Sentences with phrase «large hydropower projects»

By March 6, 16.32 million CERs had been issued for 132 dams, and China accounted for 71.52 per cent of the 653 large hydropower projects in the world that have been registered or are seeking registration under the CDM to sell CERs, according to International Rivers.

Xiaoxi is one of at least 11 Chinese large hydropower projects from which RWE was buying credits.

While pressuring investors to withdraw their support for large hydropower projects has traditionally been the most effective way to stop a dam, occasionally putting pressure on the host government is enough to stop a project in its tracks — as was the case with 2014 Goldman Prize winner Ruth Buendia.

China's target is to have renewable sources produce 10 percent of its power by 2010 - not counting large hydropower projects such as the Three Gorges Dam.

Several of the large hydropower projects involved refurbishing existing plants rather than constructing new ones.

Assuming each of the 847 large hydropower projects that are planned or under construction has an equivalent surface area, this would constitute 225,691 km2 of additional reservoir surface area, nearly doubling current reservoir surface - area estimates.

In addition, reservoir surface area is likely to increase substantially in coming decades given the 847 large hydropower projects (more than 100 MW) and 2853 smaller projects (more than 1 MW) that are currently planned or under construction (Zarfl et al. 2015).

Vimal Bhai is the founder of Matu Jan Sangathan, a collective that has been advocating for rights of communities impacted by large hydropower projects and dams in India's Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

The government's recent energy plan included several large hydropower projects in the Amazon region.

Increase of credits from large hydro expected by 2020A new study released in time for the climate negotiations in Durban confirms that over 20 % of all carbon credits under the UN's offsetting scheme, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), could come from business - as - usual large hydropower projects.

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.

In Brazil, several dozen dams are planned along the Amazon, Madeira and Xingu rivers — an area that teems with more than 5,000 species of fish, and where some of the largest hydropower projects in the world are being built.

2012 Goldman Prize winner Ikal Angelei has been a leading voice of opposition to the Gibe 3 Dam, one of Africa's largest hydropower projects.

Kenyan Goldman Prize winner Ikal Angelei has dedicated her life to fighting the construction of the Gibe 3 Dam, one of Africa's largest hydropower projects.

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

Not exact matches

43North has been the single largest recipient of a special fund created to ensure Western New York gets its fair share of profits from the sale of hydropower generated at the Niagara Power Project in Lewiston.

Hydro - Québec petitioned the Public Service Commission to allow large - scale and incremental new hydropower to get the same subsidies as new solar or wind projects but was rejected.

Oil Change International, another environmental organization, said that as the bank shifts away from coal, it is taking a larger and troubling interest in natural gas and big hydropower projects.

In Kayah, Karen, and Shan states, large scale hydropower and mining projects implemented by foreign corporations in cooperation with the Burmese army continue to displace local ethnic communities.

via: The Guardian Large - Scale Hydropower Controversial Hydropower Project in Chile Enters Environmental Analysis Phase Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Yu Xiaogang on Hydropower and Community in China Three Gorges: China's Own Dam Problem

Austria generates 70 % of its electricity from hydropower, with many of the larger projects being glacier fed such as Kaprun.

Fossil fuels and large hydropower accounted for only 4 percent of energy access financing, showing again that investing in large, conventional energy projects is not an effective way to increase energy access.

According to Carbon Market Watch, it's hard to prove that the European Union's offset program is actually creating the kind of emission savings it alleges for a large number of wind, hydropower and biomass energy offset projects.

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 reported.

A 320 - megawatt PV project — the world's largest — was completed in late 2013 alongside the Longyangxia hydropower dam in Qinghai.

U.S. hydropower market size is projected to grow over 2 % owing to its large untapped hydro potential reserves.

Critics of «clean coal» contend that there is no such thing as «clean coal,» since even technology projected by 2020 will still release large amounts of pollutants compared to renewable energy sources such as wind, concentrated solar power, photovoltaic power, hydropower, and geothermal power.

Hydropower projects encompass dam projects with reservoirs, run - of - river and in - stream projects and range from small to large scale.

PFIs must cease by 2020 direct, indirect, ancillary infrastructure and policy support for upstream and downstream fossil fuels, GHG - intensive projects, nuclear, large bioenergy and hydropower when more cost - effective and less damaging alternatives exist; All PFI investments must meet strict environmental and social development criteria and be assessed through a pro-poor, inclusive, climate - resilient and gender - responsive lens;

However, International Rivers says there has been no substantial jump in hydropower development to match the large number of supposedly new projects applying to generate CDM credits.

As you can see, each project is going to vary in this regard, but to assume that large - scale hydropower is emissions - free isn't entirely accurate.