Additional coal capacity was unavailable due to frozen coal piles.
That said, of course, my sense is that the coal industry is trying to change the subject, because reason is against it (in terms of its desire to build
additional coal capacity before technologies are available that can take carbon dioxide out of coal emissions).
A decision now to invest in
additional coal capacity might see a new plant coming online in a decade or so — and still with us into the 2050's or beyond.
Not exact matches
According to GBI, China's increase in
coal production will come with
additional government consolidation of the mining industry into large production bases that can achieve greater efficiencies and production
capacities of 90 percent by mid-decade.
China plans to limit its annual
coal consumption to 4.2 billion tons at the end of the decade, but its current production
capacity has already surpassed 4 billion tons, with an
additional 1 billion tons in the pipeline.
Now, would you prefer that
additional capacity come from nuclear or from
coal?
This year alone, China is expected to increase its
coal - fueled power
capacity by 50 gigawatts, representing several hundred million tons of
additional annual
coal use.
The efforts to reduce air pollution in China range from the seemingly minor — asking residents to refrain from using
coal stoves and furnaces in their homes — to the massive — scaling back steel production
capacity by an
additional 50 million tons.
On July 17, 2012, Peabody Energy announced that, under new agreements with Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, it would gain
additional coal export
capacity from Kinder Morgan's Deepwater Terminal and Houston Bulk Terminal in Texas, as well as increased access to the International Marine Terminal at Myrtle Grove, Louisiana, south of New Orleans.
In emerging ASEAN,
additional capacity of
coal - fired generation is likely to be built using both high efficiency and low efficiency of
coal - fired power plants depending on countries» environmental regulations and economic conditions.
So far, more than 45,000 MW of
coal - fired generating
capacity in ISO / RTO regions have retired, and owners have announced intentions to retire an
additional 17,000 MW over the next three years.
Reflecting India's
coal frenzy in recent years,
additional projects approved or in the pipeline would add
capacity several times larger than projected demands through 2032, according to the Prayas Energy Group, an Indian think tank that focuses on the issues of the poor.
For example,
additional capacity beyond existing plants is only required by 2020 if power generation growth exceeds 4 % year and
coal plants are run at utilisation rate of 45 % or less.
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coal pollution:
Coal Pollution Will Kill 13,200 Americans This Year & Cost $ 100 Billion in Additional Health Care Bills Coal Costs US Public Up to $ 500 Billion Annually: Harvard Study Study Claim: Up To 20 % Of US Coal - Fired Generating Capacity May Be «Retired» Over Coming De
Coal Pollution Will Kill 13,200 Americans This Year & Cost $ 100 Billion in
Additional Health Care Bills
Coal Costs US Public Up to $ 500 Billion Annually: Harvard Study Study Claim: Up To 20 % Of US Coal - Fired Generating Capacity May Be «Retired» Over Coming De
Coal Costs US Public Up to $ 500 Billion Annually: Harvard Study Study Claim: Up To 20 % Of US
Coal - Fired Generating Capacity May Be «Retired» Over Coming De
Coal - Fired Generating
Capacity May Be «Retired» Over Coming Decade
If tomorrow we suddenly replaced 30GW of existing
coal fired power -LRB-(20GWav) with 60GW wind (20GWav) but retained the present 15GW NG and 8GW hydro (1,5 GW av) how much
additional pumped storage
capacity and how large total storage would be required?
The Unions argue that Eskom now has sufficient generation
capacity and that
additional renewables would only force
coal plants offline, with the loss of jobs.