Sentences with phrase «hydropower generation in»

In particular, significant excess hydropower generation in the Pacific Northwest flows south to California in the spring.

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

High levels of hydropower generation in the Pacific Northwest led the electric system operator, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), to curtail wind generation during some recent periods of low electricity demand.

Monthly hydropower generation in 2014 has fallen well below the 10 - year range for each individual month.

This, in turn, could impact the availability of water and thus prove detrimental to agriculture and hydropower generation in the region.

Not exact matches

H2 Energy, together with IBAarau, has been working on the installation of a hydrogen generation plant at a hydropower facility in Aarau, in the country's north.

Notably, above - average rain and snowfall this winter in California has supported high levels of hydropower generation that may also be contributing to recent pricing patterns.

Hydropower a decade ago was the leading source of power, contributing more than half of the country's electricity generation capacity — which perhaps explains why the cost of buying power is now high following the reversal in the country's power generation capacity.

«This state - funded study in cooperation with NOAA will help us understand how small particles in the air affect precipitation and hydropower generation.

«Hydropower is an essential source of electricity in California providing, on average, 15 percent of our annual generation,» California Energy Commission Chairman Robert Weisenmiller said in a news release on the study.

Exelon, headquartered in Chicago, is a $ 31 billion energy services and wholesale power firm with one of the nation's largest nuclear fleets, as well as extensive holdings in natural gas, wind and hydropower generation assets.

A surge in hydropower, nuclear and gas power has cut coal's share in power generation to 73 percent this year, from 78 percent in 2007, and this is set to move even lower.

This reduces the potential for both hydropower and thermoelectric power generation in these regions,» says Van Vliet.

Questioned about the environmental impacts of building large hydroelectric power plants in the Amazon, she said Brazil can not relinquish hydropower yet — «It would be like giving up fracking in the U.S.» — but she hopes solar and wind power generation will take its place overtime.

Early this year, the California Energy Commission estimated that the state's major utilities together would face a 63 percent shortfall in hydropower generation this year, according to a commission Hydropower Working Group briefing on thydropower generation this year, according to a commission Hydropower Working Group briefing on tHydropower Working Group briefing on the matter.

This has happened in part because much of the Northeast relies on readily available hydropower from Canada and rapidly expanding natural - gas - fired electricity generation made possible by cheap natural gas from newly exploited shale deposits in Pennsylvania.

The latest version — called the second - generation Sensor Fish — can be used in different kinds of hydro facilities, including unconventional, smaller hydropower plants and conventional dams with either Kaplan or Francis dam turbines.

Started in 1982 - 83, the multipurpose project was planned for irrigation, hydropower generation and water supply2harnessing the water resources of river Subarnarekha for irrigation, flood control and municipal and industrial use (Government of Bihar, 1988).

Started in 1982 - 83, the multipurpose project was planned for irrigation, hydropower generation and water supply

(1) increased demand for heating fuels and electricity due to cooler winter and warmer summer conditions in 2007 than in 2006; (2) increased consumption of fossil fuels to generate electricity; and (3) a significant decrease (14.2 percent) in hydropower generation used to meet this demand.

California's drought, which began in 2011, has resulted in a significant decline in hydropower generation.

In California, natural gas - fired capacity is often used to help offset lower levels of generation from hydropower facilities.

Since 1995, the Rosebud Sioux and other COUP tribes have committed to the utility - scale development of tribal wind resources on their reservations (estimated in the hundreds of gigawatts of potential), and the integration of large - scale distributed tribal wind generation with diminishing reliance on hydropower from federal transmission grids.

The chart below shows how this inverse relationship can work: when monthly hydropower generation dips under 10 - year average levels, monthly natural gas generation often rises above its 10 - year average in response.

In Germany, the potential for pumped storage hydropower generation is limited for geological reasons.

Despite this, hydropower will remain the largest source of renewable electricity generation in 2022 under the IEA's forecast, followed by wind, solar PV and bioenergy.

