Further east,
new hydro projects promise to attract workers northward, as well.
Not exact matches
But once the final wind,
hydro and biomass
projects from the 2008 Clean Power Call are completed, there will be few
new prospects for clean power developers, or the accompanying construction jobs.
The
new project by Falu Energi, Vatten and EcoDC AB will be powered by the local grid in Falun, which is exclusively fed by renewable sources including wind, solar,
hydro and a nearby cogeneration plant.
Dan [ANDY REVKIN comments: These are very important points, as anyone would recognize who's followed windmill fights, the nuclear debate, or Canada's conflicts with native communities over
new «clean»
hydro projects.
The post doesn't mention the
new road to the Pacific or the ethanol plant and sugarcane plantations; or the planned road from Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil to Pulcallpa, Peru and the multiple big
hydro - energy dam constructions it will support; or the
new Peruvian oil leases in indigenous reserves; or the BR$ 35 million worth of oil exploration in the Juruá watershed in Acre; or the Madeira River complex of big hydroelectric
projects in Rondonia near Bolivia.
While
New England is starting to come to its senses (procuring and enhancing sustainable base load sources like
hydro and gas) we are also making some foolish choices (blowing over 2 BILLION DOLLARS on wind
projects that don't scratch the grid's surface, closing reliable power plants with no reliable generators available to replace them).
So during the FDR
New Deal era, large dam and
hydro projects were built to mitigate these long / short, local / regional water cycles.
Increase of credits from large
hydro expected by 2020A
new study released in time for the climate negotiations in Durban confirms that over 20 % of all carbon credits under the UN's offsetting scheme, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), could come from business - as - usual large hydropower
projects.
Global investment in renewable power and fuels (excluding large
hydro - electric
projects) was $ 270.2 billion in 2014, nearly 17 % higher than the previous year, according to the latest edition of an annual report commissioned by the United Nations Environment Program's (UNEP) Division of Technology, Industry and Economic (DTIE) in cooperation with Frankfurt School - UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance and produced in collaboration with Bloomberg
New Energy Finance.
Those benefits also come from
new renewable energy
projects, like SolarReserve's solar thermal
project at Port Augusta, Neoen's wind plus battery
project at Jamestown, Sanjeev Gupta's solar and pumped
hydro projects at Whyalla, and numerous other climate - safe
projects all over Australia.
The only difference is that my replacement scenario did not export jobs from
New York to
New Jersey and including the transmission
project that uses
hydro power from Quebec would have lower emissions.
New storage
projects are in the news all over, including a 10 - MW battery coupled to a Southern California Edison gas turbine; a multi-kilowatt flywheel that will store four hours of power for Hawaiian Electric; and a proposed 393 - MW pumped
hydro project in southern Oregon's Klamath basin that faces opposition from local tribes.
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.
«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.
Claiming that
hydro projects are net producers of greenhouse gases is not
new (New Scientist print edition, 3 June 2000) but the issue now appears to be climbing up the political agen
new (
New Scientist print edition, 3 June 2000) but the issue now appears to be climbing up the political agen
New Scientist print edition, 3 June 2000) but the issue now appears to be climbing up the political agenda.
In a nation like Australia, with no effective energy policies coming from the federal governments, the long - term planning needed for
new pumped
hydro projects has been sadly lacking.
Only the first 4,000
projects registered in the next three years will qualify: The
new tariff for wind, solar,
hydro and combined heat and power
project sets the rate program participants will receive for the electricity they generate at $ 0.19 ($ 0.26) per kilowatt - hour.
the Solomon Islands Electricity Authority on four renewable energy
projects in the Solomon Islands, including the proposed Tina River
Hydro Development
Project, which involves the development of a
new 20MW
hydro power plant and will be the Solomon Islands» first PPP.