Sentences with phrase «coal fired power plants»

There is a huge surge in coal mining and the number of coal fired power plants in the guise of meeting electricity demands and development for the country.

My personal opinion is that the only practical path to reducing these emissions from coal fired power plants significantly is for us (you and me) to use a lot less electricity.

But your comment does highlight an important point: it isn't enough to stop coal fired power plants if you don't at the same time stop the coal mines.

A 1000 million watt coal fired power plant burns 4 million tons of coal each year.

Having already promised to eliminate coal fired power plants by 2014, he is in a hurry.

The problem is that additional demand for electric energy to charge batteries at night will result in additional operation of coal fired power plants.

Due to the high cost of capturing, transporting, and sequestering carbon dioxide, EPA expects that any new coal fired power plants built in the foreseeable future will defray the costs of CCS by selling its carbon dioxide to oil companies, which can use the gas to help extract oil by displacing liquid fuels deep underground, in a process known as CO2 enhanced oil recovery (or CO2 - EOR).

Asking the Development Bank of Southern Africa to publicly commit to not funding a new coal fired power plant in South Africa, called Thabametsi.

In 2007 public outcry stopped Premier Gordon Campbell from building coal fired power plants in BC.

Help Jim Hansen to ban plans for coal fired power plants without CO2 sequestration worldwide (1).

On June 2, the EPA released its proposed rules on existing coal fired power plants.

Andy points to the erstwhile dilemma posed by mercury - thanks to the Times interminable editorializing about the tons of quicksilver emitted by coal fired power plants several states upwind, many Manhattanites fear Minimata Disease should they crack open a window.

It's a blatant attempt to justify the need for big coal fired power plants, since in his memo Perry writes: «Baseload power is necessary to a well - functioning electric grid.»

Need to stop coal fired power plants.

Glaholt LLP has extensive experience representing clients across various energy sectors including traditional coal fired power plants, nuclear power plants, and renewable projects such as hydroelectric dams, solar farms, and wind farms, as well as energy transmission infrastructure.

Think of it another way, in the last 7 year cycle FCA had an average FCF of $ 36 million a year, and now FCA is expanding into different rail cars types and the refurbishment / rebuilt market, more gigawatts of coal fired power plant capacity will begin construction in 09 then was build in the last 7 years and FCA has $ 162 million in cash from the 05 IPO.

Eliminating coal fired power plants looks to be the main priority but natural gas fired plants are also fossil fuel driven and are also exposed to risk of energy crisis.

At your local coal fired power plant!

On the energy front: He also closed coal fired power plants and promised to eliminate coal from the province by 2014, changed the rules to encourage alternative energy, and is introducing a controversial but important green energy plan.

ANDY REVKIN received by email and posted: Hi Andy, in my talks and papers I have mentioned many times that it does not make sense to go after every last drop of oil, and I have noted that one useful thing that citizens can do, in addition to helping block coal fired power plants, is to keep oil companies out of places such as Arctic National wildlife Refuge, deep and off - shore areas.

An average 1 billion watt coal fired power plant puts out 56 to 112 pounds of U235 every year.

China is never more than a couple of weeks away from running short of electricity, which is why the are building (as Biden said) 2 - 3 coal fired power plants per week.

Next thing you know we will have LEED certified coal fired power plants.

Such plants are considered clean power because they use coal more efficiently and cleanly, compared to traditional Sub-Critical coal fired power plants.

In 2009, the EPA finally caught up with many international regulations, laying down 35.5 mpg fuel economy by 2016 and also starting to regulate coal fired power plants and also larger trucks.

Of the 120 coal fired power plants proposed in Europe in 2007, none have been brought to the construction stage.

We need a cancelation coal fired power plant of 2 x 15 MW.

The money was to support the Sierra Club's battle to close down and limit coal fired power plants, a contribution that Sierra now publicly regrets.

I suppose you also blame Obama for the massive development of the Bakken formation, and for the fact that many coal fired power plants are being shut down simply because they're 40 or 50 years old and no longer viable.

HERO is also performing detailed engineering feasibility studies into the potential for replacing coal fired power plants with EGS

This toolkit serves as a plan of action for NAACP units who want to take action on the findings of the report, particularly on the failing coal fired power plants highlighted in the report.

Expansion of grid supply by construction of big new coal fired power plants such as in the Hunter Valley and near Lithgow are going ahead and look to me to be intended to prevent the issue of decarbonising our energy supply getting mixed up with the issue of maintaining growth and reliability of supply; we'll have enough fossil fuel generating capacity that building low emissions capacity will remain «optional» and can be deferred another decade or two.

From MIT, a possible solution to allow coal fired power plants to meet the new draconian CO2 emission requirements imposed by the EPA.

It is the 2nd largest Coal Fired Power Plant West of the Mississippi.

Thinking of the here and now rather than flights of fancy, use gas fired power plants, modern technology coal fired power plants, invest in modular nuclear power plants research as for example Thorium reactors, and continue on the quest for power storage solutions.

Campaigners are converging on Washington to press for the closure of «Congress's own coal fired power plant», marking a political turning point for the future of the fossil fuel

Bush made changes to coal fired power plant regulations by going to congress based on what modern technology.