Sentences with word «hydropower»

Canada was the largest producer of hydropower in the world in 2000, and hydro sources are not yet believed to be fully exploited.

Whether it's offsets from no - till farming that would have happened anyway from the Chicago Climate Exchange or offsets from hydropower dams in China that would have been built anyway under the terms of the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol, it's all a bit of a shell game at present.

2008 - Gives a lecture on Impacts of Hydropower Plants at the Federal University of Roraima — UFRR.

In addition, the river is used for hydropower generation in Pakistan and India.

«While the number of small hydropower dams in operation or planned for tributaries to the Nu River is unreported,» the authors note in this study, «our field surveys indicate that nearly one hundred small dams currently exist within Nujiang Prefecture alone.»

The change in streamflow of the region's mighty rivers, which could get more dramatic with climate change, can pose big problems for hydropower generation, electricity pricing and fisheries.

Bøckman, Thor and Fleten, Stein - Erik and Juliussen, Erik and Langhammer, Håvard and Revdal, Ingemar (2006): Investment timing and optimal capacity choice for small hydropower projects.

As existing large hydropower plants age, questions about refurbishment will continue to arise.

The country doesn't just want to hit 100 percent renewable energy, but it also wants to clean up energy consumption in general like moving the transportation sector away from fossil fuels and becoming less dependent on hydropower by adding more geothermal energy plants and harnessing energy from other sources.

TreeHugger has covered the issue of unsustainable water use in India as well as hydropower projects a number of times.

«Her district, however, along with the rest of Washington State, is heavily affected by hydropower supplied from federal dams.

And it brings none of the environmental impacts that come with hydropower from dammed rivers.

Myanmar, with 100 GW of potential hydropower capacity, is the likely next frontier.

But what do thriving liana communities mean for Balbina in the long - term, and for the Amazon in general, as hydropower development rapidly expands across the basin?

Funds are also used for community and technical colleges to establish two clean energy centers for excellence within rural communities, with one focused on renewable energy integration and the other on smart grid technology and the next generation of hydropower resources.

With the HadCM2 climate model, however, a small gain in hydropower potential (+ 3 %) was computed, worth approximately Canadian $ 25 million / yr.

Business Insider contacted the National Hydropower Association for comment on the risk that hydroelectric dams pose in the US, but we did not immediately receive a response.

This scheme will start on July 1, 2012 and the relevant sources of energy include PV, wind, hydro (small - and medium - scale hydropower systems generating electricity less than 30,000 kilowatts), geothermal and biomass for total electricity purchasing.

Policies supporting growth in the small hydropower sector are often crafted at the national or international level, Kibler noted.

Brazil has one of the largest renewables sectors in the world, with three - quarters of its electricity supply coming from renewables including hydropower in 2015.

Greenport Electric isn't listed but its rates, which like Rockville Centre's and Freeport's are subsidized by cheap hydropower from New York Power Authority, are on par with those two Long Island municipal utilities.

The power plant on the Rhine is a joint French - German venture and one of the largest hydropower facilities in Europe.

Here is a look at what greentech folks want from the new administration: Solar: The Solar Energy Industries Association, along with its brethrens in the wind, geothermal and hydropower industries, want cash instead of tax credits.

The Guardian reports that the director of the region's water resource department said, «Tibet is rich in water resources and has good potential for setting up more hydropower stations and dams.

On top of this, China plans to build 80,000 MW of pumped storage hydropower generating capacity from 2011 to 2015, up from a previous goal of 50,000 MW.

There is no doubt that one of the biggest economic assets to the region is the low - cost hydropower created at the Niagara Power Project.

The money they raised will be used to install high - powered computers at hydropower plants, where they will be able to mine new cryptocurrency at a cheap price, using renewable energy sources.

To produce hydropower on a much smaller scale, Chinese scientists have now developed a lightweight power generator based on carbon nanotube fibers suitable to convert even the energy of flowing blood in blood vessels into electricity.

Still, more hydropower projects are on the horizon for China.

Because of low water levels from extended drought, the region is supplementing its traditional hydropower supply with purchases from the coal - fired plants.

The main reason was that growth in renewables and nuclear power could not keep up with increased electricity demand, even though some sources have cited a drought - induced drop in hydropower output as a factor in the rebounding coal consumption.

A new report from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory estimates that there is potential for over 65 GW of new hydropower development across more than three million rivers and streams in the United States.

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«Sectors such as hydropower production, infrastructure operation, or water management [reservoirs] will be directly affected.

Two new «units» of wind provided 203 MW, five units of solar provided 156 MW, 1 unit of biomass provided 5 MW, and 1 unit of hydropower provided 0.2 MW.

The institute certifies low environmental impact hydropower facilities nationwide on behalf of green energy consumers.

He added that climate models project that the southern area of Brazil will see more rain, which could increase the existing hydropower capacity and help offset losses in the north.

«In most parts of the world, water storage will be fundamental to the viability of human livelihoods,» says Richard Taylor, CEO of the UK - based International Hydropower Association, and who dismissed the new findings.

Fossil fuels and large hydropower accounted for only 4 percent of energy access financing, showing again that investing in large, conventional energy projects is not an effective way to increase energy access.

Proposed changes to the way countries» climate budgets are calculated aim to take greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower reservoirs into account, but some experts worry that they will not go far enough.

Prior to that he directed the Southern Africa Program for International Rivers Network based in Botswana, was Director of the national Hydropower Reform Coalition, and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the fisheries program in Sierra Leone, West Africa.

It's fourth in net electricity generation, fourth in conventional hydropower generation, and first in terms of solar and geothermal energy production.

Brazil is the world's second largest hydropower producer after China.

[35] Assessment of the European potential for pumped hydropower energy storage, Marcos Gimeno - Gutiérrez et al., European Commission, 2013

The paper discusses the potential for hydropower sources in the region (30 gigawatts), migratory patterns of its fish, the importance of fish - friendly technology, and further studies needed to understand hydro's impact on fish of the Mekong.

The dams were initially considered green because hydropower boosted the amount of renewable energy the Greens could claim.