Sentences with phrase «large scale wind»

I agree with Shylock, building large scale wind farms does not contribute to a greener future in energy production, we should reuse the land we already utilize for our cities.

I came across this, which purports to calculate maximum extractable wind power and claims that large scale wind power will have similar impact to the climate as CO2 doubling.

and b. the effect of large scale wind power is «in some senses equivalent to CO2 doubling»,

Modest CEFC budget drawdown — after a stellar 2017/18 — is yet another sign that the investment boom in large scale wind and solar is coming to an end.

It may seem naive but I think the feds should spend their money buying equity in both large scale wind projects and de-centralized roof top solar schemes.

However, the biggest threats to the business model of the coal - fired generators are lowering demand — caused by changing consumption patterns — and from increased capacity from renewables such as large scale wind and solar, as McIndoe and ACIL Tasman acknowledge.

GL's Stute said using retrofitted oil and gas industry vessels will work with prototype and smaller projects in the earliest stage of U.S. offshore development but «for building a large scale wind farm to a very tight time schedule» he is dubious.

He decided he would like to make large scale wind power comercially viable and in 1996 he erected his first large scale wind turbine, Ecotricity was on its way and the rest is history.

There is not yet an efficient supply chain for building and maintaining large scale wind farms, he said.

As the first tribally owned, large scale wind turbine in the US, tribal officials see this as the start of an economic development initiative that will bring a vital industry to the reservation.

Keurig Green Mountain coffee roasters challenged their own success with voluntary carbon reduction targets and, in partnership with NativeEnergy, helped create the Alex Little Soldier Wind Turbine project — the nation's first, tribal - owned, large scale wind turbine on the Rosebud Sioux reservation in South Dakota.

«The impact of large scale wind power production on the Nordic electricity system» [3.44 - MB PDF], Hannele Holttinen

project — the nation's first, tribal - owned, large scale wind turbine on the Rosebud Sioux reservation in South Dakota.

Here is a hint: Large power companies themselves are in the process of implementing and / or building large scale wind and solar energy power producers.

Copious, green, inexpensive energy at $.04 - $.05 / kWh could be achieved via large scale wind, and solar thermal farms, today.

This means that as the dense cold air flows towards the low spot and pools there the influence of the large scale wind decreases to zero in a shallow layer near the surface.

Snapshots of University renewables The first large scale wind turbine at a UK university was built at the University of Ulster's Coleraine campus in 2008.

As wind turbine technology catches up with the latest solar cell inventions, other research on bird collision risk and marine mammal injury mitigation will complete preparations for larger scale wind - energy projects, just as recent research is also providing evidence of varying bird risks occurring at different heights (and for different species.)

Not exact matches

While the president's report does not propose any quick fixes for growth, it suggests that large - scale investment in infrastructure improvements, regulations that ensure the internet remains open to all, and protections for the increasing number of workers who wind up as contractors in the gig economy will be essential.

A large portion of the spread compression happened in reaction to two events: the Fed's decision to begin winding down its large - scale asset - purchase program known as quantitative easing on Dec. 18, and Janet Yellen's first meeting as Fed chair on March 19, which coincided with the release of forecasts by Fed officials who anticipated earlier rate hikes than before.

In the middle third of the U.S., wind farms have an all - in cost that is less than a third that of a new natural gas - fired plant, and wind power is also well below the cost of power from large - scale solar farms.»

Wind farming is notoriously finicky when it comes to supply, and large - scale batteries like the one Tesla will be providing in the pilot project at BP's South Dakota Titan 1 wind farm will help solve the volatility of the renewable power souWind farming is notoriously finicky when it comes to supply, and large - scale batteries like the one Tesla will be providing in the pilot project at BP's South Dakota Titan 1 wind farm will help solve the volatility of the renewable power souwind farm will help solve the volatility of the renewable power source.

Weevils have attacked the plants in the past, damaging the local crop, but the biggest threats to supply are the lack of large - scale producers (most locals just grow a few plants for their own use) and hurricanes, which dump heavy rains and pack a punch with fierce winds that destroy the fragile plants.

