Sentences with phrase «major hydro»

Across the country major hydro - electric projects now face serious delays and cost overruns.

The NDP did decide to complete a major hydro - electric project, Site C, despite the Greens» opposition.

It is evident that since last few decades the Himalayan mountain region faced major hydro meteorological disasters, leading to huge [continue reading...]

Thus, China has an interest in ensuring that India remains a water - secure country, although China's current major hydro - engineering projects demonstrate that the Chinese government is focused, first and foremost, on addressing China's own serious water scarcity challenges.

«Christy Clark's government continues to prove their failure to perform on major hydro projects,» said Dix.

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Sports (Olympic games), music festivals, major religious events (a Pope visits the UN), major technological events (astronauts return from the moon; a hydro electric project is completed, etc.) illustrate the type.

The state's major environmental groups have formed a new coalition, urging Governor Andrew Cuomo to reject a plan to begin hydro fracking in select counties in New York's Southern Tier.

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Recognize that the transition to renewable energy does not justify or require a massive increase in mega hydro dams, biofuels and major monoculture biomass plantations that cause displacement, food insecurity, human rights abuses and deforestation;

These solutions must play a major role in the Paris Agreement — and the Agreement must reject completely big hydro, nuclear and fossil fuels of any kind.»

The advanced hydro - pneumatic RaceActive Chassis Control (RCC) gives major advantages in ride, handling and grip, and can be changed to suit the driver's personal preferences.

Recent significant transactions include the acquisition of the Colombian hydro company Isagen, Canary Wharf and Center Parcs in the UK, a major stake in GGP in the U.S. and Australian infrastructure company Babcock & Brown and Asciano port company.

If it is China, then all the more reason to support China's low - carbon growth policies, to demand more nuclear / hydro / CCS / wind etc and to work as hard as possible at crafting a truly global emissions treaty that will include targets of some sort for all major emitters.

China has historically been a major international player in hydro, and large Chinese hydro firms continue to be active abroad, with areas of focus including Latin America, Africa and Asia.

But (hydro - electricity excepted) the technologies to replace oil, gas, and coal are stunningly immature and it seems to me that the difficulties in deploying them without major dislocations are not really appreciated.

In addition to a large hydro contribution, including pumped storage facilities, major new geothermal and biomass projects are on the way, with biogas seen as key new option, replacing imported Natural Gas.

Olympic Dam is connected to the eastern Australian power grid and it has an excellent solar power resource, so the pumped - hydro could be combined with a major solar power station.

For renewables to rival grid - based gas and hydro in the coming decades, major innovation in generation and storage will be required.

But please keep in mind that Seattle is one of the few major U.S. cities with enough hydro capacity for it to matter.

China relies heavily on coal for electricity, is pushing hydro power and nuclear as major alternative sources of energy.

All Neil has to do is point to a miffle / major modern nation with a reasonable amount of heavy industry and not abundantly blessed with hydro (like Norway) or traditional geothermal (like Iceland) which has managed to achieve the same kind of transition from coal with technosolar renewable power that France has managed with nuclear power.

Reduced run - off into hydro - power catchments in recent years is a major problem for the operators of hydro - power stations, but it could to some extent be overcome by developing pumped recycling of the limited water in the system.

I doubt there is more than about 5 GW continuous average pumped storage in the hydro schemes of eastern Australia and that would also require major new transmission.

I know of no new development of pumped - storage hydro in Australia aimed specifically at balancing the grid since wind power has become a major component of our power supply; apparently using gas - fired power stations to fill in the gaps when the wind isn't blowing are a cheaper option in the short - term.

He also acted as lead counsel for the General Service Small / General Service Medium customer class in a multi-week hearing before the Manitoba Public Utilities Board for the first Cost of Service Review of Manitoba hydro in over 10 years, and is acting for acting for SNC - Lavalin as a plaintiff in a multimillion - dollar coverage claim as against its insurer with respect to an E&O claim regarding a major infrastructure project in Manitoba.

Lead counsel in an ICC arbitration in Paris, conducted in French, governed by the African State's law relating to the construction of a major dam and hydro - electric plant in Africa.

Some examples include: a badly leaking roof, collapsed septic field, major structural deficiencies which compromise the tenant's safety, or if the landlord cut off the hydro or water.

When I was writing a book, in 1990 on the Cree and Inuit resistance to a second major Quebec hydro project, this one to be on the Great Whale River, I was told that their Grand Council then had 11 cases before the Courts.

For crypto mining, utilizing hydro power has major advantages.