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In 2008 ABEC was merged with the Center for Energy and Economic Development to form the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity which represents the interests of coal producers, transporters and utilities.

Not exact matches

Coal's slump is largely the result of cheap natural gas, which now rivals coal as a fuel for generating electricCoal's slump is largely the result of cheap natural gas, which now rivals coal as a fuel for generating electriccoal as a fuel for generating electricity.

CCS really amounts to a combined GHG and natural gas hedge which, in a world of really expensive gas, allows you to maintain lower electricity prices than you perhaps otherwise would be able to as you can continue to use relatively cheap and plentiful coal while capturing and storing the emissions.

These include warm summer weather, which drives up use of air conditioners and electricity, the increased popularity of natural gas (versus coal) among power producers (partly reflecting the low price of the former), and cutbacks in production by some players in the natural - gas industry.

Alberta, which relies on coal to generate about half its power, would see electricity rates rise more slowly in coming decades if use of renewable energy increased, according to a study published today.

In 2017, for instance, according to the US Energy Information Administration, the levelised cost of electricity, which is a key comparator of generating effectiveness, is likely to average $ 96 / MWh for new wind plant as opposed to $ 97.4 / MWh for conventional coal.

But does China, which recorded its highest ever figures for coal - fired electricity this April, provide the best exemplar?

That existing line, which transmits power from a coal - fired power plant in central North Dakota, is being sold to electricity provider Minnesota Power.

Most of that coal is being burned to generate electricity, which replaces oil as the primary carrier of the world's energy by 2050 in the report's low - emissions scenario.

«Bankrupt state - run electricity boards, an acute shortage of coal, skewed subsidies which end up benefiting rich farmers, power theft, and underperforming private distribution agencies are to blame,» wrote Soutik Biswas, the BBC's Delhi correspondent.

The spread of urban centers increases the demand for electricity, more than 75 percent of which in China is generated from coal - fired power plants.

Natural gas, which now supplies 25 percent of the nation's electricity, is the cleanest - burning fossil fuel, producing about half as much carbon per watt of power as coal.

Even in a seemingly implausible accidental - release scenario in which all of a well's hydraulic fracturing fluid and untreated wastewater were discharged directly into surface waters for the lifetime of the well, shale - gas electricity had a lower lifetime human toxicity impact, or HTI, than coal electricity, according to the study.

China still draws 82 percent of energy from coal, but large dams are crucial to the country's climate change program, which aims to increase its proportion of electricity from renewable resources from the current 7.2 percent to 15 percent by 2020.

Keeley said the market «isn't delivering to us what we actually want,» but instead is providing a «flood of electricity from super-cheap natural gas, which is cleaner than coal but isn't really clean.»

A similar integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant — in which coal is turned to gas before being burned — capturing the same amount would produce electricity for roughly $ 103 per MWh.

In terms of infrastructure, such big solar fits as comfortably as a coal - fired power plant in the traditional electricity business model, which involves large plants transmitting electricity over a grid of conducting lines through transformers and into individual homes and businesses.

Siding with the EPA were several industry groups and 10 states, a number of which rely heavily on coal, electricity or motor vehicle production.

Although solar thermal collectors are better than photovoltaic panels or wind turbines at generating reliable power around the clock, solar thermal power is also expensive; at present energy costs, it would require government subsidies to compete with coal and natural gas, which can generate electricity much more cheaply.

It produces less carbon dioxide emissions than coal for electricity or gasoline and diesel for fuel, but even a small amount of natural gas release — which is essentially methane — packs a greenhouse gas punch about 30 times more powerful than the same amount of carbon dioxide.

True, it had the potential to clean up California's air, although that may be of little consolation to people living near coal - fired power plants, which supply more than 50 percent of America's electricity.

High up - front expenses plus relatively low efficiency makes the cost of geothermal electricity about double that of coal, which sells for around five cents per kilowatt - hour.

Burney is examining a similar trade - off between sulfur and black carbon in the United States, as coal - fired electricity plants shift to cleaner natural gas, which emits half as much CO2 as coal per unit of electricity.

The industry has faltered because of declining global demand and low natural gas prices, which have encouraged electric power companies to use gas instead of coal to generate electricity, said Ray Rasker, executive director of Headwaters Economics, an independent research group focusing on the economic implications of land management decisions in the West.

The warmest winter on record — driven by climate change — is also driving down the need for wintertime electricity required for home heating, which drives down the need for more coal, IEEFA analyst Seth Feaster said in the report.

