Sentences with phrase «renewable capacity including»

Innergex completed the $ 1.1 - billion takeover on Feb. 6, netting it 485 megawatts of renewable capacity including 100 megawatts of geothermal in Iceland as well as assets in Canada and the U.S.

Not exact matches

Only about 12 GW of the nation's reliably available capacity of 160 GW is currently met by renewables, which includes wind power to a minor extent, and is mostly hydropower.

Those components, Mills said, include benefits like capacity value and energy value and costs like transmission upgrades and integration of variable renewables.

A report from groups including the United Nations environmental arm and Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) shows renewable energy installations were responsible for 61 % of the world's net power capacity additions in 2017, more than double the new - builds from fossil fuel - powered generation.

The most recent waves of generating capacity additions include natural gas - fired units in the 2000s and renewable units, primarily wind, coming online in the late 2000s.

The economics of increased natural gas generation and expanded renewable electricity capacity vary regionally, the key determinants being: 1) the natural gas supply and combined cycle utilization rates by region; and 2) the potential for penetration of renewable generation in regions including states that have no (or low) renewable portfolio standards.

Each spreadsheet lists the model estimates of capacity additions (what electric generating capacity the model and what the states tell the model to include because of regulations); generation (how much the existing and projected units will produce); prices (including firm power prices, energy prices, capacity prices, allowance prices, natural gas prices, and renewable energy credit prices); total CO2 emissions; fuel consumption for different fuel types; and transmission flows into and out of the RGGI power grids.

While carbon pricing can theoretically address the externalities associated with climatic harm from emissions, it can not automatically deal with the externalities holding back grid development, which include the monopoly status of many of the firms involved, issues concerning economies of scale, the fact that the absence of transmission capacity restricts the emergence of renewable generation capacity (and vice versa).

«In a record - breaking year for renewable energy creation worldwide, the 98 gigawatts of new solar capacity was higher than all other technologies, including other renewables, nuclear and fossil fuels.»

Overall, around 3,330 MW of renewable energy generation capacity was contracted through the round, including 149.4 MW of geothermal projects, 133.8 MW of biomass power plants and other minor renewables.

Benefits include: improved comfort and safety, lower energy bills, less renewable capacity needed, and lower upfront cost to install renewable energy.

SeeNews India's renewables ministry is seeking comments by May 27 on its new guidelines for wind project development that include capacity factor and certification requirements, and some new tasks for the developer.

Continuing its history of discounting state policies, the fuel security analysis scenario that the ISO claims depicts the likely future includes only 6,600 megawatts of renewable energy capacity in 2024/2025 — far below the more than 8,000 megawatts needed to achieve state renewable portfolio standards.

-- In addition to the policy under paragraph (1), it is the policy of the United States that regional electric grid planning to meet these objectives should result from an open, inclusive and transparent process, taking into account all significant demand - side and supply - side options, including energy efficiency, distributed generation, renewable energy and zero - carbon electricity generation technologies, smart - grid technologies and practices, demand response, electricity storage, voltage regulation technologies, high capacity conductors with at least 25 percent greater efficiency than traditional ACSR (aluminum stranded conductors steel reinforced) conductors, superconductor technologies, underground transmission technologies, and new conventional electric transmission capacity and corridors.

E.ON now has more than 5 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity; including its hydro assets, the company has nearly 11 gigawatts of renewables capacity in operation.

China to add wind power capacity August 15, 2005 In recent years China has significantly expanded its interests in renewable energy sources including wind, solar, biofuels, tidal, and small hydroelectric dams.

By establishing a flexible approach, the ZERO Code is applicable to all new commercial and institutional buildings, and mid - to high - rise housing, including buildings with limited on - site renewable energy generating capacity (e.g. buildings in dense urban environments).

For the avoidance of doubt, Gross Revenues shall (A) exclude monies received from any source other than the sale of electric energy and capacity, including, without limitation, any of the following: (i) any federal, state, county or local tax benefits, grants or credits or allowances related to, derived from, or granted to the Wind Energy Project or Grantee, including, but not limited to, investment or production tax credits, or property or sales tax exemptions, (ii) proceeds from financing activities, sales, assignments, partial assignments, contracts (other than the power purchase agreement) or other dispositions of or related to the Wind Energy Project (such as damages for breach of contract or liquidated damages for delays in project completion or failures in equipment performance), (iii) amounts received as reimbursements or compensation for wheeling costs or other electricity transmission or delivery costs, and (iv) any proceeds received by Grantee as a result of damage or casualty to the Wind Energy Project, or any portion thereof and (B) include any revenues derived from Grantee's sale of carbon dioxide trading credits, renewable energy credits or certificates, emissions reduction credits, emissions allowances, green tags, tradable renewable credits, or Green - e ® products, any of which are allocated to Grantee, if applicable, through its participation in any voluntary registry, association or market - based exchange.

