Sentences with phrase «solar plants have»

While California's solar plants have generated billions of kilowatt hours of electricity for the past two decades, the Nevada Solar One plant will use new technologies to capture even more energy from the sun.

The wind and solar plants have to be built three times.

I'd far rather live with the aftereffects of a «worse than worse case» nuclear accident like this http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4923342.stm than what a few of those concentrating solar plants would do to the Mojave.

Although solar plants would still be eligible to collect certificates, unless the solar requirement was reinstated, or even increased, the average subsidy over the life of the solar facilities may fall from these high values.

However, Yuma and Midland have completely different economic bases, and the Yuma solar plant has been lauded as a success.

Elsewhere in Gansu, the number of bidders for its previously announced 10 MW solar plant has reached 50.

If we'd need 10,000 nuclear plants, how many solar plants would be required to achieve the same power and reliability; and how much area, how far apart would they have to be placed to provide reliable supply, how much storage would be required, how much transmission line length and capacity would be required how much total materials and how much transport between all the processing, production, construction and decomissioning steps?

Not exact matches

The country's nuclear power plants have been shuttered with only part of the capacity replaced by wind and solar.

Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract to China's Chint Group for three solar photovoltaic power plants in southern Egypt.

Beijing, however, has reaffirmed its commitment to meeting its targets under the Paris accord, recently canceling construction of about 100 coal - fired power plants and investing billions in massive wind and solar projects.

Thousands of trees have been planted, paths have been paved, and the building's roof has been covered in solar panels.

First Solar has awarded contracts to Perth - based construction company WBHO Civil for structural and electrical work at Australia's largest solar energy plant, near Nyngan in New South WSolar has awarded contracts to Perth - based construction company WBHO Civil for structural and electrical work at Australia's largest solar energy plant, near Nyngan in New South Wsolar energy plant, near Nyngan in New South Wales.

Obama had introduced a raft of regulations intended to slash emissions of carbon dioxide blamed for climate change, a policy course that accelerated the retirement of older coal - fired power plants and bolstered the nascent solar and wind sectors, which depend heavily on weather conditions for their power output.

SunPower said in June it would it would offer solar systems with battery storage to 300 New York homeowners in what would serve as a «virtual power plant» to utility Con Edison.

And last year, hedge fund manager David Tepper sought to block SunEdison and TerraForm Power Inc.'s acquisition of installer Vivint Solar Inc. on his assessment that rooftop assets were inferior to solar power plants, which have long - term contracts with utiliSolar Inc. on his assessment that rooftop assets were inferior to solar power plants, which have long - term contracts with utilisolar power plants, which have long - term contracts with utilities.

At the same time, subsidies and other support for renewable energy projects have boosted competition from wind and solar power and piled pressure on coal - fired and nuclear power plants.

Rive, a hyperenergetic, fast - talking 37 - year - old, says he has a plan to get there, which includes building one of the world's largest solar - panel plants in Buffalo — a move even many of his supporters say is crazy at a time when solar manufacturers have been struggling.

Musk has said Tesla and Panasonic will produce solar cells at a plant in Buffalo, New York if the SolarCity merger passes.

«The opening of this solar plant represents a milestone for Zaatari camp residents as it will have a positive impact on their daily lives,» Severe added.

Over 75 refugees had been working «side - by - side with Jordanians» to build the plant, installing more than 40,000 solar panels, the UNHCR said.

The power industry is highly regional, and some states have big solar and wind industries, while others benefit from large natural gas resources, or have long had major coal plants.

Many trace the tipping point for utility - scale solar to a 2014 announcement by Austin Energy that it would buy power from a new 150 megawatt solar plant — enough to light and cool 30,000 homes - for 5 cents a kilowatt hour.

Azure Power, one of India's largest independent solar power producers, has commissioned a 40 MW solar power plant in Uttar Pradesh.

Those plants are aging, and if we replace them with new nuclear plants they would struggle to compete against the shrinking costs of wind and solar.

Security flaws would have let potential hackers shut down power plants, water systems and solar power facilities remotely, researchers say.

Natural gas is still so cheap that solar has trouble competing with existing plants, but when it comes to new gas plants, solar is getting within striking distance, especially if gas prices rise more than forecasted.

