Sentences with phrase «own hydropower resources»

Electricity costs are frustratingly high in New York State, so it is important that our valuable hydropower resource be used here to aid these businesses and the workers, families and communities that depend on them.»

Analysis to date includes photovoltaics (PV), wind, geothermal, biomass and hydropower resources.

Also worth a mention is that NZ is very fortunate in hydropower resources.

Changing precipitation patterns may affect the management 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.

When it is windy in Denmark, countries like Norway buy cheap power to supplement their own hydropower resources.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

«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.

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.

Using existing hydropower rather than pushing to build out renewable energy resources in New York would not contribute to the state's clean energy goals, said Alliance for Clean Energy's Anne Reynolds.

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.

They include the central government's commitment to replace heavily polluting coal - fired power plants, which are blamed for wrenching air conditions in China's cities, with non-emitting resources such as wind, solar and hydropower.

Yang Fuqiang, a senior climate and energy expert at the Natural Resources Defense Council, agreed that China's hydropower plan will stand, though not primarily for energy supply concerns.

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.

World Energy Resources The hydropower sector is set to double in potential to 2,000 GW capacity by 2050.

Defines: (1) «renewable electricity» as electricity generated from a renewable energy resource or other qualifying energy resources; (2) «renewable energy resource» as wind, solar, and geothermal energy, renewable biomass, biogas and biofuels derived exclusively from renewable biomass, qualified hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy; and (3) «other qualifying energy resource» as landfill gas, wastewater treatment gas, coal mine methane used to generate electricity at or near the mine mouth, and qualified waste - to - energy.

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.

Existing laws such as renewable portfolio standards, energy efficiency resource standards, long - term requirements for additional hydropower and wind power, and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions caps will require a significant reduction in natural gas - fired generation throughout New England.

Growing environmental consciousness and reducing dependency on conventional resources are projected to foster global small hydropower market size growth.

Charles Feinstein EAP Sector Manager, Energy and Water PSLO Seminar November 6, 2013 Agenda Focal areas Institutional capacity building and policy advice Introducing new financing mechanisms and market - based approaches including trade in energy saving certificates Energy efficient cities and green infrastructure Policy and regulatory framework (feed - in - tariff) Resource assessment and pre-investment activities Financing RE (hydropower, wind, geothermal, solar PV) Supporting T&D /

Taiwan's primary renewable energy resource is hydropower, with some pumped hydro resources.

Green power is generated from renewable resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, biogas, and low - impact hydropower.

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

Not only does more extreme weather threaten infrastructure like offshore oil platforms, but more droughts from global warming can create water stress, affecting hydropower and limiting resources for drilling.

«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.

Wind power, geothermal energy and mini hydropower plants are to complement the solar resources that are being exploited by private companies, entrepreneurs and civil institutions.

Other flexible low - carbon resources could include geothermal and hydropower dams with large reservoirs.

For example, regions with abundant hydropower, or hydropower and geothermal resources such as Iceland or Norway, are possible choices for siting electrolyzers.

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.

The most common renewable energy resources are biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, and wind.