Sentences with phrase «coal combustion stations»

A number of old coal combustion stations were due to close in 2014, putting the UK in danger of running out of power in the second half of this decade.

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I am all for making fossil fuels cleaner, and much work has already been done to make various fossil fuel devices (coal - fired power stations, internal combustion engines, etc) emit less pollution like NOx, SOx, Hg, Pb, and particulates.

There is increasing awareness of the opportunities to reprocess power station waste into valuable materials for use primarily in the construction and civil engineering industry (see coal combustion products).

the Michigan Tech scientists focussed only on deaths from air pollution linked to coal - burning power stations: they did not make a calculation about the economic costs of chronic illness linked to polluted air, nor did they estimate the health costs that might be linked to the entire coal industry, nor include the estimates of deaths that might be attributed to climate change as a consequence of prodigal fossil fuel combustion.

Importantly, the Michigan Tech scientists focussed only on deaths from air pollution linked to coal - burning power stations: they did not make a calculation about the economic costs of chronic illness linked to polluted air, nor did they estimate the health costs that might be linked to the entire coal industry, nor include the estimates of deaths that might be attributed to climate change as a consequence of prodigal fossil fuel combustion.

Depending upon the form of energy converted into electrical energy, the generating stations are classified as under: (i) Steam power stations (ii) Hydroelectric power stations (iii) Diesel power stations (iv) Nuclear power stations Steam Power Station A generating station which converts heat energy of coal combustion into electrical energy is known as a steam power sStation A generating station which converts heat energy of coal combustion into electrical energy is known as a steam power sstation which converts heat energy of coal combustion into electrical energy is known as a steam power stationstation.

The 24 % efficiency that Mr Libby calculated is similar to the efficiency of coal - fired power stations and far ahead of the 15 % efficiency of internal combustion engine - powered cars in converting the energy in the fuel into useful power delivered through the wheels.