Sentences with phrase «scale hydropower»

There was also less support for carbon capture and storage, new nuclear build, small - scale hydropower and natural gas stations as viable ways to hit targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Officially known as the «Law on Special Measures Concerning Procurement of Renewable Energy Sourced Electricity by Electric Utilities,» Japan's feed - in tariff (FiT) includes solar PV, wind, small and medium - scale hydropower, geothermal, and biomass.

The Sierra Club also opposes the use of nuclear power and large - scale hydropower.

But the Sierra Club has actively lobbied against large - scale hydropower because the plants could disrupt fish habitats.

As you can see, each project is going to vary in this regard, but to assume that large - scale hydropower is emissions - free isn't entirely accurate.

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Large - scale hydropower dams certainly can provide a lot of power and are a renewable resource — assuming the water source doesn't decline, an real concern with climate change but something beyond the scope of this piece.

In Papua, the location and relatively low population density of villages without access makes them prime candidates for mini - and off - grid technologies, powered mostly by renewables - based generation (predominantly solar and small - scale hydropower).

Tier I sources include: solar thermal, wind power, low - impact hydropower, geothermal energy, biologically derived methane gas, fuel cells, biomass energy, coal mine methane, black liquor (PA only), and large - scale hydropower (certain restrictions apply).

Tier II sources include: waste coal, large - scale hydropower, municipal solid waste, integrated combined coal gasification technology, utilizing wood pulping, employing distribution generation systems, and demand - side management use.

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In Kayah, Karen, and Shan states, large scale hydropower and mining projects implemented by foreign corporations in cooperation with the Burmese army continue to displace local ethnic communities.

As a long - time green campaigner, Tony Juniper was the obvious man to write it — and he has the wisdom to leave us with hope, as we contemplate the rise of small - scale hydropower and onshore wind energy, as well as sustainable, circular economies.

Transmission Developers Inc., also submitted a petition requesting the Public Service Commission clarify that a utility could use imported large - scale hydropower not sold into New York's market to meet its obligations for renewable energy.

Not exact matches

Hydro - Québec petitioned the Public Service Commission to allow large - scale and incremental new hydropower to get the same subsidies as new solar or wind projects but was rejected.

COPENHAGEN — Revolutionizing the energy industry to achieve a target concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere of no more than 450 parts per million (ppm) would require building 17 nuclear power plants a year between now and 2030; 17,000 wind turbines a year; or two hydropower dams on the scale of Three Gorges Dam in China, according to the International Energy Agency.

«The options for large - scale clean electricity are few in number,» Sachs noted, including geothermal, hydropower, nuclear, solar and wind.

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 and biomass could only be scaled up with devastating consequences.

Until offshore wind and other solutions scale up significantly, though, Massachusetts faces a choice between natural gas for the bulk of its generation and wind and hydropower imported from out - of - state.

The 152 GW figure mentioned above comprises mostly of hydropower, and much of it or the large - scale and ecologically and socially destructive sort.

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And Xie Xiaoping, the chair of Huanghe Hydropower Development, a large scale power developer, offered: «The Chinese government will carry out and fulfil its international commitments... I don't care what Mr Trump says... I think what he says is nonsense.»

On a larger scale, M2E hopes to use kinetic energy to enhance wind, hydropower, and tidal power efficiency.

The report includes all biomass and waste - to - energy, geothermal, and wind generation projects of more than 1MW; all hydropower projects of between 1MW and 50MW; all wave and tidal energy projects; all biofuel projects with a capacity of one million liters or more per year; and all solar projects, with those less than 1MW estimated separately and referred to as small - scale projects, or small distributed capacity.

In the U.S., large - scale renewable projects plus conventional hydropower are expected to account for 14 percent of total electricity generation in 2016, a 9 percent rise from 2015, the U.S. Energy Information Administration recently reported.

My gut reaction was to be skeptical: Solar has been growing rapidly, especially in California, but even with nearly 3,000 MW of photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal generation in place, it's still well short of the scale of California's 10,000 MW of hydropower dams, especially when you consider that the latter aren't constrained to operate only in daylight hours.

Hydropower projects encompass dam projects with reservoirs, run - of - river and in - stream projects and range from small to large scale.

Hywind Scotland is Statoil's test case for commercialising utility - scale floating wind by 2023, with 100MW and then 500MW plants planned to follow off countries including the US, Japan, France, the UK and even its home market of Norway, where ultra-cheap hydropower has so far kept floating wind uneconomic.

It would be an exceptionally useful experiment in managing the adoption of renewable energy technologies to isolate California from all external sources of fossil, nuclear, and hydropower generation and to rely instead upon solar and wind backed by a combination of grid - scale energy storage facilities and gas - fired backup generation capacity.

As hopefully you've grasped, scale is everything when it comes to environmental impact of hydropower (as it is with most environmental issues).

The «technology to eliminate fossil fuel combustion» includes solar and wind energy, geothermal energy, a variety of hydropower energy sources, combustion of biomass to generate electricity (an entirely different matter than liquid biofuels for transport) and more — ALL of which is already at hand, and already being deployed at both large and small scales all over the world.

Here's why: There are three broad types of hydropower we'll consider here, differentiated widely in terms of scale and environmental impact.

While the country is scaling up its renewable energy, up to 15 percent of its energy needs by 2020, or 20 gigawatts (coal currently provides 67 percent of the country's energy), by 2020, the country wants to nearly triple its hydropower capacity, to 300 gigawatts.

China is making a strong push to install more wind and solar power, as well as (controversially, considering its past efforts and large - scale disregard for neighboring countries downstream) hydropower.

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.