Sentences with phrase «coal generation expected»

Tallies released by German environmental group Urgewald in July 2017 indicated China's energy firms would account for nearly half of the new coal generation expected to go online in the next decade around the world.

Not exact matches

The natural gas plants are necessary partly because of expected load growth, partly because of the intermittent nature of solar power and partly because of the planned retirement of around 3,000 megawatts of generation powered by less efficient coal and oil plants, he said.

Coal - fired power makes up the largest share of electricity generation in the U.S., although that share is expected to decline thanks mostly to the rise of natural gas (see the chart below).

The U.S. generates over 1.7 million megawatt hours from coal - fired power, compared to less than 100,000 megawatt hours in Canada, and U.S. coal generation is expected to remain roughly constant through 2040 absent any new regulations.

Meeting coal demand in Japan Indonesian coal is also expected to help fuel a surge in fossil power generation in Japan after that country shuttered its nuclear plants in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor meltdown in 2011.

December 8, 2017 India's steel industry, like America's, is dominated by electric - based processes November 20, 2017 Link between growth in economic activity and electricity use is changing around the world November 16, 2017 Growth in global energy - related carbon dioxide emissions expected to slow November 8, 2017 EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries October 25, 2017 China leads the growth in projected global natural gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use by 2040

Alberta is phasing out all pollution from coal - fired electricity generation (6,300 MW) by 2030 and renewable energy — mostly wind — will replace two thirds of it with renewable energy; expected to drive development of at least 4,000 MW of new wind energy capacity.

I think a comprehensive (and honest) assessment of alternatives to coal generation will include not only the hypothetical scaling issues of wind and direct solar generation but also will address what we know of the operating record of nuclear plants and what we can expect as we attempt to further scale nuclear power.

«Even in the expected event that there are no important breakthroughs in the cost of nuclear power, the potential for alternative energy sources, mainly solar and wind power, to completely replace coal and gas for utility generation globally is, I think, certain.

The research, from Stuttgart University's Institute for energy economics and commissioned by Greenpeace International, suggests that a further 2,700 people can be expected to die prematurely each year if a new generation of 50 planned coal plants are built in Europe.

The UK government announced on Friday how it expects to phase out coal generation by 2025 — by making it impossible for plants to generate without as - yet unproven carbon capture and storage technology.

FPL says it expects its solar power generation capacity will exceed that from coal and oil combined by 2020.

«In light of recent rhetoric, observers could have expected a stronger move from the government, that would utilise the market to remove coal generation as soon as possible rather than handing it another lifeline,» he said.

Additionally, OPG has been directed to convert the Atikokan and Thunder Bay coal generation plants to biomass and both are expected to produce marginal electricity at an inflated cost.

This is why oil giants like ExxonMobil are investing more these days in natural gas, demand for which is expected to grow as electric utilities in Canada, the United States and Europe switch from coal to gas - fired power generation.

Coal - fired electricity generation in China, the world's largest coal consumer, is expected to remain flat through 2040, according to EIA's International Energy Outlook 2017 (IEO20Coal - fired electricity generation in China, the world's largest coal consumer, is expected to remain flat through 2040, according to EIA's International Energy Outlook 2017 (IEO20coal consumer, is expected to remain flat through 2040, according to EIA's International Energy Outlook 2017 (IEO2017).

Between 2015 and 2040, the share of coal in power generation is expected to increase from 32 % to 42 %, whereas the share of gas in power generation is projected to drop from 42 % in 2015 to 37 % in 2040 (Kimura and Han, 2016).

Renewables are expected to cover more than 60 % of the increase in world electricity generation over the medium term, rapidly closing the gap with coal.

If Germany, the embodiment of renewables, is failing to reduce its use of coal for power generation, why should anyone expect developing nations to not use coal to increase living standards in their countries?

EIA expects coal demand and related CO2 emissions, especially in China, to flatten as natural gas replaces coal in power generation and in industrial applications.

