Sentences with phrase «hydroelectric generation»

In fact, because of the growth of hydroelectric generation in particular, developing nations like the Kyrgyz Republic, Bhutan, Mozambique, Paraguay and Zimbabwe crowd out the few top - spending developed countries like Iceland, Germany and Finland.

Although solar is only available at certain times of the day, the annual increase in California's solar generation in 2014 offset 83 % of the decrease in hydroelectric generation.

[2] EO 13693 defines «renewable electric energy» as electricity produced or displaced by the following sources: solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, geothermal heat pumps, microturbines, municipal solid waste, or new hydroelectric generation capacity achieved from increased efficiency or additions of new capacity at an existing hydroelectric project.

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

The Hydro - Québec power system draws almost entirely on hydroelectric generation, which permits a relatively simple and rapid restoration, he said.

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.»

The GCP reports that the 2017 increase in coal consumption — and, in turn, overall Chinese emissions — is driven by a combination in increased industrial production and reduced hydroelectric generation associated with lower - than - usual rainfall.

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.

With hydroelectric generation included, the total was more than half of all generation.

As a result, the nation's hydroelectric generation dropped by almost a quarter compared with last year.

Hydroelectric generation provides almost 43 percent.

In the winter dry season, hydroelectric generation plummets to the point at which Bhutan needs to import electricity from India.

The increase in California's solar production came the same year that drought conditions caused hydroelectric generation to fall 46 % compared to the previous five - year average.

15Excludes existing hydroelectric generation, and excludes existing and new municipal solid waste generation.

Due to a combination of increasing solar and high hydroelectric generation due to an exceptionally rainy winter, California is expected to curtail a record 6 - 8 GW of renewable energy this spring.

In this briefing, scientists will discuss how the City of San Francisco's Hetch Hetchy operation used the data to optimize reservoir filling and hydroelectric generation at its O'Shaughnessy Dam this year during California's severe drought.

CAISO data shows that during the hours that solar is being curtailed on a system - wide basis, the state continues to not only to run hydroelectric generation, but to import power, and the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant runs on a 24 - hour basis.

Negative prices occurred in the Northwest during the spring and early summer when low - cost hydroelectric generation exceeded local demand by a wide margin.

Because hydropower is comparatively inexpensive, fossil - fired generation and even wind generation can be curtailed when hydroelectric generation is high.

The resulting stress on hydroelectric generation will last into next year, the statement said.

Most of the growth in hydroelectric generation (82 %) occurs in the non-OECD countries, while more than half of the growth in wind generation (52 %) occurs in the OECD countries.

However, in the West, and specifically the Pacific Northwest, there is limited extra electricity because of the large amount of hydroelectric generation that is already heavily utilized.

Hydro growth plan sticks despite falling power output But Lin Boqiang, one of China's leading energy experts, is confident that the nation's hydroelectric generation may just go in one direction: getting worse.

and goes on to say: «As dispatching hydroelectric units down to reduce production is the first measure the IESO uses to reduce SBG, OPG's hydroelectric generation was significantly affected by SBG management in 2013, reducing generation by approximately 1.7 TWh.»

It can come in three forms: hydroelectric generation, renewable resources, or renewables «firmed - up» with hydro in blended contracts.

«Our range of energy initiatives like biogas and hydroelectric generation, and trading as a market participant, has cut more than AU$ 3 million a year from our electricity bills since 2013.

West of the Rocky Mountains, the electricity mix in the United States and Canada looks something like Western Europe — a lot of gas, coal and hydroelectric generation, but also an increasing supply of wind and solar, comprising 6 % and 2 % of total electricity generation in 2015.

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

The likely effect of this will be a reduction in the amount of hydroelectric generation the system operator can call on.

Hydroelectric generation is often separated from other renewable generation as it is both larger (on a national basis) and highly variable from year to year.

These hydroelectric generation facilities are operated by the state's electric investor - owned utilities (IOUs), publicly - owned utilities (POUs), state and federal agencies, irrigation districts, and other entities.

California's Drought: Impact on Hydroelectricity — The most widely recognized aspect of the water - energy relationship is hydroelectric generation.