Sentences with phrase «coal power plant closed»

Scotland's last coal power plant closed in spring 2016, and two of the largest coal plants in England were also decommissioned.

She swooped in a few years before an enormous Fort Mohave coal power plant closed and struck a deal to transfer the facility's long - term water rights to Las Vegas.

Factories have been shifted to industrial parks on the outskirts of town and small, inefficient coal power plants closed in favor of larger, higher heat facilities in an effort to clear the air for visiting athletes and tourists.

Not exact matches

Alberta is boosting its use of renewable energy, closing power plants that burn coal and in January increased its tax on carbon emissions by 50 percent.

When both rules are fully enforced, Bernstein Research estimates that 15 % of coal - fired power plants will be forced to close — unable to meet new safety standards — or will require substantial new investment to remain viable.

One recommendation by the alliance takes aim at Ontario government energy policy that could also double as climate policy, as the province has curtailed greenhouse gas emissions coming from the electricity sector by closing coal - fired power plants, invested in costly solar and wind energy projects, and instituted a cap - and - trade system that requires businesses to buy permits to cover their carbon emissions.

But soon after, the multinational closed its plant in Brockville, Ontario, to relocate operations in West Virginia where coal - powered energy is much cheaper.

Surrounded by coal industry workers, donned in khaki pants and polo shirts, President Trump signed an executive order in March pulling the plug on his predecessor's plan to close hundreds of coal - fired power plants to reduce carbon emissions.

With the Dec. 31 mothballing of NRG Energy's Dunkirk plant and the 380 - MW Huntley Power Station in Tonawanda expected to close at the end of March, Cayuga and Somerset will be the last two coal - fired plants in New York.

Climate Camp 2008 hopes «thousands» of protestors will pitch their tents close to Kingsnorth, which the government hopes will be one of the first coal - powered plant built in Britain for 30 years.

Cuomo has pushed in recent years to adopt new efforts aimed at reducing emissions and shifting the state toward the majority use of clean and renewable power in the coming years, including an effort to close coal - burning power plants by 2020, promoting offshore wind projects and developing a clean energy standard to have the state on 50 percent renewable energy by 2030.

FERC approved the sale of two upstate New York power plants the same day Cuomo vowed the generators would «transition» away from coal or be closed by 2020.

Tough new federal rules on power plant emissions would also place significant pressure on coal plants to close.

Coal only provides about 4 percent of the state's power, but closing down the dirtiest power plant is a symbolic victory for environmentalists.

Hartz said that in addition to new jobs, the town's economy is cleaner now because of the closing of Huntley, a coal - fired power plant that had been one of Erie County's biggest polluters.

The future of the Cayuga coal - fired power plant in Tompkins County remains up - in - the - air, almost three years after plans to close the plant were announced.

Combination of economic trends and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions and economic trends are conspiring to cut emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy rules are ushering wind and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with coal; and federal air quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.

Meanwhile, existing coal - fired power plants, many of which date to the 1970s or earlier, will continue to face pressure to close as other environmental regulations target conventional coal pollutants like nitrogen oxides, mercury and particulate matter.

Around the country, about 600 power plants must be closed or retooled in the next two years, the result of EPA rules issued in 2011 that clamped down on coal - fired pollution.

China, she said, invested millions of dollars in closing down inefficient coal - fired power plants, a move for which the country was highly lauded.

Instead, they argue that Australia should base its climate policy on a carbon budget that sets an upper limit on the country's total emissions between now and 2050, institute a cap - and - trade scheme, consider closing selected coal - fired power plants, and ramp up renewable energy.

Beijing has closed the first of four large coal - fired power plants set to be de-commissioned as part of the city's efforts to cut air pollution, official news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday, citing the local planning agency.

What in effect, we would be doing is displacing 300 oil - fired power plants and another 300 coal - fired power plants; so the land required for 600 fossil fuel power plants — if you are going to think that way, if you consider the whole system, which includes mining coal, which includes drilling for oil, the refining of all that, it's not just the power plant — that the land tradeoff actually gets to be fairly close, you know, the solar power plant is the footprint of the solar power and that's it.

When coal - fired power plants close communities can face painful transitions, and the debate over one Massachusetts facility shows the local impacts of a national shift to cleaner power

To verify emissions from the San Juan and Four Corners coal - fired power plants, the Los Alamos team deployed ground - based solar spectrometers and point sensors to measure atmospheric concentrations of gases at a site close to these power plants.

