Sentences with phrase «of small hydro»

In addition, the GM do Brasil manufacturing facilities in 2013 procured on average 8 MW of small hydro - generated electricity.

Water Power Group is a community - based developer of small hydro power projects in Ontario that use low - impact, fish - friendly turbines.

Not exact matches

We need companies to invest and people to look at small grid power systems, combinations of wind and diesel, thermal energy, hydro electric energy things that can be tailored for these individual villages depending on their location.

In the aftermath of the worst ice - storm Toronto has ever had (but let's not forget hard - hit smaller municipalities in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick), a virtual army of heroes has emerged — hydro workers, on 12 - hour shifts around the clock over the Christmas period, steadily restoring power to hundreds of thousands of «customers.»

Under the new rules, ESCOs won't be able to sell new supply to residential and small - business customers unless they are cheaper than the utility or if at least 30 percent of the electricity they sell comes from renewable energy sources like wind, hydro or solar.

The latest version of the Sensor Fish — a small tubular device filled with sensors that analyze the physical stresses fish experience — measures more forces, costs about 80 percent less and can be used in more hydro structures than its predecessor, according to a paper published today in the American Institute of Physics» Review of Scientific Instruments.

Today, there is also a growing interest in small hydro facilities such as small dams that generate less than 10 megawatts of power and pumped storage hydroelectric plants.

The latest version — called the second - generation Sensor Fish — can be used in different kinds of hydro facilities, including unconventional, smaller hydropower plants and conventional dams with either Kaplan or Francis dam turbines.

It's been a few years since the last sighting of any humans when, one day, a small search party of men — and one woman (Keri Russell, fine but under - written)-- led by Malcolm (Jason Clarke, very good), wanders into the woods, looking for a hydro - electric dam to restore power to the nearby city.

The small mountain country only uses about five percent of the energy produced by its 27 hydro - electric powerplants, exporting the majority of its power to neighboring India.

TORONTO — Ontario home owners, farmers and small businesses will get some relief from soaring electricity prices starting in January when the provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax is removed from hydro bills.

Head inland as you follow the Waitaki Valley, passing several hydro lakes and small villages before you enter the Mt Cook National Park, a region of alpine lakes and majestic soaring peaks.

Open air restaurant overlooking the Tortuguero Lagoon, 2 bars, one located over the lagoon and another one next to the swimming pool area, swimming pool with hydro - massage waterfall and a small islet, hammocks, fifteen acres full of trees and exotic plants, open butterfly garden with local plants, private trails, access to the beach, a Gaudi style building with a small conference room, reception, souvenir shop and a new botanical garden.

There're seven different zones for a range of activities (including a fully themed area for children, nine themed swimming pools, two slides, wave pool, ship wreck, water cave, area for small kids, solariums, open air hydro - massage beds).

Lovins says renewables (including small hydro and co-generation) account for 47, 58, and 46 % of electricity consumption in Denmark, Portugal and Spain, respectively.

Successive studies have shown that CCS is generally more expensive than old hydro and on - shore wind but generally competitive with utility - scale solar PV, geothermal, and new hydro while being lower in cost than small - scale PV, off - shore wind, nuclear, and the many other nascent technologies — especially when the real cost of filling - in for intermittency is included.

Upon completion, roughly half of the factories will be connected to small hydro stations.

This comprises of 100 GW from solar, with 40 GW from rooftop solar alone, plus 60 GW of new capacity from wind, 10 GW from biomass and 5 GW from small hydro.

Projects that are both low carbon and have low environmental and social impacts, such as solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, and some forms of sustainable biomass and small - scale hydro are common sources of clean, just renewable energy.

Wind, solar, biomass and waste - to - power, geothermal, small hydro and marine power contributed an estimated 9.1 % of world electricity generation in 2014, compared to 8.5 % in 2013.

It is easy to talk about the bad side of fossil fuel, but if we park CO2, fossil fuel is usually built with a relatively small physical foot print relative to hydro, wind or solar.

