Sentences with phrase «of hydroelectric generation»

The likely effect of this will be a reduction in the amount of hydroelectric generation the system operator can call on.

For example, «During the six months ended June 30, 2016, OPG lost 3.4 TWh of hydroelectric generation due to SBG [surplus baseload generation] conditions, compared to 1.5 TWh during the same period in 2015.»

However, in the West, and specifically the Pacific Northwest, there is limited extra electricity because of the large amount of hydroelectric generation that is already heavily utilized.

Not exact matches

In 2016 hydroelectric power accounted for 39.9 percent of South Dakota's net electricity generation, allowing residents to enjoy electricity prices significantly lower than the national average.

The Nordic region relies on hydroelectric power for more than 50 percent of its power generation, and change in precipitation is an important factor in setting prices.

Itaipu Hydroelectric Dam is the largest operational hydroelectric energy producer in the world, with an installed generation capaHydroelectric Dam is the largest operational hydroelectric energy producer in the world, with an installed generation capahydroelectric energy producer in the world, with an installed generation capacity of 14GW.

Lactalis» Buffalo and Nampa facilities both utilize hydroelectric power generation as part of the company's effort to pursue non-fossil fuel - based energy sources and prevent carbon dioxide emissions.

The project which is estimated to cost $ 100 billion, and if completed would be the world's largest hydroelectric plant is more than twice the power generation of the Three Gorges Dam in China.

Its finances collapsed in 2008, when the district lost more than 80 percent of its revenue after power companies that use the reservoirs for hydroelectric generation successfully sued to halt fees.

Grid operators, aware of the impending shortfall, spun up alternative generation from coal, gas and hydroelectric systems to meet it.

Renewable or noncarbon forms of energy generation — solar power, wind, hydroelectric, nuclear — have to play a role.

Questioned about the environmental impacts of building large hydroelectric power plants in the Amazon, she said Brazil can not relinquish hydropower yet — «It would be like giving up fracking in the U.S.» — but she hopes solar and wind power generation will take its place overtime.

When the government of Ethiopia finishes building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2017 or 2018, it will not only have built the largest hydroelectric power - generation plant in Africa, but also stirred up tensions among African nations, and indelibly altered a river that itself has guided millennia of human history in the region.

First of all, salt — and when I talk about salt, you can kind of interchange it with sodium — salt is vital for the generation of hydroelectric energy in the cells in our body.

Its portfolio currently consists of 18 wind facilities, 13 hydroelectric facilities, seven natural gas generation facilities,...

Its portfolio currently consists of 18 wind facilities, 13 hydroelectric facilities, seven natural gas generation facilities, and one natural gas pipeline.

BRP focuses on hydroelectric power but also has experience with wind, solar, and biomass energy generation, and this diversity makes it one of the best dividend stocks for 2018.

The vulnerability was hinted at during last year's monsoon as a devastating landslide on Aug. 2 put five hydroelectric power plants out of commission, taking 66.5 megawatts of generation out of our national grid.

«Ultimately the things that will generate electricity in the developing world and here will be the same,» Rucker said, highlighting the next generation of nuclear power plants and hydroelectric dams as particularly applicable in parts of Africa.

Since that time, major technological advances have reduced the cost of thermal - power generation, while the cost of developing more remote hydroelectric sites has increased.

While renewables made up a small fraction of the country's total electricity generation, China was the world's leading producer of hydroelectric power in 2010, and the second - largest producer of electricity from wind power.

Examples of possible applications / users include: warnings of the likelihood of severe high impact weather (droughts, flooding, tropical and extratropical cyclones etc.) to help protect life and property; humanitarian planning and response to disasters; agriculture and disease planning / control (e.g., malaria and meningitis), particularly in developing countries; river - flow and river - discharge for flood prediction, hydroelectric power generation and reservoir management; landslides; coastal inundation; transport; power generation; insurance.

In addition to the loss of generation by SONGS, in - state hydroelectric power generation was lower through July of this year.

Due to a combination of increasing solar and high hydroelectric generation due to an exceptionally rainy winter, California is expected to curtail a record 6 - 8 GW of renewable energy this spring.

As of 2010, renewable energy sources (including hydroelectric) accounted for nearly 17 % of German electricity generation, which is nothing to sneeze at (in comparison, it's currently approximately 10 % in the USA).

«A balanced use of CRAs should focus on improving functional and ecological attributes of forested landscapes, e.g., habitat integrity (and thus biodiversity), carbon stocks, and water balance regulation, crucial for maintaining hydroelectric power generation in Brazil.»

I played significant roles in the development of hydroelectric, geothermal and solar power generation plants.

«Our range of energy initiatives like biogas and hydroelectric generation, and trading as a market participant, has cut more than AU$ 3 million a year from our electricity bills since 2013.

