Sentences with phrase «coal as the primary fuel»

The push for renewables in Iowa makes a difference, as the state continues to rely on coal as the primary fuel for generating electricity, at more than 45 percent, while wind supplies 37 percent, and solar panels produce less than 1 percent, according to the U.S. Energy Department.

The question is affordability on the scale required to actually impact the nature of the response of the electric grid to added loads, not to mention the scale required to actually displace coal as the primary fuel that it is due to its great abundance and low cost.

Not exact matches

Over the short - to medium - term, coal should be replaced with natural gas as Australia's primary baseload fuel.

Palmer's work with the Western Fuels Association goes all the way back to 1991, when he served as Vice President to the Informational Council for the Environment (ICE), a small coalition of US coal companies that devised a detailed PR campaign to show that «evidence that the earth is warming is weak» and that proof that carbon dioxide was the primary cause was «non existent.»

Quite simply, its adoption will establish that United States is serious about averting the threat of global warming, that coal's future as a primary fuel is coming to an end, and that the US utility sector is poised to go through the most fundamental changes in 90 years.

Primary energy demand until 2035, from «Facing China's Coal Future», figure 1, page 7, Increases in carbon emissions by fuel type for regions with highest absolute emissions growth, 2008 - 2035 from IEO2011, figures 115, page 143, and «Cumulative carbon dioxide emissions by region», figure 116, also on page 143, same link as above.

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