Sentences with phrase «scale wind power»

Its availability here constitutes a «fair use» as provided for in section 29 of the Canadian Copyright Law as well as in similar «fair dealing» exceptions of the copyright laws of other nations, as part of Ontario Wind Resistance's noncommercial effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large - scale wind power development to a provincial and global audience seeking such information.

To generate and sell commercial scale wind power in Ontario, the proponent must obtain a Renewable Energy Approval (REA) under the Environmental Protection Act from the Director of Approvals, Ministry of the Environment.

I came across this, which purports to calculate maximum extractable wind power and claims that large scale wind power will have similar impact to the climate as CO2 doubling.

While he was working in Haiti, inventor Shawn Frayne, one of the recipients of Popular Mechanics» 2007 Breakthrough Awards last week, recognized the need for small - scale wind power to power LED lamps and radios in impoverished homes.

and b. the effect of large scale wind power is «in some senses equivalent to CO2 doubling»,

This first study, State Enabling Legislation for Commercial - Scale Wind Power Siting and the Local Government Role, reveals that local governments play a major role in siting decisions in 48 of the 50 states.

Wind Concerns Ontario is a coalition of community groups, individuals and families concerned about the impact of industrial - scale wind power development on the economy, on the natural environment, and on human health in Ontario.

Last, it is important that as you prepare for this major portfolio, you understand that industrial - scale wind power generation offers no significant benefit to the environment.

A highly technical project ending on 31 August 2012, this involves: «Multi-scale data assimilation, advanced wind modelling and forecasting with emphasis on extreme weather situations for a secure large - scale wind power integration.»

Where distributed solar shaves the cost of peak electricity prices, utility - scale wind power lowers the wholesale cost of power across the board.

Meanwhile, the government gave out contracts last year for five more large - scale wind power projects, for power we don't need, that will cost ratepayers over $ 3 billion over 20 years.

As a coalition of community groups and individuals concerned about the impact of utility - scale wind power development on Ontario's economy, natural environment and human health, we offer the following comments on the proposed amendments to Regulation 359/09 as per the Regulation Proposal Notice, dated August 4, 2015.

As a coalition of community groups and individuals concerned about the impact of utility - scale wind power development on Ontario's economy, natural environment and human health, we offer the following -LSB-...]

He decided he would like to make large scale wind power comercially viable and in 1996 he erected his first large scale wind turbine, Ecotricity was on its way and the rest is history.

IICC opposes industrial scale wind power, arguing it is a potential health hazard and provides little, if any, benefits to the environment.

«As we return to California, birthplace of utility - scale wind power, we're bringing a...

Enabling wind farm owners and operators to more efficiently and cost - effectively convert wind energy into electricity and supply it to power grids improves the economics of utility - scale wind power.

One of the first utility - scale wind power systems to incorporate short - term, grid - scale battery storage, the GE Brilliant 1.6 - 100 addresses one of the criticisms (if not the biggest and most frequently cited criticism) of wind energy: its intermittent nature.

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Since 1995, participating COUP tribes have committed to promoting large - scale wind power on reservations in the northern Great Plains region.

«Utility - scale wind power: impacts of increased penetration (working paper)» [PDF], Lawrence Pitt, G. Cornelis van Kooten, Murray Love, and Ned Djilali, Resource and Environmental Economics and Policy Analysis (REPA) Research Group, Department of Economics, University of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada), June 2005

«The impact of large scale wind power production on the Nordic electricity system» [3.44 - MB PDF], Hannele Holttinen

Industrial - scale wind power is so capitally expensive per megawatt - hour generated that it would not be commercially viable, in the UK at least, without the Renewables Obligation, which obliges electricity suppliers in the UK to source a proportion of their electricity from renewable sources.

Not exact matches

In Kenya, efforts to produce wind power on a grand scale are underway.

Utility - scale wind, solar and natural gas - fired power are each cheaper today than coal - fired power and that gap is growing wider.

That said, there may be limits to how far wind power can scale up in the U.S. Few states can rely on the ample gusts that Iowa gets, for example.

And fifth, utility - scale solar is reaching prices, especially in California and the Southeast, that are competitive with local wind power (and cheaper at certain times of day).

In the middle third of the U.S., wind farms have an all - in cost that is less than a third that of a new natural gas - fired plant, and wind power is also well below the cost of power from large - scale solar farms.»

The U.S. Department of Energy puts the drop at 64 per cent for utility - scale solar power and 41 per cent for land - based wind since 2008.

Founded in 2011, ReNew Power is a leading Indian renewable energy developer and operator with clean energy capacity diversified across wind, utility - scale solar,...

Wind farming is notoriously finicky when it comes to supply, and large - scale batteries like the one Tesla will be providing in the pilot project at BP's South Dakota Titan 1 wind farm will help solve the volatility of the renewable power souWind farming is notoriously finicky when it comes to supply, and large - scale batteries like the one Tesla will be providing in the pilot project at BP's South Dakota Titan 1 wind farm will help solve the volatility of the renewable power souwind farm will help solve the volatility of the renewable power source.

Despite recent sharp declines in the market price of natural gas, utility - scale solar and wind power remain cost - competitive complements to traditional generation technologies, even without subsidies.

Clarence and Tonawanda are crafting laws to prohibit all large - scale industrial - sized wind farms that generate power to sell back to the grid.

Also at 5 p.m., hundreds of New Yorkers are expected to attend a state energy hearing calling on Cuomo to institute «enforceable renewable energy targets» that include specific commitments to large - scale offshore wind power, City Hall Park, 90 Church St., Manhattan.

The Long Island Power Authority is one step closer to a vote on the nation's first large - scale offshore wind farm.

More than 60 groups delivered a letter to the governor calling for a large scale, long - term commitment to wind power.

In September, the University of Delaware's Center for Carbon Free Power Integration (CCPI) reported that US offshore wind power is further away in the US from commercial - scale deployment and operation than it was in Power Integration (CCPI) reported that US offshore wind power is further away in the US from commercial - scale deployment and operation than it was in power is further away in the US from commercial - scale deployment and operation than it was in 2005.

This also means that other generators, such as those powered by fossil fuels, can scale their power output in advance rather than rapidly ramping up or slowing down to compensate for wind, increasing their efficiency and improving the grid's reliability.

To find out, the researchers compared the energetic cost of curtailing solar and wind power, versus the energetic cost of grid - scale storage.

«That's the scale that's relevant for people that are investing in wind power,» he said.

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.

«With the industry's desire for higher - megawatt machines to maximize clean wind power opportunities in the U.S. and around the globe, new technologies will be needed to support larger - scale wind platforms,» said Keith Longtin, wind technology leader at GE Global Research.

There will be some impact of large - scale wind - power generation, but Miller's team is overstating it, he says.

Such storage systems will be critical for scaling up the use of intermittent power sources such as wind and solar.

Today, wind and solar power are considered too unreliable to be used on a mass scale, unable to supply energy when the sunsets or the wind stops.

Although grid - scale storage of wind power might not be cost effective compared to buying power from the grid, it is energetically affordable, even with the wind industry growing at a double - digit pace.

Spurred by a series of nuclear - power mishaps, starting with 2011's disaster at Fukushima, large - scale solar and wind plants now dot the country.

These small cliffs, crevices and canyons are on a grand enough scale to protect plants from grazers, predators and the drying power of sun and wind alike.

Solar and wind power used to be too expensive to be used on large scales.

Why It Matters: Finding a way to turn electricity into fuels would aid in large - scale solar and wind power as well as fuel cells.