The New Energy Capital Cleantech Infrastructure Fund announced that it has closed an investment of $ 20 million to fund the development and construction of solar PV power plants by Cypress Creek Renewables, LLC.

And what you really have found when you look at it is that renewables, solar, and especially utility - scale solar with proper power plant controls and smart inverters, can actually improve reliability and stability of the grid.

If our device could be moved close to where it is needed, but still on the energy producer's side of that equation, yet just outside the meter, then the energy producers could have millions of these small devices that they own and operate, because grandma doesn't want to become her own utility company because she has a solar panel, but if the utility companies and energy providers could compete with each other to have small units that are so close to the loads, they still get the full advantage of being a supplier of energy, except with just millions of little plants, they can avoid needing transmission lines, distribution lines, substations, et cetera, that everybody is talking about being expensive, unreliable, and subject to issues.

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.»

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

Following on a contract with Georgia Power to build a 200 MW solar plant in Georgia with Series 6 modules, the company has bagged another order from Vectren Energy Delivery to build a 50 MW - AC plant in Indiana with the Series 6.

First Solar also reports that more than 90 % of the front - end tools for Series 6 production have been installed at its factory in Kulim, Malaysia and expects 1.2 GW of annual capacity to come online in Q3 2018 at the plant.

One recommendation by the alliance takes aim at Ontario government energy policy that could also double as climate policy, as the province has curtailed greenhouse gas emissions coming from the electricity sector by closing coal - fired power plants, invested in costly solar and wind energy projects, and instituted a cap - and - trade system that requires businesses to buy permits to cover their carbon emissions.

The price collapse of solar panels has led to tumbling electricity prices at photovoltaic plants worldwide.

Now among Japan's largest telecommunications company, the Tokyo - based Softbank Corp has at least 63,000 employees, humanoid robots ready for deployment, solar power plants, financial technology business, and ride - booking services.

The matter used, of course, is found in sources containing captured solar energy which have been created by the chlorophyll function of plant life.

An outside organization would verify their performance on a variety of socially and environmentally responsible practices, ranging from installing solar panels, recycling corks, planting cover crops or reducing use of pesticides.

Ultimately, he hopes to have 40 percent of his plant's energy supplied through solar.

Our sun bombards the Earth with solar energy, and plants have evolved to capture this energy.

By Staci Davidson L << Snyder's - Lance is committed to sustainability, and the company has opened a solar farm adjacent to one of its manufacturing plants to help reduce energy usage.

Solar energy is the primary source of power at the plant, drawn from 670 solar panels that have been fitted on the roof and linked to a 110kW solar photovoltaic electrical sySolar energy is the primary source of power at the plant, drawn from 670 solar panels that have been fitted on the roof and linked to a 110kW solar photovoltaic electrical sysolar panels that have been fitted on the roof and linked to a 110kW solar photovoltaic electrical sysolar photovoltaic electrical system.

We are proud to have created one of our nation's first Certified Organic and solar powered candy plants!

The 200 Kilowatt solar energy array, along with other on - site power generation, has provided more than 20 % of our Chico plant's energy through renewable energy resources since 2010.

According to The Independent, retired science teacher Mann said that she had seen brown plants near solar panels, and thus had ascertained that solar panels made it so that plants did not get enough sunlight.

Which wise government spending (see: investment in technology and other productivity - enhancing measures) can help that last bit, which is one reason I'm all in favor of spending on alternative energy research (I'm a little sick of sending hundreds of billions of dollars per year overseas for hydrocarbons; I'd rather employ Americans to maintain windfarms, solar plants, not - on - the - table - now - but - maybe - soon thorium reactors, etc.).

SolarCity had its process and now we're going to have both centered on one of the largest solar panel manufacturing plants in the country and in the world.»

New York State Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has proposed expanding the Long Island Pine Barrens by 800 acres around the decommissioned Shoreham nuclear power plant, but did not include saving a site in Mastic where a developer wants to build a solar farm.

Cuomo has subsequently suggested it's going to take a richer incentive package to bring SolarCity into the fold and press reports indicate at least two other states are in the hunt for the solar panel plant that is penciled in for Buffalo.

Hawkins says studies from his supporters say a solar plant at the base would produce electricity far below current prices, helping business and industry in the state that have been hurt by high power prices.