Sentences with phrase «carbon generation fleet»

Not exact matches

A new fleet of power plants fired by natural gas may have better fit the jagged generation gap left by the nuclear phaseout, given gas power's reduced carbon emissions and flexibility to balance feed - in variations.

Stricter regulation of carbon dioxide emissions will lead to the shutdown of as much as 50 to 60 gigawatts of coal - fired generation capacity in the US - roughly 15 percent to 20 percent of the current fleet.

By regulating carbon emissions from existing coal plants, Obama is essentially forcing utilities to take the cost of pollution into consideration for generation fleets.