Sentences with phrase «more hydro plant»

Those who would construct, at significant environmental cost, more hydro plant, must factor in the cost to the commons of environmental degradation of our rivers.

Not exact matches

Here's what that could entail: calling off talks to buy more B.C. hydro supply to offset the shuttering of Alberta's coal plants.

Learn more about GE's wind & hydro technology that is used on this power plant and similar projects.

Our plant capabilities draw from more than a century's experience in all aspects of hydro power production - from initial studies to design, management, construction, installation, maintenance, operation, and training.

The supply is unreliable, although more consistent than wind generation which is notoriously unreliable and thermal, nuclear, or hydro power (if available) is required to carry sufficient reserve in the grid system to compensate for any changes in solar plant output due to any changes in sunlight during the day.

«A new study called Solar Vision 2025, issued by the Canadian Solar Industry Association and prepared by consultants Ernst & Young, reports the cost of solar power projects will be cut by more than 50 % before 2025, making the solar electricity competitive with electricity generated by oil, gas, hydro or nuclear plants,» said Dr. Shawn Qu, CEO and President of Canadian Solar.

The hydro plant costs about 3 times more than normal.

Electricity generated by wind and solar is more expensive than electricity generated using traditional methods, e.g., coal - fired, natural gas combined cycle, nuclear and hydro power plants.

And my real point in # 116 is how CAFE relates to carbon trading and why American taxpayers (or European or Australian taxpayers for that matter) should accept a system of cap and trade that provides subsidies for untold thousands of dubious projects such as building developing world hydro - electric plants that would have been built anyways, or that enriches untold thousands of individuals in cap and trade firms when a simple direct tax would accomplish the same goal more efficiently.

I would even favor replacing end of life coal power plants with nuclear, even though nuclear is more expensive than hydro - carbon energy (today).

The natural cooling / heating system, along with the power from a dozen nearby hydro - electric plants, mean the facility is 10 percent more efficient than traditional data centers and consumes 40 percent less power.

At present, more than 670 run - of - river power plants and some 1,800 small - scale hydro power stations are in operation, which generate approx. 60 % of Austria's electricity needs.