Out of the total installed generation capacity of renewable power as on 31-03-2011, wind power accounted for about 71 %, followed by small hydro power (15.2 %) and Biomass power (13.3 %).

Geothermal — onshore wind — municipal solid waste — biomass incineration — landfill gas — anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge — large and small hydro — micro hydro — coal

In November 2003, the South African Government published the White Paper on Renewable Energy setting a target of 10,000 GWh renewable energy contribution to final energy consumption by 2013, to be produced mainly from biomass, wind, solar and small - scale hydro.

Quebec supplies most of its power from hydro sources — with some smaller sources and with wind ramping up to about 10 % of installed capacity.

Conversely — and despite inadequate support historically for research and development of renewable energy — wind, solar, geothermal, and small hydro power have all improved in efficiency and availability so that they are finally becoming as viable as they are necessary (as some figures here will attest).

While small in relation to the hydropower potential of southern China, northern China does have some hydro power assets it can exploit, both domestically and in neighboring North Korea and Russia.

And for the do - it - yourselfer, we can provide you with all of the necessary solar electric, solar thermal, wind, small - scale hydro, and energy efficient appliances.

Nevertheless, there was time for SHAPES: small hydro action for the promotion of efficient solutions — «facilitating and strengthening the co-operation between EU Small Hydropower (SHP) Research and Market actors&rasmall hydro action for the promotion of efficient solutions — «facilitating and strengthening the co-operation between EU Small Hydropower (SHP) Research and Market actors&raSmall Hydropower (SHP) Research and Market actors».

For a start, even though its growth figures have been increasing for the past five years, renewable energy, excluding large hydro, accounted for just a small fraction — 11.3 percent, to be precise — of the total global electricity generation last year.

Their range of products include hydro energy system components (small), hydro energy system components (large), hydro energy systems (large), hydro energy systems (small), hydroelectric turbines (small), hydroelectric turbines (large).

With nearly 40 % of those investments — $ 199 billion — going to solar, wind farms, biomass, waste - to - energy plants and small hydro - power clean energy projects, it is evident that energy system «diversity» is vital for satisfying current community needs and to address shared concerns for the future.

I was forced during the 1990's to abandon some 15 small hydro projects in various stages of the permitting process at a loss of $ millions.

This town of over 300 community members has a strong ecosystem based economy, and history of clean energy, having installed their first small, community owned run - of - river hydro project in 1981.

Home to more than just SeaWorld and a world - class zoo, the metropolis of San Diego is also one of America's top clean energy cities, pulling in 27 percent of its electricity through biogas, small hydro and solar power.

Though sometimes termed small - hydro — which compared to massive dams I suppose is true — run of river projects of multi-gigawatt capacity have been developed.

Small, micro - and pico - hydro projects have even lower environmental impact and in places without grid access can be a great (if inherently limited) source of electricity.

Talbingo has daily fluctuations of 5meters due to the existing Tumut3 pumped hydro (20,000 ML / day but a smaller surface area).

RIFKIN: Distributed energies are found in every square inch of the biosphere: the sun, wind, geothermal heat under the ground, agricultural and forestry residue and waste, ocean tides and waves, small hydro and garbage.

Other sources of unscheduled generations should be considered to form a more comprehensive concept of gross demand, for instance, solar hot water and small hydro.

Of course, we should probably count some small hydro and waste - to - energy amongst the beneficiaries of the subsidieOf course, we should probably count some small hydro and waste - to - energy amongst the beneficiaries of the subsidieof the subsidies.

But large hydro projects are not included in the UNEP's definition of «renewable», though small hydro is:

He also acted as lead counsel for the General Service Small / General Service Medium customer class in a multi-week hearing before the Manitoba Public Utilities Board for the first Cost of Service Review of Manitoba hydro in over 10 years, and is acting for acting for SNC - Lavalin as a plaintiff in a multimillion - dollar coverage claim as against its insurer with respect to an E&O claim regarding a major infrastructure project in Manitoba.

At present, more than 670 run - of - river power plants and some 1,800 small - scale hydro power stations are in operation, which generate approx. 60 % of Austria's electricity needs.