Sentences with phrase «cheap natural gas caused»

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The primary cause has been competition from cleaner - burning natural gas, which has been made cheaper and more abundant by hydraulic fracturing.

Cheap natural gas from Pennsylvania fracking may cause petrochemical industry build green field plants in northern Appalacia.

In the US, where power generation from coal has fallen by 38 % in volume since 2007, the availability of cheaper natural gas brought about by the boom in shale gas production has caused significant switching from coal to natural gas in the power sector.

Cheap shale gas flooded the market causing natural gas prices to dive 80 percent since 2008, pricing out coal in electricity supply

Low - cost natural gas is making gas - fired power plants cheaper and more competitive to operate, causing less cost - competitive coal and nuclear to retire.