Sentences with phrase «coal generation fleet»

The evolution of the US energy sector is far from over, however, as retirements are forecast to rise to 60GW by 2020 and 92GW by 2030, which is equal to 27 % of the total US coal generation fleet in 2012.

Not exact matches

The CHPE project on its face is absolutely unnecessary since the unveiling of the Governor's Energy Highway Blueprint which will upgrade the transmission system for all sources of power generation, not just the Western New York coal fleet but also for the renewable sources who are trying to come online and be competitive.

[Andy Revkin — Of course, moving some of the car fleet to electricity is simply transferring from oil to coal, which still provides half of the country's electricity, unless there is a dramatic shift in the generation mix, as well.

According to the recent UCS report, Ripe for Retirement: An Economic Analysis of the U.S. Coal Fleet, Michigan has one of the nation's most economically vulnerable fleets of coal - fired power plants with nearly 7,000 megawatts of at - risk coal generatCoal Fleet, Michigan has one of the nation's most economically vulnerable fleets of coal - fired power plants with nearly 7,000 megawatts of at - risk coal generatcoal - fired power plants with nearly 7,000 megawatts of at - risk coal generatcoal generation.

But our current fleet of power generation can't readily be used for peaking power plants, Nuclear 28 % and coal 60 %.

With a growing fleet of coal power plants running at less than 60 % of capacity and robust power demand growth, coal - fired generation is forecast to increase at nearly 4 % per year through 2022.

In total, the power company has about 8.3 GW of coal, oil and gas - fired resources currently available, so this would mean a 44 % reduction in its fossil capacity, and a fleet where wind and solar represent a majority of capacity, if not necessarily generation.

The report also identifies that if the least efficient 500 TWh of power generation in China's national coal fleet were to be upgraded to the same technology used at Zhoushan Unit 4, this could reduce China's CO2 by about 850 million tonnes each year and it would achieve this reduction at a much lower cost than any other equivalent, scalable, emission reduction strategy currently available in China.

Stricter regulation of carbon dioxide emissions will lead to the shutdown of as much as 50 to 60 gigawatts of coal - fired generation capacity in the US - roughly 15 percent to 20 percent of the current fleet.

By regulating carbon emissions from existing coal plants, Obama is essentially forcing utilities to take the cost of pollution into consideration for generation fleets.