The interest in natural gas combustion as a potential solution to climate change has been gaining because US ghg emissions have fallen somewhat as natural gas from hydraulic fracturing technologies has been rapidly replacing coal in electricity sector generation. (ethicsandclimate.org)
«The [latest models of] natural gas combustion turbines that would be purchased to provide capacity have a levelized cost of energy of $ 0.194 / kWh and run 20 % of the year, according to the 2014 Tucson Electric Power IRP,» Lon Huber, a consultant for the Arizona consumer advocate, told Utility Dive. (utilitydive.com)
For this reason, any reliance on natural gas combustion as a method of reducing CO2 emissions must provide for ramped up commitments to non-fossil fuel sources of energy at levels needed to prevent dangerous climate change. (ethicsandclimate.org)