As in past years, utilities all across the nation indicate they expect to continue retiring coal - fired generation, and virtually no one expects to add more coal capacity to their systems in the next decade.

«Coal currently fuels approximately 40 percent of global electricity and is expected to be an essential source of global electricity generation and steel making for many decades to come.»

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its first look at expected power generation in 2019, and its conclusions are much the same as those it expects in 2018 — the use of natural gas to produce electricity will continue to rise, and the use of coal will continue to decline.

WEC says it expects to retire more than 1,800 MW of coal generation by 2020, including the Pulliam, Edgewater 4, Presque Isle and Pleasant Prairie plants.

BP expects renewables to surpass coal as the second - largest U.S. source of power generation by around 2030.

We expect that a surge of generation from NGCCs and a decline in coal generation would be the likely least - cost CPP compliance pathway if the PTC and ITC weren't extended (left hand side of Figure 1).

IEA and industry experts described the current status of coal - fired power generation in general in India and the overall need to ensure that the facilities are modernised and that least - efficient plant be phased out, given the expected large role that coal will continue to play in power supply.

Along with renewables, 62 % expect moderate or significant growth in natural gas generation, while 79 % expect to see at least moderate coal retirements in the next decade.

Coal - fired generation in the UK is in freefall, and more plant closures — as expected by the government — will see this continue.

Electricity generation from coal is still growing rapidly and energy scenarios from the IEA expect a possible increase from today's 1 600 GW of coal - fired power plants to over 2 600 GW until 2035.

Coal's share of total U.S. electricity generation is expected to fall to 27 percent by 2030, down from 39 percent in 2014 and more than 50 percent in 2000 — the result of the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan to limit carbon emissions from power plants.

While the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expected 2013 emissions to inch up — mostly due to increased coal use in electrical generation — the projected level still would be more than 10 percent below where emissions were in 2005.

Then again, to the extent that natural gas substitutes for coal in electricity generation (and fugitive methane emissions are low) and electric vehicles powered by relatively clean electricity substitute for gasoline and diesel, CO2 emissions over the next two decades could be far less than expected 10 years ago.

According to the IEA, coal's share in power generation across Southeast Asia is expected to grow from 35 % today to 40 % by 2040.

India is working urgently to develop alternative power sources and wean itself away from polluting coal - fired generation to power an economy that is expected to grow by at least six percent this financial year.

According to the Bloomberg report, fully 7 percent of U.S. coal energy generation is expected to shut down in 2015, spurred by the onset of a key mercury emissions rule and also by tougher economic competition from other energy sources.

PJM expects that nearly 14,000 megawatts of coal - fired generation will retire by 2016.

Nearly 16 GW of generating capacity is expected to retire in 2015, 81 % of which (12.9 GW) is coal - fired generation.

Generator retirements are heavily composed of coal - fired generation, with nearly 13 GW expected to be retired in 2015.

Interestingly, the new AEO 2017 modeling suggests that even without the Clean Power Plan, coal generation is expected to remain at levels of about 1,400 TWh, 30 percent below the all - time peak set in the mid-2000s.

BNEF expects solar to form a significant part of the power generation build in the major economies of Asia, to the exclusion of coal - fired generation in particular — a bad sign for Australia's aspiring coal exporters.

MidAmerican expects to close some coal - powered plants in 2015 as the price of wind power continues to slide, said Adam Wright, vice president of wind generation and development for MidAmerican's Iowa utility.

December 8, 2017 India's steel industry, like America's, is dominated by electric - based processes November 20, 2017 Link between growth in economic activity and electricity use is changing around the world November 16, 2017 Growth in global energy - related carbon dioxide emissions expected to slow November 8, 2017 EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries October 25, 2017 China leads the growth in projected global natural gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use by 2040

For instance, despite the rapid growth in renewables, Indian coal - fired power generation is expected to grow almost 4 % a year through 2022.