Sentences with phrase «run hydroelectric plants»

And there's long - standing political opposition by labor unions and lawmakers who have for years pushed to have power generated in the state rather than imported from Quebec, which has substantial government - run hydroelectric plants.

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«The Nicaraguan government is trying to change the matrix of its energy supply, and to do so we need to preserve and conserve our nature reserves and forests so we can have the water we need to run what will be Central America's largest hydroelectric plant, Tumarin,» says Col Juan Ramon Morales, commander of the Ecological Battalion.

Hydroelectric power includes both massive hydroelectric dams and small run - of - the - Hydroelectric power includes both massive hydroelectric dams and small run - of - the - hydroelectric dams and small run - of - the - river plants.

Great source of hydroelectric power to offset the cost to run the fueling stations 3 Station Location: St. Louis Has an existing hydrogen producing plant and dispensing station.

CAISO data shows that during the hours that solar is being curtailed on a system - wide basis, the state continues to not only to run hydroelectric generation, but to import power, and the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant runs on a 24 - hour basis.

Hydroelectric dams produce significant amounts of carbon dioxide and methane, and in some cases produce more of these greenhouse gases than power plants running on fossil fuels.

To follow the variable demand the power producers use a variety of «building blocks» from steady running constant load units (Nuclear, Hydroelectric) to slow load - following power plants (Gas & Coal boilers) to rapid start high demand units (Combined Cycle Gas Units) to peaking units (Gas & Diesel generators).