Sentences with phrase «solar power plants on»

Last summer, we wrote about Japan's plan to build huge floating solar power plants on reservoirs around the country in order to meet its ambitious renewable energy goals in the wake of the Fukushima disaster.

Example: Oakland, Calif. - based BrightSource Energy Inc. last month scrapped plans to build a solar power plant on 5,130 acres in the Mojave Desert in southern California after months of protest from environmental groups concerned that the project would threaten important habitat for bighorn sheep.

The company has just started construction on a 23 - MW solar power plant on an abandoned course in Kyoto Prefecture.

Not exact matches

In Southern California, a company called Advanced Microgrid Solutions is spearheading a project that involves replacing the energy that was once provided by a large (now decommissioned) nuclear power plant with a series of solar arrays and batteries that AMS can turn on and off based on when the prices for conventional energy are low and when there's the most demand.

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.

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 utiliPower 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 utilipower 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.

Solon decided to shut down its Tucson, Ariz., manufacturing plant and focus on building solar farms and generating power.

NEE also counts on investments in clean & renewable energy through its wind and solar power plants.

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.

The effect of the tariffs on the cost of imported solar panels makes it more difficult to compete with other sources of power like wind, or even makes fossil - fuel plants look attractive again, Mr. Freeman said.

This kind of rebranding makes about as much sense as claiming that, since it's based on long dead plants that originally got their energy from the sun, oil is actually solar power.

Livermore Valley wineries are highlighting «Down to Earth» tours and tastings on April 27, including guided tastings and organically farmed vineyard and winery tours where visitors can learn about energy conservation (some use solar power) and discover sustainable methods for pest, soil and plant management.

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.

Livermore Valley wineries are highlighting «Down to Earth» tours and tastings on April 18 - 19, including guided tastings and organically farmed vineyard and winery tours where visitors can learn about energy conservation (some use solar power) and discover sustainable methods for pest, soil and plant management.

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.

A halt to the Millennium pipeline feeding the CPV power plant could send a message that not only does New York ban extraction, but the state is also clamping down on the use of natural gas from beyond its borders in favor of renewables such as wind or solar.

State and local officials toured an 800 - acre forest around the shuttered Shoreham nuclear power plant in an effort to preserve the site slated for a solar farm on Tuesday, April 18, 2017.

Okedele said the idea is a future projection that will be achieved by launching an array of mirrors into geostationary orbit to collect solar energy and then transmit to a power plant on the ground via microwaves or laser beams.

The $ 23.7 million solar project — built on a 50 - acre site leased from the Agahozo - Shalom Youth Village, established to care for children who lost parents to Rwanda's 1990s genocide — was developed by the Dutch - American firm Gigawatt Global with support from the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC), a Power Africa partner; Scatec Solar ASA of Norway, which engineered and built the solar plant; and government investment arms and development finance institutions from the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Austria and the United Kinsolar project — built on a 50 - acre site leased from the Agahozo - Shalom Youth Village, established to care for children who lost parents to Rwanda's 1990s genocide — was developed by the Dutch - American firm Gigawatt Global with support from the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC), a Power Africa partner; Scatec Solar ASA of Norway, which engineered and built the solar plant; and government investment arms and development finance institutions from the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Austria and the United KinSolar ASA of Norway, which engineered and built the solar plant; and government investment arms and development finance institutions from the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Austria and the United Kinsolar plant; and government investment arms and development finance institutions from the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Austria and the United Kingdom.

And Arizona Public Service Co. (APS) has contracted with Abengoa Solar to build a 280 - megawatt solar thermal power plant — dubbed Solana or «sunny place» — 70 miles (110 kilometers) southwest of Phoenix on nearly 2,000 acres (800 hectares) of Solar to build a 280 - megawatt solar thermal power plant — dubbed Solana or «sunny place» — 70 miles (110 kilometers) southwest of Phoenix on nearly 2,000 acres (800 hectares) of solar thermal power plant — dubbed Solana or «sunny place» — 70 miles (110 kilometers) southwest of Phoenix on nearly 2,000 acres (800 hectares) of land.

Meanwhile, Tessera Solar, SES's sister company in charge of development, is renegotiating contracts with utilities in California but expects to supply power at or below the cost of other solar technologies, and they plan to break ground on bigger solar Stirling engine power plants in Texas and California in Solar, SES's sister company in charge of development, is renegotiating contracts with utilities in California but expects to supply power at or below the cost of other solar technologies, and they plan to break ground on bigger solar Stirling engine power plants in Texas and California in solar technologies, and they plan to break ground on bigger solar Stirling engine power plants in Texas and California in solar Stirling engine power plants in Texas and California in 2010.

Ultimately, though, concentrated solar power plants must compete on price with photovoltaic power plants that convert sunlight directly into electricity, using solar cells.

It employs reclaimed water for its cooling and was built near existing transmission lines on what used to be farmland rather than the pristine desert areas nearby that have provoked opposition to some other planned solar power plants.

And ever since 1984, vast arrays of curved mirrors have been concentrating the sun's rays on pipelines filled with synthetic oil at the Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) power plant in California's Mojave Desert.

