The book provides illustrative results for the choice
between coal and gas (with and without carbon capture) as well as nuclear power plants.
The topping cycle reduces the amount of pollution produced when coal is burnt and also narrows the gap in efficiency
between coal and gas - fired stations (Technology, 1 February 1992).
Not exact matches
The most glaring aspect is the battle
between natural
gas and coal.
This chart shows the major sectors of the power - generation portfolio of the US in gigawatt hours generated annually: note the dynamic
between coal (black line)
and natural
gas (red line).
«I can't overstate the extreme competition
between coal and natural
gas,» Daniels said.
Coal remains cheaper, but when you factor in the reduced capital cost (gas plants cost between a quarter and a third what coal plants of equivalent output do), the life - cycle costs point to gas, even in the absence of a price on carbon emissi
Coal remains cheaper, but when you factor in the reduced capital cost (
gas plants cost
between a quarter
and a third what
coal plants of equivalent output do), the life - cycle costs point to gas, even in the absence of a price on carbon emissi
coal plants of equivalent output do), the life - cycle costs point to
gas, even in the absence of a price on carbon emissions.
Burning
gas emits just 40 % of the CO2 as deriving the same unit of energy from
coal,
and between 65 %
and 75 % the emissions of oil.
Coal fell to just 27.6 % of US utility - scale power generation in December,
and the spread
between it
and natural
gas - fired generation widened to 616 basis points, the largest yet seen, Continue Reading
In other cases, the story is more nuanced: For example, oil
and gas extraction firms benefit, while the producers of petroleum
and coal products lose, echoing the tension
between refiners
and oil - shale producers.
It's the type of litigation that legal experts say may become more common as coastal cities
and waterlogged counties draw the connection
between rising waters
and the burning of
coal, oil
and natural
gas.
Reading
between the lines, some see the president's statement as a signal that the administration will try to push through reforms to federal leasing programs for oil,
gas and coal on public lands.
According to a RAN report published in June, 25 banks, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase
and BNP Paribas, have invested $ 784 billion in
coal mining,
coal power, «extreme oil»
and liquefied natural
gas facilities
between 2013
and 2015 (ClimateWire, June 15).
Carnegie's Caldeira
and Zhang, along with Myhrvold, aimed to identify the key factors that are responsible for most of the difference in greenhouse
gas emissions
between individual
gas and coal plants.
«There is little relationship
between the RCPs
and the actual historical experience of oil,
gas and coal production,» Rutledge said.
Burney is examining a similar trade - off
between sulfur
and black carbon in the United States, as
coal - fired electricity plants shift to cleaner natural
gas, which emits half as much CO2 as
coal per unit of electricity.
Top priorities of the Trump transition team
and cabinet nominees — many who disregard the connection
between global warming
and fossil fuel energy use — include rolling back eight years of Obama administration climate regulations
and restrictions on
coal, oil
and gas development.
For Wigley, the proper course of action is not yet clear, since he can not determine if the change in the emissions profile
between coal and natural
gas is worth the expenditure.
$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels
and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/
and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural
gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural
gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing
and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/
and oil spill veto, natural
gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking
and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/
and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar
between $ 12
and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/
and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act
And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/
And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap
and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/
and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap
and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/
and trade pre-empted, establishes
coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/10.
December 8, 2017 India's steel industry, like America's, is dominated by electric - based processes November 20, 2017 Link
between growth in economic activity
and electricity use is changing around the world November 16, 2017 Growth in global energy - related carbon dioxide emissions expected to slow November 8, 2017 EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries October 25, 2017 China leads the growth in projected global natural
gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global
gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa
and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese
coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China
and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use by 2040
The breakup of the link
between CO2 emissions
and economic growth in developed countries has been brought about in part by the availability of inexpensive natural
gas beginning to replace
coal for electric power generation, Harvard University business
and government professor Robert N. Stavins said.
The carbon entity data allows for the differentiation
between carbon emissions, produced
and marketed by each of the 90 major multi-national
and state - owned
coal, oil
and gas companies (
and their predecessors),
and the total human attribution on climate change impacts.
Between 2002
and 2012, the annual electrical generation from
coal - fired plants fell by 2 %, while the amount of electricity generated by natural
gas plants rose by 37 %.
Between 2008
and 2016, national
coal production dropped by approximately 37 percent, a decline that analysts have attributed to both environmental regulations
and competition from cheap natural
gas and alternative energy sources.
Natural
gas as a means to produce electricity is being hailed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as the fuel that can act as a «bridge»
between carbon - heavy
coal and zero - carbon renewables, helping to reduce humans» impact on the climate.
In a warming world, natural
gas is often touted as a «bridge fuel»
between carbon - laden
coal and a full embrace of renewables for electric power generation.
In Germany
between 900,000
and 1,000,000 metric tons of a fuel satisfactory for automobile - type engines is being produced by adding the
gas hydrogen to these
coal tars or to powdered
coal in a stream of crude oil at elevated temperature
and high pressure.
Gavin, are you aware of the complete disconnect
between SRES estimates of fossil fuel reserves, which are based on a single review paper by Roger in 1997,
and more recent views regarding peak oil, peak
gas,
and peak
coal?
Note the difference
between price history on the NYMEX natural
gas market
and the «Average Weekly
Coal Commodity Spot Prices».