With an electricity grid supplied by hydroelectric dams across rivers, from the heat of its numerous volcanoes, and from wind and the sun, the small Central American nation expects 97 percent of its energy generation to come from renewable sources this year.

Most of the growth in hydroelectric generation (82 %) occurs in the non-OECD countries, while more than half of the growth in wind generation (52 %) occurs in the OECD countries.

Of the 5.4 trillion kilowatthours of new renewable generation added over the projection period, 52 % is attributed to hydroelectric power and 28 % to winOf the 5.4 trillion kilowatthours of new renewable generation added over the projection period, 52 % is attributed to hydroelectric power and 28 % to winof new renewable generation added over the projection period, 52 % is attributed to hydroelectric power and 28 % to wind.

, wind farms covering 6 percent of the entire land surface of the 48 contiguous states, an outrageous and unrealistic increase in ecologically harmful hydroelectric power, and a build out of electricity generation capacity that hurtles along at 14 times the average rate of capacity expansion in the past half - century.

While every market is unique, it is clear that wind energy can compete on cost with virtually all forms of new electricity generation, including nuclear, hydroelectric, and coal - fired power.

Decreasing summer stream flows will reduce hydroelectric generation capacity, which currently accounts for 70 percent of the region's electricity supply.

Instead, OPG's mandate has been to maintain its fossil fuel, nuclear and hydroelectric fleet of generation, and pursue new large hydroelectric projects.

In this briefing, scientists will discuss how the City of San Francisco's Hetch Hetchy operation used the data to optimize reservoir filling and hydroelectric generation at its O'Shaughnessy Dam this year during California's severe drought.

An unusual combination of warm and wet weather in the second half of January and early February melted low - elevation snow, filling hydroelectric dam reservoirs on the Columbia and Snake Rivers and boosting hydro generation.

(Sec. 356) Requires the Denali Commission to use specified funds to implement designated energy programs, including: (1) energy generation and development; (2) fuel cells, hydroelectric, solar, wind, wave, and tidal energy; (3) the replacement and cleanup of fuel tanks; and (4) the construction of fuel transportation networks and related facilities.

-- 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.

After California's San Onofre nuclear plant closed, and the state suffered droughts that reduced hydroelectric output, natural gas - fired power increased from 45 to 61 percent of the state's electricity generation even as wind and solar capacity soared.

As of October 2014, Mongolia's total installed capacity for power generation from all sources stood at 1.09 GW, 90 % of it in CHP (combined heat and power) coal - fired plants, with 2 % in hydroelectric, 2 % in diesel, and 6 % in non-hydro renewables, mostly wind.

He contends that we are «squandering the opportunity of a generation, through blind opposition to our three most potent sources of power: hydrocarbon energy (coal, oil, and gas), nuclear energy, and hydroelectric energy.»

Turkey estimates that there are potential indigenous sources for 246 billion kilowatt - hours (kWh) per year of electric power generation (105 billion kWh from lignite, 16 billion kWh from hard coal, and 125 billion kWh from hydroelectric resources).

and maintenance costUS $ 36 billion, — lowest maintenance costs - rivals hydroelectric power World Wind Energy Association predicts 160 MW generation of electricity by 2010 / stations will be 35 megawatts - 45 % increase from the existing stations.

However, because hydroelectric dams have an impact on land and water environments, and because dams can only be efficiently located in a limited number of places, some newer laws have been designed to encourage electricity generation from other renewable sources, such as wind, tides, geothermal energy, solar energy (photovoltaic cells, concentrated solar power, and solar thermal energy), landfill gas, etc..

Heavily reliant on oil imports and with an annual energy deficit of 3,478 GWh as of 2009, electricity in Lebanon is for the most part generated by hydroelectric and thermal generation at present and in addition, there are power reliability issues «such as load shedding, technical losses, and the aging of power plants», which again the addition of dispatchable renewable energy facilities is intended to counteract.

With hydroelectric generation included, the total was more than half of all generation.

The most water - efficient energy sources are natural gas (though we may be just about out of it) and synthetic fuels produced by coal gasification; the least efficient are ethanol and biodiesel — the biofuels just can't catch a break these days, can they?Water use winners and losers The research pair analyzed 11 types of energy sources, including coal, fuel ethanol, natural gas, and oil; and five power generating methods, including hydroelectric, fossil fuel thermoelectric, and nuclear methods; in terms of power generation, Younos and Hill have found that geothermal and hydroelectric energy types use the least amount of water, while nuclear plants use the most.

In terms of power generation, they found that geothermal and hydroelectric energy use the least amount of water, while nuclear plants use the most.

California's Drought: Impact on Hydroelectricity — The most widely recognized aspect of the water - energy relationship is hydroelectric generation.