Sentences with phrase «us electric power sector»

The electric power sector accounted for about 92.4 % of the total U.S. coal consumption in fourth — quarter 2017.

The production decrease is largely attributable to lower forecasts of coal use in the electric power sector (down 4 % in 2018).

«The model is capturing the fact that you have a lot of low - cost opportunities to reduce coal, from heavy - industry direct use as well as the electric power sector, from facilities using less energy - efficient technology or processes.»

«The decrease was most notable in the residential and electric power sectors,» EIA said.

About 30 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions come from the electric power sector.

Once all data are in, energy - related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2013 are expected to be roughly 2 % above the 2012 level, largely because of a small increase in coal consumption in the electric power sector.

EPRI conducts research and development on technology, operations, and the environment for the global electric power sector.

Also, I think petroleum in the electric power sector includes stuff like petroleum coke... Etc..

176.1 for natural gas consumed by electric power sector in 2010 (assuming composition wt % is same as CH4, which would just be an approximation / guess),

On August 3rd, the Obama Administration released the Clean Power Plan (CPP) in an effort to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power sector in the US.

Since 2012, carbon dioxide emissions from the electric power sector declined by 10.5 percent, but those emissions reductions could be...

The «Clean Power Plan» requires a 32 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions (from 2005) by 2030 in the electric power sector.

The electric power sector accounted for about 27 % of the CO2 emissions from natural gas, while 26 % came from the residential sector.

About 90 % of the energy - related CO2 emissions from coal came from the electric power sector.

The electric power sector uses natural gas to generate electricity.

In 2016, the electric power sector accounted for about 36 % of U.S. natural gas consumption, and natural gas was the source of about 27 % of the U.S. electric power sector's energy consumption.

This decrease was primarily the result of lower consumption in the electric power sector.

New solar photovoltaic capacity drives nearly all of the growth in solar generation, with increases coming from both the electric power sector and end - use sectors such as distributed or customer - sited generation (i.e., rooftop installations).

Since December 2008, the rolling 12 - month total consumption of natural gas by the electric power sector has consistently exceeded the same measure of natural gas consumption by the industrial sector.

Stocks in the electric power sector decreased to 137.2 million short tons in fourth — quarter 2017 from 139.3 million short tons at the end of third — quarter 2017, the fourth consecutive quarterly decrease since the end of fourth — quarter 2016.

The electric power sector is the largest contributor to U.S. global warming emissions and currently accounts for approximately one - third of the nation's total emissions.

EIA says the carbon drop is mostly because of changes in the electric power sector, where natural gas has become the leading fuel for generation.

The CES sets two goals for the electric power sector, three goals for the building sector, and three goals for the transportation sector.

The first electric power sector goal is to align the state's renewables mandates and global warming goals with available renewables and zero carbon resources.

The electric generation industry includes the «electric power sector» (utility generators and independent power producers) and industrial and commercial power generators, including combined - heat - and - power producers, but excludes units at single - family dwellings.

Climate - driven changes in air conditioning can have an out - sized impact on the electric power sector, forcing utilities to build additional capacity to meet even higher peak demand when temperatures rise.

In this report, commissioned by the Department of Energy (DOE) and included in the latest installment of its Quadrennial Energy Review (QER), we assess the potential impact of climate change on the US electric power sector.

Large - scale EV adoption will also create opportunities and challenges for the electric power sector...

From 2005 to 2016 natural gas consumed by the electric power sector for generation grew 76.6 percent.

Since early 2015, China has been working to reform its electric power sector, in keeping with the overall principle of market forces playing a «decisive role» in allocating the nation's energy and environmental resources.

Riverkeeper retained Synapse to assess the potential impacts to energy reliability and electric power sector air emissions associated with the construction and operation of a closed - cycle cooling system as the «best technology available» (BTA) for the Indian Point nuclear power plant, in order to inform the analysis being conducted by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA).

Specifically, McCarthy and the Air Office over which she presides gave Congress and the electric power sector false assurances that the EPA's greenhouse gas regulations would not require utilities planning to build new coal - fired power plants to «fuel switch» to natural gas.

Looking at just emissions from the electric power sector, emissions in Minnesota dropped by slightly more than the U.S.. However, since 2009, the state has made little to no progress on emissions even as electricity generation by wind increased by 92 percent.

Thanks to that development, in April of last year electric power sector emissions in the United States reached their lowest level since 1988, almost 50 % off their 2007 peak at the dawn of the shale gas revolution.

This important fact seems to have escaped T. Boone Pickens, the legendary oil tycoon from Texas who is now promoting a plan to replace natural gas in the electric power sector with wind - generated electricity and use the freed up natural gas to power a fleet of NGVs.

Since its inception in 1996, Synapse has grown to become a leader in providing rigorous analysis of the electric power sector for public interest and governmental clients.

EPA's Clean Power Plan establishes carbon dioxide (CO2) performance standards for each state's electric power sector.

Indirect commercial - sector CO2 emissions from the use of electricity purchased from the electric power sector decreased by 3.7 % (25 MMmt) in 2016, which was nearly 84 % of the sector's total decrease.

Kartha, S., M. Lazarus, and M. Bosi, 2004: Baseline recommendations for greenhouse gas mitigation projects in the electric power sector.

To emphasize the point that while there's credit to go around for reduced U.S. emissions, EIA tells us that 61.4 percent of carbon dioxide emissions reductions in the electric power sector from 2006 through 2014 came from fuel shifting toward natural gas:

by Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com The US electric power sector burned through a record amount of natural gas in recent weeks, a sign of the shifting power generation mix and also a signal that natural gas supplies could get tighter than many analysts had previously expected.

Between 2005 and 2016, almost 80 % of the reduction in energy - related CO2 emissions in the US came from the electric power sector.

Growth in aviation emissions alone offset more than one third of the emissions decline from falling coal use in the electric power sector.

In addition, the rates do not reflect shipments made to cogenerators and other end - users of electricity and are based only on shipments made to plants in the electric power sector.

Dry sorbent injection (DSI) is a pollution control technology that may play a role in the United States» electric power sector's compliance with the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS).

At the end of 2012, 64.3 % of the U.S. coal generating capacity in the electric power sector already had the appropriate environmental control equipment to comply with the MATS and allow their operation past 2016.

EIA defined the electric power sector as consisting of electric utilities and regulated and unregulated independent power producers.

The natural gas price to the electric power sector also dropped nearly 50 % primarily because of increases in natural gas production in 2009 (Tables 7a, 7b).

SO2 emissions from the electric power sector have already declined by 67 % from 2005 through 2012.

From 2006 through 2014, 61.4 percent of CO2 emissions reductions in the U.S. electric power sector came from fuel shifting toward natural gas, according to EIA.