Sentences with phrase «coal plant efficiency»

Not exact matches

If current estimates are correct that the leakage rate is around 3 percent, then we calculated that switching all coal plants to average - efficiency natural gas plants would have little effect on the power sector's contribution to climate change.

The EPA is reportedly drafting a far less ambitious rule that would focus on improving efficiency at coal plants.

These forward - looking companies recognize that using natural gas, efficiency, and renewable energy are more profitable than retrofitting coal - fired plants — which are seen as being obsolete, inefficient, and highly polluting.

To reduce coal consumption, China plans to increase the efficiency of new coal - fired power plants.

The Alberta government received the final report from the independent panel led by University of Alberta economics professor Andrew Leach and announced its plans to phase out coal burning electricity plants, phase in a price on carbon, introduce a limit on overall emissions from the oil sands and introduce an energy efficiency strategy.

«All of our coal - fired power plants, none of them can meet those efficiency standards,» said Melanie Hart, one of the report's authors and director of China policy at CAP.

The letter aimed to standardize the latter in the Rosenfeld: It specified what kind of coal plant and at what efficiency it runs.

And advances in materials technology, such as hybrid ceramic / steel, can help boost the temperature — and therefore increase the efficiency and lower the amount of CO2 emissions — of new coal - fired power plants.

The electric power industry can achieve deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 by building new nuclear plants, sequestering coal - plant emissions, boosting wind energy and improving efficiency, the industry's top research group said yesterday.

Many said that if EPA follows through with rescinding the rule, the agency should write a less stringent carbon regulation that sets efficiency standards for coal plants.

«Despite the large amount of emissions produced by shipping the coal such a long distance, our analysis shows that the total emissions would drop because of the superior energy efficiency of South Korea's newer coal - fired power plants,» said Dalia Patiño - Echeverri, assistant professor of energy systems and public policy at Duke.

Instead, the consortium favours better use of Ukraine's large coal reserves, renovation of existing power plants, and improvements in energy efficiency.

China has now become, among other things, the world leader in high - efficiency coal - fired power plants.

Economist Dallas Burtraw, a colleague of Aldy's at Resources for the Future in Washington, D.C., calls this aspect «refreshing... under this system a coal plant is rewarded for efficiency.»

The biggest reason is that China has fewer environmental and efficiency standards for its factories and plants and generates more electricity from coal and other non-renewable sources, the authors said.

In addition, geothermal power plants have energy efficiencies of just 8 to 15 percent, less than half that of coal plants.

Global energy - related emissions could peak by 2020 if energy efficiency is improved; the construction of inefficient coal plants is banned; investment in renewables is increased to $ 400 billion in 2030 from $ 270 billion in 2014; methane emissions are cut in oil and gas production and fossil fuel subsidies are phased out by 2030.

It allowed the team to explore a much wider range of what - ifs by tweaking a large number of inputs, including the energy efficiency of electrical appliances, the depreciation time of coal - fired power plants, and shifts in consumer behavior.

New GE Power Technology Innovation Center Will Showcase Increased Efficiency, Reduced Emissions of Coal - Fired Steam Power Plants

The Sierra Club has created a New Coal Plant Tracker, a state - by - state guide to where new coal - burning power plants are planned, indicating the efficiency of the design, the anticipated amount of electricity and carbon dioxide emissions, and other informatCoal Plant Tracker, a state - by - state guide to where new coal - burning power plants are planned, indicating the efficiency of the design, the anticipated amount of electricity and carbon dioxide emissions, and other informatcoal - burning power plants are planned, indicating the efficiency of the design, the anticipated amount of electricity and carbon dioxide emissions, and other information.

I myself have been accused of being a paid shill for the coal industry, because I argued that rapidly deploying solar and wind energy technologies, along with efficiency and smart grid technologies, is a much faster and much more cost effective way of reducing GHG emissions from electricity generation than building new nuclear power plants.

If I understand the above calculation correctly, it would seem that, in the electricity sector, we could mostly concentrate on meeting additional demand with efficiency and carbon neutral generation (and avoid some of the fights associated with replacing existing coal generation plants); but if we need to reduce emissions by 80 % by 2050, then I am not sure whether this makes sense.

If you are not among them, I am sincerely interested in knowing what alternatives can be brought online soon enough to do without the coal plants, or perhaps what real world changes can be made in efficiency.

That coal gas fired power plants must be shut down by 2050 and replaced with whatever works, from nuclear, hydro, renewable, energy efficiency, and massive demand reductions across the board.

It's why China has been retiring coal plants for decades — at first in favor of ultrahigh efficiency modern supercritical coal plants that delivered twice as much power per unit of pollution produced, and now increasingly solar and wind.

Clinton is right — we desperately need to begin the less - than - sexy work of revamping our infrastructure and doing the cost - benefit analysis that will pave the way for well - thought out projects in solar and wind, conservation, and even nuclear and improved efficiency at coal plants needs to be on the table.

