Sentences with phrase «shares of renewable generation»

This trend is mostly driven by the rapid growth of two - and three - wheelers in China but also results from electric cars in European markets with high shares of renewable generation.

«Whether this growth continues in the long term after state renewable portfolio standards are met and the standard utility supply has a greater share of renewable generation, or after the most environmentally conscientious customers have already subscribed, is undetermined.»

Not exact matches

The batteries could pave the way for renewable energy sources to make up a greater share of the nation's energy generation.

As electricity use spikes across the country in the summertime when more people use air conditioning, electric power companies turn to more coal and natural gas power plants to help meet the demand, reducing renewables» share of total U.S. power generation, Comstock said.

Target 2: Increase Non-Fossil Energy to 11.4 % of Total Supply: Though overall power demand growth fell in 2012, the share of Chinese electricity generated from renewables increased from 15.7 % to 19.4 % thanks to a recovery in hydro and increased wind generation.

In 2016, Denmark and Germany successfully managed peaks of 140 % and 86.3 %, respectively, of electricity generation from renewable sources, and in several countries (Portugal, Ireland and Cyprus, for example), achieving annual shares of 20 - 30 % electricity from variable renewables without additional storage is becoming feasible.

The key lesson for integrating large shares of variable renewable generation is to ensure maximum flexibility in the power system.

Non-hydro renewables have not managed to do so to date in any large electricity grid, (hydro can not help; its capacity growth is limited so it will decrease its share of global electricity generation over future decades).

Rapid deployment of solar photovoltaics (PV), led by China and India, helps solar become the largest source of low - carbon capacity by 2040, by which time the share of all renewables in total power generation reaches 40 %.

In September 2010, the German government announced a new energy policy with the target of increasing the relative share of renewable energy in gross electrical generation to 35 % by 2020, 50 % by 2030, 65 % by 2040, and 80 % by 2050.

Although coal - fired power generation may not be flexible enough to make up for the variability of wind power at the source region, the «hybrid - by - wire» strategy allows the lines to have a high utilization rate, and provides the flexibility to increase the share of renewable transmission in the future.

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).

Renewables grow at a slightly lower rate, while the share of coal - fired generation declines to 28 % in 2020 and 19 % in 2030.

Power sector CO2 emissions declined by 363 million metric tons between 2005 and 2013, due to a decline in coal's generation share and growing use of natural gas and renewables, but the CO2 emissions are projected to change only modestly from 2013 through 2040 in the 3 baseline cases used in this report.

It's another acknowledgement of the tough operating environment for nuclear facilities as gas - fired and renewable energy sources continue to grab more power generation market share in an era of lower electricity costs and slowing demand for electricity.

Other fuels, such as renewables, natural gas, and nuclear power, are expected to make up increasing shares of China's electricity generation.

And not coincidentally, as renewables» share of electrical generation has grown, that of fossil fuels has declined.

But this poses a problem as the share of power generation from variable renewables such as wind and solar PV rises.

McGuinty ceded that his proposals to implement renewables were poorly planned and managed; renewable projects were taken over by deep pocketed oil companies that would foist them on people in notably contentious locations giving wind a bad name, high FITs that did not adjust to market forces over the long term, no comprehensive agreement with neighbours for better power sharing agreements, no power storage strategy, no coordinated conservation or efficiency plan that included distributed generation, CHP, microCHP, automated demand response management, and worst of all there was no options analysis of subsidies to various producers.

Alex Couture, Director Generation for EDF Renewables further added, «In addition to the $ 11 million of local economic impact generated by the project during construction, the two MRCs concerned by the project and the city of Murdochville will share a total contribution of over $ 4 million during the operational phase.»

In the Reference case of EIA's long - term international energy projections, China's coal share of generation steadily decreases to nearly 50 % by 2040, as generation shares from renewables and nuclear both increase.

Solar and renewables still constitute a relatively small share of generation for California in the context of all fuel sources (tab 3).

In other AEO cases that assume the continuation of tax credits or other policies that support nonhydro renewables, their overall generation and generation share relative to hydropower is much higher.

Similarly in the EU coal is now in third place in terms of its share of power generation, behind renewables and nuclear.

«Unprecedented challenge» for fossil fuels as low LCOE for solar and wind power, allied to tumbling storage costs, sees renewables claim larger share of bulk and dispatchable generation while adding vital flexibility to global energy mix.

The share of renewables in electricity generation reached a record level of 17 %, while the share of nuclear power held steady at 20 %.

For example, the SEP calls for reducing liquid fuel consumption by 2030 and increasing renewable energy's share of electricity generation to 8 % by 2010.

States can draw from a number of options, including joining or starting a cap - and - trade program, which sets limits on emissions, then allows for the purchase and sale of pollution permits; boosting their share of renewable energy in electricity generation; and tightening efficiency standards on plants and energy users.

Other renewables, such as biomass, have remained flat at about a 6 % share of non ‐ fossil electricity generation since 2001.

Hydropower, which historically has been the largest source of renewable electricity generation, has also lost share, falling from 34 % of non ‐ fossil electricity generation in 1997 to 19 % in 2016.

The share of renewables in new energy capacity generation has also grown.

The agency predicts that this share will increase to 28 percent by the year 2021, making renewables the fastest - growing source of electricity generation in the world.

Renewable energy accounts for about half of the increase in power generation and its share of total power generation increases from a 7 percent share today to around a quarter by 2040.

The government is pursuing a policy of reducing its dependence on imported fossil fuels and increasing the share of renewable energy in power generation.

This likewise brought the overall share of renewable energy in the nation's generation to 15.3 % during the year.

By the end of 2016, these technologies — collectively referred to as variable renewable energy (VRE)-- had reached double - digit shares of annual electricity generation in fifteen countries.

The share of renewables in electricity generation rose from 3 % in 1991 to around 25 % in 2004, with estimates for 2005 showing a slight increase over the previous year.

As a result of all these technology advances working together, renewables will capture the lion's share of the $ 10.2 trillion the world will invest in new power generation by 2040, BNEF projects in its annual New Energy Outlook 2017 report.

The greatest share of jobs generated by renewable energy industries was in California, which in 2013 invested heavily in photovoltaic generation