Sentence examples for hydropower less from inspiring English sources

Excluding hydropower, less than 3 percent of the electricity it generates came from renewable energy sources in 2011.

Defining a "green" or "clean" economy as the sector that produces goods and services with an environmental benefit, the study amassed numbers on mascots of green like wind, solar and hydropower and less glamorous sectors like public mass transit and waste management and treatment.

16% of Russia's electricity is generated from hydropower, and less than 1% is generated from all other renewable energy sources combined.

A number of companies, including Microsoft, Yahoo and Deutsche Telekom's T-Systems, are also locating their data centers near hydroelectric plants, allowing them to play up the virtues of renewable power (though hydropower is often less expensive than conventional power, at least in the United States, so there is a bottom-line reason too).

As opposed to this, the 'Pump as Turbine' (PAT) technology is an alternative approach to utilize hydropower potentials with less technical and economical effort.

Reduced flows of surface water has meant less hydropower and more natural gas, which is not good for the wallet or the environment.

It did not include large hydropower schemes, for which less robust data is available, but Irena estimated this sector to employ 1.3 million people in 2015.

But in a state reliant on emission-free hydropower, that is a less controversial decision than the rejection of new coal plants in Kansas.

The worry is that the prospect of less reliable hydropower will mean that engineers will be more likely to design large reservoirs to guarantee water pressure for electricity generation.

In China, 2014 saw greater generation of electricity from renewable sources, such as hydropower, solar and wind, and less burning of coal.

And of course, because the Himalayan glaciers have been melting in recent decades, the river flows through Nepal's hydropower stations have been generating less electricity.