Sentences with phrase «instead new power plants»

Instead new power plants had to be built or existing plants that were expensive to run were kept on when, economically speaking, they should have been shut.

Not exact matches

State regulators have approved a deal that will re-energize a western New York power plant, repowering the Dunkirk power plant using natural gas instead of coal.

Instead of building a new zero - emission coal - fired power plant in Illinois, the Obama administration will retrofit an old plant Instead of building a new zero - emission coal - fired power plant in Illinois, the Obama administration will retrofit an old plant insteadinstead

In the wake of President - elect Trump's November victory, Ford Motor Company has canceled plans for a new Mexican assembly plant and will instead invest $ 700 million in its Flat Rock, Michigan, factory to build a 300 - plus mile small electric sport / utility by 2020, a hybrid - powered fully autonomous vehicle by 2021, and a hybrid Mustang in 2020, CEO Mark Fields announced Tuesday morning.

But mark my words, right - wingers will start screaming about compensation when all those shiny new gas - fired power plants they're building are threatened with closure when we start thinking seriously about building a modern grid that can shuttle electricity instead of curtailing renewable generation in one area while simultaneously turning on fossils in another.

And, new power plants with the various anti-pollution technologies (and / or, in many cases using natural gas instead of coal) are much cleaner than the older plants.

But his prescription was different than those of Mr. Barnes and Dr. Hansen, focusing instead on an aggressive policy to deploy new energy technologies for electricity and transportation and a quick phaseout of traditional coal - burning power plants.

So what the proposal is really telling the electric utility industry is this: If you want to build a new coal - fired power plant, you'll have to build a natural gas combined cycle plant instead.

You've called for installing nuclear power plants worldwide instead of coal - fired or gas - fired plants for all new or decommissioned old plants.

They have the funding to start renewable power plants and fund new research, but instead they would rather spend it on bribing people in the media to play down global warming

and instead has ended up building new power plants that burn lignite (dirty brown coal).

Instead of doing this, why don't we simply fix the broken permit process for new nuclear plants and give modest tax incentives to industries or individuals that implement «no regrets» initiatives to reduce CO2, such as: — replace new coal - fired power plants with nuclear or natural gas (where a gas supply exists)-- replace newnormal automobiles with hybrids — replace Diesel for new heavy transport with natural gas — install energy savings initiatives (waste recycling, better building insulation, etc..)

The first is that countries shut down their nuclear power plants or stop the construction of new ones, and switch instead to fossil fuels.

It's parochial, since I'm a Minnesota resident, but I just can't stand that our state's largest utility, Xcel Energy, is planning to use ratepayer money to buy three new natural gas fired peaking plants instead of a) installing solar power... Read More

Atmospheric CO2 is likely to increase to around 640 ppmv *, assuming — There will be no global Kyoto type climate initiatives — Human CO2 emissions increase with human population — Global per capita human fossil fuel use increases by 30 % by 2100 (it increased by 20 % from 1970 to today)-- Population growth is estimated to slow down sharply, with population reaching 10.5 billion by 2100 (* Note that this could be lower by around 60 ppmv if there is a concerted switch to nuclear power instead of coal for new power plants)

Some power plant operators have decided that retrofitting units to meet the new standards will be cost - prohibitive and are choosing to retire units instead.

Instead, after premier McGuinty assured residents in 2005 that closing Lakeview would not affect the power supply available, we in the southwest section of the Toronto area are being told that we must accept new highly polluting natural gas - fired power plants in our communities because — there is insufficient supply of electricity!!!

Dynegy and LS Power cancel a proposed 500 MW coal plant in West Deptford, New Jersey, proposing instead a natural gas plant.

But this time, instead of blocking construction of new plants, the strategy will be to figure out which are the nations oldest and worst - pollution coal power plants, get them shut down, and replace them with renewable energy.

Buying new nuclear power instead of implementing efficiency measures, Lovins says, results in «more carbon release than if the same money were spent buying a new coal - fired power plant.»

If plants continue to shut down instead of extending operations the nation risks losing 60 percent of its clean electricity starting in 2030, according to a new report, Renewing Licenses for the Nation's Nuclear Power Plant by the American Physical Society.

In most scenarios, capturing and storing CO2 from coal involves building a new kind of power plant that uses heat and pressure to gasify the coal, instead of burning it.