Landowners seeking to diversify their business and looking for a cost effective way to turn their land into
new energy generating capacity.
Not exact matches
It was not about some breakthrough in the negotiations, but about a
new initiative to deliver at least 300 gigawatts of electricity -
generating capacity to Africa by 2030, all from clean or renewable
energy.
A
new artificial heart ventricular pump uses a power driver shrunken to 3 percent of its original weight, yet is able to
generate enough
energy to maintain optimum pumping
capacity
According to the global wind market statistics by the Global Wind
Energy Council (GWEC) there was a 44 % increase in the annual market as 51,473 MW of
new wind
generating capacity was added globally.
The first, recently highlighted by the American Wind
Energy Association, involves where the U.S. is adding
new electricity
generating capacity.
Entrepreneurial educators and leaders who have the talent,
energy, and
capacity to found a
new high - performing charter school — ideally, fellows have a proven track record of
generating top - tier academic achievement for low - income students.
Concerns about rising fossil fuel prices,
energy security, and greenhouse gas emissions support the development of
new nuclear
generating capacity.
Some
new analysis done by Synapse Energy Economics, at the request of NRDC and Riverkeeper, shows that the state of New York could close the aging Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, without needing to bring additional electrical generating capacity online until 2020, due a surplus of power capacity in the regions surrounding the pla
new analysis done by Synapse
Energy Economics, at the request of NRDC and Riverkeeper, shows that the state of
New York could close the aging Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, without needing to bring additional electrical generating capacity online until 2020, due a surplus of power capacity in the regions surrounding the pla
New York could close the aging Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, without needing to bring additional electrical
generating capacity online until 2020, due a surplus of power
capacity in the regions surrounding the plant.
According to the global wind market statistics by the Global Wind
Energy Council (GWEC) there was a 44 % increase in the annual market as 51,473 MW of
new wind
generating capacity was added globally.
The IPCC press release states «Of the around 300 Gigawatts (GW) of
new electricity
generating capacity added globally between 2008 and 2009, 140 GW came from renewable
energy.»
IEA Wind TCP 2016 Annual Report Highlights from the IEA Wind TCP global network advancing wind
energy development In 2016, 54 GW of
new wind power
capacity were installed worldwide and wind -
generated electricity met 4 % of the world's electricity demand.
Scottish Finance and Sustainable Growth Secretary John Swinney said: «With around a quarter of Europe's potential tidal
energy resource and a tenth of the wave
capacity, Scotland's seas have unrivalled potential to
generate green
energy, create
new, low carbon jobs, and bring billions of pounds of investment to Scotland.»
Expansion of grid supply by construction of big
new coal fired power plants such as in the Hunter Valley and near Lithgow are going ahead and look to me to be intended to prevent the issue of decarbonising our
energy supply getting mixed up with the issue of maintaining growth and reliability of supply; we'll have enough fossil fuel
generating capacity that building low emissions
capacity will remain «optional» and can be deferred another decade or two.
But a recent study by U.S. - based Navigant Research, which studies
new energy technologies, suggested that their combined
generating capacity might now exceed 750 megawatts worldwide.
