Sentences with phrase «advanced coal electricity»

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Although favourable in many parts of North America, electric vehicles in China, where 77 % of the total electricity production is coal - derived and many plants do not have advanced air pollution controls, raise concerns regarding increased air...

Another $ 3.5 - billion plant planned for Sweetwater, Tex., would burn pulverized coal to generate 600 MW of electricity while capturing its 5.75 million metric tons of emissions postcombustion with amine or ammonia scrubbers or, possibly, with advanced membranes that separate CO2 from other flue gases.

Solar panels could produce electricity at the same price as coal - and natural gas - burning power plants by the end of this decade if countries direct resources at this rapidly advancing corner of the energy industry, according to the Paris - based International Energy Agency.

Until advanced coal - combustion technologies become widely available that allow CO2 to be captured and stored safely underground, the shift to coal is bad news for climate change because coal plants usually emit about twice the CO2 per kilowatt - hour of electricity that gas plants do.

$ 150 billion over ten years, including workforce training, plug - in hybrids, renewable electricity, advanced biofuels, advanced coal technology, nuclear power, and smart grid

In its statement, Peabody reiterated its belief that advanced clean coal technology «is the bridge to a low - emissions future for a world experiencing rising electricity demand to satisfy urbanization and offer a higher quality of life.»

The United States — with its advanced technology and wealth of wind resources — should be a leader in this field, but unfortunately it continues to rely heavily on coal, a nineteenth century energy source, for much of its electricity at a time when European countries are replacing coal with wind.

The levelized cost of new coal plants already exceeds that of new NGCC plants, and «today's CCS technologies would add around 80 % to the cost of electricity for a new pulverized coal (PC) plant, and around 35 % to the cost of electricity for a new advanced gasification - based (IGCC) plant,» according to the EPA (77 FR 22415).

It's one thing to destroy coal in favor of more expensive energy in an advanced economy where consumers have more disposable income to absorb the blow of rising energy costs, but to deny developing countries access to electricity is an absurd form of «liberalism.»

Page 9 «Second, the United States and China should agree to cooperate in rapid deployment to scale in China of advanced, safe nuclear power for peaceful purposes, specifically to provide clean electricity replacing aging and planned coal - fired power plants, as well as averting the need for extensive planned coal gasification in China, the most carbon - intensive source of electricity.14»

pg 9 «Second, the United States and China should agree to cooperate in rapid deployment to scale in China of advanced, safe nuclear power for peaceful purposes, specifically to provide clean electricity replacing aging and planned coal - fired power plants,....»

If the method can be used at coal - fired plants generating electricity, it would be a major advance in reducing greenhouse gases, a major cause of global warming.

Invest in a Clean Energy Future Invest $ 150 Billion over 10 Years in Clean Energy: Obama will invest $ 150 billion over 10 years to advance the next generation of biofuels and fuel infrastructure, accelerate the commercialization of plug - in hybrids, promote development of commercial - scale renewable energy, invest in low - emissions coal plants, and begin the transition to a new digital electricity grid.

Indeed, advanced carbon - capture technology that cleans coal emissions of carbon dioxide will likely increase from 60 to 70 percent the price of electricity from coal.