Sentences with phrase «increase renewable energy capacity»

As other countries move away from coal and increase their renewable energy capacity, Japan is doubling down on fossil fuels, and continues to heavily finance coal and gas projects both domestically and all over the world.

Duke Energy, one of the two biggest utilities in our region, in late April announced plans to increase its renewable energy capacity to 8,000 megawatts by 2020, up by one - third over previous targets.

* France aims to increase renewable energy capacity.

Not exact matches

Investments in renewables in 2015 were $ 285.9 billion, a 5 % increase from $ 273 billion the year before, according the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), and representing 53.6 % of total added capacity worldwide in 2015, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

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The approval, which will allow government to invest in the mini-grid sector, is expected to increase the country's renewable energy generation capacity to achieve price reduction in electricity.

The goal was to increase the energy generation capacity from 5000 MW to 16000 MW by 2015 through the exploration of renewable energy resources.

A study earlier this year by German company Energynautics commissioned by Greenpeace found that grid upgrades totaling up to 140 GW of capacity would be necessary across the European Union and eastern and northern Europe to cope with the vast increase planned in renewable energy.

Wind power is the renewable energy which has seen the widest and most successful deployment over the last two decades, increasing the global cumulative capacity from 3 GW to 370 GW.

December 8, 2017 India's steel industry, like America's, is dominated by electric - based processes November 20, 2017 Link between growth in economic activity and electricity use is changing around the world November 16, 2017 Growth in global energy - related carbon dioxide emissions expected to slow November 8, 2017 EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries October 25, 2017 China leads the growth in projected global natural gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use by 2040

The island is also investing in the increase of its renewable energy capacity, mainly through wind - based and solar energy production and is representing itself as one of the models for the implementation of the European Union's Directive on Renewablrenewable energy capacity, mainly through wind - based and solar energy production and is representing itself as one of the models for the implementation of the European Union's Directive on Renewable Eenergy capacity, mainly through wind - based and solar energy production and is representing itself as one of the models for the implementation of the European Union's Directive on Renewable Eenergy production and is representing itself as one of the models for the implementation of the European Union's Directive on RenewableRenewable EnergyEnergy.

Also notable: in 2016, total renewable energy (excluding hydro) increased from 785 GW cumulative capacity, to 921, a 17 % increase.

Fully contracted renewable energy projects have the least transition risk while older, inefficient merchant coal plants are likely to suffer disproportionately from the financial effects of carbon transition such as lower wholesale prices, the cost of carbon credits, lower capacity factors and increased operating or capital costs, according to the report.

Last year was a record year with a 10 % increase in renewable energy capacity coupled with a 23 % reduction in investment costs over 2015.

The installed capacity of renewables and low - carbon forms of energy also increased across the board, with growth in wind and solar outstripping the pace of growth seen in the previous year.

America's overall renewable energy capacity increased by 19.7 %, Germany's by 10.9 % and Britain's by only 4.8 %.

For example, to increase the U.S.'s renewable energy capacity to 17 % would require installing 162,000 megawatts of power — a six-fold increase in our existing capacity.14 This would also require the installation of thousands of miles of new transmission lines from the upper Midwest to the South, costing as much as $ 93 billion and taking decades to complete.15 Given the scope of this task, narrowing policy options to renewable energy alone creates an unnecessary obstacle to a transition to clean energy.

The Lake Turkana project illustrates the power and opportunity for renewable resources to make a significant contribution to total power needs: When completed, it is expected to increase Kenya's total energy generation capacity by 20 percent.

OPIC is rapidly increasing its focus on renewable energy in Africa: Its 2014 agreement to provide financing and insurance to support construction of the310 - megawatt Lake Turkana wind power plant in northern Kenya, is the largest renewable power plant it has committed to date in Africa, and has a projected capacity of almost triple the total capacity of renewable energy projects OPIC committed in the prior three years.

Between 2004 and 2009, wind energy capacity in the United States grew by 423 %, while solar energy capacity expanded by 150 %.30 Yet over the same time frame, nuclear energy managed to increase by only 1 percent.31 By 2020, wind energy will grow by another 82 %, while nuclear power is only on track to expand by 10 %.32 A clean energy standard would help lift the dormant U.S. nuclear industry off the mat while also ensuring that the market for traditional renewables, like wind and solar, continues to grow through aggressive state mandates.

However; there is no doubt that the efficiency and capacity of renewable energy technologies are increasing at a higher rate; and may in the near future compare to the efficiency and capacity of fossils.

The past five years have brought a sea change in urban climate action: increased awareness of the critical role that local leaders play in carbon reduction; new capacity in local governments to tackle climate change; and a sharper focus on strategies that advance energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean transportation.

We now have the situation where we are committed to continue heavily subsidising renewable - energy projects at a time when excess capacity is increasing and prices to non-subsidised power stations (but not to users) are falling.

Reve With a rapid growth in the renewable energy projects over the past few years, the total installed capacity of the wind power plants across the world has witnessed a manifold increase.

In recent years, expanded supply of low cost natural gas, increased energy efficiency, growing market penetration of renewable electricity sources, and substantial reserve margins have contributed to low prices reflecting low marginal costs in wholesale energy and capacity markets.

AEMO notes that small - scale generation investment has increased rapidly over the last three years, the Large - scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) is driving continued investment in wind generation capacity, and average spot market prices have been falling in every region since 2007 — 08.

