Sentences with phrase «coal and gas»

The analysis compares the technical specifications of coal and gas plants with what is being achieved on average in plants currently operating and then with projects that may occur in 2020 and beyond.

I don't know how you can argue that a critical mass has been achieved when the majority of our electricity still comes from coal and gas fired plants.

Investors have also been warned about investing in new coal and gas fired power stations after 2017 by a second new study.

This means coal and gas power plants receive three times as much in subsidies as the renewable energy sources do.

There must be an immediate ban on new coal and gas developments and an emergency - speed transition to zero emissions.

In 2008, more than 85 per cent of global primary energy supply came from fossil fuels, with coal and gas accounting for over 50 per cent.

It's deployment is necessarily slow because it needs a large pipe network and new power plants and increased coal and gas extraction (to help power the capture and storage).

The claims of coal and gas companies reveal they're prepared to sacrifice jobs, investment in regional communities, and our climate (victims) for their own vested interest.

All these trends are likely to shrink fossil fuel demand and the capital invested today into future oil, coal and gas production projects is at risk of becoming stranded.

They compete with major market players like coal and gas, and with proven, low - cost solar and wind technologies.

Stop and ban all new oil, coal and gas projects by passing local resolutions and building community resistance.

But nobody wants to own or run coal and gas generators if they can only make money out of them for a few hours on a few days.

Three - quarters of our electricity comes from burning coal and gas, which is behind 70 per cent of air pollution.

It's marginal cost relative to gas would depend on the spread between coal and gas prices.

That is the key selling point over coal and gas — that is is way safer.

Since the tax began, emissions from the east coast electricity market have fallen 11 %, but emissions from other sources — especially coal and gas mining have increased.

So I'm wondering how many of these are in the oil, coal and gas business, and how much do they spend on their lobbying?

Their main complaints are that the turbines are so inefficient that they actually increase carbon dioxide emissions, and so unreliable that they require constant backup from conventional coal and gas - fired stations.

And globally, while one - third of planned power capacity is still in coal, renewable energy investment was double that of coal and gas last year.

By contrast they take every opportunity to promote coal and gas extraction - as if that could possibly be where our future lies.

Many large coal and gas power plants which also require heavy flows of water to support their operations are located near the coast.

For coal and gas, these lifecycle energy uses and emissions come from extraction machinery and fuel transport.

Then, the agency would set a target emission rate for each state for 2020, based on the state's baseline share of coal and gas generation.

No one expects wind and solar to entirely replace coal and gas generation without widespread deployment of energy storage, as well as means to manage and shift electric demand.

The group asks the banks to place an immediate prohibition on loans for new fossil fuel projects and associated infrastructure, and for them to sell down stakes in coal and gas companies.

Continued reliance on fossil fuels, like coal and gas, delays the necessary transition to a renewable and efficient energy future.

With environmental damage from coal and gas - derived power already at crisis levels, even alternatives that are decades off are looking pretty great.

Stop and ban all oil, coal and gas projects from being built through local resolutions and community resistance.

There are reports that oil, coal and gas industries in America have invested more than half a billion dollars on lobbying against acting on climate change.

You can see why ALEC member companies like American Electric Power or Duke Energy may take issue with this, given their reliance on coal and gas electricity generation.

It makes a mockery of Queensland's emission reduction targets if expansion of coal and gas exports outweighs the climate benefit of meeting those targets.

If we started right now building enough nuclear power plant to replace all older coal and gas units as they fade out and building additional ones to cover growing electric transportation needs we have a small change to get to the goal of 80 %.

With NMBI legislation in place and carefull planning, taking into account likely closure dates of aging coal - fired power stations and potential depletion dates of current coal and gas sources, NSW can have more renewable electricity generation and grid - level storage in place in plenty of time to «keep the lights on».

Not so long ago, barely 25 years, in fact, Australia was rightly regarded as an energy superpower: abundant coal and gas reserves ensured reliable, secure and affordable electricity.

As we report today, Bloomberg New Energy Finance have released an analysis that shows wind energy — unsubsidised — is already cheaper than new build coal and gas fired generation in Australia.

Our seas will need to have tens of thousands to these wind turbines deployed at several per week to do the job in time and only shallow offshore is viable at the present time and that is inline with existing baseload fossil fuel coal and gas fired power plants along with existing nuclear ones to.

Even if it is nominally replaced by renewable power, a kilowatt - hour of renewable electricity that replaces lost nuclear electricity is a kilowatt - hour that is not available to displace coal and gas from the grid.»