Sentences with phrase «cent of the power station»

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In addition to AGL / MacGen, the Federal Court rejected the ACCC's attempts to block both the Franklins / Metcash merger in 2011 and AGL's original acquisition of a 35 per cent stake in the Loy Yang A power station in 2003.

If China's use of renewable and nuclear energy grows at a plausible rate, and the country captures some of its emissions from coal - burning power stations and keeps making improvements in energy efficiency, by 2050 its total emissions could end up 4 per cent lower than today, says Zhou.

The scientists estimate that cold technology could cut the energy consumption and cost of CO2 capture by as much as 30 per cent in one of the «green» coal - fired power stations that the world is currently sniffing at.

The government's review of the UK energy supply published today (26 / July) highlights the dreadful performance of wind power, with over 1830 turbines with combined capacity of 2GW reducing fuel consumption in (and emissions from) UK power stations by tiny and irrelevant fraction of one per cent.

If 15 per cent of the UK roofs had solar, they would generate as much electricity as six existing nuclear power stations.

Environmentally speaking, the Model S is classed as a zero - emissions vehicle, but as most of the UK's domestic electricity is generated by fossil fuel - burning power stations (as of 2014, about 30 per cent gas and 29 per cent coal), every mile you drive still has a CO2 consequence.

It shows the contribution of solar in Queensland on July 1 at more than 10 per cent around noon, with output of more than 600MW, equivalent to a coal - fired power station.

Such costs include an imposed cost due to solar power's intermittency of over 3 cents per kilowatt hour and other hidden costs that can add an additional 2.5 to 5 cents per kilowatt to the cost of solar power, making central - station solar radically uneconomic compared to readily available alternatives, including natural - gas - fired generation.

90 per cent of Australian land was stolen from the people and used to meet an international carbon treaty when it should have been taken from the coal - fired power stations.

Facts Hydroelectricity supplies 19 per cent of the world's current electricity needs and over 63 per cent of renewable energy (Figures in 2005) The first hydroelectric power station in history started producing electricity in 1882.

Britain currently has 11 coal power stations in operation, responsible for roughly 30 per cent of the U.K.'s electricity generation.