Sentences with phrase «coal generation assets»

Investors should adjust the valuation ascribed to coal generation assets held by utilities.

This approach helps utilities refinance the costs of stranded coal generation assets and redirect savings toward cheaper renewable energy to replace generation capacity, while directing funds to communities or workers affected by coal closures.

Even a wedge of natural gas has some value in this view, since it displaces a huge volume of long - lived coal generation assets, which increases the odds that zero carbon sources will be able to muscle in later.

Not exact matches

According to S&P, coal is poised to see a shrinking share of the world's power generation market, which could lead to some coal reserves becoming stranded assets.

And given the current cost competitiveness of natural gas, there is little reason for utilities to include coal in the planning mix for new generation assets, Barnett said.

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 sum, generation additions (plus removal of coal costs) are in the order of $ 35 billion and additional investments relate to transmission and distribution assets.

My Clean Break column today takes a closer look at efforts by Ontario Power Generation to convert some of its coal - fired generating assets into biomass - burning power plants, including potentially several units at its Nanticoke Generating Station — North America's largest coal plant.

«It's not like power supply of the past where you had a bunch of nuclear power plants, a couple coal plants and some gas - fired generation with the odd renewable asset thrown in, and then a jumbled mix of grey and green power being sold at the consumer end,» says Uli Suedhoff, a director at GE Renewable Energy in Europe.

However, we find that falling renewable energy costs, air pollution regulations and rising carbon prices will continue to undermine the economics of coal power in the EU, potentially making generation assets unusable by 2030.