Countries such as these generate much of their electricity using coal, which he says produces about 1,000 tons of CO2 equivalent per GWh — nearly double the suggested threshold.

Concerns over climate change have encouraged governments and consumers to demand that electricity is decarbonised — which means no more burning of coal and gas wherever possible.

It will focus on catalyst development for four applications: proton exchange membrane fuel cells to convert stored energy in non-fossil fuels into electricity; electrolysers for splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen — a potential clean fuel cell source; syngas, a mixture of CO and H2, which is generated from coal, gas and biomass, and widely used as a key intermediate in the chemical industry; and lithium - air batteries.

2012 was the first year in which Ontario saw more electricity generated by wind than by coal.

What I'd like to know is, taking all of these factors into account, how much extra we, the consumers, will have to pay for a kilowatt - hour of coal - fired electricity 5, 10, 20 and 30 years from now (a point in time which even WV's own Nick Rahall says will be when the most productive coal seams have been mined out) because our leaders today decided to facilitate an increase in the consumption of coal through the laughably mis - named «climate bill.»

James is right in pointing out that we still need to burn fossil fuel (Coal, Petrol, etc.) to generate electricity which charges the so called clean EV cars.

Currently, the vast majority of electricity used to charge cars comes from coal - fired power stations, which inherently involves masses of carbon emissions.

If I understand MARodger and the the Myhrvold - Caldiera paper correctly, approximately 1 TW of coal is used globally to generate electricity, which if continued to be used unabated, will be responsible for approximately 0.325 deg C in 100 years.

In my case, I punched in my ZIP, 10524, and up came the Danskammer Generating Station, a coal - burning plant down the Hudson River, owned by Dynergy Power, which sells electricity to Central Hudson, my utility.

Finally, the nonprofit group Appalachian Voices has created ilovemountains.org/myconnection, which allows visitors to type in a ZIP code and find out if their utility sells electricity produced with coal mined from mountaintops in that region.

In the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC, I buy 100 % wind - generated electricity through PEPCO Energy Services, and it is only slightly more expensive than PEPCO's «standard service» which is about 57 % coal, 35 % nuclear, 5 % natural gas, and 1 % oil.

I think that in a sustainable energy economy of the future, most electricity will be generated, stored and used locally, and large centralized generating stations (which by then will be predominantly wind turbine farms and concentrating solar thermal power plants, coal and nuclear having been phased out) will play a much smaller role.

If you've ever flown into New Delhi or Bombay, the cow dung miasma that hangs over both cities should make coal - fired electricity, which will help to clean the environment, relatively speaking, a desired end, not one to be condemned because it doesn't meet Western sensibilities.

The biggest drop was in emissions from coal — which is primarily used to generate electricity — as power plants switched to cheaper natural gas and as the use of carbon - free wind energy more than quadrupled.

[Andy Revkin — Of course, moving some of the car fleet to electricity is simply transferring from oil to coal, which still provides half of the country's electricity, unless there is a dramatic shift in the generation mix, as well.

China is never more than a couple of weeks away from running short of electricity, which is why the are building (as Biden said) 2 - 3 coal fired power plants per week.

This proven technology has helped shift more electricity generation to natural gas, which emits less nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, mercury and more than 50 percent less carbon dioxide than coal.

The reason is clear: Coal, which in 2005 generated 50 percent of U.S. electricity, saw its share erode to 37.4 percent in 2012, according to EIA's new short - term energy outlook.

Eighty - two percent of its electricity is derived from coal, almost all of which is imported from Wyoming, 24/7 Wall Street reports.

With a similar goal, Google launched a project in 2007 known as RE < C (Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal)-- which «aimed to develop renewable energy sources that would generate electricity more cheaply than coal - fired power plantsCoal)-- which «aimed to develop renewable energy sources that would generate electricity more cheaply than coal - fired power plantscoal - fired power plants do.

However, there was a significant reduction on Ontario ozone levels, which was offset by increased emissions from natural gas power plants that substituted for some of the electricity from the shuttered coal - fired power plants.

The CO2 Scorecard report, by contrast, examined changes in electricity at the regional level using data from grid operators, which showed researchers greater detail about where natural gas had replaced coal or renewables; where renewables replaced coal; and where electricity consumption simply declined because of reduced demand.

The most significant closures were the Lambton and Nanticoke coal plants, which represented 25 percent of Ontario's supply of electricity.

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