Sentences with phrase «less wind capacity»

13GW less wind capacity would save about 3GW of back - up.

Not exact matches

This, WindEurope said, was because cost reductions in the wind industry's supply chain and increased competition in auctions had given investors «more capacity for less cash.»

Using the wind industry's own claims, 2700 MW of installed wind capacity in Maine could in the best - case theoretical conditions only reduce total U.S. CO2 emissions by less than four - one - hundredths of one percent (0.04 %.)

If the capacity of the links was greatly increased mainland Australia could feed large amounts of solar power into the Tasmania when it was plentiful, and Tasmania's hydro power could be conserved for the times when wind and solar were less plentiful on the mainland.

Though small by today's standards — the wind turbine's blades were less than one third the length of those installed offshore by Deepwater Wind — the 200 kilowatt - capacity turbine produced as much as 11 percent of the island's energy needs during off - peak winter monwind turbine's blades were less than one third the length of those installed offshore by Deepwater Wind — the 200 kilowatt - capacity turbine produced as much as 11 percent of the island's energy needs during off - peak winter monWind — the 200 kilowatt - capacity turbine produced as much as 11 percent of the island's energy needs during off - peak winter months.

The project has a capacity close to 200 megawatts — roughly 30 megawatts less than the largest project proposed for West Lincoln by Niagara Region Wind Corp..

Developing just one gigawatt of wind energy capacity (1,000 MW) in Mississippi (less than 2 % of Mississippi's onshore potential) could power more than 255,500 homes a year!

Holger Gassner, head of markets and political affairs at RWE Innogy GmbH, estimates that in 2050, a 10 - day span when wind farms generate less than 10 % of capacity would require 313 times the current pumped storage capacity to bridge the «calm.»

But because nuclear plants operate at a 90 % and higher capacity factor while offshore wind at 40 %, the electricity generated from the new wind will be less than Pilgrim's.

In 2016, Germany generated less electricity from the sun even after installing more solar panels, and generated just one percent more electricity from wind despite having increased wind capacity by 11 % (ref.

«The wind is always blowing somewhere» On 124 separate occasions from November 2008 to December 2010, the total generation from the windfarms metered by National Grid was less than 20MW (a fraction of the 450MW expected from a capacity in excess of 1600 MW).

This much wind capacity will produce about as much electricity as 30 nuclear plants, and that will be a bit less than 5 % of the country's electricity.

If a wind turbine costs $ 1,254 / kW and has a 30 % capacity factor, it will generate power for about 2.4 cents / kWh — not counting future generation as less valuable.

Wind - generating capacity worldwide, growing at over 30 percent per year, has jumped from less than 5,000 megawatts in 1995 to 39,000 megawatts in 2003, an increase of nearly eight fold.

Less than 100 MW of wind capacity was installed in ERCOT in the 17 months from January 2013 through May 2014, but more than 4,000 MW was installed in the 16 months from June 2014 through September 2015.

Wind capacity additions (1,032 MW) dropped sharply in 2013 to less than one - tenth of the capacity added in 2012 (12,885 MW).

Shell Wind Division recently spent $ 1.5 million dollars apiece for complete wind turbine assemblies that produce one MW during operation at a capacity factor of 27 % for the 8,766 hours each year over its 20 - year life, producing 47 million kWhrs, more or lWind Division recently spent $ 1.5 million dollars apiece for complete wind turbine assemblies that produce one MW during operation at a capacity factor of 27 % for the 8,766 hours each year over its 20 - year life, producing 47 million kWhrs, more or lwind turbine assemblies that produce one MW during operation at a capacity factor of 27 % for the 8,766 hours each year over its 20 - year life, producing 47 million kWhrs, more or less.

This tax credit was first implemented in 1992, when the United States had less than 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of installed wind capacity.

Wind is now priced at less than $ 50 / MWh in the US, and the proposed build out of wind will take Xcel's total wind capacity to 2,650 MW — nearly equivalent to Australia's entire capacWind is now priced at less than $ 50 / MWh in the US, and the proposed build out of wind will take Xcel's total wind capacity to 2,650 MW — nearly equivalent to Australia's entire capacwind will take Xcel's total wind capacity to 2,650 MW — nearly equivalent to Australia's entire capacwind capacity to 2,650 MW — nearly equivalent to Australia's entire capacity.

Renewables Now Feb 9 (Renewables Now)-- The government of Argentina should award wind power contracts for no less than 1 GW of capacity during upcoming tenders in 2017, the Global Wind Energy Council's Latin America Committee chairman, Ramon Fiestas, told Renewables wind power contracts for no less than 1 GW of capacity during upcoming tenders in 2017, the Global Wind Energy Council's Latin America Committee chairman, Ramon Fiestas, told Renewables Wind Energy Council's Latin America Committee chairman, Ramon Fiestas, told Renewables Now.

The report includes all biomass and waste - to - energy, geothermal, and wind generation projects of more than 1MW; all hydropower projects of between 1MW and 50MW; all wave and tidal energy projects; all biofuel projects with a capacity of one million liters or more per year; and all solar projects, with those less than 1MW estimated separately and referred to as small - scale projects, or small distributed capacity.

Although this was 25 percent less new capacity than in 2012, India is poised to grow its wind power base dramatically in the coming years.

