Sentences with phrase «coal output in»

Three states alone — Pennsylvania, Kentucky and West Virginia — produce 52 % of the high - quality thermal and metallurgical coal in the U.S. Coal output in all three of these states has been flat or in decline for many years.

Not exact matches

Coal remains cheaper, but when you factor in the reduced capital cost (gas plants cost between a quarter and a third what coal plants of equivalent output do), the life - cycle costs point to gas, even in the absence of a price on carbon emissiCoal remains cheaper, but when you factor in the reduced capital cost (gas plants cost between a quarter and a third what coal plants of equivalent output do), the life - cycle costs point to gas, even in the absence of a price on carbon emissicoal plants of equivalent output do), the life - cycle costs point to gas, even in the absence of a price on carbon emissions.

More recently, manufacturing output has continued to grow strongly, but shortages of coal have restrained output in energy - intensive sectors so that growth in total industrial production slowed to 5 per cent over the year to February.

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.

So one interesting factoid in the article is that although that huge land mass that we are talking about seems just, you know, mind boggling, according to the article, it's actually less land [than] that's [what's] required to run 300 equivalent energy output coal plants.

But the air quality has improved dramatically in the last 25 years (as it did in many other cities in the industrialized world), largely because of well - enforced government regulations, reduced industrial output, closure of coal - fired power stations, and the switch to central heating from coal stoves.

Meanwhile, coal production grew by 2 percent in 2012 despite a 7.5 percent reduction in output from U.S. mines.

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.

For example, a study by Vasilis Fthenakis and Hung Chul Kim of Columbia University (2009) found that, on a life - cycle electricity - output basis — including direct and indirect land transformation — utility - scale PV in the U.S. Southwest requires less land than the average U.S. power plant using surface - mined coal.

Hebei plans to slash crude steel output by 15 million tonnes in 2014 and cut coal consumption by the same amount as part of anti-pollution measures.

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

Shell states that tar sands are less damaging that coal: Well since when was coal and oil used to the same ends unless they are talking about widespread adaption of CTL technology which could happen in some countries with large scale coal rserves I guess but even I doubt that CTL projects will scale to 3 — 5 mbpd which is the projected output of Albertas oil sands come 2030.

Meanwhile, coal production fell by a record 231Mtoe (5.9 %), as massive output declines continued in the US and China worked to reduce overcapacity and combat air pollution.

Switching from coal to nuclear is a 97 % reduction in electricity's 40 % of our CO2 output.

But the windmills killing birds does far less damage to the environment than a comparably sized (in terms of power output) coal or nuclear power plant.

However, peak oil means a double whammy — it reducec GHG emissions from oil, however, there is the danger, that we switch to coal - to - liquids, gas - to - liquids, tar sands and oil shales, just because increases in energy efficiency, solar and wind output are not enough to counter population increase, decrease in oil availability, and increase in total energy consumption...

Coal itself is a WMD especially in China where millions are sick from the direct pollution and here in the USA it might be true that much toxic exposure has been caused, besides the CO2 output that is enormous.

Emissions of the main human - generated greenhouse gas are surely tracking the reversal in electricity output, given that the vast majority of the country's electricity comes from burning coal.

In contrast, our annual electric consumption (electric output, not fuel or heat input) from coal and nuclear is around 10 quads / year.

According to data from the DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratories recently cited by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, the gross offshore wind energy resources of the mid-Atlantic region alone exceed the total output of all the coal - fired power plants in the country.

The International Energy Agency reported flat CO2 emissions in 2014 and 2015 but BP said it did not take into account numbers that became available later on with regard to Chinese carbon output related to higher grade coal it had been burning.

Percentage of maximum output achieved for coal plants in US, India, China and EU.

As pointed out by The Australian, the yawning gaps in SA's wind power output weren't back - filled by wind power lovingly stored in Musk's Marvel, but by the trusty and reliable coal - fired plants still merrily chugging away in Victoria's Latrobe Valley.

At a plausible GHG emissions price of $ 50 / t CO2eq under a future US carbon mitigation policy, such co-production systems competing as power suppliers would be able to provide low - GHG - emitting synthetic fuels at the same unit cost as for coal synfuels characterized by ten times the GHG emission rate that are produced in plants having three times the synfuel output capacity and requiring twice the total capital investment.

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.

The efficiency used for coal was 40 % — and the output of solar based on a commercially available systems optimally orientated in a subtropical site.

It shows the contribution of solar in Queensland on July 1 at more than 10 per cent around noon, with output of more than 600MW, equivalent to a coal - fired power station.

The results showed fossil fuel generators, in the same periods when wind turbines had been operating, fluctuated their output to match demand but did not reduce their rate of coal consumption.

Nuclear power is twice as good as coal, with the energy embedded in the power plant and fuel offsetting 5 % of its output, equivalent to an EROI of 20:1.

