Sentences with phrase «against fossil fuel generation»

Her plan is based entirely on other means of achieving the target - even though wind is by far the lowest cost form of renewable energy, and solar is likely to become cheaper by 2020 with continued support to the point where it competes directly against fossil fuel generation.

Not exact matches

«I believe that future generations will point to this day and say «This is when the tide began to turn against the dirty, dangerous and destructive fossil fuel industry,»» — Earthjustice Managing Attorney Deborah Goldberg, Dec. 17, 2014

Using the latest available national data on power generation, this most recent look at data on annual and quarterly electricity generation nationwide from the Energy Democracy Initiative at ILSR illustrates how small - scale, distributed solar energy stacks up against its big, fossil fuel and utility - scale renewable energy competitors.

At this price, coal fired, gas fired and biomass generation is priced out of the market, so to ensure that at least some new gas - fired capacity is built, the agency is introducing separate categories — allowing fossil fuel and biomass plants to bid against each other, while wind projects compete in a separate auction.

In the United States, the Sierra Club's campaign against dams (which began for traditional conservationist reasons) received a big boost from Big Oil in California, who wanted to sell gas for electricity generation and therefore wanted to curb hydro - electricity (which was then the main competitor to fossil fuels for this purpose).

«The remarkable story of the transition of Port Augusta from coal to renewable energy — which won a competitive tender against fossil fuel — is also a preview of the future of power generation around the world.»

Closer to home, a lawsuit filed by 21 youth plaintiffs (including Kelsey Juliana) and world - renowned climate scientist James Hansen on behalf of future generations against the U.S. government cleared an important hurdle in November 2016 when federal judge Ann Aiken rejected the government and fossil fuel industries» motion to dismiss the case.

Xcel was also caught testifying just three days later that, when concerning its nuclear power plant, non-fossil generation (like solar...) did provide «a valuable hedge against potential increases in fossil fuel costs» which have been «extremely volatile.»

So is the need for a hedge against fossil fuel cost increases, the opportunity to create local jobs, put generation near customers and offer community garden subscriptions.

Bringing together different powerful solar manufacturing technologies and giving them flesh and bone in Superhero form, the story of solar's battle against established fossil fuel generation, like coal, oil, and gas, is depicted in vivid color.