Sentences with phrase «carbon generation assets»

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Even a wedge of natural gas has some value in this view, since it displaces a huge volume of long - lived coal generation assets, which increases the odds that zero carbon sources will be able to muscle in later.

This publication argues that the Latin American and Caribbean region needs to make the transition in the years to come towards a more sustainable form of development that will preserve its economic, social and natural assets for future generations and leave them with a legacy of a more equal, more socially inclusive, low - carbon form of economic growth.

However, we find that falling renewable energy costs, air pollution regulations and rising carbon prices will continue to undermine the economics of coal power in the EU, potentially making generation assets unusable by 2030.

Al Gore and David Blood, Generation Investment: «Stranded assets are those that would be unprofitable under certain scenarios, which include the enforcement of a fair price on carbon and water, or improved regulation of labour standards in emerging economies.