The piece centers on Secretary of State John Kerry's trip to China in July,
and thus appropriately casts China's policy choices on greenhouse
gases and its deep dependence on
coal in the broader context of the never - ending «you first» dance
between these two greenhouse -
gas giants.
Re: # 3, a big difference
between horizontal drilling to exploit
coal - bed methane production (which is what I think you mean)
and EGS is that in CBM, the valuable item is the
gas, not the water, which comes both from surface sources,
and from the natural
gas /
coal resource.
The presidents welcomed: (i) a grant from the U.S. Trade
and Development Agency to the China Power Engineering
and Consulting Group Corporation to support a feasibility study for an integrated gasification combined cycle (I.G.C.C.) power plant in China using American technology, (ii) an agreement by Missouri - based Peabody Energy to invest
and participate in GreenGen, a project of several major Chinese energy companies to develop a near - zero emissions
coal - fired power plant, (iii) an agreement between G.E. and Shenhua Corporation to collaborate on the development and deployment of I.G.C.C. and other clean coal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissi
coal - fired power plant, (iii) an agreement
between G.E.
and Shenhua Corporation to collaborate on the development
and deployment of I.G.C.C.
and other clean
coal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissi
coal technologies;
and (iv) an agreement
between AES
and Songzao
Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissi
Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a
coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissi
coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity
and reduce greenhouse
gas emissions.
The Paris - based International Energy Agency (IEA) calls Europe's «
coal renaissance» a temporary phenomenon; it forecasts an increasing use of renewables, shuttering of
coal plants,
and a better balance
between gas and coal prices in the coming years.
Between 2003
and 2014, Ontario shuttered 7,546 megawatts of
coal - fired capacity
and added 13,595 megawatts of new wind, natural
gas and nuclear capacity.
Between January
and May, U.S. carbon emissions fell to a 20 - year low; 48 percent of that resulted from substituting
coal for cheap shale natural
gas, while little, if any, came from deploying subsidized wind
and solar, according to Michael Levi, the director of the climate change program at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Competition
between natural
gas and coal appeared first in the Southeast, where
coal - fired power was more expensive due to the cost of transporting
coal over long distances.
«[Howarth et al.'s] analysis is seriously flawed in that they significantly overestimate the fugitive emissions associated with unconventional
gas extraction, undervalue the contribution of «green technologies» to reducing those emissions to a level approaching that of conventional
gas, base their comparison
between gas and coal on heat rather than electricity generation (almost the sole use of
coal),
and assume a time interval over which to compute the relative climate impact of
gas compared to
coal that does not capture the contrast
between the long residence time of CO2
and the short residence time of methane in the atmosphere.»
The graph produced from its measurements, known as the Keeling Curve, was the first to show the tight relationship
between the increase in CO2 in the air
and the rise in the burning of fossil fuels like
coal, oil
and natural
gas.
The impact of policies which involve trade - offs
between one GHG
and another (such as replacing
coal with natural
gas, which would reduce CO2 but might increase methane emissions) is especially uncertain, since current models of both
gases» life - cycles (
and thus their relative GWPs) may need to be revised in the future.
Power sector CO2 emissions declined by 363 million metric tons
between 2005
and 2013, due to a decline in
coal's generation share
and growing use of natural
gas and renewables, but the CO2 emissions are projected to change only modestly from 2013 through 2040 in the 3 baseline cases used in this report.
Natural
gas — that once seemingly promising link
between the era of oil
and coal to the serenity of sustainable solar, wind
and water power — is a major source of atmospheric methane, due to widespread leaks as well as purposeful venting of
gas.
To put this into context, estimates of life - cycle global warming emissions for natural
gas generated electricity are
between 0.6
and 2 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt - hour
and estimates for
coal - generated electricity are 1.4
and 3.6 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt - hour [14].
Between 60 - 80 % of
coal, oil
and gas reserves of publicly listed companies are «unburnable» if the world is to have a chance of not exceeding global warming of 2 °C
«The US government provided about $ 6 billion annually in financial support to the oil,
gas,
and coal industries
between 2013
and 2015.»
Between 2015
and 2040, the share of
coal in power generation is expected to increase from 32 % to 42 %, whereas the share of
gas in power generation is projected to drop from 42 % in 2015 to 37 % in 2040 (Kimura
and Han, 2016).
Meanwhile, nearly 42,000 MW of synchronous generating capacity (
coal, nuclear,
and natural
gas) retired
between 2011
and 2014.
This includes wind, solar,
and other renewable energy supplies, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) anticipates will grow by 75 percent
between 2011
and 2035, a rate higher than the growth in
coal, natural
gas, or oil over the same period.
Our analysis here focuses on the marginal production
between the IEA 450 Scenario
and business as usual for the
coal,
gas and oil sectors to 2035.
At the tail end of the hearing, Sen. Landrieu asked Weiss about the contention that there is little difference in greenhouse
gas emissions
between regionally produced
coal in Europe
and Asia
and use of U.S. - exported LNG.
During 2012, particularly in the spring
and early summer, low natural
gas prices led to competition
between natural
gas -
and coal - fired electric power generators.
Low natural
gas prices make
gas - fired generation economically attractive during periods of low demand when operators in many parts of the country have more flexibility to choose
between coal -
and natural
gas - fired units based on their dispatch cost.