Sentences with phrase «more hydropower»

Along the way, the filmmakers examine the history and economics of hydropower in Quebec and explore the renewable alternatives to more hydropower projects.

Since Rousseff — a former head of oil giant Petrobras — took power, however, the controls have been weakened, deforestation is once again on the rise, more hydropower plants are planned in the Amazon and the government has approved its first coal - fired plant in nine years.

Still, more hydropower projects are on the horizon for China.

This not only includes renewables, but also including the adoption of state - of - the - art technologies for new coal power plants as well as construction of more hydropower.

A key component of India's energy self - sufficiency is more hydropower.

In the meantime, Arcand said, Quebec has more hydropower than it knows what to do with.

Not exact matches

Gradually, the state's 12,000 rivers have allowed Alaska to turn more to hydropower, which in 2016 accounted for about 30 percent of its total electricity production.

According to the Canadian Hydropower Association, Canada still has enough hydro capacity to more than double current output.

Hydropower a decade ago was the leading source of power, contributing more than half of the country's electricity generation capacity — which perhaps explains why the cost of buying power is now high following the reversal in the country's power generation capacity.

Governor Paterson Approves Hydropower Contract Extensions with More Than 100 Western New York Companies Tuesday December 21, 2010 at 01:42 pm

Cuomo has received significantly more from Brookfield when all of their subsidiaries (eg, «Erie Boulevard Hydropower, LP,» «FH OPCO LLC») are included in the total.

It will go up even more when the hydropower discount for all residential customers disappears.

Supporters say that shifting to the new regulations will provide for a more natural water level and boost hydropower, but is opposed by elected officials who represent the southern shore of the lake.

NYPA President and CEO Richard M. Kessel said: «Under Governor Paterson's leadership, the Power Authority made it the highest priority to negotiate contract extensions with the Niagara Project's more than 100 business customers to optimize the benefits of the low - cost hydropower for the Niagara Frontier economy.

Praxair, a global chemical company serving the aerospace, food and beverages, healthcare and semiconductors industries with facilities in Erie and Niagara Counties, receives low - cost hydropower that supports its more than 1,300 employees in its Western New York facilities.

The hydropower is provided at rates that are more than 50 percent less than current wholesale market prices in the State.

In addition to Praxair, some of the more than 100 companies that receive low - cost hydropower from the Niagara Power Project include Ford Motor Company, 3M, DuPont, General Mills and Nestle Purina.

Dams are a major problem for some of these migrators — there are at least 37,600 hydropower dams in rivers globally, with hundreds more in progress.

For one, Burlington, Vt. — a city of 42,000 residents and the largest town in the state — produces more power than it uses from biomass, wind, solar and hydropower.

Coupled with increased transmission infrastructure, favorable policies, subsidies, and renewable energy goals in states and cities, it's becoming more common to see wind, solar, hydropower and biomass use.

But the dorado, which can grow to more than 2 meters in length, is disappearing from those waters, and scientists blame two hydropower dams that Brazil erected a decade ago on the Madeira River.

China is building hydropower at a record pace that has resulted in more dams — 26,000 — than in any other country.

The question is: Can hydropower in China be done more sustainably?

In the last decade more than 60 percent of all hydropower projects worldwide were in China and Three Gorges alone will avoid the emission of an estimated 95 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year — more than the combined output of Norway and Sweden.

He added that climate models project that the southern area of Brazil will see more rain, which could increase the existing hydropower capacity and help offset losses in the north.

If all hydropower capacity were to be developed, the study estimates that this number could more than triple.

COPENHAGEN — Revolutionizing the energy industry to achieve a target concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere of no more than 450 parts per million (ppm) would require building 17 nuclear power plants a year between now and 2030; 17,000 wind turbines a year; or two hydropower dams on the scale of Three Gorges Dam in China, according to the International Energy Agency.

Hydropower currently accounts for more than 75 percent of Brazil's electric energy generation, but only a little more than a third of the country's hydro capacity has been tapped.

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.

Hydropower stations along the Colorado River supply more than 4,200 megawatts of generating capacity.

Hydropower is another major impact; there are millions of acres that have been flooded already for hydropower and more oHydropower is another major impact; there are millions of acres that have been flooded already for hydropower and more ohydropower and more on the way.

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More on the Ganges River World Bank Approves $ 1 Billion For Ganges River Cleanup India Cancels Third Hydropower Project on Tributary For Environmental & Religious Reasons

More broadly, will the hydropower construction in Bhutan continue under a more democratic governmMore broadly, will the hydropower construction in Bhutan continue under a more democratic governmmore democratic government?

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At the time of writing more than 99 % of the world's energy storage was in pumped hydro (not considering water in hydropower dams as energy storage).

The country can compensate by developing more windfarms and using hydropower — which is abundant at exactly these times.

For example, unlimited amounts of new and existing zero - emission non-hydropower renewable generation are included in the generation base used to calculate compliance, which makes the non-hydropower renewable generation more valuable for compliance than existing hydropower and new and existing nuclear generation that do not receive similar treatment.

The change in streamflow of the region's mighty rivers, which could get more dramatic with climate change, can pose big problems for hydropower generation, electricity pricing and fisheries.

Looking at electrical rates in the 48 contiguous states, one might expect to see prices vary according to the amount of inexpensive hydropower or more expensive renewable power or other factors such as the temperature or level of urbanization.

And, for the first time, wind and solar combined have provided more electricity year - to - date (113,971 thousand megawatt - hours (TMWh)-RRB- than has hydropower (111,750 TMWh).

Hydropower is already widely used across the region but environmentalists fear the investment in coal could backfire as governments may be forced to invest hundreds of millions of euros more to upgrade plants to meet European Union environmental standards as the countries progress toward membership of the bloc.

These latest purchases bring Microsoft's total purchase of wind energy in the U.S. to more than 500MW, which is in addition to the energy Microsoft purchases from the grid that comes from wind, solar and hydropower sources in the markets where we operate.

Renewable energy sources, excluding hydropower, are generally more diffuse and have lower net energy ratios than fossil fuels.

In Maine, community groups such as Friends of Maine's Mountains have repeatedly opposed more wind development in favor of hydropower, which generates about quarter of Maine's electricity.

We need to be far more inventive and two currently far better energy sources — tidal energy and hydropower, generated from our more than plentiful rivers, are being completely ignored.

Of all new capacity built across the E.U. in 2016, 86 percent came from renewable sources like wind and solar, as well as more environmentally controversial sources like hydropower and biomass.

Many biomass cogeneration plants and small hydropower plants are already in operation in Brazil, and more are under construction.

Hydropower capacity has increased by slightly more than 1 % over the past decade, although actual hydropower generation can vary noticeably by season depending on water supply cHydropower capacity has increased by slightly more than 1 % over the past decade, although actual hydropower generation can vary noticeably by season depending on water supply chydropower generation can vary noticeably by season depending on water supply conditions.

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