At a time when the government is predicting power cuts by 2017 its plans for new
capacity with carbon capture and storage are disintegrating.»
Not exact matches
«(ii) include at least 2 electric generating units, each
with a nameplate generating
capacity of 250 megawatts or greater, that
capture, inject, and sequester
carbon dioxide into geologic formations other than oil and gas fields; and
Consequently, our proposed CES would include a percentage of natural gas when replacing existing coal
capacity, 25 coal
with carbon capture and sequestration, waste - to - energy, biomass, energy efficiency and nuclear power.
Requires the EPA Administrator to report, semiannually, on the nameplate
capacity of units in commercial operation equipped
with carbon capture and sequestration technology in the United States.
[1] The Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 defines «clean» electricity as «electricity generated at a facility placed in service after 1991 using renewable energy, qualified renewable biomass, natural gas, hydropower, nuclear power, or qualified waste - to - energy; and electricity generated at a facility placed in service after enactment that uses qualified combined heat and power (CHP), [which] generates electricity
with a
carbon - intensity lower than 0.82 metric tons per megawatt - hour (the equivalent of new supercritical coal), or [electricity generated] as a result of qualified efficiency improvements or
capacity additions at existing nuclear or hydropower facilities -LSB-; or] electricity generated at a facility that
captures and stores its
carbon dioxide emissions.»
«(ii) include at least 2 electric generating units, each
with a nameplate generating
capacity of 250 megawatts or greater, that
capture, inject, and sequester
carbon dioxide into geologic formations other than oil and gas fields; and
Thus, we neither favor nor oppose so - called «clean coal,» i.e., combustion of coal
with carbon dioxide
captured and sequestered from the atmosphere; though we're not bullish on
Carbon Capture and Storage in light of the considerable (~ 30 - 40 %) oversizing of generating
capacity and coal throughput required to process flue gas to safely remove 90 % or more of the CO2.