The report said power generated by new and existing wind, solar, biomass, waste - to - energy, geothermal, marine, and small hydropower plants comprised about 12.1 % of global power generation in 2017, up from 11 % in 2016.

For example, unlimited amounts of new and existing zero - emission non-hydropower renewable generation are included in the generation base used to calculate compliance, which makes the non-hydropower renewable generation more valuable for compliance than existing hydropower and new and existing nuclear generation that do not receive similar treatment.

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.

The generation share of hydropower was 7 % in 2017 and is forecast to fall slightly below that level both 2018 and 2019.

Hydropower generation resources are clustered unevenly around the country, with over half of U.S. hydro capacity concentrated in three States: Washington, Oregon, and California.

In other AEO cases that assume the continuation of tax credits or other policies that support nonhydro renewables, their overall generation and generation share relative to hydropower is much higher.

Hydropower does exceed nonhydro renewable generation in several states, particularly in the Northwest, where in 2013 conventional hydropower accounted for 69 % and 56 % of total electricity generation in Washington and Oregon, resHydropower does exceed nonhydro renewable generation in several states, particularly in the Northwest, where in 2013 conventional hydropower accounted for 69 % and 56 % of total electricity generation in Washington and Oregon, reshydropower accounted for 69 % and 56 % of total electricity generation in Washington and Oregon, respectively.

October 2012 was the first month on record in which nonhydro renewable generation exceeded hydropower generation.

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.

In 2011, hydropower supplied 9.5 percent of E.U. electricity generation.

Much of the world's recent growth came from China, where hydropower generation more than tripled from 220 billion kilowatt - hours in 2000 to 720 billion in 2010.

The use of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar has also grown rapidly in recent years so that generation from these types of renewables is now surpassing generation from hydropower.

Reduced nuclear generation due to outages and reduced hydropower generation both served to moderate declining electricity prices in much of the country.

Cost advantages of hydropower based electricity generation and the substitution of fossil fuel based power production in an attempt to reduce carbon emission is expected to drive global hydropower market demand.

«We have a tremendous opportunity in the United States to increase renewable generation through hydropower,» Ciocci said.

Existing laws such as renewable portfolio standards, energy efficiency resource standards, long - term requirements for additional hydropower and wind power, and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions caps will require a significant reduction in natural gas - fired generation throughout New England.

In the U.S., large - scale renewable projects plus conventional hydropower are expected to account for 14 percent of total electricity generation in 2016, a 9 percent rise from 2015, the U.S. Energy Information Administration recently reporteIn the U.S., large - scale renewable projects plus conventional hydropower are expected to account for 14 percent of total electricity generation in 2016, a 9 percent rise from 2015, the U.S. Energy Information Administration recently reportein 2016, a 9 percent rise from 2015, the U.S. Energy Information Administration recently reported.

My gut reaction was to be skeptical: Solar has been growing rapidly, especially in California, but even with nearly 3,000 MW of photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal generation in place, it's still well short of the scale of California's 10,000 MW of hydropower dams, especially when you consider that the latter aren't constrained to operate only in daylight hours.

Even modest changes in winter temperatures reduce opportunities for hydropower generation.

Wind and solar (combined) accounted for about 20 % of non ‐ fossil electricity generation in 2016 and slightly exceeded hydropower after rising from less than 1 % in 2000 to 2 % in 2006.

Hydropower, which historically has been the largest source of renewable electricity generation, has also lost share, falling from 34 % of non ‐ fossil electricity generation in 1997 to 19 % in 2016.

And in China, wind power — despite accounting for less than 3 percent of electricity generation — recently overtook nuclear to become the country's third largest power source after coal and hydropower.

Cost advantages of hydropower based electricity generation and the substitution of fossil fuel based power production in an attempt to reduce carbon emission is expected to drive market demand.

«In their work, the group analyzed the physcial and economic impacts to water deliveries, hydropower generation, recreation, and downstream ecosystems as Lake Mead water levesl decline.