Sentence examples for for wind capacity from inspiring English sources

The regulatory loophole that rewards officials (and awards renewables credits to utilities) for wind capacity even if is not connected to the grid has received much attention in the press.

Lower costs for wind capacity, higher costs for backup energy and usage of otherwise curtailed excess electricity generation lead to a strong increase of the optimal renewable penetration.

China's total electricity production capacity reached 792.4 gW at the end of 2008; the 12 gW of wind capacity accounted for about 1.5% of that.

A sensitivity analysis reveals that the design and cost of the optimal system depend mostly on the assumed cost of wind capacity and fuel for backup energy.

While Portugal's clean energy surge has been spurred by the EU's renewable targets for 2020, support schemes for new wind capacity were reduced in 2012.

Turkey, Egypt and Morocco are clear leaders in the region for operational wind capacity [17].

The government takes a centralized, economic approach towards large-scale wind farms, but planning is partly left to the provinces that have each been given a minimum target for installed wind capacity (but without real sanctions).

"There is plenty of room for additional offshore wind capacity in the UK and we would love to play a role," said Poulsen.

In the United States, for instance, new wind capacity tends to be paired with new natural-gas capacity, so that when the weather changes and the wind stops blowing, fossil fuels can make up the difference.

The wind speed distribution for the year 2010 was analysed using HOMER as shown in Fig. 2 and the hourly wind production was provided for the installed wind capacity of 6 MW.

The real prize for governments looking for major increases in wind capacity is a series of giant 5-6GW farms with hundreds of the biggest turbines 10 to 20 miles offshore.