Sentences with phrase «coal fired power generator»

If it's hard to see these new policemen turning off a coal fired power generator exceeding its CO2 limits, it's equally hard to see them saying the same to a carmaker that at the whiff of trouble is thrown millions.

Not exact matches

In response, several PPA holders terminated their agreements with coal - fired power generators, citing a provision in the terms of the original PPA legislation that allows buyers to end their contracts if a change of law makes the agreement «unprofitable or more unprofitable.»

FERC approved the sale of two coal - fired power plants in New York on the same day Gov. Andrew Cuomo vowed the generators would «transition» away from coal.

A slew of new coal - fired generators are coming online, he noted, and while those plants are sleeker and more efficient, they're still not nearly as clean as gas - fired turbines or renewable power sources.

The model produces different jobs and growth projections for a business - as - usual scenario with no technology breakthroughs or major new policies, and then generates different outcomes by factoring in new policies such as a national clean energy standards such as proposed by President Obama; increases in corporate average fuel economy standards; tougher environmental controls on coal - fired power generators; extended investment and production tax credits for clean energy sources and an expanded federal energy loan guarantee program.

More than 100 gigawatts of geothermal power (one tenth of the current U.S. electrical generation) could be developed for $ 1 billion during the next 40 years — at the full cost of one carbon - capturing coal - fired power plant or one - third the cost of a new nuclear generator.

NuScale claims it will be able to produce power at about seven to nine cents per kilowatt - hour — roughly the same as big nuclear plants, only a few cents more than the cheapest modern natural gas — fired or coal - fired plants, and one - third the cost of a typical diesel generator.

Furthermore, the relatively quick process of converting coal - fired plants to biomass - fired generation is an attractive benefit for power generators whose generation assets are no longer viable as coal plants due to the expiration of operating permits.

Furthermore, the relatively quick process of converting coal - fired plants to biomass - fired generation is an attractive benefit for power generators whose generation assets are no longer viable as coal plants due to the expiration of operating permits or the introduction of taxes or other restrictions on fossil fuel usage or emissions of GHGs and other pollutants.

In raw numbers, here's what the electric power industry's abandonment of coal looks like: This year, 24 coal - fired electricity generators at 14 power plants in 11 states are expected to shut down, followed by another 22 coal generators in 2018, according to

I can do a lot more at less cost by building nuclear power plants or converting coal fired generators to modern gas - fired ones.

No matter what type of power generation there may be on a power grid, there must always be a fall - back available; all generators, including coal - fired and nuclear, fail from time to time.

Everywhere you look, companies and power generators like the Tennessee Valley Authority are announcing plans to shutter coal - fired plants and replace them with wind, solar, and plants that use cleaner - burning natural gas.

Ripe for Retirement: The Case for Closing America's Costliest Coal Plants As many as 353 coal - fired power generators in 31 states — representing up to 59 GW of power capacity — are no longer economically viable compared with cleaner, more affordable energy sourCoal Plants As many as 353 coal - fired power generators in 31 states — representing up to 59 GW of power capacity — are no longer economically viable compared with cleaner, more affordable energy sourcoal - fired power generators in 31 states — representing up to 59 GW of power capacity — are no longer economically viable compared with cleaner, more affordable energy sources.

Of the country's 6,000 coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, wind, and solar electric - generating facilities, a small sub-group of mostly coal - fired power generators produces more than its share of the nation's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions compared with the electricity it produces, the report found.

New wind power is now cheaper per megawatt - hour than new coal - or gas - fired electricity generation, but renewable energy still needs subsidies to compete with existing generators.

EPA regulations are projected to force contribute to the shuttering of up to 60 gigawatts of coal power — amounting to hundreds of coal - fired generators across the country.

But 16 years after the white lab coat protests, Smith was reviving the «secret science» charge just as the Obama administration was finalizing a plan to tighten the fine soot regulations, a move vehemently opposed by coal - fired power generators and oil refiners.

In fact in all ten cases the evidence comes from primary sources, such as ExxonMobil's annual accounts and a leaked document from the Intermountain Rural Electric Association, which shows that one of the programme's contributors has been paid $ 100,000 by that organisation alone to produce arguments beneficial to coal - fired power generators (3).

«The danger is that this continues to send the message that solar power is worth less than electricity sourced from a distant coal - fired generator,» he wrote in a note to clients.

Of course, lower wholesale electricity prices hurt gas - fired power plants as well, but the low prices are «most harmful to coal - based generators and to a lesser extent nuclear - based generators.»

Most new electric power generators built between 1950 and 1990 were coal - fired.

The June 16 edition of Today in Energy examined the wide age range of electric power generators for all fuels; today's article looks specifically at coal - fired generators.

The amount of electricity from coal - fired power plants hit a record low while that from natural gas generators hit a record high.

During 2012, particularly in the spring and early summer, low natural gas prices led to competition between natural gas - and coal - fired electric power generators.

These programs support emissions - intensive electricity generators and the high - emitting coal mines to transition to a lower - emissions profile and originally included a buy - out scheme for the dirtiest coal - fired power stations.

