Sentences with phrase «over wind energy»

The wriggling and squirming reminds me of previous discussions we had over wind energy, carbon tax and fuel taxes.

Despite the problem of intermittency, wave energy has an advantage over wind energy, for example: it is easier to predict optimum swell than some suitable gusts of wind.

Not exact matches

The U.S. wind and solar industries employ over 300,000 people, making clean energy an important political constituency that is about five times bigger than the coal sector for jobs, thanks to years of rapid growth fueled by government incentives and declines in the cost of their technologies.

Since entering the renewable energy industry in 2000, his companies have developed over $ 4 billion of wind and solar facilities now operating around the country.

Among many other results, he started a company from scratch in 2009 that now builds about 10 % of Americas new wind energy installations (on average over the past three years).

Over 54 gigawatts (GW) of wind power were installed globally in 2016 and cumulative capacity grew by more than 12 percent to hit 486.8 GW, according to an April 2017 report from global trade association the Global Wind Energy Counwind power were installed globally in 2016 and cumulative capacity grew by more than 12 percent to hit 486.8 GW, according to an April 2017 report from global trade association the Global Wind Energy CounWind Energy Council.

The business said that Amazon Wind Farm Texas would add over 1 million megawatt hours of clean energy to the grid annually.

It acquired such companies as Edison Mission Energy and Alta Wind, making it one of the largest retail electricity providers in the U.S., and which had the added benefit of coming with over half a million new customers.

Wind energy is rapidly taking over in the Netherlands, while other nations also work toward increasing their renewable energy production.

And, fueled by over $ 100 billion in subsidies, while wind and solar have increased 10-fold over a decade, they still supply, respectively, just 0.3 % and 2 % of America's energy.

Prior to joining New Energy Capital, Patrick was a Director in the origination and project finance group at Hannon Armstrong Capital, where he led and participated in over $ 250 million of project financings, primarily for solar and wind energy proEnergy Capital, Patrick was a Director in the origination and project finance group at Hannon Armstrong Capital, where he led and participated in over $ 250 million of project financings, primarily for solar and wind energy proenergy projects.

But he said moving to meet climate targets is becoming more affordable because while policy is still important the energy market is transforming so fast that «market forces have taken over», market forces around wind and solar power and batteries «are just accelerating regardless of what anyone else does» and decisions by companies like AGL Energy to close their Liddell coal power station «are being made on economic grounds&renergy market is transforming so fast that «market forces have taken over», market forces around wind and solar power and batteries «are just accelerating regardless of what anyone else does» and decisions by companies like AGL Energy to close their Liddell coal power station «are being made on economic grounds&rEnergy to close their Liddell coal power station «are being made on economic grounds».

Denmark's Vestas, the world's top wind turbine maker, said on Thursday it was pleased the final U.S. tax bill retained production tax credits for wind energy projects after concerns over Continue Reading

Over the past four decades, Osborne has built energy - friendly homes; developed the first wind farm in Texas; helped form the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association, and marketed solar and wind equipment around the energy - friendly homes; developed the first wind farm in Texas; helped form the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association, and marketed solar and wind equipment around the Energy Industries Association, and marketed solar and wind equipment around the state.

Research has shown that deploying renewable energy over a vast area connected by a transmission system would actually increase reliability and reduce intermittency compared to smaller networks since it would route power from areas where there is sunlight and wind to areas where there isn't.

To put this all in perspective: «Solar employs slightly more workers than natural gas, over twice as many as coal, over three times that of wind energy, and almost five times the number employed in nuclear energy,» the report notes.

Curt Whittaker, Managing Partner, has spent over 30 years in the renewable energy industry as legal counsel to developers, investors and lenders, working on landfill gas, wind, hydroelectric, solar and biomass development projects.

While at Hannon Armstrong, Mr. Fox led and participated in the successful closing of over $ 250MM of solar, wind and energy efficiency financings.

The Conservatives are split over the benefits of onshore wind farms, their energy minister has said.

New York is ahead of most other states in wind - energy production and planning, ranking third in small land - based wind arrays and planning for potentially hundreds of offshore wind turbines over the next decade, the federal government said.

The building will feature over 80,000 feet of mixed - use manufacturing and commercial office space and will be powered by solar, geothermal and wind energy to produce as much energy as it consumes on an annual basis.

The groups say there are better ways to get to the goal of 50 % clean energy over the next decade and a half, like focusing more heavily on solar and wind power.

Kauffman also is chairman of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, which last month announced it will take over as the lead agency to pursue lease rights for an 81,000 - acre offshore wind farm 19 miles from Long Beach.