Professor Colin Osborne, lead author of the study and Associate Director of the University's Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, said: «Photosynthesis powers most life on Earth because it converts solar energy into sugars which are used by plants to grow.

I think there will always be a place for some large, baseload [power] plants, et cetera, even as we have, I think, an increased emphasis on distributed generation [from technologies such as solar or fuel cells].

Partially as a result, a host of renewable energy projects have broken ground in the Golden State in the past two years, including a solar - thermal power plant from BrightSource Energy at Ivanpah on October 27 that will produce 392 megawatts.

Wheeler examined International Energy Agency data for 174 countries on investments in six low - carbon power sources (hydro, geothermal, nuclear, biomass, wind and solar) to find the incremental costs of clean power compared to a cheaper, carbon - intensive option like a conventional coal - fired power plant.

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a report on the land use requirements of solar power plants based on actual land - use practices from existing solar facilities.

Concentrating solar power plants require on average 2.7 acres for solar collectors and other equipment per annual gigawatt - hour; 3.5 acres for all land enclosed within the project boundary.

With World Bank backing, Abengoa is breaking ground on the first hybrid solar - thermal and natural gas burning power plants in Morocco and Algeria, online by 2010.

Within 15 years megawatt power plants based on solar cells could be in service

He also says governments in Africa and Latin America are getting in the way of off - grid solutions to their people's energy difficulties through corruption, policies that discourage entrepreneurism like tariffs on solar lamps, and a general prejudice in favor of the large coal - and gas - fired power plants they see as drivers of developed - country wealth.

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RE # 27, Paul — to repeat, it still seems to be that if you have $ 4 billion to spend on non-CO2 producing energy sources, the better investment would be to build 40 solar - cell manufacturing facilities at $ 100 million apiece; for example see Honda Solar Factory; this would result in some 1,100 megawatts of solar cell capacity being produced per year, in comparison to a single nuclear power plant (typical power level: 600-1200 MW) being bsolar - cell manufacturing facilities at $ 100 million apiece; for example see Honda Solar Factory; this would result in some 1,100 megawatts of solar cell capacity being produced per year, in comparison to a single nuclear power plant (typical power level: 600-1200 MW) being bSolar Factory; this would result in some 1,100 megawatts of solar cell capacity being produced per year, in comparison to a single nuclear power plant (typical power level: 600-1200 MW) being bsolar cell capacity being produced per year, in comparison to a single nuclear power plant (typical power level: 600-1200 MW) being built.

You have of course solar energy, which we know today, but also through photosynthesis all of the fossil fuels depend on the power of the sun being trapped in these plants.

And, «Developing nuclear - powered space shuttles will «support large - scale exploration and development of space resources, and make mining on asteroids and space solar power plants possible,» Xinhua quoted the report as saying, without adding further details.»

The owner's manual is also made from renewable resources, and the car is made in Leipzig at a plant that relies on solar power.

FOSTER CITY, Calif. — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is trying to steer his electric car company's battery technology into homes and businesses as part of an elaborate plan to reshape the power grid with millions of small power plants made of solar panels on roofs and batteries in garages.

A recent article in The Wall Street Journal, «The $ 2.2 Billion Bird - Scorching Solar Project» reported on how a solar power plant in California costs more than four times as much as a natural gas faciSolar Project» reported on how a solar power plant in California costs more than four times as much as a natural gas facisolar power plant in California costs more than four times as much as a natural gas facility.

He's been ramping up his own commitments since then, and pledged last year to double his investments (to $ 2 billion) on a host of energy frontiers in the next five years — from new battery and solar technologies to a safer nuclear plant design to tethered, high - flying wind turbines that might harness the power of the jet stream.

The first episode of this season, which aired on Sunday, opens and closes with David Letterman, sporting an enormous beard, exploring India «s extraordinary energy challenge and choices, which so far include an aggressive push to deploy solar panels and other renewable energy choices, but also a doubling of coal - fired power plants.

Because concentrating solar thermal power plants on only five percent of the USA's desert lands could generate more electricity than the entire country uses.

about (1) if world solar energy power plants are conneted by superconductive cable, daytime and night time, rain, cloud and so on condtion can be average, whole world can use solar energy power pland's producting electric, this is GENESIS plan.

It is appalling that while the federal government is pushing offshore oil drilling and mountaintop - removal coal mining, proposing to strip - mine shale oil and tar sands and to dramatically expand the production of high - level nuclear waste, they have declared a two - year moratorium on new solar electric power plants on public lands — which have some of the best solar energy resources in the world — for «environmental reasons».

«Yes, please, why don't you «point out» once again that installing concentrating solar ther / mal power plants on one percent of the USA's deserts...»

Brightsource Energy is putting the finishing touches on its massive Ivanpah concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in the Mojave desert, and if all goes well, the switch should be flipped this year.

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In the early 2000s, 50 miles from the MO I was helping my good mate (rip) install his self - sufficient solar power system w a battery pack unit which then was big as a car on a trailer, and helped out planting out his small plantation of Olive Trees into the ex-cow paddocks... he and his wife bought a 120 acre ex-cattle farm to regenerate that along the lines of New Age Healing Greenie Principles of Self - Sufficency and Self - Responsibility... they disconnected from the electricity grid as well.