Sentences with phrase «small hydro power»

Conversely — and despite inadequate support historically for research and development of renewable energy — wind, solar, geothermal, and small hydro power have all improved in efficiency and availability so that they are finally becoming as viable as they are necessary (as some figures here will attest).

Out of the total installed generation capacity of renewable power as on 31-03-2011, wind power accounted for about 71 %, followed by small hydro power (15.2 %) and Biomass power (13.3 %).

Water Power Group is a community - based developer of small hydro power projects in Ontario that use low - impact, fish - friendly turbines.

Not exact matches

We need companies to invest and people to look at small grid power systems, combinations of wind and diesel, thermal energy, hydro electric energy things that can be tailored for these individual villages depending on their location.

In the aftermath of the worst ice - storm Toronto has ever had (but let's not forget hard - hit smaller municipalities in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick), a virtual army of heroes has emerged — hydro workers, on 12 - hour shifts around the clock over the Christmas period, steadily restoring power to hundreds of thousands of «customers.»

Today, there is also a growing interest in small hydro facilities such as small dams that generate less than 10 megawatts of power and pumped storage hydroelectric plants.

It's been a few years since the last sighting of any humans when, one day, a small search party of men — and one woman (Keri Russell, fine but under - written)-- led by Malcolm (Jason Clarke, very good), wanders into the woods, looking for a hydro - electric dam to restore power to the nearby city.

The small mountain country only uses about five percent of the energy produced by its 27 hydro - electric powerplants, exporting the majority of its power to neighboring India.

Wind, solar, biomass and waste - to - power, geothermal, small hydro and marine power contributed an estimated 9.1 % of world electricity generation in 2014, compared to 8.5 % in 2013.

Quebec supplies most of its power from hydro sources — with some smaller sources and with wind ramping up to about 10 % of installed capacity.

Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2017 finds that wind, solar, biomass and waste - to - energy, geothermal, small hydro and marine sources added 138.5 gigawatts to global power capacity in 2016, up 8 per cent from the 127.5 gigawatts added the year before.

The complementary solicitations by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the New York Power Authority will invest up to $ 1.5 billion in wind, commercial solar and solar arrays, small and large - scale hydro, fuel cell and other technologies.

While small in relation to the hydropower potential of southern China, northern China does have some hydro power assets it can exploit, both domestically and in neighboring North Korea and Russia.

With nearly 40 % of those investments — $ 199 billion — going to solar, wind farms, biomass, waste - to - energy plants and small hydro - power clean energy projects, it is evident that energy system «diversity» is vital for satisfying current community needs and to address shared concerns for the future.

Home to more than just SeaWorld and a world - class zoo, the metropolis of San Diego is also one of America's top clean energy cities, pulling in 27 percent of its electricity through biogas, small hydro and solar power.

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The potential for hydro power in Australia is quite small, and if we dam rivers to get more hydro that will be much more damaging to the environment than will wind power developments.

At present, more than 670 run - of - river power plants and some 1,800 small - scale hydro power stations are in operation, which generate approx. 60 % of Austria's electricity needs.