Sentences with phrase «coal generation levels»

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By: Ajoy K Das 23rd April 2018 India's Coal Ministry has requested thermal power generation companies to increase plant level coal stocks to about 30 - million tons, from 16.5 - million tons at present, ahead of the monsoon season starting in JCoal Ministry has requested thermal power generation companies to increase plant level coal stocks to about 30 - million tons, from 16.5 - million tons at present, ahead of the monsoon season starting in Jcoal stocks to about 30 - million tons, from 16.5 - million tons at present, ahead of the monsoon season starting in June.

The country's carbon dioxide emissions are back to the levels of the early 1990s, in large measure because moderately - priced natural gas has been taking market share away from coal in electric generation.

But they can never be as cheap as coal - fired electric generation because the energy density of the sun's rays are not nearly at the level of fossil - fuels like coal, so you necessarily need more physical equipment to collect the energy, and turn it into electricity.

One reason for the uptick in coal - fired generation in Europe has been the looming deadline for the EU's Large Combustion Plant Directive, which will require older coal plants to meet lower emission levels by the end of 2015 or be mothballed.

CO2 emissions from coal - fired generation were up both in the RGGI region and nationally in the first half of 2013, compared with 2012 levels, which indicates that the new RGGI cap could become more binding in the future.

«[Howarth et al.'s] analysis is seriously flawed in that they significantly overestimate the fugitive emissions associated with unconventional gas extraction, undervalue the contribution of «green technologies» to reducing those emissions to a level approaching that of conventional gas, base their comparison between gas and coal on heat rather than electricity generation (almost the sole use of coal), and assume a time interval over which to compute the relative climate impact of gas compared to coal that does not capture the contrast between the long residence time of CO2 and the short residence time of methane in the atmosphere.»

In 2011, coal dropped to its lowest level of power generation in more than a decade, according to the U.S. government's independent Energy Information Administration (EIA).

In fact, the EIA recently reported that coal's share of U.S. electric power generation fell below 40 % for the last two months of 2011, the lowest level since 1978.

The trend continues through 2011, with July reaching a new monthly peak at over 4.7 billion kilowatthours (kWh), although these levels are still well below the amount of coal and nuclear electric generation within the state.

Amid historically low natural gas prices and the warmest March ever recorded in much of the United States, coal's share of total net generation dropped to 34 % — the lowest level since at least January 1973 (the earliest date for which EIA has monthly statistics).

These additional supplies have helped displace a significant amount of coal for power generation, leading to a reduction in U.S. energy - related greenhouse gas emissions to levels last seen in the 1990s.

With NMBI legislation in place and carefull planning, taking into account likely closure dates of aging coal - fired power stations and potential depletion dates of current coal and gas sources, NSW can have more renewable electricity generation and grid - level storage in place in plenty of time to «keep the lights on».

Abundant natural gas is replacing coal for power generation, which has contributed to reducing the nation's carbon dioxide emissions to levels not seen since the 1990s.

Other states that traditionally have had high levels of coal - fired electricity generation, such as Indiana, West Virginia, and Virginia, each retired at least one GW of coal capacity in 2015.

Indeed, coal's share of US electricity generation fell to 33 % in April 2012, the lowest level seen in decades, thanks in large part to cheap natural gas, and US CO2 emissions in the first half of 2012 were 13 % below 2005 levels.

The advantages of using pelletized paper fuel include: a new use for discarded paper; reduction in the consumption of non-renewable fossil fuels; paper provides a higher level of heat generation; and because paper contains little Sulfur, its co-firing with coal reduces Sulfur emissions.

Efficiency gains in electricity generation from coal - fired power stations will play a crucial part in reducing CO2 emissions at a global level.

Lower natural gas prices resulted in reduced levels of coal generation, and increased natural gas generation — a less carbon - intensive fuel for power generation, which shifted power generation from the most carbon - intensive fossil fuel (coal) to the least carbon - intensive fossil fuel (natural gas).

Total generation from coal and natural gas in May increased 14 % from its April level, with increased coal generation accounting for 65 % of the combined increase.

In November and December 2011, coal's share of total U.S. electricity generation fell to its lowest monthly level since 1978.

Coal's share of electricity generation increased from 33 % in April to 42 % in November, the most recent month for which public data is available (Figure 5), and industry consultancy GenScape estimates that coal's share stabilized at these levels through JanuCoal's share of electricity generation increased from 33 % in April to 42 % in November, the most recent month for which public data is available (Figure 5), and industry consultancy GenScape estimates that coal's share stabilized at these levels through Janucoal's share stabilized at these levels through January.

The rule will mainly affect coal - fired power plants, with the goal of cutting emissions from electricity generation 30 % below 2005 levels by 2030.

That level of alternative energy would exceed that provided by all of China's coal - fired power plants right now and be the equivalent of the United States» total electricity generation.

With NMBI legislation in place and carefull planning, taking into account likely closure dates of aging coal - fired power stations and potential depletion dates of current coal and gas sources, Victoria can have more renewable electricity generation and grid - level storage in place in plenty of time to «keep the lights on».

Coal generation in March 2016 approached levels nearly one - third of the highest - ever month for coal generation, a record set back in August 2Coal generation in March 2016 approached levels nearly one - third of the highest - ever month for coal generation, a record set back in August 2coal generation, a record set back in August 2007.

However, the level of coal generation experienced in March 2016 was 30 to 50 percent lower than has been typical for March.

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.

Given all the external costs of coal mining and coal - fired power generation in terms of water, coal ash, air and particulate pollution, this tax increase — which affects all thermal and lignite coal used in India — will help further level that playing field for non-polluting renewables.

Although the EU's use of coal for power generation has dropped significantly compared to 1990 levels, coal consumption in Europe's energy sector has been increasing in recent years.

This balance changed during the last two months of 2017, with coal generation falling faster than gas, but both ended the year down relative to 2016 levels.

With other greenhouse gases it is responsible for the natural greenhouse effect, and the extra levels of CO 2 from burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) in industry, transport and the generation of electricity, are causing the enhanced (or accelerated) greenhouse effect which is why global warming is happening.

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.

National coal generation dropped to just 72 TWh, the lowest level of monthly coal generation measured since April 1978 (see Figure 1).

While before 2015 it was uncommon for natural gas generation to approach equivalent levels of coal generation, in March 2016 nearly 1.5 times as much electricity was produced from natural gas - fired generators as coal - fired generators.

While a shift in electric generation to natural gas from coal has played a significant role in recent reductions in U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, more will need to be done for the U.S. to meet its goal of reducing GHG emissions by 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020.

Our modelling indicates strongly that a tax at this low level will have no effect upon coal - fired generation and, given the relatively low price elasticity of demand for electricity at the retail level (probably because electricity has been so cheap in Australia), the demand side effect would be negligible and difficult to spot given the srong secular growth in demand.

Analysts now project annual coal - fired power generation in 2012 will increase to 130 million megawatt - hours (MWhs), an increase of 15.5 million MWhs or 13.5 percent over 2011 levels.

Repeated studies around the world have shown that wind energy does not directly cause these harms [i]; while no form of electricity generation is free of adverse effects, wind power is relatively benign compared to coal, nuclear, heavy petroleum, major dams, etc. [ii] Nor has harm been proven in countries, such as Denmark and Germany, which have a dense network of turbines and a high level of wind energy generation.