Sentences with phrase «hydroelectric projects»

Pedrosa went on: «Nor are we disposed to take actions that mask the costs and the risks [of hydroelectric projects].»

Instead, in its bid to become the first sustainable economy in Latin America, Ecuador will be turning its focus on developing alternative energy projects, especially solar and geothermal, as well as the promotion of small - scale hydroelectric projects.

The struggle over dams in China's west has been brewing for years, fed by the kind of concerns that typically dog hydroelectric projects — land grabs, relocations, corruption, environmental damage — along with the less typical political and spiritual tensions surrounding Tibet.

Under that program the government paid 42 cents per kilowatt - hour for solar, and 11 cents for power from wind, biomass / biogas and hydroelectric projects.

Irrigation and hydroelectric projects are draining the river's flow, while glaciers are melting in Kashmir.

The Ilisu dam is part of Turkey's Southeast Anatolia Project, an economic development program that plans for 22 dams and 19 hydroelectric projects to boost irrigated agriculture in Turkey's poor and arid southeastern corner, affecting the water available to downstream Iraq.

In a new study, Harvard University researchers found more than 90 % of potential new Canadian hydroelectric projects are likely to increase concentrations of the neurotoxin methylmercury (MeHg) in food webs near indigenous communities.

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CanWEA argues that even with added transportation costs that raise the average price to $ 0.076 Canadian / $ 0.063 U.S., the selected wind projects bring increased value over major hydroelectric projects that are currently being constructed.

The Balkan Peninsula, one of Europe's most undeveloped regions, is facing a wave of thousands of hydroelectric projects that would block pristine, free - flowing rivers and cause major environmental damage.

Instead, OPG's mandate has been to maintain its fossil fuel, nuclear and hydroelectric fleet of generation, and pursue new large hydroelectric projects.

Gov. Charlie Baker signed a comprehensive energy law in 2016 that authorized the development of new offshore wind and hydroelectric projects.

Batteries are the weak link in experimental electric cars, and even nonportable storage systems like pumped - storage hydroelectric projects and subterranean vaults pumped with compressed air have found only limited success.

HYDROPOWER: The combination of irrigation, mountains and friendly state policies make Colorado the nation's epicenter for the growth of small hydroelectric projects.

The output of Palo Alto's hydroelectric projects falls significantly in the fall and winter, and rises in the spring and summer when the snow melts.

In Guatemala, for example, Mayan communities have been displaced from their lands by large - scale hydroelectric projects.

The post doesn't mention the new road to the Pacific or the ethanol plant and sugarcane plantations; or the planned road from Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil to Pulcallpa, Peru and the multiple big hydro - energy dam constructions it will support; or the new Peruvian oil leases in indigenous reserves; or the BR$ 35 million worth of oil exploration in the Juruá watershed in Acre; or the Madeira River complex of big hydroelectric projects in Rondonia near Bolivia.

But he didn't mention that Brazil is also accelerating an investment of several hundred billions in the interior development plan PAC2 that includes the intention to complete 50 new hydroelectric projects in the next 4 years and, of course, more and better roads.

But IMHO in following the dam constructions and flow and sedimentation delays, it was pretty clear that for several years the Carribean was impacted by the changes to the Orinoco from huge hydroelectric projects in the region.

The Indian government has put large hydroelectric projects on the Indus in Kashmir, and the vast majority of electricity created by these dams is routed south out of the state of Jammu - Kashmir.

With the bridge, good roads connecting to Vietnam and hydroelectric projects dotting the province, the town is establishing itself as a commercial centre (and a notorious hub for the illegal wildlife trade).

Frost had flown with Stewart Udall, secretary of the interior, who continued on to Siberia to look at hydroelectric projects.

Prentice cited the federal loan guarantee for Newfoundland's Lower Churchill River hydroelectric project as «a wise instrument of industrial policy,» and called for governments to «expedite the regulatory and environmental approval processes for megaprojects.»

As a result, some of the Yasuní money was designated for construction of the Huapamala Hydroelectric Project, a small power plant in the southern Andes.

VICTORIA — Energy Minister Bill Bennett called his own B.C. Liberals cabinet colleagues «a bunch of nervous politicians» who don't even know what the «upper range is yet» on the cost of the proposed Site C hydroelectric project.