«Gross Revenues» means the total monies received by Grantee from a utility company or other power purchaser (provided, however, that if electricity is sold to a subsidiary or affiliate of Grantee, then, and only then, the gross receipts from the sale of electricity under such contract shall be calculated using a sale of not less than the arithmetical average of the prices quoted by market sources of information, which information may be based upon the price paid by any purchaser or purchasers, including Grantee or any subsidiary or affiliate of Grantee, for electricity produced in the Iowa region of the Midwest Independent System Operator («MISO») from operation of wind turbines during the calendar year immediate!y preceding the year in which such electricity production from the Wind Energy Project occurs, taking into account the aggregate terms associated with such transaction) derived from the sale of electric energy and capacity produced and sold from the WTG's installed on the Premises, net of proportional energy losses associated with the power collection system or utility interconnectwind turbines during the calendar year immediate!y preceding the year in which such electricity production from the Wind Energy Project occurs, taking into account the aggregate terms associated with such transaction) derived from the sale of electric energy and capacity produced and sold from the WTG's installed on the Premises, net of proportional energy losses associated with the power collection system or utility interconnectWind Energy Project occurs, taking into account the aggregate terms associated with such transaction) derived from the sale of electric energy and capacity produced and sold from the WTG's installed on the Premises, net of proportional energy losses associated with the power collection system or utility interconnection.

Small wind is defined as wind turbines with a capacity rating of less than or equal to 100 kW.

India, for example, installed 1,300 megawatts in 2009, which was 30 percent less than in 2008 but enough to make it the fifth country to surpass 10,000 megawatts of installed wind capacity.

The variation in capacity factor among the seven countries is due to the amount of solar vs. wind power since wind's capacity factor is about half that of solar, and the country's location since solar power is significantly less effective in Northern Europe.

IEEFA finds India's wind and solar energy costs have fallen 50 % to as low as $ 38 per megawatt hour (MWh) over the past two years, with renewable energy bids in new auctions costing 20 % less than the cost of wholesale electricity from existing Indian coal generation, and 30 - 50 % less than the required cost to justify new imported coal or liquefied natural gas capacity.

Nevertheless, as shown in the figure, these combined capacity factors for wind and solar are far less than those for the dispatchable technologies — natural gas, coal, and nuclear.

Based on data from the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), the author indicates that in 2015 Ontario's wind farms operated at less than one third of their capacity, approximately 60 % of the time.

These benefits accrue to less affluent regions: 70 percent of wind capacity is installed in counties below the median average national income, and property taxes from wind farms provide millions for local schools and other services.

Thus, consultants Ernst and Young note that, in 2005/2006, the UK's ROC system cost consumers 3.2 pence / kilowatt hour, whereas in 2006 the German Feed - In Tariff only cost consumers 2.6 / p / kWh — despite having a much bigger wind capacity in areas with generally much less wind than in the UK.

Wind energy (1 quad) has shown rapid growth, with electricity - generating capacity increasing from less than 2.5 GW in 2000 to over 43 GW today.

The pie chart shows name plate capacity not actual production with wind averaging less then 24 % of stated capacity.

The by far largest wind power market China installed an additional capacity of 19 Gigawatt, slightly less than in 2016, and continues its undisputed position as the world's wind power leader, with a cumulated wind capacity of 188 Gigawatt.

Electricity prices in the nuclear sensitivity case are the same or slightly less than in the compliance case where new wind and solar capacity are the major compliance options.

As people have discovered, but can't admit publicly, wind and solar are a «thorn in the butt of progress» and will remain so until some relatively efficient method is devised to «low pass filter» their output to slightly less than their average output, so that they can supply power 24/7, albeit at levels far below their nominal peak capacity.

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.

5 New wind power projects contributed roughly 25 % of the new nameplate capacity added to the U.S. electrical grid in 2010, compared to 42 % in 2009, 43 % in 2008, 34 % in 2007, 18 % in 2006, 12 % in 2005, and less than 4 % from 2000 through 2004

@John Newlands 16April 7.49 am Dollar costing is a proxy for material inputs Not really, 3kW of wind capacity has a similar cost to 1kW of nuclear, but uses much more steel and concrete but a lot less highly skilled labor and capital intensive manufacturing.

Wind power's effective capacity is much less than 30 - 40 % claimed by the wind indusWind power's effective capacity is much less than 30 - 40 % claimed by the wind induswind industry.

Therefore Wind Farms have a real world capacity 50 % less than a coal fired power plant.

Based on the data, for one third of the time wind output is less that 10 % of capacity, compared to the 30 % that is commonly claimed.

Germany added a whopping 10 percent more wind capacity and 2.5 percent more solar capacity between 2015 and 2016 and yet generated just one percent more electricity from wind — and one percent less electricity from solar.

I'm not persuaded because, as explained in other posts, a megawatt of unpredictable, unreliable wind capacity has less value than a megawatt of predictable, reliable natural gas or coal capacity.

Over a period of time, usually a year, the actual production is averaged out to what is called the «capacity factor», which, is necessarily much less than the the nameplate capacity, since that is attained only in wind speeds from about 30 to 55 mph.

UK wind farms have a theoretical maximum capacity of more than 13,000 megawatts, but produced less than 400 megawatts of power for much of the peak demand period — meeting less than one per cent of the UK's electricity needs, published data suggests.

That's not trivial, but even if it's achieved it won't be any more than solar PV (2020 target of 150 GW, installing about 15 GW per year) even allowing for higher capacity factors and less than wind (250 GW by 2020, up to 400 by 2030).

«Wind energy is showing again and again that it can deliver ever more capacity for less cash.

By making wind less variable and more reliable, higher capacity factors reduce backup costs.