Sentences with phrase «renewable capacity increased»

In China, which accounted for about half the wind additions and 40 % of all renewable capacity increases, two wind turbines were installed every hour in 2015.

And as renewable capacity increases, economies of scale kick in and prices fall further, compounded by technological improvements, availability of cheaper financing, and ambitious targets by governments with clear energy policies.

Not exact matches

Investments in renewables in 2015 were $ 285.9 billion, a 5 % increase from $ 273 billion the year before, according the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), and representing 53.6 % of total added capacity worldwide in 2015, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

* France aims to increase renewable energy capacity.

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The approval, which will allow government to invest in the mini-grid sector, is expected to increase the country's renewable energy generation capacity to achieve price reduction in electricity.

The goal was to increase the energy generation capacity from 5000 MW to 16000 MW by 2015 through the exploration of renewable energy resources.

A study earlier this year by German company Energynautics commissioned by Greenpeace found that grid upgrades totaling up to 140 GW of capacity would be necessary across the European Union and eastern and northern Europe to cope with the vast increase planned in renewable energy.

This trend was also accompanied by slower global growth in petroleum use and faster growth in renewables, with wind and solar capacities achieving record increases in 2014.

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.

December 8, 2017 India's steel industry, like America's, is dominated by electric - based processes November 20, 2017 Link between growth in economic activity and electricity use is changing around the world November 16, 2017 Growth in global energy - related carbon dioxide emissions expected to slow November 8, 2017 EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries October 25, 2017 China leads the growth in projected global natural gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use by 2040

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Also notable: in 2016, total renewable energy (excluding hydro) increased from 785 GW cumulative capacity, to 921, a 17 % increase.

This dynamic is evident in Germany, where wholesale power prices are being depressed by must - dispatch, low - marginal cost renewables, but balancing this intermittency is causing retail power prices to rise, both from increasing FIT commitments, and increasingly with costs like capacity payments for baseload power stations and curtailment payments for excess renewables.

-- China in 2012 increased electricity output more from non-hydro renewables than from all fossil - fueled and nuclear sources, and in 2013, added more PV capacity than the US had added since it invented PVs in 1954.

Fully contracted renewable energy projects have the least transition risk while older, inefficient merchant coal plants are likely to suffer disproportionately from the financial effects of carbon transition such as lower wholesale prices, the cost of carbon credits, lower capacity factors and increased operating or capital costs, according to the report.

Last year was a record year with a 10 % increase in renewable energy capacity coupled with a 23 % reduction in investment costs over 2015.

Writing in the foreward of the report, Dr Fatih Birol, executive director of the IEA, says China has increased its solar PV capacity almost 800-fold over the past decade and is now the «undisputed leader» in several renewables sectors.

Meanwhile, in the IEA's «accelerated case» — where India's grid integration and infrastructure challenges are addressed, and policy and regulatory uncertainties reduced — renewable capacity expansion is increased by another third above this level.

The share of renewable capacity in the total generation mix increased from 34 % at the end of 2010 to a stunning 41 % in July 2012 (Figure 2).

The installed capacity of renewables and low - carbon forms of energy also increased across the board, with growth in wind and solar outstripping the pace of growth seen in the previous year.

America's overall renewable energy capacity increased by 19.7 %, Germany's by 10.9 % and Britain's by only 4.8 %.

For example, to increase the U.S.'s renewable energy capacity to 17 % would require installing 162,000 megawatts of power — a six-fold increase in our existing capacity.14 This would also require the installation of thousands of miles of new transmission lines from the upper Midwest to the South, costing as much as $ 93 billion and taking decades to complete.15 Given the scope of this task, narrowing policy options to renewable energy alone creates an unnecessary obstacle to a transition to clean energy.

The Lake Turkana project illustrates the power and opportunity for renewable resources to make a significant contribution to total power needs: When completed, it is expected to increase Kenya's total energy generation capacity by 20 percent.

OPIC is rapidly increasing its focus on renewable energy in Africa: Its 2014 agreement to provide financing and insurance to support construction of the310 - megawatt Lake Turkana wind power plant in northern Kenya, is the largest renewable power plant it has committed to date in Africa, and has a projected capacity of almost triple the total capacity of renewable energy projects OPIC committed in the prior three years.

Changes in the fuel mix play out in different ways across the country, reflecting regional variation in the economics of increases in natural gas generation and renewable capacity.

