Sentences with phrase «large hydropower capacity»

In addition, large hydropower capacity is also planned to grow by around a quarter in the same timeframe.

Not exact matches

Home to 12 of the largest miners in the country, the conveniently located small city of Wenatchee, located in Port of Douglas county, offers impossibly inexpensive energy interjection to the hydropower capacity.

Large hydropower projects added a net 19 GW to the world's generation capacity last year; small hydro projects added just under 3 GW net.

Because most large dams in the United States were built before 1980, the country's hydropower capacity has remained relatively stable in recent decades.

Large capacity segment in 2016 accounted for over 80 % of global hydropower market share.

It has the largest fleet of hydropower (not all completely eco-friendly, admittedly), and last year, it leap - frogged India to claim fourth spot globally in terms of total installed wind power capacity.

Over the past few years, wind, solar, and natural gas have made up nearly all new electric generating capacity in the U.S. And earlier this year, wind energy surpassed conventional hydropower to become the country's largest renewable resource, with enough installed to power 25 million homes.

A large hydropower project is defined as one with a capacity of more than 15 megawatts.

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