Sentences with phrase «total wind power capacity»

This will account for more than eight percent of the total wind power capacity additions in 2009 and 2010.

Fluvanna pushed total wind power capacity in the state to more than 20,000 megawatts, while coal capacity stands at 19,800 megawatts and is slated to fall to 14,700 megawatts by the end of 2018 thanks to planned coal powerplant closures.

Among the top 20 countries by total wind power capacity in 2017, the fastest growing by new installations were United Kingdom (+4.3 GW / +29.2 %), Brazil (+2.0 GW / +18.8 %), Ireland (+0.4 GW / +15.8 %), India (+4.1 GW / +14.5 %), and France (+1.7 GW / +14.0 %).

In second place, the United States boasted 89.1 GW of total wind power capacity by the end of 2017 - ahead of Germany (56.1 GW), India (32.8 GW), Spain (23.2 GW), and United Kingdom (18.9 GW).

Saudi Arabia — which has awarded 1.2 GW of capacity in 2018 and will start commissioning projects in the second half of next year — Iran and Jordan are seen as «key drivers» of this growth, making up nearly 70 % of total wind power capacity added over the forecast period.

This would be particularly useful because the province's total wind power capacity is expected to increase from 1,700 megawatts now to around 7,800 megawatts by 2018.

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Microsoft, which has contracts to purchase a total capacity of 500 megawatts of wind energy to power U.S. data centers, has seen costs drop steadily, says director of energy strategy Brian Janous.

On commissioning the total capacity of wind power crossed 10GW of installed capacity.

At Xcel Energy, the utility firm with the highest total wind capacity in the United States, the number of forecasting errors has dropped since 2009, saving customers some US$ 60 million and reducing annual CO2 emissions from fossil - reserve power generation by more than a quarter of a million tonnes per year, says Drake Bartlett, a renewable - energy analyst with the firm who is based in Denver, Colorado.

China solidified its standing as the world's wind energy behemoth in 2015, adding almost as much wind power capacity in one year as the total installed capacity of the three largest U.S. wind - producing states: Texas, Iowa and California.

At the end of 2009, the capacity of Texas wind turbines, reaching to the horizons of farm and prairie land, totaled 9,410 megawatts, well more than the combined total of the next three largest wind - power states, Iowa, California and Washington.

The offshore wind power potential in the U.S. is huge, totalling more than 4,000 gigawatts if fully developed — about four times today's total U.S. electric power generating capacity and enough electricity to power about 800 million homes, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

However, lack of information on actual investment figures aside, the US wind industry is obviously benefiting, as it boasts over 18,200 MW of wind power capacity currently under construction, and a cumulative total of 74.8 GW of wind capacity installed across the country.

I do know that over 40 GW of new wind power capacity was brought online globally in 2011, bringing the cumulative total to over 238 GW.

The total capacity for the world's wind farms, now generating power in about 80 countries, is near 240,000 megawatts.

The U.S. wind energy industry installed a record 13,124 megawatts (MW) of electric generating capacity in 2012, which brings the total wind power in the U.S. to 60,007 MW.

OPIC is rapidly increasing its focus on renewable energy in Africa: Its 2014 agreement to provide financing and insurance to support construction of the310 - megawatt Lake Turkana wind power plant in northern Kenya, is the largest renewable power plant it has committed to date in Africa, and has a projected capacity of almost triple the total capacity of renewable energy projects OPIC committed in the prior three years.

On the other hand; wind, geothermal, bio-gas and hydroelectric power new and efficient technologies are also improving significant; and lager capacity and efficient wind and water turbines have been improvised and are adding to the total world's energy in supply.

To cover the total loss of power when the wind drops or blows too hard, every wind farm needs a conventional back - up power station (commonly gas - fired) with capacity of twice the design capacity of the wind farm to even out the sudden fluctuations in the electricity grid.

Approximately 84 % of the total worldwide wind power capacity (413...

As in most of previous recent rounds, solar had the largest share accounting for around 57.3 % of all assigned capacity, followed by onshore wind, which had a 34.1 % share thanks to a total of 1,137.8 MW of allocated power.

The U.S. Wind Industry First Quarter 2018 Market Report also reveals 5,523 MW in first quarter wind - project announcements, adding to a total of 33,449 MW of wind - power capacity in the combined construction and advanced development pipelWind Industry First Quarter 2018 Market Report also reveals 5,523 MW in first quarter wind - project announcements, adding to a total of 33,449 MW of wind - power capacity in the combined construction and advanced development pipelwind - project announcements, adding to a total of 33,449 MW of wind - power capacity in the combined construction and advanced development pipelwind - power capacity in the combined construction and advanced development pipeline.

Wikipedia, 2013/05/20, stated that the total installed wind power in Iowa was 5137MW in 2012 (at the same time the total for the whole of Australia was about 2600MW) and that Iowa had the greatest wind power capacity per square kilometre for any US state.

