Sentences with phrase «plant capacity added»

It was the biggest quarter ever for solar, which supplied one - third of over 7.3 gigawatts of new power plant capacity added to the grid.

Not exact matches

Reed Food Technology is expanding its plant in Pearl, where it is adding a new freezer that will increase its capacity to hold ingredients and finished products.

At noon, leaders from four municipalities will join Ratepayer and Community Intervenors at a press conference to cal on Cuomo to reject a proposal by Cayuga Operating Co. to continue burning coal at the Cayuga plant and to add gas - fired capacity, Town of Ithaca Town Hall, 215 North Tioga St., Ithaca.

THE world added more solar capacity in 2017 than all new coal, gas and nuclear electricity - generating plants combined.

It also assumes that 45 new nuclear power plants could be built by 2030, using existing reactor sites, adding 64 gigawatts of new capacity.

«Only a few private Chinese companies have developed major biotech and plant breeding research capacities,» he adds.

The world added more solar capacity in 2017 than all new coal, gas and nuclear electricity - generating plants combined.

Professor Morten Sommer adds: «The findings from our research demonstrate that wastewater treatment plants contain a huge pool of genes with the capacity to provide bacteria with antimicrobial resistance, but that these genes do not appear in pathogenic bacteria.

The design also means that additional capacity can be added to a NuScale Power Plant incrementally over time — up to a maximum of 12 modules, with each module producing 50MWe of low carbon energy.

General Motors will add a third shift of workers to increase production capacity at its Arlington, Texas assembly plant that makes the full - size Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, GMC Yukon, and Cadillac Escalade models.

If Explorer production adds another 50,000 - 60,000 units to Chicago's output, the plant's capacity utilization would approach 60 %.

In order to add Optima production, Kia will hire about 700 more workers and increase the plant's production capacity to 360,000 vehicles annually.

Honda however plans on adding manufacturing capacity at its second plant in Rajasthan next year to reduce waiting periods.

U.S. sales of the RAV4 totaled 407,594 in 2017, and Toyota is adding more production capacity at a plant in Cambridge, Ontario, to build the compact crossover.

That would require adding roughly 1,000 gigawatts of renewable and nuclear generation capacity — about equivalent to all of China's coal burning plants today.

«How great this need for conventional power plant capacity actually is depends on a number of variables,» says the Economics Ministry, adding that «it is... very difficult to put a figure on the power plant capacity needed.»

So we are back to your «plan B» of «buying more time» by adding new fossil fuel fired power plants when new capacity is required (regardless of what James E. Hansen thinks of this option).

«The world added more solar capacity than coal, gas, and nuclear plants combined,» Nils Stieglitz, president of the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, said in the report.

In fact, APS» 2012 purchase of Southern California Edison's share of the Four Corners coal plant — adding 179 megawatts (MW) to APS» owned coal capacity — was a step in the opposite direction from clean energy and for protecting ratepayers, since APS has had to spend over $ 400 million for emissions control of these units.

Two coal plants, both delayed projects that were originally scheduled to be completed in 2011 - 12, accounted for all of the coal capacity added in 2013.

Florida regulators have given the green light to a pair of new natural gas - fired power plants that will add nearly 1,700 MW of generation capacity in the state, and a Florida - based energy project developer has...

In fact, of the 6 GW of new solar capacity added in the US during 2014, 63 % of it came from utility - scale plants.

Recharge The wind industry added a further 54GW of plant to the grid around the world last year, with turbines in more than 90 countries making up an installed generating capacity of 486.8 GW, according to figures from the Global Wind Energy Council's (GWEC) latest Global Wind Report.

Adding wind and solar photovoltaic capacity to the grid may require augmenting the amount of peak - load plants, which can be done relatively cheaply by adding gas turbines, which can be fueled by sustainably - produced biofuels or naturaAdding wind and solar photovoltaic capacity to the grid may require augmenting the amount of peak - load plants, which can be done relatively cheaply by adding gas turbines, which can be fueled by sustainably - produced biofuels or naturaadding gas turbines, which can be fueled by sustainably - produced biofuels or natural gas.

