Sentences with phrase «coal plants»

But despite the fact that they are using less coal overall, the pace at which countries built new coal plants in 2015 was faster than it has been since 2011.

Environmental groups also say the bill could set off a boom in the construction of new coal plants because of provisions that would restrict legal efforts to block such projects.

However, the decrease in CO2 emissions will be greatly offset by the increasing need to import electricity from coal plants in other countries.

The growing public concern with climate change and CO2 emissions further increases the pressure for coal plant closures.

This is worth emphasizing: For the past 20 years, nobody's been building coal plants.

Work with environmental organizations focused on coal plant retirement to reach an understanding of how coal fired generation can transition to geothermal power without loss of jobs or taxes.

What he may not understand is that electricity from new wind sources costs three times as much as electricity from existing coal plants.

Maybe a dirty coal plant needs a few more years of operation and will pay a premium?

Total energy generated by coal plants in most of the state declined from about 40 percent in 2010 to about 25 percent in the first half of 2016.

Coal plant emissions include mercury, arsenic, and sulfur dioxide, pollutants that are very dangerous to your health.

We just need to figure out as a society that reducing energy demand is a better and more cost / environmental effective solution than building more coal plants.

The present administration is closing coal plants for environmental dollars.

We have one of the largest coal plants just west, south and north of the city.

Compliance is expected to raise the already considerable costs of 32 proposed coal plants, some already under construction.

A methane combined cycle plant is about 60 percent efficient, whereas the best coal plants operate at 44 percent.

Already, many planned coal plants are being cancelled.

Environmental groups, both national and local, are opposing coal plants because they are the primary driver of climate change.

Officials say cutting excess production is a priority, with inefficient coal plants and steel mills likely to be closed.

From a purely pragmatic standpoint, replacing coal plants with renewable energy is looking more and more like a no - brainer.

Potential options include shifting to other kinds of power plants, keeping old coal plants running, and improving energy efficiency.

Add to that the fact that investment banks are generally not financing new coal plant construction.

It is accompanied by a sister publication about bank financing for the top 120 coal plant developers.

Although a combined cycle natural gas plant could easily meet the standard, even the most efficient coal plant would have to cut about 40 percent of its CO2 emissions.

In practice, the proposed rule's standard would make it impossible to build new coal plants without technology for carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Solar doesn't produce waste like nuclear power plants or air pollution like coal plants.

So if you've got big coal plants producing electricity, you're not getting anywhere.

In reality, high - efficiency plants emit barely any less carbon pollution than the low - efficiency coal plants.

He analyzed power production, particle pollution and medical records of babies born near coal plants.

But for a little perspective, a single average coal plant emits about 3 times this much annually.

For a handful of states that rely heavily on electricity from aging coal plants and aren't compelled to close them under other air pollution rules, this will buy them a few years.

He is confident, however, that even for traditional coal plants the cost of CCS can be reduced to $ 20 per ton.

When regulations require coal plants to be shut down completely it is important that the timeline provides enough advance notice to allow for needed grid improvements.

Lets pretend you can somehow how affect one Chinese coal plant from being built by not allowing this port.

We will have to keep on waiting for modern, updated protections and coal plant operators face continued uncertainty over their compliance obligations — uncertainty that may actually accelerate coal's decline.

Strong export activity and the number of new coal plants under construction will soon lead to a pickup in orders.

Such a fire does not exist, unless it's the one embedded in the hundreds of coal plants around the world.

I don't think converting coal plants to biomass is a long - term solution, but it's a good medium - term solution that will create a stable local supply chain.

It is possible that even coal plants could be converted to natural gas which could extend their lives until they wear out.

He called on public financing to avoid supporting any new coal plants overseas unless no other viable options were available or the plants used carbon capture technology.

This is currently technically impossible as existing CCS - equipped coal plants still emit around 100 grams of carbon per kWh.

Costs will also not be a topic, given the last results of the tender almost equal to the fuel costs of hard coal plants.