EPA's Clean Power Plan assumes shutting down U.S. coal - fired power plants will stop climate change, even if China, India, and other countries build thousands of new coal - fueled generators over the next 20 yPower Plan assumes shutting down U.S. coal - fired power plants will stop climate change, even if China, India, and other countries build thousands of new coal - fueled generators over the next 20 ypower plants will stop climate change, even if China, India, and other countries build thousands of new coal - fueled generators over the next 20 years.

Yet that is exactly what the largest coal fired generator in South Australia, the 540MW Northern power station, is doing — shutting down for the winter months, when demand (and prices) are low.

Since pretty much the start of the National Electricity Market more than a decade ago, the Australian power industry has regarded the annual Electricity Statement of Opportunities (ESOO) as their bible to help pinpoint where a new coal or gas - fired generator might be needed to meet rising demand.

Electricity generators have chosen natural gas for its affordability and reliability, often replacing coal - fired power plants and emitting up to 56 percent less greenhouse gases than coal for the same amount of electricity.

The cost of backfilling hundreds of «missing» wind megawatts, by importing coal - fired power from Victoria, running gas - fired OCGTs, reciprocating diesel engined generators and Jay Weatherill's 276 MW diesel - fuelled Open Cycle Turbines (that chew up 80,000 litres of diesel every hour) is staggering: Wind «Powered» South Australia Pays $ 14,000 per MWh for Power that Coal - Fired Plants Can Deliver for coal - fired power from Victoria, running gas - fired OCGTs, reciprocating diesel engined generators and Jay Weatherill's 276 MW diesel - fuelled Open Cycle Turbines (that chew up 80,000 litres of diesel every hour) is staggering: Wind «Powered» South Australia Pays $ 14,000 per MWh for Power that Coal - Fired Plants Can Deliver forfired power from Victoria, running gas - fired OCGTs, reciprocating diesel engined generators and Jay Weatherill's 276 MW diesel - fuelled Open Cycle Turbines (that chew up 80,000 litres of diesel every hour) is staggering: Wind «Powered» South Australia Pays $ 14,000 per MWh for Power that Coal - Fired Plants Can Deliver forpower from Victoria, running gas - fired OCGTs, reciprocating diesel engined generators and Jay Weatherill's 276 MW diesel - fuelled Open Cycle Turbines (that chew up 80,000 litres of diesel every hour) is staggering: Wind «Powered» South Australia Pays $ 14,000 per MWh for Power that Coal - Fired Plants Can Deliver forfired OCGTs, reciprocating diesel engined generators and Jay Weatherill's 276 MW diesel - fuelled Open Cycle Turbines (that chew up 80,000 litres of diesel every hour) is staggering: Wind «Powered» South Australia Pays $ 14,000 per MWh for Power that Coal - Fired Plants Can Deliver forPower that Coal - Fired Plants Can Deliver for Coal - Fired Plants Can Deliver forFired Plants Can Deliver for $ 50

This means energy storage resources can more quickly release or absorb energy, compared to conventional generators (e.g. coal or natural gas - fired power plants) that historically have provided frequency regulation.

On the same day, German generator STEAG filed a legally binding notice with the German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) to permanently shutter both units at its 507 - MW Lünen hard coal — fired power plant by March 2019 (Figure 2).

Major retailers and generators are lining up to purchase coal - fired power plants, for that very reason.

After plans moved forward to retire the coal - fired generators at the Big Sandy Power Plant outside Louisa, Kentucky, the question remained, what does it mean for the energy future of eastern Kentucky?

**** Remember all that huff and puff put out over the last few months by the Clean Energy Council and near - bankrupt wind power outfit, Infigen about wind power becoming so cheap as to be competitive with coal and gas fired generators?

And Bracks has just commissioned a new coal - fired power generators.

Not when state ALP govts are in the van of boosting and flogging coal - fired power generators.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment denies Sunflower Electric Power Corporation air quality permits for two proposed 700 - megawatt coal - fired generators on the basis that carbon dioxide is an air pollutant and should be regulated.

The plant is the first new hard - coal - fired generator in Europe's biggest power market since 2005.

The inflexibility of coal - fired and nuclear power stations is almost as great a limitation as the pseudo-random variation of wind power generators.

Since this analysis, power producers have announced the closure of 70 coal - fired generators, including 58 identified in the report as ripe - for - retirement, leaving 295 generators remaining on the ripe - for - retirement list.

Coalmines and coal - fired power plants often have different owners, so while the mines are making a profit, the power generators might be feeling the squeeze.

For example Ausra or its predecessor set up a solar steam generator next to Liddell NSW coal fired power station.

There is a very good reason why every aluminium smelter in mainland Australia has power contracts with coal fired generators and in Tasmania with hydro: Their power is reliable and despatchable, something which wind power is not and can not become in the forseeable future.

The option of using substitute natural gas in combined heat and power distributed generators further reduces the viability of any investment in coal - fired plants.

It might even be argued that variable wind power is no more of a problem than inflexible «baseload» generators such as coal - fired plants and nuclear, which maintain a relatively steady output regardless of demand, and regardless of output from renewable plants.

Over that period, it projects that electricity generators will see their emissions fall by 31 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, largely as a result of coal - fired plants giving way to natural gas - fired power.

The region already has more than 4 times the amount of power capacity as is needed, with «one of the highest concentrations of coal - fired generators in the world.»

Two coal - fired power generators will remain in operation at the Citrus County site, as will a nuclear reactor.