Sentences with phrase «coal burning power»

China and other developing countries aren't going to stop building coal burning power plants, and their middle classes are going to keep buying cars (bad for their health, too, as they become as fat and lazy as Americans).

It is currently maintained by sulphate emissions from coal burning power plants.

That is for a coal burning power station in an arbitrary location under moderate carbon taxes.

This is due to the amount of coal burning power stations that provide electricity for the grid in the UK.

That build time is unacceptable if we are to retire coal burning power stations.

150 AP1000 reactors would be en ought to completely replace all coal burning power stations.

A typical 1000 MW coal burning power plant (and you have lots of them in AU) blows about 20,000 tons / day CO2.

«Please please finally say NO to new coal burning power stations & NO to the billions of dollars in fossil fuel subsidies.

The country is also pursuing demonstration projects in carbon capture and storage from coal burning power plants.

Coal burning power plants which capture the carbon would pay the carbon tax, but get it back with a profit since capture of carbon from flue gas is cheaper than from the air.

I read one statistic that between China and India alone there will be 775 new coal burning power plants built in the next eight years.

Some Murdoch papers are running an ad that seeks to guarantee > 1.5, by claiming the world needs 1,200 more coal burning power plants to stave off the existential threat of the next Ice Age

Perhaps these people with such delicate aesthetic sensibilities would prefer to live next to a coal burning power station?

Both are pollutants, but the first is dominated by sulphate emissions from coal burning power plants, the second from ozone precursors such as NOx, volatile organic compounds, and carbon monoxide mainly emitted from vehicles.

Also, stating that aerosols are «dominated by sulphate emissions from coal burning power plants» is overly simplistic and inaccurate.

«Due to advanced technology used at U.S. - based coal burning power plants, mandated by the Clean Air Act and the Environmental Protection Agency, most of these nanoparticles and other tiny particles are removed before the final emission of the plant's exhaust gases,» Hochella said.

Not exact matches

The coal destined for Fraser Surrey Docks, however, will be thermal coal, to be burned in power plants to generate electricity.

The federal emissions standard is estimated to reduce carbon pollution equivalent to 134 coal power plants burning annually and save drivers $ 1,650 per vehicle through fuel savings according to the coalition that includes Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington.

So we asked in our research: What would happen if current low natural gas prices or pollution control policies caused all US coal - burning power plants to be replaced by natural gas generators?

Cleaner burning natural gas has been replacing aging coal power plants in droves over the past several years thanks to both economics and environmental reasons.

Its members have committed to phasing out coal - burning power plants, supporting clean energy and encouraging carbon capture technology.

If SolarCity succeeds, clean power will replace dirty energy, spelling the end of the coal - and natural - gas - burning power plants.

And it could mean a future viable source of energy that emits no pollution or radioactivity, burns no fossil fuels, and could be no more expensive to run than conventional coal or electric power plants.

· The oil - conservation adjustment (OCA), sometimes called the power - conservation adjustment, reflects the utility's need to burn coal, a more expensive fuel, during certain months.

Base load power, the residual power that has to be generated day - in, day - out, came primarily from burning coal, typically in a plant located right at a mine site owned by the power company.

Meanwhile, Bechtel is doing a brisk business in the U.S. building the gas - fired power plants that are rapidly replacing costly coal - burning dinosaurs.

He has long criticized the Obama administration's Environmental Protection Agency, saying that its proposals to tighten emission standards on coal - burning power plants are killing American jobs.

Coal that's mined in Wyoming's prolific Powder River Basin has the same atmospheric impact whether it's burned at home or in a power plant outside of Shanghai.

Alberta is boosting its use of renewable energy, closing power plants that burn coal and in January increased its tax on carbon emissions by 50 percent.

If you need more power, just burn more coal.

The plan contains measures that will help Canada hit its obligations under the Paris Agreement, such as introducing carbon pricing, phasing out coal - burning power stations and boosting support for clean - energy technologies.

However, Alberta has committed to stop burning coal for electricity by 2030, and Ontario phased out coal power in 2014.

Over the next 25 years, it will provide the same power as burning one million tons of coal.

The mounting evidence for climate change, and all its tragic consequences, has provided a powerful argument against fossil fuel power stations: the burning of coal, gas and oil releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and this is almost certainly responsible for global warming.

In Black Mesa, Arizona, the proposal to construct six large, coal - burning electric plants and three strip mines meant that the health risks of air and water pollution would be suffered by a predominantly native American population, but the power generated would be distributed to distant urban areas.

If hurt Christians were chunks of coal you could burn them to power a steam train for the past 2,000 years on into time immeasurable.

Renewable energy: Commit to 100 percent renewable power The Climate Collaborative states that about one - third of all the greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. come from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas to produce electricity.

A pound of dioxin from chlorine bleaching in a pulp mill is far more dangerous than a pound of sulfur dioxide from a coal - burning power plant that runs a washing machine.

They will force coal - burning power plants to further reduce emissions of mercury.

Fracking and natural gas are better choices for power generation then burning coal and oil and until we have cleaner sources of energy will do.

Cuomo announced a deal in December 2013, subsequently approved by the PSC, to provide the coal - powered Dunkirk plant with $ 20.4 million a year to help renovate it to burn natural gas.

It will be nearly impossible for the state to reach its goal of reducing emissions 40 percent by 2030 if there are still coal - burning power plants operating, she said.

This week, Gov. Cuomo announced a $ 150 million deal that will see the coal - fired power plant in Dunkirk converted to burn natural gas.

Cuomo has pushed in recent years to adopt new efforts aimed at reducing emissions and shifting the state toward the majority use of clean and renewable power in the coming years, including an effort to close coal - burning power plants by 2020, promoting offshore wind projects and developing a clean energy standard to have the state on 50 percent renewable energy by 2030.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman criticized on Friday a proposal by the Trump administration that would allow coal - burning power plans to be paid higher prices for electricity.

One came for free, the result of a years - old consent agreement with National Grid as a result of problems with coal - burning power plants in Western N.Y; the other was the result of a $ 4.5 million purchase from a national land trust group.

Under Cuomo, coal - burning power plants have been converted to natural gas, and the administration's plan to replace the potential loss of Indian Point's 2,000 megawatts of power involves new or repowered plants with natural gas.

Nuclear and coal - burning power plants across the state are struggling to compete with cheap natural gas and some have announced closures in recent months.

New York must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 38 percent by 2030 and the emissions - free power produced by Indian Point won't easily be replaced by plants that burn coal, natural gas or oil.

Earlier this year, NRG announced that the Huntley coal - burning power plant outside Buffalo would be shuttered next year.