Sentences with phrase «by power plants»

Within a few years, we could be capturing the carbon dioxide emitted by power plants and recycling it into fuel.
The facilities make large gas turbines and turbine generator sets used by power plants.
The technology, called carbon capture and storage, or CCS, collects planet - warming carbon pollution produced by power plants and permanently removes it from circulation.
Solar power, being a fuel - free electricity source, is not subject to the price increases associated with electricity generated by power plants that run on gas or coal.
Scientists have come up with a new way to precisely track daily and local patterns of carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels by power plants, factories, and vehicle traffic.
The volume of fly ash created by power plants is increasing, due to more coal burning coupled with more stringent air pollution rules.
It completely fails to take into account the expanded carbon footprint of the oil industry caused by its power plant rule.
CO2 is a primary greenhouse gas targeted by power plant regulations.
A common cause of thermal pollution is the use of water as a coolant by power plants and industrial manufacturers.
The company also says that regulating the grid's carbon emissions «power plant by power plant» won't work.
Heat - trapping gases emitted by power plants, automobiles, deforestation and other sources are warming up the planet.
Lastly, solar power reduces water use by power plants.
Research has shown that electric utilities could face serious financial repercussions if ever held liable for the climate change damages incurred by their power plant emissions.
Recent solo exhibitions of her work include New Pictures: Leslie Hewitt, A Series of Projections at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (2016 - 17) and Leslie Hewitt: Collective Stance which was co-produced by The Power Plant in Toronto and SculptureCenter in New York (2016).
Therefore, these projects are not only reducing the volume of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, but they are also displacing electricity that would otherwise be generated by power plants running on fossil fuels like coal.
Using computer simulations, Gray said he was able to «draw a clear map tracing the trail of health damages left by the coal fumes released by every power plant in China, untangling the contribution of individual companies, provinces and power stations to the air pollution crisis gripping the country.»
The degree to which EVs affect the climate depends on whether they're charged by power plants running on fossil fuels or cleaner energy sources
«Small - scale gold mining contributes to one third of the mercury released into the environment today,» says physicist Stephan Robinson of Green Cross Switzerland — Blacksmith's partner in the research and ranking — or nearly as much as coal burning by power plants.
MosaiCanada: Sign and Sound, co-organized by The Power Plant Gallery, Seoul, Museum of Art, and the Canadian Embassy in Korea, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication, co-produced by The Power Plant and the IMA Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, where Amalia Pica will present a solo exhibition from 18 November 2017 — 10 March 2018.
has shown that electric utilities could face serious financial repercussions if ever held liable for the climate change damages incurred by their power plant emissions.
«Projected retirements of coal - fired generating capacity in [EIA's annual Energy Outlook report] include retirements above and beyond those reported to EIA as planned by power plant owners and operators,» the agency noted.
Projected retirements of coal - fired generating capacity in the AEO2014 include retirements above and beyond those reported to EIA as planned by power plant owners and operators.
In addition, the research estimates that over 550,000 asthma attacks, 38,000 heart attacks and 12,000 hospital admissions are caused annually by power plant pollution
Go for a walk on the beach by the power plant and imagine each pebble is one of God's children and you atheists enjoy stepping on them.
The position was created by a power plant company that had business before the state and was seeking help gaining permits to help build a plant in the Hudson Valley.
As a first step, they've quarantined the lagoon, owned by a power plant and used as for boating, to prevent tiny fragments of C. taxifolia from being spread by boat anchors.
After all, the spent fuel pools that may have been exposed by the power plant explosions contain more than 200 metric tons of used uranium fuel rods that have been cooling for weeks, months or even years — and smoke or steam continues to billow from the exposed spent fuel pool of reactor No. 3.
«Based on the results of our study, we recommend that states adopt a policy of mandatory greenhouse gas emissions registry and reporting by power plants,» says Eri Saikawa, an assistant professor in Emory's Department of Environmental Sciences.
While their effects will be dwarfed by the power plant rules, the plan also includes some new initiatives to further trim emissions, including granting permits to generate an extra 10 gigawatts of renewable energy on US public lands by 2020 — enough to power about 2.6 million homes.
Consumption by power plants can be significantly reduced by switching from water cooling to air cooling or at least hybrid air - water cooling.
Featuring a trio of V6 engines, the promises made by Alfieri's design will be fulfilled by power plants ranging from 410 to 520 horsepower.
In recent years, solo exhibitions of her work have been hosted by The Power Plant (Toronto), Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Copenhagen), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Bawag Foundation (Vienna), Moderna Museet (Stockholm), White Cube (London) and the South African National Gallery (Cape Town).
Grauerholz» work was last exhibited in Toronto in 1988 as part of the group exhibition «The Historical Ruse: Art In Montreal», presented by The Power Plant.
The catalogue features documentation of Breitz's work, commissioned by The Power Plant, Factum (2009), a series of video portraits featuring seven sets of identical twins and one set of identical triplets, as well as illustrations of key works from Breitz's oeuvre: Him + Her (1968 - 2008), Legend (A Portrait of Bob Marley)(2005), Becoming (2003), and Four Duets (2000).
This catalogue accompanies internationally acclaimed artist Candice Breitz's first major survey exhibition in North America, organized by The Power Plant in fall 2009.
English, Darby, Wayne Baerwaldt, Huey Copleand and Glenn Ligon, Glenn Ligon: Some Changes, published by The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada, 2005
The exhibition Kapwani Kiwanga, A wall is just a wall (and nothing more at all) is organized and circulated by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto.
Combs says she got involved in energy politics when her doctor advised her to avoid fish during a pregnancy because of mercury levels worsened by power plant pollution and Republican friends said this was not an issue to pursue.
Increasing temperatures combined with the harmful pollutants emitted by power plants contribute to unhealthy air quality, triggering asthma attacks and other respiratory harms.
The billions of tons of coal combustion waste produced by power plants needs to be stored somewhere, often in waste sites that are inadequately engineered to avoid dangerous spills or leaching of hazardous chemicals into groundwater supplies.
Among the worst of these policies is a program to sequester carbon dioxide emitted by power plants by capturing it and disposing of it in underground geologic formations or in the ocean.
The shale gas targeted by drillers is mostly made of methane gas — the fuel purchased by power plants and used for home heating and cooking, which is also a powerful greenhouse gas.
In reality, the Ontario government needs smart meters for one overriding reason: After replacing the province's ever - reliable coal stations with never - reliable wind and solar facilities, the province will have bought for itself a largely uncontrollable system dominated by power plants that can't be turned off and on as needed.
On Wednesday, Karen Douglas, chairman of the California Energy Commission, praised the Blythe developers for selecting a site with less intractable wildlife issues and for agreeing to use a cooling technology that sharply reduces the amount of water consumed by the power plant.
Ali Pechulano, a journalism master's student from Cameroon, has written for Great Lakes Echo about the plight of eels threatened by power plants and overfishing in the Upper St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario and the Ottawa River, and about the threatened pitcher's thistle.
The most common career that users with Carpentry degrees have experience in is Carpenter, followed by Power Plant Operator, Aquarist, Customs Inspector, Furniture Finisher, Wildlife Rehabilitator, Postal Service Worker, Construction Painter, Shipmate, and Ship Captain.
The remaining capital costs and construction debt the company was supposed to collect could not be recovered in a deregulated market where prices were set by power plants that had already paid off their mortgages.
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