«This is because the average coal plant in the West has a lower NOx emissions rate at partial output than at full output,» according to NREL.

As a result, UK windfarms generated more power than coal in 2016, even though wind output declined slightly compared to the very windy year in 2015.

Modeling has also shown that it's relatively inexpensive to increase the reliability of the total wind output to a level equivalent to a coal - fired power station by adding a few low - cost peak - load gas turbines that are opearated infrequently, to fill in the gaps when the wind farm production is low (Diesendorf 2010).

Coal - fired plants can be adapted to be «load - following» which gives them some flexibility in their output.

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.

China's total coal production capacity including under mines construction is estimated at more than 5 billion tons while its coal output for next year will probably reach 3.7 billion tons, leaving more than 20 percent of its capacity idle, according to David Fang, a director with China Coal Transport and Distribution Association in Beijcoal production capacity including under mines construction is estimated at more than 5 billion tons while its coal output for next year will probably reach 3.7 billion tons, leaving more than 20 percent of its capacity idle, according to David Fang, a director with China Coal Transport and Distribution Association in Beijcoal output for next year will probably reach 3.7 billion tons, leaving more than 20 percent of its capacity idle, according to David Fang, a director with China Coal Transport and Distribution Association in BeijCoal Transport and Distribution Association in Beijing.

Pumped storage was popular in the 80's and before because coal plant needed to be kept on over night and could only be backed down to roughly half of maximum output.

In September, coal - fired electricity output and steel production, together representing about 75 percent of overall coal consumption, declined by 0.5 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively, and further dropped by 2.8 percent and 1.3 percent in OctobeIn September, coal - fired electricity output and steel production, together representing about 75 percent of overall coal consumption, declined by 0.5 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively, and further dropped by 2.8 percent and 1.3 percent in Octobein October.

Peabody Energy follows rival U.S. coal giant Arch Coal in filing for bankruptcy this year, and according to Reuters, producers covering around 45 percent of U.S. coal output have filed for bankruptcy in recent yecoal giant Arch Coal in filing for bankruptcy this year, and according to Reuters, producers covering around 45 percent of U.S. coal output have filed for bankruptcy in recent yeCoal in filing for bankruptcy this year, and according to Reuters, producers covering around 45 percent of U.S. coal output have filed for bankruptcy in recent yecoal output have filed for bankruptcy in recent years.

Because the amount of cooling necessary is much less per unit of electricity output in NGCC plants than in coal or nuclear plants, dry cooling systems are more economical for NGCC plants than for other thermoelectric options.

A dry cooling unit in a NGCC plant can only be one third the size of a dry cooling unit for a coal or nuclear plant with the same electricity output.

The report, prepared in response to a resolution passed by the Legislature, suggested that 80 percent of replacement output for Clinton and Quad Cities would come from coal, 12 percent from natural gas and 8 percent from renewables.

Last year, Chinese power output growth was the slowest since 1998 while steel production growth was also the weakest in more than three decades, aggravating a coal supply glut.

The forecast by the China Coal Industry Association comes after official data showed China produced 3.52 billion tonnes of coal in the first 11 months of 2014, down 2.1 percent, with mines under pressure to cut output in the second half of the year in a bid to prop up plunging priCoal Industry Association comes after official data showed China produced 3.52 billion tonnes of coal in the first 11 months of 2014, down 2.1 percent, with mines under pressure to cut output in the second half of the year in a bid to prop up plunging pricoal in the first 11 months of 2014, down 2.1 percent, with mines under pressure to cut output in the second half of the year in a bid to prop up plunging prices.

Our company was founded in 1988 by Mr. Robert E. Murray, our Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, who mortgaged everything he owned to the purchase a single continuous mining operation, The Ohio Valley Coal Company's Powhatan No. 6 Mine, which at the time had an annual output of approximately 1.2 million tons per year and was being closed.

Sponsors include some of the largest carbon emitters in the world: EDF Energy, Engie (which accounts for nearly half of France's annual carbon output), Air France (which has opposed emissions reductions in the aviation sector), and BNP Paribas (one of the top ten global coal lending banks during 2005 - 2013).

In turn, this means that essentially all of the extra 1.6 Gt of abatement required over Phase 4 of the EU - ETS under our Paris - compliant scenario would have to come from reduced coal - fired output.

This is a continuation of the slide that coal has been on in the United States for the last decade, with the output of electricity from coal - fired plants falling 39 % from its 2007 peak to 2016.

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.

The main reason was that growth in renewables and nuclear power could not keep up with increased electricity demand, even though some sources have cited a drought - induced drop in hydropower output as a factor in the rebounding coal consumption.

Some studies suggested that emissions from rapidly developing countries in Asia could be largely to blame — India and China, for example, are thought to have ramped up their sulfur dioxide output by about 60 percent over the decade through coal burning.