Sentences with phrase «wind capacity grew»

With the world's biggest offshore wind farm, the London Array, opening in the UK earlier this year, it's probably no surprise that the country's offshore wind capacity grew considerably.

Over the same period installed wind capacity grew by 25.6 % and solar by 67 %.

And in Turkey, even though the approval process for projects is slow, wind capacity grew by 28 percent to nearly 3,000 megawatts.

Not exact matches

Breaking down the annual figures from trade body WindEurope, onshore capacity increased by 12.5 GW and offshore grew by 3.1 GW, while new wind farm installations were 20 percent higher than in 2016.

Over 54 gigawatts (GW) of wind power were installed globally in 2016 and cumulative capacity grew by more than 12 percent to hit 486.8 GW, according to an April 2017 report from global trade association the Global Wind Energy Counwind power were installed globally in 2016 and cumulative capacity grew by more than 12 percent to hit 486.8 GW, according to an April 2017 report from global trade association the Global Wind Energy CounWind Energy Council.

They wound up growing fast enough that Anchor Brewing was able to avoid a second capacity crisis altogether.

As you read this, solar and wind capacity is growing at a clip all over the world.

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«Not only are you seeing these percentages of wind, wind capacity continues to grow in ERCOT.»

Wind has not only made some good progress in generating capacity, but grows every year as percentage of supply.

Over the past decade, world wind electric generating capacity grew at nearly 30 percent per year, its increase driven by its many attractive features and by public policies supporting its expansion.

Over the past decade, world wind power capacity grew more than 20 percent a year, its increase driven by its many attractive features, by public policies supporting its expansion, and by falling costs.

Between 2012 and 2016, Canada's installed wind energy capacity has grown by an average of 18 per cent, or 1,327 MW annually.

Between 2004 and 2009, wind energy capacity in the United States grew by 423 %, while solar energy capacity expanded by 150 %.30 Yet over the same time frame, nuclear energy managed to increase by only 1 percent.31 By 2020, wind energy will grow by another 82 %, while nuclear power is only on track to expand by 10 %.32 A clean energy standard would help lift the dormant U.S. nuclear industry off the mat while also ensuring that the market for traditional renewables, like wind and solar, continues to grow through aggressive state mandates.

Its wind energy capacity has grown from around 2,000 megawatts (MW) a decade ago to about 18,000 MW today.

But China's experience shows that wind capacity can't grow in isolation but requires substantial investment in the power grid.

The average offshore wind turbine in 2015 was 3.4 MW but grew to 4.7 MW during 2016, with capacity factors exceeding those of natural gas plants.

Wind - generating capacity worldwide, growing at over 30 percent per year, has jumped from less than 5,000 megawatts in 1995 to 39,000 megawatts in 2003, an increase of nearly eight fold.

Wind energy has been the largest source of new electricity generation in Canada over the last five years and Canada's installed wind energy capacity has grown by an average 23 per cent a year over that perWind energy has been the largest source of new electricity generation in Canada over the last five years and Canada's installed wind energy capacity has grown by an average 23 per cent a year over that perwind energy capacity has grown by an average 23 per cent a year over that period.

In China the wind sector continued to grow, installing 30.8 GW of new capacity, surpassing the EU in total installations,...

CNBC Over 54 gigawatts (GW) of wind power were installed in 2016 and cumulative capacity grew by more than 12 percent to hit 486.8 GW, according to a new report from global trade association, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWwind power were installed in 2016 and cumulative capacity grew by more than 12 percent to hit 486.8 GW, according to a new report from global trade association, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWWind Energy Council (GWEC).

In its latest Wind Energy Outlook, released this week, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) predicted that worldwide wind capacity could reach 2110 GW by 2030, with annual investment in the sector growing to $ 200bn ($ 220Wind Energy Outlook, released this week, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) predicted that worldwide wind capacity could reach 2110 GW by 2030, with annual investment in the sector growing to $ 200bn ($ 220Wind Energy Council (GWEC) predicted that worldwide wind capacity could reach 2110 GW by 2030, with annual investment in the sector growing to $ 200bn ($ 220wind capacity could reach 2110 GW by 2030, with annual investment in the sector growing to $ 200bn ($ 220bn).

Offshore wind grew sporadically through the 1990s, as Sweden and the Netherlands also added capacity.

Offshore wind capacity is growing quickly, however, expanding nearly six-fold since 2006.

Renewable Energy World Latin American wind has grown swiftly in recent years to almost 20 GW by August 2017, with 80 percent of installed capacity in Brazil and Mexico.