Climate Action Programme A new report issued by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) details more than 54 gigawatts (GW) of wind power were installed in 2016, with total capacity expected to reach over 800 GW by 2Wind Energy Council (GWEC) details more than 54 gigawatts (GW) of wind power were installed in 2016, with total capacity expected to reach over 800 GW by 2wind power were installed in 2016, with total capacity expected to reach over 800 GW by 2021.

By the end of 2011, wind capacity stood at more than 45 GW, about 4 % of U.S. power generating capacity, and provided 3 % of total U.S. electricity generation in 2011.

Reve With a rapid growth in the renewable energy projects over the past few years, the total installed capacity of the wind power plants across the world has witnessed a manifold increase.

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 %).

Assuming new wind or solar power resources at $ 40 / MWh, we calculate that the total capacity of uneconomic coal units in the Southeast rises from 8.1 GW (according to UCS) to 15.2 GW, and the savings from replacing all these units with wind or solar would rise to over $ 230 million annually.

Capacity additions involving hydro, wind and solar PV have totalled 33.8 million kW so far this year, while capacity powered by fossil fuels amounts to 27.0 million kW and by nuclear is just 2.2 million kW - or 29.2 million kW for fossil fuels plus Capacity additions involving hydro, wind and solar PV have totalled 33.8 million kW so far this year, while capacity powered by fossil fuels amounts to 27.0 million kW and by nuclear is just 2.2 million kW - or 29.2 million kW for fossil fuels plus capacity powered by fossil fuels amounts to 27.0 million kW and by nuclear is just 2.2 million kW - or 29.2 million kW for fossil fuels plus nuclear.

Despite Europe's installed wind power capacity now standing at 153.7 GW, it is still a relatively small fraction of the region's 918.8 GW of total power capacity.

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Chicago, May 8, 2018 — GE Renewable Energy announced today from AWEA Windpower Conference in Chicago that it has reached 40 GW of onshore wind capacity in North America1, powering the equivalent of over 11 million homes and representing a significant amount of the total onshore wind installed capacity on the continent.

Morocco's state - run power utility has just invited companies to bid on five wind farm projects with a total power generation capacity of 850 megawatts, as part of its plan to build 2,000 MW of wind power by 2020.

Having increased ninefold in total capacity since the start of the twenty - first century, wind power is quickly solidifying its position as an important part of the global energy mix.

Wind power installed more than any other form of power generation in Europe in 2016, accounting for 51 % of total 2016 power capacity installations.

The record number of 55.6 GW of wind power installed in 2016, bringing the total installed global capacity to 486.8 GW at the end of 2016.

Installations of wind and solar totaled almost 155 gigawatts (GW) last year, more than the entire installed power capacity in the U.K., meaning that renewables continue to far outpace coal - fired power plant development.

The United States remains second only to China, with 60,000 total megawatts of wind capacity — enough to power more than 14 million U.S. homes.

«To date, we have installed nine connections using AC technology with a total transmission capacity of more than three gigawatts, transporting enough electricity to supply three million households with wind power.

As of October 2014, Mongolia's total installed capacity for power generation from all sources stood at 1.09 GW, 90 % of it in CHP (combined heat and power) coal - fired plants, with 2 % in hydroelectric, 2 % in diesel, and 6 % in non-hydro renewables, mostly wind.

At the end of June 2014, 7,343 MW of offshore wind power capacity was providing power to Europe — spread across 73 wind farms (with a total of 2,304 turbines) in 11 countries, capable of producing 27 TWh of electricity.

In total, the power company has about 8.3 GW of coal, oil and gas - fired resources currently available, so this would mean a 44 % reduction in its fossil capacity, and a fleet where wind and solar represent a majority of capacity, if not necessarily generation.

More than 3.4 gigawatts (GW) of clean, renewable wind power capacity were installed in Q4, bringing 2011's total to 6.81 GW, a 31 % year - over-year increase.

This Danish installation, an eleven - turbine array called the Vindeby Offshore Wind Farm, had a potential total capacity of 5 MW (powering approximately 2,200 homes), and produced 243 GWh of electricity over its 25 - year lifetime (DONG Energy 2017c).

[11] China also added the most wind power of any country in 2009, 13 gigawatts, [12] ranking third in the world in total wind capacity, with the United States first and Germany second.

2011's additional wind power capacity brings total US wind power capacity to 46.919 GW.

The wind farm now has seven Enercon E-92 wind turbines operating with a total capacity of 16.1 megawatts — which is enough to power 4,900 Nova Scotian homes.

Technologies including wind and solar energy made up about 45 percent of total power capacity added in 2009 and about a quarter of additions in 2010, Energy Information Administration figures show.

To provide enough reliable wind power for a 40 % target, we need a total capacity of 50 GW, 25 times what it is now.

It is worth noting that the total solar PV installed in 2011 exceeded the total wind power installed in the same year — although, because of the lower capacity factor of solar, the power generated from this installed wind power will still be considerably greater than from the installed solar PV.