«I applaud NYPA's efforts to enhance and upgrade the three hydroelectric project visitor's centers in Western New York, Northern New York and the Northern Catskills,» said Senator John Ceretto, «Those who visit will now get a whole new understanding on how clean renewable energy plays an important role in New York State.

WHITE PLAINS — The New York Power Authority (NYPA) is undertaking a more than $ 13 million modernization of its three hydroelectric project visitors centers in Western New York, Northern New York and the Northern Catskills, to upgrade the exhibits, displays and facilities.

------------------------------------ Congressman Chris Gibson announced the House adopted a bill to extend the deadline for the start of construction of the hydroelectric project at the Cannonsville Dam.

The Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric project, sealed off the river in June, creating a lake that will eventually stretch for 375 miles and generate 85 billion kilowatt hours of pollution - free electricity a year.

What's more, a proposed hydroelectric project threatens 8 per cent of the orangutans» habitat.

In October, the private sector lending arm of the World Bank Group (International Finance Corporation, IFC) confirmed the cancellation of a controversial Santa Rita hydroelectric project in Guatemala, approved under the UN's carbon offsetting scheme Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

Now its basin forms a hydroelectric project that produces 9 % of Costa Rica's electricity.

Photo: The desolated village of Arenal, with a main street paved by lava, was covered a few years later when Costa Rica's largest hydroelectric project, the Lake Arenal Dam, created an extensive water reservoir.

All this leads the victims of the hydroelectric project to actions of civil disobedience and resistance, which make the confrontation more serious and produce a violent reaction on part of the State.

Toronto - based Northland is proposing a $ 700 - million, «pumped storage» hydroelectric project that would create a waterfall five times the height of Niagara Falls — though with a fraction of the volume — descending from the slag mountain to the mine pit below.

The projects announced last month include 22 utility - scale solar farms, three wind farms and a hydroelectric project.

The successful proposals include a hydroelectric project, three wind projects (including one with energy storage), and several solar projects.

In October, the private sector lending arm of the World Bank Group (International Finance Corporation, IFC) confirmed the cancellation of a controversial Santa Rita hydroelectric project in Guatemala, approved under the UN's carbon offsetting scheme Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

Todd has traveled to the Amazon a dozen times over the course of seven years to document the conflicts surrounding the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Project, and in early March 2016 he returned to the region as the dam's construction neared completion.

KEA is a locally owned energy cooperative that runs the Pillar Mountain Wind Project and the Terror Lake hydroelectric project.

The recently awarded projects include 22 solar farms, demonstrating that large - scale solar power is economically viable across the State, three wind projects, and one hydroelectric project.

Kiad, Panama / Amsterdam / Bogota — Last Friday, a long - awaited report by an independent panel found that FMO and DEG, the Dutch and German development banks, violated their own policies by failing to adequately assess the risks to indigenous rights and the environment before approving a US$ 50 million loan to GENISA, the developer of the Barro Blanco hydroelectric project in Panama.

On March 22 — World Water Day — a Ngäbe - Bugle indigenous man named Onesimo Rodriguez was found murdered, his body left in a nearby stream, after attending a protest rally against the 28.84 MW Barro Blanco Hydroelectric Project in western Panama.

In the United States, a study is required before constructing a hydroelectric project.

The size of the reservoir created by a hydroelectric project can vary widely, depending largely on the size of the hydroelectric generators and the topography of the land.

(04/20/2010) An auction to build the Belo Monte dam, a massive hydroelectric project in Brazil, is going ahead despite two court - ordered suspensions, both of which have been overturned.

The awarded projects — including 22 utility - scale solar farms, three wind farms and one hydroelectric project — are expected to create more than 3,000 short - and long - term jobs, generate enough clean energy to power more than 430,000 homes and reduce carbon emissions by more than 1.6 million metric tons, the equivalent of taking nearly 340,000 cars off the road.

OTTAWA, Ontario — October 15, 2014 — The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) today called on the Government of British Columbia to take into consideration a broader range of cost - competitive, clean energy options as it determines whether or not to proceed with the Site C hydroelectric project.

Carlos Manuel Obregón, the executive president of ICE, said Costa Rica will soon switch on its massive Reventazón hydroelectric project.

Central America's largest hydroelectric project is officially online.