[1] The Clean
Energy Standard Act of 2012 defines «clean» electricity as «electricity generated at a facility placed in service after 1991 using renewable energy, qualified renewable biomass, natural gas, hydropower, nuclear power, or qualified waste - to - energy; and electricity generated at a facility placed in service after enactment that uses qualified combined heat and power (CHP), [which] generates electricity with a carbon - intensity lower than 0.82 metric tons per megawatt - hour (the equivalent of new supercritical coal), or [electricity generated] as a result of qualified efficiency improvements or capacity additions at existing nuclear or hydropower facilities -LSB-; or] electricity generated at a facility that captures and stores its carbon dioxide emissions.&
Energy Standard Act of 2012 defines «clean» electricity as «electricity
generated at a facility placed in service after 1991 using renewable
energy, qualified renewable biomass, natural gas, hydropower, nuclear power, or qualified waste - to - energy; and electricity generated at a facility placed in service after enactment that uses qualified combined heat and power (CHP), [which] generates electricity with a carbon - intensity lower than 0.82 metric tons per megawatt - hour (the equivalent of new supercritical coal), or [electricity generated] as a result of qualified efficiency improvements or capacity additions at existing nuclear or hydropower facilities -LSB-; or] electricity generated at a facility that captures and stores its carbon dioxide emissions.&
energy, qualified renewable biomass, natural gas, hydropower, nuclear power, or qualified waste - to -
energy; and electricity generated at a facility placed in service after enactment that uses qualified combined heat and power (CHP), [which] generates electricity with a carbon - intensity lower than 0.82 metric tons per megawatt - hour (the equivalent of new supercritical coal), or [electricity generated] as a result of qualified efficiency improvements or capacity additions at existing nuclear or hydropower facilities -LSB-; or] electricity generated at a facility that captures and stores its carbon dioxide emissions.&
energy; and electricity
generated at a facility placed in service after enactment that uses qualified combined heat and power (CHP), [which]
generates electricity with a carbon - intensity lower than 0.82 metric tons per megawatt - hour (the equivalent of
new supercritical coal), or [electricity
generated] as a result of qualified efficiency improvements or
capacity additions at existing nuclear or hydropower facilities -LSB-; or] electricity
generated at a facility that captures and stores its carbon dioxide emissions.»
Since 2012, as the traditional leaders in nuclear
energy production have remained stagnant or backed off of their reliance on nuclear in the wake of Fukushima, China has added 11
new reactors and over 11 gigawatts of nuclear
generating capacity.
According to Wind Power in Europe, wind
energy was not only the leading source of
new electricity generation in 2014 (representing 44 per cent of
new installed
capacity), it has been the largest source of
new electricity
generating capacity in Europe over the last 15 years.
The UN Environment Programme revealed that almost half of all
new generating capacity added to grids around the world last year was from renewable
energy sources, overwhelmingly wind and solar.
By establishing a flexible approach, the ZERO Code is applicable to all
new commercial and institutional buildings, and mid - to high - rise housing, including buildings with limited on - site renewable
energy generating capacity (e.g. buildings in dense urban environments).
Indeed, wind
energy represents 38 per cent of all
new electric generation
capacity installed from these sources in Canada in this period — and Canada's coal - fired
generating capacity has actually fallen at the same time.
Electricity generation from nuclear power worldwide increases from 2.6 trillion kilowatthours in 2010 to 5.5 trillion kilowatthours in 2040, as concerns about
energy security and greenhouse gas emissions support the development of
new nuclear
generating capacity.
Since January 1, 2012, renewable
energy sources have accounted for nearly half (47.83 %) of all
new installed U.S. electrical
generating capacity followed by natural gas (38.34 %) and coal (13.40 %) with oil, waste heat, and «other» accounting for the balance.
The latest FERC data and the explosion of
new renewable
energy generating capacity during the past several years unequivocally confirm that it can be done.»
Washington DC — According to the latest «
Energy Infrastructure Update» report from the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of
Energy Projects, wind, solar, biomass, and hydropower provided 88.2 % of
new installed U.S. electrical
generating capacity for the month of May.
note 9; «Spanish Wind Power Industry Attacks
New Rules,» Reuters, 2 February 2007; «EWEA Aims for 22 % of Europe's Electricity by 2030,» Wind Directions (November / December 2006), p. 34; a 1 - megawatt wind turbine operating 36 percent of the time
generates 3.15 million kilowatt - hours and the average U.S. home consumes 10,000 kilowatt - hours per year; average
energy consumption per U.S. home from DOE, EIA, Regional Energy Profile — U.S. Household Electricity Report (Washington, DC: July 2005); capacity factor from NRE
energy consumption per U.S. home from DOE, EIA, Regional
Energy Profile — U.S. Household Electricity Report (Washington, DC: July 2005); capacity factor from NRE
Energy Profile — U.S. Household Electricity Report (Washington, DC: July 2005);
capacity factor from NREL, op.
