In fact, the drought in the U.S. southeast this past year threatened to close nuclear plants in North Carolina and literally cut Georgia's
hydroelectric power generation by half.
Not exact matches
In addition to the loss of
generation by SONGS, in - state
hydroelectric power generation was lower through July of this year.
and maintenance costUS $ 36 billion, — lowest maintenance costs - rivals
hydroelectric power World Wind Energy Association predicts 160 MW
generation of electricity
by 2010 / stations will be 35 megawatts - 45 % increase from the existing stations.
Heavily reliant on oil imports and with an annual energy deficit of 3,478 GWh as of 2009, electricity in Lebanon is for the most part generated
by hydroelectric and thermal
generation at present and in addition, there are
power reliability issues «such as load shedding, technical losses, and the aging of
power plants», which again the addition of dispatchable renewable energy facilities is intended to counteract.
The most water - efficient energy sources are natural gas (though we may be just about out of it) and synthetic fuels produced
by coal gasification; the least efficient are ethanol and biodiesel — the biofuels just can't catch a break these days, can they?Water use winners and losers The research pair analyzed 11 types of energy sources, including coal, fuel ethanol, natural gas, and oil; and five
power generating methods, including
hydroelectric, fossil fuel thermoelectric, and nuclear methods; in terms of
power generation, Younos and Hill have found that geothermal and
hydroelectric energy types use the least amount of water, while nuclear plants use the most.