Sentences with phrase «as coal fired generation»

As coal fired generation is retired and intermittent renewables come online, the role of gas in our energy mix will become even more vital.

Not exact matches

«As you all know, Ontario has shut down all of the coal - fired generation in the province.

The walls are of concrete block with a high content of fly ash, a waste product of coal - fired electric power generation that can be recycled as a replacement for portland cement.

Investors have rejected coal - fired generation as well; Texas - based utility TXU found itself under new ownership after announcing plans to build as many as 11 new coal - fired power plants.

Does it makes sense to replace old coal - fired power plants with new natural gas power plants today, as a bridge to a longer - term transition toward near zero - emission energy generation technologies such as solar, wind, or nuclear power?

However, as the UK has shifted focus from coal - and oil - fired electricity generation to being more reliant on natural gas as the fuel of choice (irrespective of wind, solar, nuclear and other alternatives), this makes the electricity grid somewhat vulnerable to accidental and incidental problems with the flow of data and to malicious manipulation for the sake of sabotage, criminal or online military / terrorist action.

Furthermore, the relatively quick process of converting coal - fired plants to biomass - fired generation is an attractive benefit for power generators whose generation assets are no longer viable as coal plants due to the expiration of operating permits.

Furthermore, the relatively quick process of converting coal - fired plants to biomass - fired generation is an attractive benefit for power generators whose generation assets are no longer viable as coal plants due to the expiration of operating permits or the introduction of taxes or other restrictions on fossil fuel usage or emissions of GHGs and other pollutants.

December 8, 2017 India's steel industry, like America's, is dominated by electric - based processes November 20, 2017 Link between growth in economic activity and electricity use is changing around the world November 16, 2017 Growth in global energy - related carbon dioxide emissions expected to slow November 8, 2017 EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries October 25, 2017 China leads the growth in projected global natural gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use by 2040

Air conditioning will push more use National Mining Association President Hal Quinn told the U.S. Energy Association's annual State of the Energy Industry Forum recently that India's coal - fired portfolio alone will grow from 65 percent of total generation to as much as 80 percent by 2025.

Despite its success in gaining market share, natural gas as a replacement fuel for coal - fired generation, has several vulnerabilities.

Ontario became the first province in Canada to become coal - free in electricity generation as of 2014, a year earlier than anticipated when Ontario's premier pledged in 2002 to end all coal - fired power in the province.

~ 13 times less than land use changes (3.4 gigatons) ~ 11.5 times less than light - duty vehicles (3.0 gigatons) ~ 5.3 times less than concrete production (1.4 gigatons) ~ 2 dozen 1000 MW coal - fired power plants (2 % of the world's coal - fired electrical generation) Or, roughly the same CO2 emissions as Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Poland or South Africa.

Most notably might be the acceptance of EPA ratings of vehicles by MPGE according to a formula that is an insult to science, and essentially sets the electric vehicle up as a solution to foreign oil dependence, but ignores the ultimate impact of electric vehicles that is to draw from coal fired electric generation.

But they can never be as cheap as coal - fired electric generation because the energy density of the sun's rays are not nearly at the level of fossil - fuels like coal, so you necessarily need more physical equipment to collect the energy, and turn it into electricity.

Over the longer term, a larger and more liquid LNG market can compensate for reduced flexibility elsewhere in the energy system (for example, lower fuel - switching capacity in some countries as coal - fired generation is retired).

The report said a net 35 GW of coal - fired generation capacity came online in 2017, as 67 GW of new capacity was commissioned but 32 GW was retired.

If reliance upon coal - fired generation were to diminish by a third as a result of EPA regulatory programs, GDP would be reduced by about $ 166 billion, household incomes by $ 64 billion, and employment by 1.2 million jobs.

Most of this has already been announced as two Northern Ontario coal - fired generation units of provincially owned Ontario Power Generation (OPG) are in the process of cgeneration units of provincially owned Ontario Power Generation (OPG) are in the process of cGeneration (OPG) are in the process of conversion.

Natural gas - fired generation is highly dependent on natural gas prices as a result of competition with existing coal plants and renewables.

The Clean Power Plan in the U.S. has that as one of its most likely outcomes and there have been explicit commitments to retire coal - fired generation plants by governments all over the world.

In December, however, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) suggested in its 2017 Long - Term Reliability Assessment that power generation from natural gas — fired units and renewable sources such as solar and wind will provide enough electricity to offset closures of coal and nuclear plants over the next decade, at least.

Later, as more wind and solar capacity are added, renewable generation also surpasses coal - fired generation.

This is why oil giants like ExxonMobil are investing more these days in natural gas, demand for which is expected to grow as electric utilities in Canada, the United States and Europe switch from coal to gas - fired power generation.

«As even the most progressive bank policies only exclude companies if 50 % or more of their power generation is coal - fired, new standards need to be adopted.

And in the past few weeks, investment banks such as UBS, along with Macquarie Group and Deutsche Bank have all noted how the solar industry is reframing energy markets in Europe, and beyond, and turning once profitable coal and gas fired generators into marginal businesses, and forcing many to close or to embrace a more rapid change to renewables and distributed generation.

