Sentences with phrase «of hydropower resources»

Adaptation strategy is crucial in this region, mainly due to the large contribution of hydropower resources to regional electricity supply.

Funds are also used for community and technical colleges to establish two clean energy centers for excellence within rural communities, with one focused on renewable energy integration and the other on smart grid technology and the next generation of hydropower resources.

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.

Changing precipitation patterns may affect the management of hydropower resources.

Not exact matches

This massive undertaking will help scientists better understand how much liquid water is contained within snow and how viable snow is as a resource of liquid water on our planet for drinking, agriculture, and hydropower.

The U.S. Department of the Interior is the steward and manager of America's natural resources including oil, gas, clean coal, hydropower, and renewable energy sources.

The aim of the event was to enhance the capability of the Ghanaian power sector to address the challenges of integrating renewable energy resources like wind, solar and hydropower in the national grid.

Jackson Morris, of the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the group does not consider large hydropower to be a renewable resource, although it does not oppose all hydropower.

The administration has said hydropower could provide about 1,000 MW of replacement energy and transmission upgrades and energy efficiency, along with other renewable resources, will ensure the plant is replaced without increasing greenhouse gas emissions.

«We may see a certain shift of resources from coal where the World Bank is pretty much exiting to big hydropower,» said Peter Bosshard of International Rivers, which has been fighting a major new dam project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

«Hydropower is a tremendous resource, often available in areas far from other sources of power, and critical to the future of many people around the globe,» said Richard Brown, a senior research scientist at PNNL and the lead author of the Fisheries paper.

Hydropower is also a critical resource in the region,» said Deng, a PNNL chief scientist and an author of the paper.

Started in 1982 - 83, the multipurpose project was planned for irrigation, hydropower generation and water supply2harnessing the water resources of river Subarnarekha for irrigation, flood control and municipal and industrial use (Government of Bihar, 1988).

Most of China's energy resources (coal, wind, solar and hydropower) are located in the vastness of western China.

Since 1995, the Rosebud Sioux and other COUP tribes have committed to the utility - scale development of tribal wind resources on their reservations (estimated in the hundreds of gigawatts of potential), and the integration of large - scale distributed tribal wind generation with diminishing reliance on hydropower from federal transmission grids.

Hydropower generation resources are clustered unevenly around the country, with over half of U.S. hydro capacity concentrated in three States: Washington, Oregon, and California.

Several generation resources are also fully permitted and readily available to come online by 2021, after the plant's closure, including clean, renewable hydropower able to replace up to 1,000 megawatts of power.

Provides for the issuance of RECs for qualified hydropower, electricity generated from qualified waste, and electricity generated using both a renewable energy resource and a nonrenewable resource.

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

In this model, local governments and grid operators can coordinate the output of independent solar arrays and wind farms — which operate intermittently and at different hours — with hydropower, biogas, and other low - carbon resources, thus simulating the output of a 24 - hour power plant.

This push to demolish large dams on major rivers in the Pacific Northwest, which got 70 percent of its electricity supply from hydropower as of 2009, has been criticized by influential policymakers, such as House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R - Wash.).

As thousands of electric vehicles charge off Oregon's electricity grid — half of which comes from hydropower and renewable resources — Oregon's transportation - related carbon footprint continues to shrink.

Adds hydropower and Indian coal as qualifying energy resources for purposes of the tax credit.

Numerous peer - reviewed publications describe implications of recent increases, but likely longer - term declines, in water input from glacial rivers to reservoirs and therefore hydropower resources.67, 5,68

Glaciers supply about half of the total freshwater input to the Gulf of Alaska.68 Glacier retreat currently increases river discharge and hydropower potential in south central and southeast Alaska, but over the longer term might reduce water input to reservoirs and therefore hydropower resources.67

«If there is a lack of demand during the daylight hours, then there is going to be a direct influence on the ability to sell hydropower, which is in a must - run scenario during springtime,» said Gregg Carrington, managing director of energy resources at the Chelan County Public Utility District, a hydropower producer in Washington State.

Implementing policies to tap into hydropower, land - based and offshore wind, and other renewable energy resources would cut carbon emissions — and capture a range of additional consumer, health, and economic benefits — at modest cost.

Electric power systems with a large share of intermittent resources may rely more on flexible resources such as gas turbines or hydropower to «firm up» the output of intermittent generators.

Large - scale hydropower dams certainly can provide a lot of power and are a renewable resource — assuming the water source doesn't decline, an real concern with climate change but something beyond the scope of this piece.

Chinese officials have indicated that by 2020 about 50 % of the Yangtze River's hydropower resources will be tapped, up from about 36 % today.

All of the time that includes a hefty portion of hydropower, which much of the time isn't exactly green in terms of environmental impact (or sometimes social impact) but in terms of actual electricity generation is carbon - free and does use a renewable resource.

The event highlights perspectives on the role of hydropower, explores issues affecting hydro resources, and helps participants develop a vision to meet challenges and ensure the future sustainability of hydro.

Though it's certainly true that hydropower is a better option than profligate burning of coal for China, surely there are more eco-friendly ways to tap into China's world - leading hydropower resources than continued building of large - scale dams.

Q1 and Q2 statistics show a continued domination of hydropower among the renewable energy resources.

«New York's major hydropower resources and all existing and proposed wind power projects are located in northern and western regions of the state — hundreds of miles from the high - demand metropolitan regions of southeastern New York,» the report reads.

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.