Sentences with phrase «investment in wind»

Since August, a Clifford Chance team in Germany has also been acting for GIP on a $ 1.38 bn (# 1.04 bn) investment in a wind farm project in the country.

One «justification» put up by the wind industry and its parasites for the social and economic chaos caused by spiralling power costs and — in places like notionally wind «powered» South Australia — load shedding and blackouts (caused by daily wind power output collapses) is the claim that investment in wind power would create a -LSB-...]

Investment in wind power quickly pays for itself.

«The soaring investment in wind, solar, and geothermal energy is being driven by the exciting realization that these renewables can last as long as the earth itself,» says Brown.

Gas - electric hybrid cars with an enhanced battery and a plug - in capacity, combined with investment in wind farms feeding cheap electricity into the grid, permit most daily driving to be done with electricity, and at a cost equivalent of less than $ 1 - a-gallon gasoline.

A 7B investment in wind and solar would be great, but it would do little to power our current fleet of carrent fleet of cars.

Minnesota's massive investment in wind power has reduced CO2 emissions from the electricity generation sector slightly, but that reduction has been below average compared with the nation as a whole.

Suppose that all of the renewable - supplied power used in The Experiment is produced in California, and that the CPMA guarantees a rate of return of 15 % on a power supplier's investment in their wind and solar power generating facilities, based upon an annual audit of each power producer's accounting books.

Jeroen van der Veer, the chief executive, said that Shell, the world's second - largest non-state-controlled oil company, was planning to drop all new investment in wind, solar and hydrogen energy.

I think you can find many economists, Krugman for example, who would be happy to combine investment in wind, solar, tidal, geothermal, rapid transit, high - speed rail, etc. as ways to provide stimulus and reduce carbon emissions.

The letter comes days after ministers from 8 EU member states — which included Germany, France and Italy — called for an ambitious and binding renewables target in order to encourage long - term investment in wind, solar, energy efficiency and interconnected «smart» grids.

«One justification put up by the wind industry for the social and economic chaos caused by spiralling power costs was the claim that investment in wind power would create a «new» economy with millions of groovy «green» jobs.

In Colorado, for example, the demand for green power is driving the investment in wind farms, a fast - growing source of power in the state.

As revealed by leaked emails, the Greens realized at least a year ago that Germany's huge investment in wind & solar has not saved 1 gram of carbon!

Carlos Rittl of Climate Observatory, a coalition of environmental NGOs, said Brazil was now hiding behind the gains it made in the past rather than pushing ahead with more ambitious climate policies involving greater investment in wind, solar, ethanol and biomass.

Here in Canada, the governors of the province of Ontario made a huge investment in wind turbines for electrical power generation.

It covers the full value of the financial flow rather than the share associated with the climate change benefit; e.g., the entire investment in a wind turbine rather than the portion attributed to the emission reductions.

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.

Just this spring, the Midwest's MidAmerican Energy proposed a US$ 1.9 billion investment in wind power in Iowa, a move that would reduce Iowan electric bills by an estimated $ 10 million a year by 2017.

New investment in the wind sector fell by about 40 percent to 7.9 billion US dollars, compared to 2016, and new investment in the solar sector stayed level at about 2 billion US dollars, according to data BNEF provided to the Clean Energy Wire.

Delegates to the U.S. event also heard, however, that once the production tax credit expires investment in wind energy is likely to drop significantly through a transitional period that will extend until U.S. policies on climate change are fully implemented.

BNEF expects investment in wind to grow faster than for solar.

Previously, such a violation could potentially draw criminal charges and discourage private investment in wind farms known for catching birds in their rotors.

This investment in wind energy keeps us on pace to meet the energy goals we set last spring.

Investment in wind turbines will fail to cut enough greenhouse gas emissions to justify their cost, economists warned yesterday after a detailed British analysis released this week

AT least $ 1.5 billion worth of investment in wind farms is in limbo after a collapse in the price of renewable energy certificates.

Another disaster for the green energy brigade, as the price of renewable energy certificates, essential for investment in wind power, sinks to a new low:

Investment in wind power is part of many countries» strategies for meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement, which strives to limit warming to well below 2C.

This included a new IKEA group commitment of $ 500 million for investment in wind energy and $ 100 million in solar energy in the next five years.

This strong interest in renewable energy by businesses has prompted vigorous U.S. investment in wind energy.

Additionally, the museum owners say they're aiming to include clean energy when the technology becomes more accessible (energy in Argentina is very cheap to justify the investment in wind and solar generators, which are still expensive).

Investment in wind, solar, and nuclear (the kind that re-processes the waste over and over).

Mr Huhne also announced investment in wind farms and domestic solar power, but dismissed the deployment of a tidal station in the Severn estuary, citing unworkable costs and environmental impacts.

«An investment in the wind power industry and in wind projects generates new jobs, economic development in rural counties and clean air benefits to all Coloradans.»

While there have been some investments in wind and solar projects, the most mainstream renewable plays, he said investors aren't doing much to innovate in the sector.

«The increased carbon dioxide emissions from the nine government - approved plants alone will more than cancel out all of the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from China's recent investments in wind and solar electricity,» Yang said.

Efforts to reduce GHGs enough to keep them flat are hardly enough to make much of a difference in the climate, he said, adding that developing nations must make significant investments in wind, solar, and nuclear power or emissions are going to rise in the long term.

We need to stop further development of this dirty fuel — along with projects like Keystone XL — and instead speed the transition to clean energy with more investments in wind, solar and energy efficiency,» Swift said.

They might, for example, consider whether investments in wind and solar would be more economical and avoid the potential for stranded investments.

Utilities and Fortune 500 brands both continue to scale up investments in wind energy because it makes good business sense.

We have previously announced that we intend to invest SEK 13 billion (EUR 1.5 billion) in growth investments in wind power for the period 2017 - 2018.

He opposes the improved fuel - economy standards, and would continue and expand tax breaks for big oil companies, while openly disparaging clean energy and investments in wind power.

New investments in wind can support domestic employment in an array of fields, including construction, engineering, transportation, manufacturing, and operations and maintenance.

As discussed in my book, Environmentalism Gone Mad, most earlier investments in wind farms have ended in unsightly scrap heaps that taxpayers must then often pay to remove after the subsidies have run out.

CanWEA recently claimed «Ontario's decision to nurture a clean energy economy was a smart investment and additional investments in wind energy will provide an increasingly good news story for the province's electricity customers.»

Swisher said he believes the larger companies such as BP and Shell are poised to make much larger investments in wind, especially with those incentives.

WRI's new working paper, China's Overseas Investments in the Wind and Solar Industries: Trends and Drivers, helps to better understand China's renewable energy investments overseas, as well as the policy and market forces that drive them.

China's investments in the wind and solar industries are driven by a multitude of factors including macroeconomic conditions; industry conditions; policies (both general and specific to the wind and solar industries) that «push» Chinese companies to invest overseas; policy incentives in host countries that «pull» Chinese investors; and financial support from Chinese banks that «enables» these investments.

This working paper aims to help policymakers, investors, and researchers better understand the trends in China's overseas investments in the wind and solar industries, as well as the factors behind those trends.

Recent large - scale investments in wind and solar illustrate how those resources are already cost competitive and technically feasible (see, for example, Kit Carson's commitment to 100 % solar, or Xcel's plan to build 1,230 megawatts of wind).