In Europe, the addition of electrical
generating capacity from renewable
energy sources in 2006 exceeded that from conventional sources, making it the first continent to enter the
new energy era.
There is enough wind
energy capacity in the European Union to
generate more than six per cent of its electricity, a
new report shows.
«Texas Decision Could Double Wind Power
Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 Apri
Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable
Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt
capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 Apri
capacity and operates 72 percent of the time,
generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National
Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind
Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European
Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable
Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal
Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %,
New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2002).
-- The term «renewable
energy» means
energy generated from solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, municipal solid waste, or
new hydroelectric generation
capacity achieved from increased efficiency or additions of
new capacity at an existing hydroelectric project.
In the first half of last year, for example, 165
new power generators were added in 33 states, but among the 10 states with the bulk of
new generating capacity, «most of the
new capacity uses natural gas or renewable
energy,» the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration (EIA) rep
energy,» the
Energy Department's Energy Information Administration (EIA) rep
Energy Department's
Energy Information Administration (EIA) rep
Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported.
The Ontario Government's
energy investment priority should be in
new gas, nuclear and / or hydroelectric
capacity, upgrading existing
generating facilities, and in refurbishing transmission grids.
In the other two scenarios, assuming the Building Sector makes either modest or strong improvements in
energy efficiency, we will not need
new power plant
generating capacity into the foreseeable future.
The U.S.
Energy Information Administration's (EIA) reference case scenario, illustrates that the demand for
new electricity
generating capacity doesn't reach 2013 levels until about 2025.
In the first six months of 2014, 4,350 megawatts (MW) of
new utility - scale
generating capacity came online, according to preliminary data from the U.S.
Energy Information Administration's Electric Power Monthly.
At least two critics have challenged the authorsà use of
new coal - fired electric
generating capacity as a basis for comparing their estimate of the cost of
new wind
energy - based generation.
Over the past few years, wind, solar, and natural gas have made up nearly all
new electric
generating capacity in the U.S. And earlier this year, wind
energy surpassed conventional hydropower to become the country's largest renewable resource, with enough installed to power 25 million homes.
The American Wind
Energy Association reports that «American wind power topped 4 percent of the U.S. power grid for the first time last year and has delivered 30 percent of all
new generating capacity for the last five years.
US solar power
capacity recently surpassed 10 gigawatts as the price of solar panels has fallen some 75 % during the past 5 years... Wind installations have surged past 60 gigawatts and non-hydro renewable
energy sources accounted for more than 99 % of all
new US electrical
generating capacity installed during January.
The report states that «Progress
Energy Florida plans to increase its
generating capacity by a net 1,545 MW by 2020, bringing two
new AP1000 reactors online, totaling 2,210 MW, at the Levy County site.
U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE),
Energy Information Administration (EIA), Crude Oil Production, electronic database, at tonto.eia.doe.gov, updated 28 July 2008; American Wind
Energy Association (AWEA), «Installed U.S. Wind Power
Capacity Surged 45 % in 2007: American Wind Energy Association Market Report,» press release (Washington, DC: 17 January 2008); AWEA, U.S. Wind Energy Projects, electronic database, at www.awea.org/projects, updated 31 March 2009; future capacity calculated from Emerging Energy Research (EER), «US Wind Markets Surge to New Heights,» press release (Cambridge, MA: 14 August 2008); coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 Februa
Capacity Surged 45 % in 2007: American Wind
Energy Association Market Report,» press release (Washington, DC: 17 January 2008); AWEA, U.S. Wind
Energy Projects, electronic database, at www.awea.org/projects, updated 31 March 2009; future
capacity calculated from Emerging Energy Research (EER), «US Wind Markets Surge to New Heights,» press release (Cambridge, MA: 14 August 2008); coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 Februa
capacity calculated from Emerging
Energy Research (EER), «US Wind Markets Surge to
New Heights,» press release (Cambridge, MA: 14 August 2008); coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt
capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 Februa
capacity and operates 72 percent of the time,
generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector
Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential
Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with
capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 Februa
capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable
Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies
Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February 2009.