Recharge News Almost 42 % more PV capacity was installed than wind around the world in 2016, according to SolarPower Europe and GWEC figures Solar power shot past wind as the fastest growing renewable - energy technology for the first time last year, according to a new report by SolarPower Europe (SPE).

There's no doubt that wind - energy capacity has grown substantially in recent years.

More wind energy has been built in Canada between 2006 and 2017 than any other form of electricity generation, with installed capacity growing by an average of 15 per cent per year between 2012 and 2017.

Wind capacity in the United States has grown steadily over the past 8 years due to state Renewable Portfolio Standards and to lucrative subsidies at the Federal and State levels.

Wind power is fast growing in Brazil, with 10.6 GW installed capacity by the end of 2016 and a further 24 % increase 2017.

By 2020, WindEurope said offshore wind would grow to a total installed capacity of at least 25 GW, and that figure will likely rise steadily through 2030.

The total coal capacity that is uneconomic compared to renewable energy grows when the UCS analysis is relaxed to allow for importing low - cost wind from the Plains or in - region solar.

These prices have been influenced by mild summer temperatures (with fewer and shorter high - price peak periods), reduced demand and the growing deployment of rooftop solar PV, and the increasing capacity of connected wind farms, «the lower operating costs of which put downwards pressure on spot prices.»

Although this was 25 percent less new capacity than in 2012, India is poised to grow its wind power base dramatically in the coming years.

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 %).

According to the authors of the 2012 Wind Technologies Market Report (PDF), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists Ryan Wiser and Mark Bolinger, wind's installed capacity in the U.S. grew by more than 13 gigawatts last year, double the amount from the year before and the largest new source of power that went up last yWind Technologies Market Report (PDF), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists Ryan Wiser and Mark Bolinger, wind's installed capacity in the U.S. grew by more than 13 gigawatts last year, double the amount from the year before and the largest new source of power that went up last ywind's installed capacity in the U.S. grew by more than 13 gigawatts last year, double the amount from the year before and the largest new source of power that went up last year.

And while the world's nuclear generating capacity is estimated to expand by only 1,000 megawatts this year, wind generating capacity will likely grow by 30,000 megawatts.

Although still small compared with the roughly 300,000 megawatts of land - based wind power, offshore capacity is growing at close to 40 percent a year.

Most of the world's wind turbines are found on land, but offshore wind capacity is poised to grow rapidly from its current 2,100 megawatts.

Even in the face of a worldwide economic downturn, the global wind industry posted another record year in 2009 as cumulative installed wind power capacity grew to 158,000 megawatts.

The most recent 18 - month outlook forecast wind production at an average (capacity 4,000 MW growing to 4,500 MW) over 12 months at 22.2 %, which is well under the assumed 29 - 30 % capacity claimed by wind developers.

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Wind and solar PV capacity has grown very rapidly in many countries, thanks to supportive policy and dramatic falls in technology cost.

Unlike hydroelectricity, which we assume can not feasibly be expanded, onshore wind capacity in Australia has room to grow.

Wind employment in the country rose by more than 20 % to 88,000 jobs, as new capacity additions grew by two - thirds since 2014 and annual installations by 77 % to reach 8.6 GW in 2015.

The United States installed about 17 percent of the global share last year, growing its installed wind capacity to almost 47,000 megawatts and putting it in second place globally.

As intermittent capacity grows, PG&E will increasingly have to curtail its hydro, geothermal, wind and solar capacity as well.

Wind capacity has also grown substantially over the past six years (and much more so in the years before that), but wind generation grew at a faster pace, partly because transmission constraints that previously prevented wind generators from operating at their maximum capability were gradually removed through a state - directed transmission expansion progWind capacity has also grown substantially over the past six years (and much more so in the years before that), but wind generation grew at a faster pace, partly because transmission constraints that previously prevented wind generators from operating at their maximum capability were gradually removed through a state - directed transmission expansion progwind generation grew at a faster pace, partly because transmission constraints that previously prevented wind generators from operating at their maximum capability were gradually removed through a state - directed transmission expansion progwind generators from operating at their maximum capability were gradually removed through a state - directed transmission expansion program.

Perhaps the most revealing point in the article is made by a graph that shows the proportion of China's installed power capacity from wind, hydro and solar having grown from 20 % in 2007 to 35 % in 2016, that is an average rate of about 1.5 % per year.

Over the past five years, U.S. wind energy capacity grew from 25,000 megawatts (MW) to over 61,000 MW, a 140 percent growth rate, yet electricity generated from these wind