But 6.1 billion gallons' worth of capacity is now under construction, according to the Renewable Fuels Association.
About 6GW of wind capacity is either in construction or approved, according to the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA).
The 13 billion gallons or so of grain-based capacity already built or under construction was grandfathered in.
So it may surprise the reader that as of December 2011 there were over 37, 000 Megawatts of additional wind generation capacity actively planned or under construction, and about 3, 500 MW of Solar, which will make about 20% of the total PJM capacity by 2018.
Overall, utility scale plants with a total capacity of 3, 000 MW are presently under construction in the country and other projects totaling 6, 000 MW in capacity are in the early phases of development.
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Today's advanced communication capabilities have made operating systems more functional, enabling the construction of large-capacity, high-speed wireless communication infrastructures.
It is based on current data about capacity which is operational, under construction, or has been consented.
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Further, if there are markets with insufficient pipeline capacity (such as New England and parts of New York), Skipping Stone suggests that by syncing the two markets, economic price signals become more transparent and should stimulate provision of services or construction of additional pipeline capacity.
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During 2009, Google had sufficient data center capacity and opted to delay the construction of a planned data center in Pryor, OK. The company mentioned in its earnings that it is very satisfied with its 2009 cap ex and plans to remain disciplined going forward.
European automakers have more than a dozen plants worth of excess factory capacity, with new plants still under construction in Central Europe and more being built in Russia.
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Bush said he would instruct the Energy Department to identify other federal lands that could be opened to exploration, support construction of new pipelines, expand refining capacity by tearing down "regulatory hurdles, " and commit billions to clean coal technology and hydroelectric power.
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The carmaker said construction of the new plant - which will have the capacity to make 150, 000 vehicles a year - would begin in June.
The plant, with a capacity of 470, 000 gallons a year, is under construction now and is expected to begin producing biobutanol in April 2012.
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They believe they have adequate capacity to meet demand and, besides, they are in debt from construction costs.
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The purchase added 7 million tons of steelmaking capacity, which strengthened USS in higher-end auto, container and construction products.
Assuming that wind power gets most of the money (turbines accounted for 95% of new renewable capacity from 2002 to 2007) that's enough to underwrite the construction of 30, 000 MW of wind power, according to Hugh Wynne, an analyst at Bernstein Research.
According to Platts, there are some 13GW of thermal energy capacity, comprising mainly hard coal but some lignite and gas, already under construction in Germany.
Other possible plans include rewarding firms for maintaining stand-by capacity to supply power to the grid in an emergency, and preventing the construction of new coal stations that do not have some way of capturing and storing their planet-heating emissions.
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For construction, gas requires about 1, 000 jobs per 1, 000 MW of installed capacity, wind requires 1, 000 jobs, coal 1, 500 jobs, and nuclear 5, 000 jobs.
In addition to calling for a 50 percent reduction in the capacity of the industrial fishing fleet, Greenpeace seeks the elimination of government subsidies and a moratorium on the construction of large fishing vessels.
The construction of the Rokkasho facility is largely completed, and nuclear-industry experts believe it could reach full capacity in a number of months.
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