Sentences with phrase «coal generation output»

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The company plans to reduce the share of coal - powered generation by half, to 16 percent of its power output, by 2030.

Even without the environmental drive, new railways from mines to ports, falling investment in coal - fired generation and slowing power demand growth could see China's miners export some of their surplus output at competitive prices, hitting regional miners and the viability of new projects.

Build before Memory Runs Out Although individual consumer actions can help, major changes in carbon output will likely require better electricity - generation technologies, retiring much of the coal - fired capacity and replacing it with the most cost - effective combination of modern reactors, renewables and even clean coal.

In 2017, renewable generation in the UK was three times higher than the output of coal power stations.

Wind generation capacity already is on par with coal - fired power output in Texas, due to a proliferation of wind projects at the same time coal plants are closing.

First, to replace 1 kW of coal generation, almost 3 kW of wind generation will be needed, because wind turbines run at 30 % output on average as compared with about 88 % for a new coal plant.

Already, the impact of reduced demand, growing renewables, and rooftop solar, is causing a decline in output in coal generation, bringing capacity factors down sharply, particularly for black coal generators.

What gets bad is when we are not allowed to run base load coal plants efficiently, and when we have to cycle them up and down to chase wind generation's variable output.

Figure 1 (Left): Example of a coal combustion power plant («Actual Generator Output») poorly following the grid operator's automatic generation control («AGC Command»).

The take up rate would stop the natural increase in electricity generation required for increasing numbers of dwellings and in several years their would be a decline in electricity output from the coal fired power stations to equal or match that required by industry and commerce.

Even so, hydropower output would have had to grow by almost 40 % if it were to have displaced the increase in coal - fired power generation, an unrealistic prospect regardless of the weather.

The gas generation plants were needed to supplement low output from wind and solar generation and shuttered coal plants.