Elsewhere in the world, China — often still thought of by many as relying almost entirely upon dirty coal plants for electrical generation — actually added more clean energy generation capacity in the first 10 months of 2013 than fossil fuel:

That would bring total closures of coal and gas plants over the coming four years to 49GW (around a third of total thermal capacity)-- which just happens to match the amount of wind and solar capacity that UBS anticipates will be added over the same period.

This reflects both seasonal growth and added renewable generation capacity, as well as maintenance and refueling schedules for nuclear power plants, which normally undergo maintenance during spring and fall months, when overall electricity demand is lower.

As we add new power plants to our electricity grid, new capacity must be based on clean energy sources, rather than gas or other fossil fuels.

The previous article in respect to Ontario's decision to close our coal plants examined the MW (megawatt) capacity and the type of generating capacity added to our electricity grid since 2011.

Recent research showed that renewable power plants retrofitted with smart inverters can cost - effectively provide frequency control, voltage control, and ramping capacity «at least as well if not better than, conventional energy plants,» he added.

The NERC report also assumes only 11 GW to 12 GW of new power plant capacity annually, but the U.S. grid has added 30 GW of new capacity yearly since 2000, Moore wrote.

Chinese coal plants have been running fewer hours, however, suggesting capacity is being added but not used.

Solar made up over a half of the added power plant capacity during the first quarter of 2016.

As just one indicator, China's 20 - percent renewables by 2030 pledge means it will have to add about the same capacity in zero - emissions power as its coal - fired plants produce today — and nearly as much capacity as the entire US energy sector.

Florida regulators have given the green light to a pair of new natural gas - fired power plants that will add nearly 1,700 MW of generation capacity in the state, and a Florida - based energy project developer has announced a 1,000 - MW gas - fired facility project in South Carolina.

Even though we plan to add over 60 billion square feet of new buildings to our building stock (a 23.3 % increase) over the next two decades, and renovate as much or more, Building Sector operational energy consumption — which accounts for 75.7 % of electricity use — will be low enough to prevent the need for any new power plant capacity in the U.S.

Dr. Staffell added that while the switch from coal - fired power plants to natural gas is not «a long term solution,» it is «an important step to start reducing emissions quickly and at minimal cost» and could allow time to develop the «required renewable energy capacity to permanently cut global carbon emissions.»

PV could add another 10 % of a plant's total capacity, or over 10 MW on the tower of a 100 MW tower CSP plant with LCOE of under 5 cents per kWh.

There were also capacity payments for coal plants added to the nuclear subsidy proposal.

AIA lists the ambitions set for the building: «1) to create the best possible learning environment by providing exceptional daylighting, views, indoor air quality, and thermal comfort; 2) to make the sustainable design strategies a visible part of the students» education by developing the site as a teaching tool with natural drainage and native and food - producing plants; 3) to inspire and excite the community about the possibilities of sustainable design and in turn generate support and private funding; 4) to reach net - zero electricity use through exceptional efficiency and adding photovoltaic (PV) capacity to meet the remaining electrical demand; and 5) to reach these goals with only a modest cost premium.»

Meanwhile, wind capacity is being added globally in the gigawatt range and coal plants — outside of China, pretty much — are facing greater resistance in being built.

During 2010, wind capacity was added in 21 States - including Maryland and Delaware, each of which reported its first utility - scale wind plants (there are now wind plants in 37 States).

Much like with the debate over decommissioning the aging Indian Point nuclear power plant, much of the added power that could be created because of the increased pipeline capacity, could just as easily (and probably far more cheaply) be offset with energy efficiency improvements in the region.

By contrast, wind energy consultant David Milborrow claims we have enough, and that some fossil - fired plants can actually be retired when wind capacity is added.

Foxconn will ramp up the capacity of its plant in Hengyang in 2017, including the adding of 30 new production lines for production of audio equipment and tablets, and another 15 lines for smartphones and tablet mainboards and other components...