A senior administration official said the idea is to create large pockets of opportunity for wind developers so they can reduce costs through economies of scale, and through state investments in workforce training, manufacturing and electric infrastructure.

Clarence and Tonawanda are crafting laws to prohibit all large - scale industrial - sized wind farms that generate power to sell back to the grid.

Also at 5 p.m., hundreds of New Yorkers are expected to attend a state energy hearing calling on Cuomo to institute «enforceable renewable energy targets» that include specific commitments to large - scale offshore wind power, City Hall Park, 90 Church St., Manhattan.

«Right now, when large - scale development is winding through the city land - use review process, sometimes, developers give back a school, sometimes they give back a park, sometimes it's affordable housing, sometimes it's nothing and sometimes a project isn't approved,» she said.

The Long Island Power Authority is one step closer to a vote on the nation's first large - scale offshore wind farm.

More than 60 groups delivered a letter to the governor calling for a large scale, long - term commitment to wind power.

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.

MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature doesn't want to see any more tax breaks given to large - scale wind energy projects in the county.

«We think, but have not yet been able to establish, that this is connected to independently observed poleward expansion of the Hadley circulation,» Emanuel says, referring to a large - scale pattern of global winds, which in recent years has also moved further poleward.

The technology could provide large - scale storage for energy from erratic sources such as wind or solar

Water vapor seen at these infrared wavelengths is in the upper and middle levels of the troposphere, where the winds are ruled by large - scale air masses.

«With the industry's desire for higher - megawatt machines to maximize clean wind power opportunities in the U.S. and around the globe, new technologies will be needed to support larger - scale wind platforms,» said Keith Longtin, wind technology leader at GE Global Research.

There will be some impact of large - scale wind - power generation, but Miller's team is overstating it, he says.

Lozier (p. 1507) discusses how recent studies have challenged our view of large - scale ocean circulation as a simple conveyor belt, by revealing a more complex and nuanced system that reflects the effects of ocean eddies and surface atmospheric winds on the structure and variability of the ocean's overturning.

Geared turbines are extremely effective today, but they will incur higher costs as they are scaled up to larger wind platforms because of additional weight and maintenance needs, Longtin said.

The ultimate objective of the collaboration is to establish a suite of tools that includes X-ray imaging and small laboratory experiments, computer - based analysis and simulation tools, as well as large - scale high - heat and wind - tunnel tests.

«Our analysis shows that today's wind industry, even with a large amount of grid - scale storage, is energetically sustainable.

«The options for large - scale clean electricity are few in number,» Sachs noted, including geothermal, hydropower, nuclear, solar and wind.

Spurred by a series of nuclear - power mishaps, starting with 2011's disaster at Fukushima, large - scale solar and wind plants now dot the country.

«NASA has access to large - scale oceanographic data sets ranging from primary productivity to ocean temperature, currents and wind,» Moore said.

The author only addresses large scale production of solar / wind and the creation of new structures - the largest impact from these sources can be had using existing structures - our roof tops.

So, for example, with wind and solar, we still are not at the point where we can have a large scale - up of energy storage.

Dayna Baird Payne, a lobbyist in Columbus who represents the American Wind Energy Association, says developers of large - scale wind farms in Ohio «are in a pretty bad hurt,» according to an Associated Press repWind Energy Association, says developers of large - scale wind farms in Ohio «are in a pretty bad hurt,» according to an Associated Press repwind farms in Ohio «are in a pretty bad hurt,» according to an Associated Press report.

Solar and wind power used to be too expensive to be used on large scales.

Rising air over the Atlantic subsides over the equatorial Pacific, causing central Pacific sea surface cooling, which in turn reinforces the large - scale wind anomalies.

These are large - scale batteries that will ultimately be used to store energy from renewable sources such as solar and wind.

The CTD sections show that the deeper layers are also warmer and slightly saltier and the observed sea level can be explained by steric expansion over the upper 2000 m. ENSO variability impacts on the northern part of the section, and a simple Sverdrup transport model shows how large - scale changes in the wind forcing, related to the Southern Annular Mode, may contribute to the deeper warming to the south.