transformation of our energy system,» said spokesperson Beate Baron at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWI) in Benergy system,» said spokesperson Beate Baron at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWI) in BEnergy (BMWI) in Berlin.

This would translate to an average increase of 1.2 % per year in renewables» share of the energy mix — a rate seven times higher than in recent years.

Over 2012 - 14, 13 out of 20 high impact countries improved their share of renewable energy in TFEC, primarily by accelerating modern renewables.

The share of renewable energy in TFEC exceeded 30 percent in four of the 20 high impact countries - Nigeria, Brazil, Indonesia and India.

These excerpts are interesting: «The overall global renewable energy share by 2050 could be as high as 87.1 % of final energy supply.»

In 2015 the share of renewables in the country's domestic energy mix increased to 33 %, At the same time, Germany managed to cut down its power consumption in the past year by 3.8 %, despite a booming economy (+1.4 %) which generally translates into a higher energy demand, by using LED technology and energy saving measures.

This publication — which is rooted in seven case studies comprising 15 countries — gauges the economic significance of the integration impacts of variable renewable energy; highlights the need for a system - wide approach to integrating high shares of variable renewable energy; and recommends how to achieve a cost - effective transformation of the power system.

This guidance document shows that modern district energy as the most effective approach for many cities to transition to sustainable heating and cooling, by improving energy efficiency and enabling higher shares of renewables.

The US has over 2,000 hydropower plants which supplies a 96 % share (in total) or about 50 % from clean usage (or a tad higher) of the total US renewable energy sources making it the largest.

Energy - intensive industries common in the Nordic countries — such as iron and steel — have a relatively high share of process - related emissions, which can not be mitigated through energy efficiency or renewable eEnergy - intensive industries common in the Nordic countries — such as iron and steel — have a relatively high share of process - related emissions, which can not be mitigated through energy efficiency or renewable eenergy efficiency or renewable energyenergy.