[283] In 2011, Ukraine's Energy Ministry predicted that the installed capacity of generation from alternative and renewable energy sources would increase to 9 % (about 6 GW) of the total electricity production in the coEnergy Ministry predicted that the installed capacity of generation from alternative and renewable energy sources would increase to 9 % (about 6 GW) of the total electricity production in the coenergy sources would increase to 9 % (about 6 GW) of the total electricity production in the country.

But the Indian government has very strong goals for increasing renewables capacity: 100GW of solar, 60GW of wind and 10GW of biomass energy by March 2022.

The system succeeded in meeting this demand, but the way it did so, through increased use of conventional energy, and in spite of mediocre to poor performance from renewables, has raised serious questions about the country's ability to withstand similar shocks in the future, when much conventional capacity, mostly coal, will have retired without replacement.

REN21, Renewables Global Status Report: 2009 Update (Paris and Washington, DC: REN21 Secretariat and Worldwatch Institute, 2009), p. 23; Lila Buckley, «Hydropower in China: Participation and Energy Diversity Are Key,» China Watch (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute and Global Environmental Institute, 24 April 2007); «Rural Areas Get Increased Hydro Power Capacity,» op.

BRIAN MAFFLY The Salt Lake Tribune Dec 10 2015 Utah unveiled its first large utility - scale solar farm Thursday with the dedication of the Utah Red Hills Renewable Park, part of a solar - energy construction boom expected to increase the state's generating capacity by 915 megawatts in the coming months.

Belgium plans to increase its renewable wind energy capacity by constructing a doughnut shaped «Island of Wind» in the North Sea.

And as renewable capacity increases, economies of scale kick in and prices fall further, compounded by technological improvements, availability of cheaper financing, and ambitious targets by governments with clear energy policies.

-- The term «renewable energy» means energy generated from solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, municipal solid waste, or new hydroelectric generation capacity achieved from increased efficiency or additions of new capacity at an existing hydroelectric project.

In a press release Low Carbon said: «The use of batteries will enhance National Grid's ability to manage surges in supply from renewable energy sources, as well as surges in demand, and ultimately increase the Grid's capacity to accommodate energy generated from renewables.»

Whether 2015 and 2016 are also record setting years for wind energy capacity increases remains to be seen — but given the overall trends in renewable energy policies and improving cost factors, it's certainly a possibility.

Their specific value for the global future power market comes from the ability to provide dispatchable and firm capacity through storage and hybridization options to act as a balancing supply in power systems with increasing shares of fluctuating renewable energies.

[3] Each state has interim targets it must meet beginning in 2020, and the EPA proposed that states use a combination of four «building blocks» to achieve the emissions reductions: (1) improving the efficiency (heat rate) of existing coal - fired power plants; (2) switching from coal - fired power by increasing the use and capacity factor, or efficiency, of natural - gas combined - cycle power plants; (3) using less carbon - intensive generating power, such as renewable energy or nuclear power; and (4) increasing demand - side energy - efficiency measures.

In that capacity, she advanced policies for deploying renewable energy, creating clean energy jobs and increasing energy efficiency in the U.S. and internationally.

«SkyPower is leading by example in India and we are proud to support local skills development and capacity building to meet the increasing demand for renewable energy,» said Aviv Garten, Senior Vice President of Development at SkyPower.

note 43, and Global Wind Energy Council, Global Wind 2006 Report (Brussels: 2007), p. 4, with capacity factor from National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Oak Ridge, TN: DOE, August 2006); Flemming Hansen, «Denmark to Increase Wind Power to 50 % by 2025, Mostly Offshore,» Renewable Energy Access, 5 December 2006; Global Wind Energy Council, «Global Wind Energy Markets Continue to Boom - 2006 Another Record Year,» press release (Brussels: 2 February 2007), with European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association, «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16.

After the Global Atlas (continued by IRENA), capacity building and econValue projects» successful completion in 2014, the Working Group now focusses on auctioning systems» increasing role for cost - efficient deployment of renewable energy technologies and market and system integration of rising shares of electricity from variable renewable energy sources.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently unveiled an ambitious new green agenda stipulating that the UK would increase its offshore wind capacity thirty-fold to meet its 2020 renewable energy targets.

For the first time, renewable energy sources accounted for the biggest share in the increase of US's electrical capacity.

December 8, 2017 India's steel industry, like America's, is dominated by electric - based processes November 20, 2017 Link between growth in economic activity and electricity use is changing around the world November 16, 2017 Growth in global energy - related carbon dioxide emissions expected to slow November 8, 2017 EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries October 25, 2017 China leads the growth in projected global natural gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use by 2040

To meet these goals, India will need to increase the pace of its renewable energy capacity addition sevenfold, from an average 3GW per year to at least 20GW per year.

In particular, planning for energy storage can help utilities defer expensive circuit upgrades and increase grid capacity to incorporate new renewable generators.

On the plus side, China plans to increase its renewable energy power capacity by 167GW by 2015, an increase of 68 % from 2010 at a cost of 1.8 trillion RMB (# 180 billion).

Coupled with significant increases in both gas and renewable energy generation, the grid operator expects to have ample capacity to serve energy demand through the next decade.

Data confirms that these state renewable mandates not only drove the explosion of wind generation capacity development [a nearly five-fold increase from 2006 to 2011], but also established a guaranteed increasing future market for wind energy anticipated to triple in size by 2030 even if the federal PTC expires.