Between 2004 and 2009, wind energy capacity in the United States grew by 423 %, while solar energy capacity expanded by 150 %.30 Yet over the same time frame, nuclear energy managed to increase by only 1 percent.31 By 2020, wind energy will grow by another 82 %, while nuclear power is only on track to expand by 10 %.32 A clean energy standard would help lift the dormant U.S. nuclear industry off the mat while also ensuring that the market for traditional renewables, like wind and solar, continues to grow through aggressive state mandates.

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.

For a European grid with a share of 60 % renewable power (an optimal mix of wind and solar), grid capacity would need to be increased at least sevenfold.

In its baseline New Policies Scenario, the IEA predicts that by 2040, total global generation capacity will increase by more than 60 %, and renewables will make up over 45 % of that total.

However; there is no doubt that the efficiency and capacity of renewable energy technologies are increasing at a higher rate; and may in the near future compare to the efficiency and capacity of fossils.

Duke Energy, one of the two biggest utilities in our region, in late April announced plans to increase its renewable energy capacity to 8,000 megawatts by 2020, up by one - third over previous targets.

South Australia has high and increasing reliance on renewables, is close to phasing out coal, and has limited interconnection capacity.

The past five years have brought a sea change in urban climate action: increased awareness of the critical role that local leaders play in carbon reduction; new capacity in local governments to tackle climate change; and a sharper focus on strategies that advance energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean transportation.

Some 147 Gigawatts of renewable electricity came online in 2015 — the largest annual increase ever and as much as Africa's entire power generating capacity.

We now have the situation where we are committed to continue heavily subsidising renewable - energy projects at a time when excess capacity is increasing and prices to non-subsidised power stations (but not to users) are falling.

Renewable power generating capacity saw its largest increase ever, with an estimated 147...

Reve With a rapid growth in the renewable energy projects over the past few years, the total installed capacity of the wind power plants across the world has witnessed a manifold increase.

It says it is looking to increase its renewable capacity to defray the volatile diesel fuel prices and the environmental impacts.

In recent years, expanded supply of low cost natural gas, increased energy efficiency, growing market penetration of renewable electricity sources, and substantial reserve margins have contributed to low prices reflecting low marginal costs in wholesale energy and capacity markets.

Should clarify: do the CO2 emissions of the additional conventional capacity increase by the same percentage as the capacity increases in a scenario where the share of renewables (namely wind and solar) increases too?

But it says the most important driver has been the «remarkable» increase of renewable capacity, and in particular solar, mainly in Germany.

AEMO notes that small - scale generation investment has increased rapidly over the last three years, the Large - scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) is driving continued investment in wind generation capacity, and average spot market prices have been falling in every region since 2007 — 08.

[283] In 2011, Ukraine's Energy Ministry predicted that the installed capacity of generation from alternative and renewable energy sources would increase to 9 % (about 6 GW) of the total electricity production in the country.

But the Indian government has very strong goals for increasing renewables capacity: 100GW of solar, 60GW of wind and 10GW of biomass energy by March 2022.

The system succeeded in meeting this demand, but the way it did so, through increased use of conventional energy, and in spite of mediocre to poor performance from renewables, has raised serious questions about the country's ability to withstand similar shocks in the future, when much conventional capacity, mostly coal, will have retired without replacement.

REN21, Renewables Global Status Report: 2009 Update (Paris and Washington, DC: REN21 Secretariat and Worldwatch Institute, 2009), p. 23; Lila Buckley, «Hydropower in China: Participation and Energy Diversity Are Key,» China Watch (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute and Global Environmental Institute, 24 April 2007); «Rural Areas Get Increased Hydro Power Capacity,» op.

BRIAN MAFFLY The Salt Lake Tribune Dec 10 2015 Utah unveiled its first large utility - scale solar farm Thursday with the dedication of the Utah Red Hills Renewable Park, part of a solar - energy construction boom expected to increase the state's generating capacity by 915 megawatts in the coming months.

Belgium plans to increase its renewable wind energy capacity by constructing a doughnut shaped «Island of Wind» in the North Sea.

However, the biggest threats to the business model of the coal - fired generators are lowering demand — caused by changing consumption patterns — and from increased capacity from renewables such as large scale wind and solar, as McIndoe and ACIL Tasman acknowledge.