In the United States only, GE Renewable Energy has commissioned 38 GW of wind capacity over 15 years of presence in the sector and provided turbines for some of the largest sites in the country, including the 845 MW Shepherd's Flat Wind Farm in Oregon and the Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center and Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm in Texas, among others.

«(1) support for the development of new renewable energy generation capacity, including renewable energy generation located distant from load centers and other location - constrained resources;

-- The term «renewable energy» means energy generated from solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, municipal solid waste, or new hydroelectric generation capacity achieved from increased efficiency or additions of new capacity at an existing hydroelectric project.

Also included in these projections are associated data on fuel prices, renewable capacity, and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

India has set out some of the world's most ambitious renewable energy policies, including a target to ramp up solar installed capacity to 100 GW by 2022.

«On the basis of these recommendations, the Government will support investment for up to 400MW of a diversified renewable energy capacity by providing revenue certainty through a reverse auction process, including a 100MW energy storage component, with an emphasis on supporting local jobs and benefits,» he added.

NYPA's solicitation calls for several renewable generation products, including energy, renewable energy credits and capacity.

The official data also shows that low - carbon generation capacity, including nuclear and renewables, grew rapidly during 2014.

By establishing a net zero balance of carbon - free energy consumption, this ZNC definition can apply to all new and existing building types including those with limited on - site renewable energy capacity, such as buildings in dense urban environments.

In addition, the activities include a total generation capacity of four gigawatt that come from coal, gas, and renewable sources in Spain and Portugal.

The Texas renewable portfolio standard requires that utilities have 5,880 megawatts of renewable capacity by 2015, including a target of 500 megawatts of renewable - energy capacity from resources other than wind.

Over the years, grid - connected battery storage has been used in various ways, including for energy arbitrage, generation capacity deferral, ancillary services, ramping, transmission and distribution capacity deferral, and end - user applications — which entail managing energy costs, power quality and service reliability, and renewable curtailment.

EIA's new tables include capacity factors for individual renewable generating technologies (see chart below).

The diverse membership of the OEA includes representatives from all forms of energy, both renewable and conventional, which gives the association a unique capacity to provide a full spectrum of insight into the issues faced by all facets of the energy industry.

This includes 175 gigawatt renewable energy capacity by 2022.

A recent MIT masters thesis shows that OTEC energy has the highest capacity of all energy sources and the least levelized capital costs of any renewable, including nuclear power.

It initially focused on developing a global atlas for solar and wind energy; a corresponding long - term strategy on joint capacity building; and a report on economic value creation effects from renewable energy deployment, including how to measure these effects and policies to facilitate and optimize them.

Ancient respect for landscapes, including modest human additions, has been replaced with crass talk of «installed capacity» and «market share of renewables.»

The measure provides that renewable energy includes any biomass energy capacity, efficient or otherwise, in operation prior to January 1, 2016, and that on and after that date renewable energy may include the proportion of the thermal or electric energy from a facility that results from the co-firing of efficient biomass on or after January 1, 2016.

«Renewable energy sources, including hydropower, now account for 16.3 % of total installed U.S. operating generating capacity: water - 8.58 %, wind - 5.27 %, biomass - 1.37 %, solar - 0.75 %, and geothermal steam - 0.33 %.

With all due respect, Rod, I see the ongoing transition to clean renewable energy sources through paying very close attention to what is actually going on in the real world, including for example the fact that for the last two years, in both the United States and Europe, more renewable power capacity was added than coal, gas and nuclear combined.

If the estimated $ 46 billion of large hydro investment is included in the renewable energy total, then renewables investment is clearly ahead of both gross and net investment in fossil fuel capacity.

The Indian government's Eleventh Five - Year Plan includes a renewable energy target of 10 percent of total power generation capacity, with 4 percent to 5 percent of the final electricity mix to be achieved by 2012.

Advised on the impact of the Department for Energy and Climate Change's consultation on financial incentives for renewable energy which include a Feed in Tariff («FIT») for small scale, low carbon electricity generation of capacity up to 5MW.

The government's National Development Plan (NDP) places a high priority on resolving South Africa's energy shortages, including a significant expansion in capacity and renewable energy sources.