Sentences with phrase «hydropower generation used»
(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.
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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).
In California, natural gas - fired capacity is often used to help offset lower levels of generation from hydropower facilities.
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.
Tier II sources include: waste coal, large - scale hydropower, municipal solid waste, integrated combined coal gasification technology, utilizing wood pulping, employing distribution generation systems, and demand - side management use.
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.
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.
In addition, the river is used for hydropower generation in Pakistan and India.
A part of the problem of the pseudo-random variability of supply and demand could be overcome by introducing Supply Dependent Load, which is discussed in my Sustainable Electricity page and hydropower could also be used to balance generation and consumption (as is done very effectively with wind power in Denmark balanced by hydropower from Norway).
The exact greenhouse gas emissions from one of these hydropower reservoirs is going to vary from project to project, but in one example in Peru cited in the same article linked above emissions from electricity generation were three and a half times those if the electricity had been generated from oil (which is only slightly better than using coal).
All of the time that includes a hefty portion of hydropower, which much of the time isn't exactly green in terms of environmental impact (or sometimes social impact) but in terms of actual electricity generation is carbon - free and does use a renewable resource.