In addition to generating some 113 MW of clean, renewable electricity — enough to supply at least 40,000 homes — bringing the project to fruition will result in the avoidance of some 300,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions as compared to coal - fired power generation

There was no mention of carbon capture technology in the RFI, something the administration has previously touted as a way to help coal - fired power generation remain viable, and which has bipartisan support in Congress.

The EPA's draft CPP repeal, put online Friday by Politico, picks up on those arguments, saying that the CPP's provisions «raised substantial concerns that the CPP would necessitate changes to a state's energy policy, such as a grid - wide shift from coal - fired to natural gas - fired generation, and from fossil fuel - fired generation to renewable generation.»

Other states that traditionally have had high levels of coal - fired electricity generation, such as Indiana, West Virginia, and Virginia, each retired at least one GW of coal capacity in 2015.

And while one kWh of natural gas - fired generation emits roughly half as much CO2 as a kWh of coal - fired power, renewables emit no CO2 so each kWh of additional generation delivers a bigger emission reduction punch.

General Electric, one of the world's largest suppliers of electrical power plant equipment, is all fired up about large markets for new coal - fired generation in India and China as America's shut down.

Coal - fired electricity generation with CCS could add 11 cents per kilowatt - hour to costs, which would double the price for some consumers, as Joe Romm wrote:

As in past years, utilities all across the nation indicate they expect to continue retiring coal - fired generation, and virtually no one expects to add more coal capacity to their systems in the next decade.

And despite the fact that — as the table above shows — more than 13,000 MW of wind, 11000MW of peaking gas, and around 3,000 MW of baseload gas and coal - fired generation are «planned», little remains committed.

The competitiveness of conventional coal - fired electricity generation relative to other technologies diminishes as the stringency of an emissions cap increases.

They write that «In particular, the way researchers modeled the acid gas requirements under MATS had a large impact on the forecasted amount of coal - fired capacity and generation going forward, as well as the pollution controls that would be installed at these units and their emissions of acid gases.»

As Ontario, the country's most populous province, works to phase out coal - fired power by 2014, its wind generation is growing — in fact, Ontario's wires carried more electricity from wind than from coal for the first time in 2012.

Studies of the «external costs» of coal have identified coal - fired power generation as among the most environmentally destructive industrial technologies.

As an example, the 1,532 MW of emissions - free Bruce Nuclear refurbished generation, at a capacity factor of 90 % supplying 12.08 TWh, easily covered the loss of 4.1 TWh of coal - fired generation and left 8.7 TWh for added demand due to its flexibility to steam off or bypass the turbines.

As of October 2014, Mongolia's total installed capacity for power generation from all sources stood at 1.09 GW, 90 % of it in CHP (combined heat and power) coal - fired plants, with 2 % in hydroelectric, 2 % in diesel, and 6 % in non-hydro renewables, mostly wind.

Coal - fired generation in the UK is in freefall, and more plant closures — as expected by the government — will see this continue.

As both the House and the Senate grapple with proposed carbon - cutting measures — carbon taxes and «cap - and - trade» schemes for big CO2 emitters such as coal - fired power plants; increased Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for cars, SUVs, and trucks; and mandatory set - asides for clean renewable energy in the mix of energy generation options — emissions from aircraft seem, at least for the time being, to have gone over the heads of most policymakers engaged in the rush to cut carbon emissionAs both the House and the Senate grapple with proposed carbon - cutting measures — carbon taxes and «cap - and - trade» schemes for big CO2 emitters such as coal - fired power plants; increased Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for cars, SUVs, and trucks; and mandatory set - asides for clean renewable energy in the mix of energy generation options — emissions from aircraft seem, at least for the time being, to have gone over the heads of most policymakers engaged in the rush to cut carbon emissionas coal - fired power plants; increased Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for cars, SUVs, and trucks; and mandatory set - asides for clean renewable energy in the mix of energy generation options — emissions from aircraft seem, at least for the time being, to have gone over the heads of most policymakers engaged in the rush to cut carbon emissions.

[6] However, even in Texas, which has a large natural gas — fired capacity base, with over 40 percent of its generation being natural gas - fired, [7] coal - fired generation is cycled as is shown in the graph below.

Nevertheless, coal exports are growing in importance, as increases in coal - fired power generation in India and China outpace increases in coal production in those countries.

As we report today, Bloomberg New Energy Finance have released an analysis that shows wind energy — unsubsidised — is already cheaper than new build coal and gas fired generation in Australia.

Stricter regulation of carbon dioxide emissions will lead to the shutdown of as much as 50 to 60 gigawatts of coal - fired generation capacity in the US - roughly 15 percent to 20 percent of the current fleet.

Looking beyond the nuclear phase - out, other policies endanger its climate policy efforts, such as the use of the European Union's trading scheme for carbon dioxide to protect and promote coal - fired power generation.

As recently as 1999, 77 percent of Alabama Power's electricity came from coal - fired generatioAs recently as 1999, 77 percent of Alabama Power's electricity came from coal - fired generatioas 1999, 77 percent of Alabama Power's electricity came from coal - fired generation.

As a separate matter, however, coal - fired power plants in the United States are older, on average, than competing forms of electricity generation.