Sentences with word «hydroelectricity»

Indeed, Canada is the United States» largest supplier of energy, exporting more crude and refined oil products to the U.S. than Saudi Arabia does, and shipping large quantities of hydroelectricity south of the border.

While conventional hydropower will continue to grow as dams are completed in China, Brazil and a scattering of other countries, including Ethiopia, Malaysia, and Turkey, there exists enormous potential for non-conventional hydroelectricity generation from tidal and wave projects, as well as from small in - stream projects that will not require new dams.

It would exploit the 400 - metre height difference between the seas to generate hydroelectricity that could power desalination works to provide fresh water.

Classic sources of dispatchable power include hydroelectricity and gas, while recent technological advances mean that large - scale battery storage is now also a feasible option.

Brock's Monument penetrating the sky across the river in Canada (commemorating a British - American battle during the War of 1812) and the arc of the Lewiston - Queenston Bridge — with the Sir Adam Beck Power Plant just beyond — provided dramatic markers of Artpark's place in an area characterized by transnationalism and an anomalous mix of tourism with the plumes of industry powered by hydroelectricity.

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

Ontario is the latest customer to line up to purchase Newfoundland and Labrador's growing supply of hydroelectricity in a move that could one day lead to a «national grid.»

How pollution affects a mountain range's natural water reservoirs is important for water resource managers in the western United States and Canada who plan for hydroelectricity generation, fisheries and farming.

Deripaska's En + owns a 48 percent stake in Rusal, which is a big consumer of hydroelectricity produced by En +'s power companies.

He added that other energy types, such as hydroelectricity and nuclear energy, would also involve the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

The Arenal Lake has the largest hydroelectricity project in the country.

Chinese electricity is either financed by state or delivered via hydroelectricity which gives them a competitive advantage over peers in the global spectrum.

Natural gas may be used to meet increasing electricity demand in Peru, with one economic analysis projecting natural gas to account for around 50 percent of Peru's electricity by 2030 while hydroelectricity generation drops to about 43 percent.23 This increase in fossil fuel burning would also increase CO2 emissions, making matters worse by trapping more heat in the atmosphere.

But within a couple of years, the rapid construction of non-carbon wind and solar systems made up for San Onofre's lost electricity, and natural gas use — excluding excess natural gas burned to make up for lost hydroelectricity due to the drought — dropped again.

Instead of generating power from falling water, power can be used to lift water from a low - level storage to a high - level storage (see Pumped - storage hydroelectricity in Wikipedia).

Renewable energy accounts for one ‐ fifth of global electricity production, with hydroelectricity taking the largest share.

The generation of hydroelectricity at California dams will drop dramatically from average levels because it varies directly with streamflow.

A perfect example of green pragmatism, what with threats of drought induced hydroelectricity shortfalls, and competing demand growth for green electricity.

But the government does have plans to make use of renewable energies — wind and solar power, low - carbon sources such as gas, nuclear energy, and imported hydroelectricity — and wants to create «green jobs» that will take care of people and the environment.

Several states have pursued bulk purchasing of renewable energy and hydroelectricity through long - term contracting to overcome some of these barriers.

Of the 12 transmission corridors for air pollution control, only three are planning to integrate renewables: Two in northern China will transmit a hybrid of wind and coal power, and one in the south will deliver hydroelectricity.

Canada, equipped with abundant hydroelectricity and more cold air than anyone could want, should be an easy sell.

MONTREAL — Quebec and Ontario officially signed a $ 1 - billion hydroelectricity deal on Thursday that the premiers of both provinces said was historic and the beginning of an increased energy partnership in Central Canada.

Peter Anthony Prince was a lumber and hydroelectricity magnate who, as the story goes, obtained an exclusive contract to provide Calgary with electricity after taking a fall on an unlit sidewalk...

Zibelman also confirmed Tuesday that New York will consider buying Canadian hydroelectricity while the state develops its own green - friendly power.

In Anchorage, Alaska, the talk is of a project to bring hydroelectricity from Siberia to North America through a submarine power line.

Two years ago, bio-fuels such as methanol and municipal solid waste displaced hydroelectricity as the leading renewable energy source.

Many nations see dams as an important way to fight climate change — both by diverting water to alleviate shortages and by generating low - carbon hydroelectricity to replace power stations that burn fossil fuel.

Brazilian citizen Leandro Zanotto said dengue, a mosquito - transmitted disease, is a «big problem» where he lives in Campinas, just north of the São Paulo metro area, though he's not sure what to think about the precarious hydroelectricity situation because officials «are saying nothing about it.»

Recognizing the importance of ecological energy production, Lake Arenal functions as a reservoir which provides the main source of power for the country's hydroelectricity program.

When San Onofre closed its last reactor in 2012, with no formal replacement plan in place, there was a short - term spike in natural gas consumption (worsened by the simultaneous arrival of a multi-year drought, which cut hydroelectricity generation) and an increase in California's greenhouse gas emissions.

The Pacific Institute has just completed and released a report that evaluates how diminished river flows have resulted in less hydroelectricity, more expensive electricity from the combustion of natural gas, and increased

Around the world, climate change is melting glaciers that feed major rivers, contributing to drought - induced hydroelectricity blackouts, and threatening the water supply and river resources of billions of people.

This infographic puts hydroelectricity, wind and coal as the best performers, while natural gas, solar and nuclear deliver a much lower return on this measure:

In 1976, Amory Lovins, the President of the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and one of Joe Romm's mentors, predicted that by the year 2000 renewable energy, excluding hydroelectricity, would supply nearly one - third of U.S. energy consumption.

Although hydroelectricity is sustainable, such as the micro hydro system that powers my home, on a massive scale it is not green.

In 2011, at 3,500 billion kilowatt - hours, hydroelectricity accounted for roughly 16 percent of global electricity generation, almost all produced by the world's 45,000 - plus large dams.

While hydroelectricity usually does not produce as much carbon as burning fossil fuels, studies have shown that dams, especially those in the tropics, emit significant amount of methane — a greenhouse gas which is approximately 20 times more potent than carbon — due to rotting vegetation in reservoirs.

Without all that additional hydroelectricity, Jacobson's entire house of cards falls apart.

Ocean waves and tides are also possible for the future, but realistically the near - term growth potential of hydroelectricity seems fairly limited.