Representative Rob Bishop (R — UT), chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, earlier this spring floated the idea that EPA should be required to engage in formal consultations with FWS over the impact of the power plant regulations, which could force some of these coal plants to close.

«The new study adds to the evidence that closing this coal - burning power plant was beneficial to the health and future well - being of newborns there,» says Perera, director of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health and professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health.

If that electricity savings were used to close coal power plants, that would have saved 1.6 giga tonnes of CO2 emissions (out of 7.1 giga tonnes total greenhouse gas emissions).

The first episode of this season, which aired on Sunday, opens and closes with David Letterman, sporting an enormous beard, exploring India «s extraordinary energy challenge and choices, which so far include an aggressive push to deploy solar panels and other renewable energy choices, but also a doubling of coal - fired power plants.

There's much more, including on - the - ground reporting from the 750 - megawatt Trianel power plant in Luenena, Germany, which only burns imported coal (Germany is closing down its coal mines).

On the energy front: He also closed coal fired power plants and promised to eliminate coal from the province by 2014, changed the rules to encourage alternative energy, and is introducing a controversial but important green energy plan.

China is closing many of their dirtiest coal power plants, and they are building much clean nuclear and wind generation.»

This would allow the equivalent of 62 percent of the country's 617 coal - fired power plants to be closed.

While there is a lot of coal geologically, and a fair amount of coal close enough to either ports or load - centers so that it is cheap at the power plant, there is not enough of this accessible, cheap coal to meet growing demand in Asia.

Closing a coal - fired power plant and its associated coal mines might seem like a real offset, but no — that's what a reduction would look like.

Ripe for Retirement: The Case for Closing America's Costliest Coal Plants As many as 353 coal - fired power generators in 31 states — representing up to 59 GW of power capacity — are no longer economically viable compared with cleaner, more affordable energy sourCoal Plants As many as 353 coal - fired power generators in 31 states — representing up to 59 GW of power capacity — are no longer economically viable compared with cleaner, more affordable energy sourcoal - fired power generators in 31 states — representing up to 59 GW of power capacity — are no longer economically viable compared with cleaner, more affordable energy sources.

Lignite of the Living Dead notes that utilities may keep coal plants running at a loss for many reasons, including: hopes that governments will make capacity payments for guaranteed power supply or payments to retire plants; expectations that competitors will close plants, pushing power prices up; the clean - up costs associated with retiring plants; and opposition to closures from governments for political reasons.

It recently announced that it will restrict new coal - fired power plants, refuse to approve any new coal mines for three years, and will aim to close more than 1,000 mines over the course of 2016.

[i] According to the Fraser Institute, the environmental benefit of shuttering the coal - fired power plants was minimal and could have been achieved more economically by adding scrubbers to the coal plants rather than closing them.

At least one of the power plants due to be partially closed, the Welsh Power Plant in Pittsburg, Texas, is entirely fueled by the basin's coal, according topower plants due to be partially closed, the Welsh Power Plant in Pittsburg, Texas, is entirely fueled by the basin's coal, according toPower Plant in Pittsburg, Texas, is entirely fueled by the basin's coal, according to AEP.

Offset purchases by CDP - reporting companies neutralized less than 1 % of this total impact (50 million tonnes)-- an amount equivalent to closing 13 coal - fired power plants for a year.

The figure beats the 16 cents for new nuclear power plants and is closing in on Europe's 9 cent price tag for new coal plants, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Utah's oldest coal - fired power plant recently closed.

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 Closing the Floodgates» report says that toxic pollution from coal - fired power plants «dwarfs the pollution from any other industrial category in the United States and is more than the other top nine polluting industries combined.»

All of the items on this list are important, and I'm keeping a close watch on # 5 - we need carbon pollution standards for coal - fired power plant to protect our planet from the worsening effects of climate disruption.

«Closing coal power plants is not just an important step towards reducing CO2 emissions, it's also crucial to reduce the health - harming air pollution that's suffocating our cities.

In addition, closer to New Jersey, Governor Chris Christie and Commissioner Martin have called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to expedite action to reduce pollutants emitted by the Portland Generating Station, a coal - fired power plant operated by RRI Energy in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, directly across the Delaware River from Knowlton, New Jersey.

This would allow the equivalent of 62 percent of all U.S. coal - fired power plants to be closed down.

By closing down coal - fired power plants and focusing on clean energy, the US could save 5,500 lives a year, Bloomberg said.