Sentences with phrase «solar generation potential»

At the time of highest impact — 1:40 EDT (10:30 PDT) when the eclipse is passing through Wyoming — the MDA solar forecasting system predicts solar generation potential across the country will decrease to less than 50 percent of capacity.

Not exact matches

As part of the cluster, Intelligent Generation was able to set up its solar panel and battery prototype on academic buildings at the Illinois Institute of Technology and demonstrate it to potential clients.

Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study shows that in the most polluted areas of northern and eastern China, aerosol pollution is reducing the potential for solar electricity generation by as much as one and a half kilowatt - hour per square meter per day, or up to 35 percent.

Fred Pearce's lucid description of thermal solar electricity generation in the Sahara desert (24 October, p 38) mentions three potential...

«Even in the expected event that there are no important breakthroughs in the cost of nuclear power, the potential for alternative energy sources, mainly solar and wind power, to completely replace coal and gas for utility generation globally is, I think, certain.

Among other points, Mr. Romm says the «fourth generation» form of nuclear power discussed by Dr. Hansen has no greater potential benefits than other technologies (solar - thermal power plants, for example) that were not mentioned but that could be deployed at large scale much more quickly.

As well as assessing how well the battery system works specifically in improving operational and cost efficiency of offshore wind farms, Statoil and Masdar will use the «high level of operational data» collected to explore the potential for integrated or co-located battery systems at wind or solar power generation sites.

The plan errs by placing its focus on preventing fuel supply disruptions at larger power plants and ignores the potential resiliency benefits of fuel - free, distributed generation such as wind and solar, clean energy advocates said.

That proposal would give the president the ability to declare «National Renewable Energy Zones» with strong potential wind, solar or geothermal energy generation resources.

Naturally, the solar generation has the potential to shave off peak energy consumption in the heat of the day, but it can also be pushed through into high - demand evening hours and can last through cloudy periods.

Senate Bill 350 (de Leon, Chapter 547, Statutes of 2015)(SB 350) declared that there is insufficient information to fully realize the potential of solar photovoltaic energy generation to serve low - income customers, including those in disadvantaged communities.

Solar electricity generation was rated as having high - potential by 66 % of respondents, down from 74 %.

Yesterday's retail tariff is prohibiting the optimal dispatch of cogeneration resources as our grid is transforming with high levels of solar generation and potential overgeneration issues.

The potential for breakthroughs in solar PV technology, such as next - generation thin film materials, reduced capital intensity of manufacturing capacity as well as continued improvements in the scale and capacity factor of wind technology means the levelized cost of energy could continue to fall.

A new study from UC Davis; Land - Sparing Opportunities for Solar Energy Development in Agricultural Landscapes: A Case Study of the Great Central Valley, CA, United States calculates the potential energy generation from Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and photovoltaics (PV) in terawatt hours (TWh) annually in California, by looking only at unwanted land within the Central -LSB-...]

In each post, we will «travel» to a famous landmark and investigate its potential for solar energy generation.

Despite this strong potential, Vietnam's current goals are only 6 GW goal for wind generation and 12 GW for solar by 2030.

Potential of solar electricity generation in the European Union member states and candidate countries.

We believe the joint venture's target markets have great potential for rapid growth due to the strong desire of such regions to expand solar energy generation assets and infrastructure.

Xcel was also caught testifying just three days later that, when concerning its nuclear power plant, non-fossil generation (like solar...) did provide «a valuable hedge against potential increases in fossil fuel costs» which have been «extremely volatile.»

California blew through a series of peak solar and renewable energy generation records last week, showing not only the increasing potential of the state to run on renewable energy, but also the work remaining to be done.

It's unlikely that Denmark's energy will ever come 100 % from wind power — but with rising distributed generation (solar panels on homes), truly massive potential for offshore wind in the North Sea, and ample biomass infrastructure to pick up the slack, don't rule out the possibility that they might come pretty close.

Given the state of the global economy, some of these may get scaled back, delayed or perhaps even cancelled, obviously nothing is written in stone at this point... Nevertheless, when combined with decentralized rooftop solar power generation, the potential of solar power is increasingly becoming more clear.

«Long, fiber - based solar cells give us the potential to do something we couldn't really do before: We can take the silicon fibers and weave them together into a fabric with a wide range of applications such as power generation, battery charging, chemical sensing, and biomedical devices,» said John Badding, a professor of chemistry at Penn State University and the lead researcher on the project.