Moreover, even if methane leakage were to remain modest in some areas, long - term climate models suggest that warming trends have less to do with the rate of methane leakage and more to do with other variables, such as the thermal efficiency of future coal plants and whether the switch to gas is permanent or a bridge to zero - carbon energy.

Cap - and - dividend assumes that the decreasing supply and rising price of carbon will shift private investment from new coal burning plants to wind, solar, conservation and efficiency, and that public investment will not be needed for these purposes.

If it is any consolation, the average efficiency of coal plants in China has been rising decisively — that doesn't bend down the emissions curve, but it slows the growth.

When the 33 % efficiency of coal fired power plants (no it is not 40 % for these) is factored in, as well as the high rate of CO2 per BTU, the plugging in turns out to be not a good thing.

An important question that political and climate analysts will be examining is how much bite is in the regulations — meaning how much they would curb emissions beyond what's already happening to cut power plant carbon dioxide thanks to the natural gas boom, the shutdown of old coal - burning plants because of impending mercury - cutting rules (read the valuable Union of Concerned Scientists «Ripe for Retirement» report for more on this), improved energy efficiency and state mandates developing renewable electricity supplies.

The way the U.S. administration is «looking at it is: what does it take for us to do to make coal part of a low carbon future,» he said, adding this would include higher efficiency plants and new ways of utilizing coal.

A groundbreaking study released by Architecture 2030 this week shows that an investment of just $ 21.6 billion towards building energy efficiency would replace 22.3 conventional coal - fired plants, reduce CO2 emissions by 86.7 MMT, save 204 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 10.7 million barrels of oil, save consumers $ 8.46 billion in energy bills and -LSB-...]

HELE (high - efficiency, low - emissions) coal - fired generators need to be the minimum specification acceptable for new - build and replacement coal plants.

Coal use for power generation fell even more, by at least 4 %, as power plant efficiency improved and gas and biomass displaced coal in thermal power generatCoal use for power generation fell even more, by at least 4 %, as power plant efficiency improved and gas and biomass displaced coal in thermal power generatcoal in thermal power generation.

I believe there are many paths that we can / should follow to responsibly address AGW (I listed 7 areas, such as fast mitigation, natural gas use (LNG), high efficiency coal plants, Renewables, etc).

As such, I believe there are many paths that we can / should follow to responsibly address AGW (I listed 7 areas, such as fast mitigation, natural gas use (LNG), high efficiency coal plants, Renewables, etc).

However, clean coal technology known as high efficiency low emission (HELE) coal - fired plant could be a solution for pollution control during the burning of coal.

The overriding objective would be to raise the global average efficiency of coal - fired power plants and so minimise CO2 emissions which will otherwise be emitted while maintaining legitimate economic development and poverty alleviation efforts.

That will translate, White House officials said earlier in the week, to new regulations for existing coal - burning power plants and directives to promote energy efficiency and new technology research.

Increasing the efficiency of coal - fired power plants by 1 % reduces CO2 emissions by between 2 - 3 %.

As expected, the President advocated carbon dioxide (CO2) emission standards for new and existing coal - fired power plants, tough new energy efficiency standards for homes and appliances, and federal support for private renewable energy investment on public lands.

Moving the current average global efficiency rate of coal - fired power plants from 33 % to 40 %, using more advanced off - the - shelf technology, could cut two gigatonnes of CO2 emissions.

The threatened early termination of Liddell is one reason that the Monash Forum has gone on the offensive — a fired - up group of 30 National and Liberal MPs are determined not only to prevent that event, but also to ensure that Victoria replaces its recently closed 1,600 MW Hazelwood plant, with a High - Efficiency Low - Emissions coal - fired plant, to prevent blackouts and bring power prices back to earth in that state.

As a result, Kentucky can not propose a solution that increases the use of renewable energy or energy efficiency, or encourages power plants to switch from coal to natural gas.

The electricity sector has a range of low - and zero - carbon technologies that could contribute to this carbon budget including energy efficiency, renewable energy, nuclear power, and coal or natural gas plants with carbon capture and storage (CCS).

If the efficiency level of the other 49 states were raised to that of New York, the most energy - efficient state, the energy saved would be sufficient to close 80 percent of the country's coal - fired power plants.

An early turning point in the coal war came in June 2007, when Florida's Public Service Commission refused to license a huge $ 5.7 - billion, 1,960 - megawatt coal plant because the utility proposing it could not prove that building the plant would be cheaper than investing in conservation, efficiency, or renewable energy.

In emerging ASEAN, additional capacity of coal - fired generation is likely to be built using both high efficiency and low efficiency of coal - fired power plants depending on countries» environmental regulations and economic conditions.

After years of amazing community activism from local parents, business owners, residents, citizen groups, and community leaders, last week the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve plans to not only phase out the use of coal at its North Omaha coal - fired power plant, but also to ramp up energy efficiency.