Joy: But at least in that situation, you know, when we're reaching, we're starting to come to an inflexion point where distributing renewable energy will be as cheap or cheaper than the grid; because solar and batteries and small - scale wind will start crossing over.

Over the last 25 years, the world has seen an increased dependency on wind energy that promises to continue growing.

The Republican budget, introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan, would slash discretionary spending for energy programs by over 50 % next year, derailing efforts to increase energy efficiency and develop wind, solar, geothermal, and other clean energy sources.

Called the Wind Deployment System, or WinDS, DOE's predictive model will guide the ramped contribution of wind energy to the American electricity supply over the next 50 yeWind Deployment System, or WinDS, DOE's predictive model will guide the ramped contribution of wind energy to the American electricity supply over the next 50 yewind energy to the American electricity supply over the next 50 years.

And all of that production means that China is bearing the burden of the pollution that can go along with the manufacture of such renewable energy for other countries — whether the acid rain — forming sulfur dioxide emitted from making the steel in a wind turbine's blade or the noxious chemicals left over after manufacturing specialized silicon, or glass, that can turn sunshine into electricity.

Wind energy is notoriously mercurial, with patterns shifting drastically over the course of years, days, even minutes.

THE NEW ENERGY ECONOMY Because of the lack of data, energy projections at wind farm sites can be highly inaccurate, with errors of up to 20 percent in farms that are built over uneven teENERGY ECONOMY Because of the lack of data, energy projections at wind farm sites can be highly inaccurate, with errors of up to 20 percent in farms that are built over uneven teenergy projections at wind farm sites can be highly inaccurate, with errors of up to 20 percent in farms that are built over uneven terrain.

Over the past 20 years, for example, householders in Germany have embraced renewable energy initiatives, adding them to their properties: there are solar panels and wind turbines everywhere.

Businesses like steady costs, and Christian Kjaer of the European Wind Energy Association points to the predictability of a windmill's energy output over many years as «a hedge against the uncertainty of fuel prices.&Energy Association points to the predictability of a windmill's energy output over many years as «a hedge against the uncertainty of fuel prices.&energy output over many years as «a hedge against the uncertainty of fuel prices.»

Such gliders could also work over land, harnessing energy from the wind to extend flight durations from hours to days, months or even years.

Even as researchers at NIF inch toward higher energy yields every night, outside, another fusion reactor crests every morning between the wind turbines on the hills surrounding Livermore Valley, taunting them over the horizon.

Floating turbines hold huge promise for capturing wind energy over Earth's oceans.

Over the last 20 years, electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction has attracted attention because of the ability to use electricity from renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and wave.

Dawn's gamma ray and neutron (GRaND) detector observed evidence that Ceres had accelerated electrons from the solar wind to very high energies over a period of about six days.

One advantage of wind over solar power is that it has an enormous energy return on investment, Benson explained.

Because sand does not transmit energy to adjacent sand particles when wind blows over it, the wind must rise over a stationary hump.

Sprinkled over every continent are the totems of a new era of power: wind turbines and solar energy collectors.

Earth's oceans and rivers, pushed by wind and tugged by the moon and sun, ebb and flow over more than 70 percent of the planet, but only recently have researchers and scientists developed the materials and methods to finally harness some of that kinetic energy.

Tidal power may be destined to remain a niche player in the U.S. energy portfolio, but the low - carbon energy source has one key advantage over wind and solar — it's as dependable as the moon's phases

According to the UK government's Department of Energy and Climate Change, plans for over 5 gigawatts of wind power are currently stalled by aviators» objections.

To establish their results, the team input actual, time - resolved wind speed data into a numerical simulation that determined the total amount of energy captured by a turbine over a year of operation.

Building on its BP Solar business — which BP expects to hit revenues of $ 1 billion in 2008 — BP Alternative Energy manages an investment program in solar, wind, hydrogen and combined cycle gas turbine power generation, which the company predicts could amount to $ 8 billion over the next 10 years.

The ability to produce energy at a constant rate is a clear advantage over other renewable energy sources such as wind or solar energy, which depend on the wind or sun for production.

The government's review of the UK energy supply published today (26 / July) highlights the dreadful performance of wind power, with over 1830 turbines with combined capacity of 2GW reducing fuel consumption in (and emissions from) UK power stations by tiny and irrelevant fraction of one per cent.

Wind power is the renewable energy which has seen the widest and most successful deployment over the last two decades, increasing the global cumulative capacity from 3 GW to 370 GW.

On the energy side, he envisioned, developed, and now oversees the world's first wind and solar - powered «green» island, Over Yonder Cay.

Anger over decision to bar 10 Chinese wind energy projects from entering UN-approved carbon offset scheme