Sentences with phrase «of hydropower»

Canada was the largest producer of hydropower in the world in 2000, and hydro sources are not yet believed to be fully exploited.

The presence of an extensive amount of hydropower projects currently under construction will drive this market.

2008 - Gives a lecture on Impacts of Hydropower Plants at the Federal University of Roraima — UFRR.

High levels of hydropower generation in the Pacific Northwest led the electric system operator, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), to curtail wind generation during some recent periods of low electricity demand.

It has enjoyed healthy growth in capacity worldwide over the last decade as stakeholders continue to value the potential of hydropower development to help meet growing energy demand.

The report also notes that China was not able to maintain high levels of hydropower generation due to lower rainfall levels.

My gut reaction was to be skeptical: Solar has been growing rapidly, especially in California, but even with nearly 3,000 MW of photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal generation in place, it's still well short of the scale of California's 10,000 MW of hydropower dams, especially when you consider that the latter aren't constrained to operate only in daylight hours.

Business Standard: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has conveyed to Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck India's full commitment and support to the Himalayan kingdom's socio - economic development and also for development of its hydropower resources.

Support the passage of Bill S. 5835 / A.8538, the «Proceeds Bill» ensuring that the sale of hydropower from the Niagara Power Project is used for economic development with thirty miles of the power project

Urban water systems in Johannesburg are also experiencing severe difficulties in satisfying demand and Zimbabwe is facing food shortages andpotential loss of hydropower from Zambian hydroelectric plants.

In addition, our lawyers regularly represent clients on the growing importance of hydropower as a renewable resource integrator, with a particular emphasis on pumped hydro storage.

It is estimated that more than 40 % of Canada's water resources are located in the province, resulting in Hydro - Quebec comprising the fourth largest producer of hydropower in the world.

Realizing the full potential of hydropower and maintaining the current hydropower fleet will likely depend on overcoming a number of impediments, including lengthy and complex regulatory requirements, failure of electricity markets to adequately compensate hydropower generators for the grid benefits they provide, environmental opposition to new hydropower, and interest in dam removal.

Coming in last place, Canada received red marks across the board, with the exception of a green rating for the amount of CO2 emitted per kWh of electricity — due to its large use of hydropower.

The preponderance of hydroelectric capacity on the U.S. side of the border tends to limit the benefits of hydropower trade in that region.

«I'm delighted that Hadley Exhibits, a Western New York firm, was chosen for the comprehensive renovation of one of Western New York's key educational and tourist destinations — the Power Vista Visitors Center, in spotlighting the historic role of hydropower along the Niagara Frontier,» said Senator George Maziarz.

These extensions of hydropower contracts are key to assuring local job retention and growth, as well as new capital investment.

While the Nordic countries (especially Sweden and Norway) are blessed with an abundance of hydropower resources, they have had to rely on other energy sources when it became apparent that hydropower alone couldn't satisfy the region's growing electricity needs.

Drought and loss of hydropower are serious threats.

Deanna Alerio Brennen, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Niagara USA Chamber, said: «The extension of hydropower contracts is critically important to the economic base of the Niagara County and in particular the City of Niagara Falls.

Plattsburgh gets cheap power from the St. Lawrence River, driving down electricity costs for residents, but it exceeded its allotted amount of hydropower in December and January, according to a local newspaper.

«The potential loss of 3,190 megawatts of hydropower due to the California drought exceeds the 2,200 megawatts of power lost from the shut down of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.»

MASSENA - Legislation was signed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo today that may help spur economic development in St. Lawrence County through the sale of a block of hydropower from the St. Lawrence - Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project.

A lot of hydropower was used to fuel the province's paper mills, but with deep cuts in newspaper production over the last decade, that power has lain dormant, Arcand said.

«We know that China has been building about 10 gigawatts of hydropower every year for a long time.

The country's leading source of electricity also took a big hit, as rain - dependent reservoirs at many of the hydropower plants dropped to critically low levels.

The HSAP threatens to greenwash, not improve, the social and environmental practices of the hydropower industry.

After exploiting most of its hydropower potential, in 2011 the Vietnamese government turned to coal and nuclear to meet its future energy needs.

I stole a number of ideas from a Grand Inga presentation (what to do with a fairly steady 44 GW of hydropower?

Cost advantages of hydropower based electricity generation and the substitution of fossil fuel based power production in an attempt to reduce carbon emission is expected to drive global hydropower market demand.

Cost advantages of hydropower based electricity generation and the substitution of fossil fuel based power production in an attempt to reduce carbon emission is expected to drive market demand.

Shere covers renewable energies fairly comprehensively, with chapters on biofuel, solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, and various types of hydropower (from today's cutting - edge machines to extract power from currents, waves or tides to the intrigues surrounding the birth of commercial electricity in North America as George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison and Nicola Tesla (among others) jockeyed for position.)

Back in the US, scientists took a closer look at electrochemical bacteria, and foresaw the tantalising possibility of a new kind of hydropower: electric current from septic waste treatment.

But snowmelt water is seasonal, and the price - reducing effect of hydropower lasts only a few months a year, typically in late spring and early summer.

 It has the largest fleet of hydropower (not all completely eco-friendly, admittedly), and last year, it leap - frogged India to claim fourth spot globally in terms of total installed wind power capacity. It is among the top three solar cell manufacturers on an annual basis, and its domestic solar market will benefit from very recently announced solar subsidies for roof top solar applications (see previous post).

Our effort to reform the operations of hydropower dams has resulted in hundreds of miles of restored rivers such as Michigan's Muskegon and Manistee.

Advising on judicial reviews and nuisance claims arising from a variety of hydropower projects and other schemes.

Brazil, the second - largest producer of hydropower worldwide, gets 86 percent of its electricity from water resources.

Other wrong climate actions that have caused ecological damage include afforestation, the construction of hydropower and irrigation dams, and activities to meet bioenergy demand.

These dams will serve mainly as a source of hydropower, with a total potential of 1,890 megawatts.

The «technology to eliminate fossil fuel combustion» includes solar and wind energy, geothermal energy, a variety of hydropower energy sources, combustion of biomass to generate electricity (an entirely different matter than liquid biofuels for transport) and more — ALL of which is already at hand, and already being deployed at both large and small scales all over the world.

She was first elected to the House in 2004, and has since focused on issues of hydropower.

Since the governor also is seeking to shut down any nuclear plant not located on Lake Ontario, the state's energy future depends on a combination of hydropower, windmills and solar panels.

43North has been the single largest recipient of a special fund created to ensure Western New York gets its fair share of profits from the sale of hydropower generated at the Niagara Power Project in Lewiston.

The economic benefits of the hydropower also extend to the other enterprises in the area that the customers do business with, so there is an extensive multiplier effect with billions of dollars in gross regional production directly or indirectly linked to the low - cost power.»

Dennis M. Mullen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Empire Development, said: «Governor Paterson's approval of hydropower contract extensions in Western New York build upon the region's strengths and marks an opportunity to retain jobs and bring new capital investment to the area.

«What we're seeing is a very rapid proliferation of hydropower development in these countries,» he says.

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.