Sentences with phrase «against cheap natural gas»
After all, nuclear energy is struggling against cheap natural gas and heavily subsidized renewables.
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Although plans to close the plant are purely financial, largely spurred by competition from cheap natural gas, and will save the company $ 250 million in the next five years, Cuomo has threatened legal action against Entergy.
The state's nuclear fleet is struggling to compete against an influx of cheap natural gas, largely from neighboring Pennsylvania.
The main reason why very few new nuclear power stations opened around the world after the mid-1980s was cheap natural gas (plus double - digit interest rates, which favoured quick - to - build gas - fired power stations against slower - to - build nuclear and coal), not Three Mile Island and Chernobyl.
The case against the future of coal starts with its competitor natural gas, which is cheaper.
The company announced plans to close the plants in October, saying they were having trouble competing against low power prices, cheap natural gas and Texas» growing wind and solar sector.