Sentences with phrase «coal power plants in»

Communities have been fighting against the construction and illegal operation of coal power plants in Aliaga for three decades.

As reported by The Hill, New Zealand has announced that it will close its last 2 remaining coal power plants in 2018 as it moves toward a goal of 90 % renewable energy by 2025.

CO2 emissions from coal power plants in the EU are undermining climate efforts, reveals the Europe's Dirty 30 report, released today by CAN Europe, WWF, the European Environmental Bureau, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and Climate Alliance Germany.

So, relating to coal power plants in Uganda is ridiculous and irrelevant!!

This is not to say that environmental campaigners should ditch all existing efforts around closing coal power plants in favor of advocacy for CCS — instead, CCS can provide another valuable option for which these campaigners can advocate in contexts where the rapid shutdown of coal is undesirable and / or politically infeasible.

It is here that Tata, India's giant conglomerate and largest private electric utility, has been building what it hopes will be one of the largest coal power plants in the world, the 4,000 - megawatt Tata Mundra.

Dynegy, a rival generation company with competing coal power plants in the state, is against the Exelon bill.

Smaller ports in the region, such as Cleveland, Ohio, have seen similar declines as Midwest shipments, predominately steam coal destined for Ontario, Canada, which have fallen sharply as a result of Canadian legislation affecting coal power plants in the province.

Then again coal power plants do produce pollutants and emissions and since coal power plants in some places are slowly being replaced by wind turbines I guess they do reduce emissions in the whole equation of things.

Jeff, you wrote: «coal power plants in some places are slowly being replaced by wind turbines» Not true, unfortunately.

By 2025, the average age of coal power plants in the U.S. is projected to be 49 years.

Currently there are three coal power plants in the area between Adana and Hatay, and there are 29 more either in the licensing, impact assessment, or constructions phases.

Their primary objective is to close coal power plants in the United States, including at least one - third of the country's more than 500 coal plants by 2020, and to replace them with renewable energy sources.

The may reason for the 500 coal power plants in USA (and China) is cost.

Purpose: To convene a small group of experts (~ 8 people) to support the direction, development and provide input on key issues related to sustainability analysis of electricity generation using renewable biomass for the four coal power plants in Ontario (Atikokan, Thunder Bay, Lambton and Nanticoke).

Cleaner burning natural gas has been replacing aging coal power plants in droves over the past several years thanks to both economics and environmental reasons.

One such facility does exist at the Shady Point coal power plant in Oklahoma, but it is not a government project.

And in Mitch Epstein's photograph of the Amos Coal Power Plant in Raymond, West Virginia, cooling towers loom over houses and neat backyards filled with flowers and shrubs.

Steam and smoke rise from the Robert W. Scherer coal power plant in Juliette, Georgia, the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the United States.

In terms of community impact, BNP has been directly involved in the funding of a four giga - watt coal power plant in India, the Tata Mundra plant, which affects the livelihood of thousands of fish workers by dumping gallons and gallons of warm water from the plant into the naturally colder water of the coastal area.

Nancy spent 3 years at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission as a clean energy advocate, pushing against utility plans to build «clean» coal power plant in Colorado and Arizona.

We visit an Ultra-Mega coal power plant in India.

I also focused on how living close to the Meramec Coal Power Plant in south St. Louis County could be having a negative impact on my dad's health.

Fossil fuel giant PetroVietnam is in the process of building the Long Phu 1 coal power plant in southern Vietnam and asked for international financial support from the U.S. Export - Import Bank (Ex-Im).

The smoke stacks at American Electric Power's (AEP) Mountaineer coal power plant in New Haven, West Virginia, October 30, 2009.

Vattenfall 1 concerned environmental restrictions imposed on a water use permit for a coal power plant in Hamburg, resulting in a suit of over 1 billion euros.

Not exact matches

The coal destined for Fraser Surrey Docks, however, will be thermal coal, to be burned in power plants to generate electricity.

DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Michigan regulators on Friday cleared DTE Energy's request to build a near - $ 1 billion natural gas power plant, the first approval of such a large facility for a regulated utility in decades and a move that coincides with the retirement of coal - fired plants.

The giant mining operations of Asia stack thousands of computers in dimly lit factory buildings powered by cheap electricity from coal - fed generating plants.

But six miles inland, something just as unusual, if far less gaudy, is taking shape — the first coal - fired power plant in the Middle East.

Perry has repeatedly said that storing fuel on site makes coal and nuclear plants less prone to shutdowns than other power generators in the event of disasters and attacks.

So we asked in our research: What would happen if current low natural gas prices or pollution control policies caused all US coal - burning power plants to be replaced by natural gas generators?

Beijing, however, has reaffirmed its commitment to meeting its targets under the Paris accord, recently canceling construction of about 100 coal - fired power plants and investing billions in massive wind and solar projects.

When first elected in 2003, he promised to retire all coal - fired power plants by 2007.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry commissioned the study in April to evaluate whether «regulatory burdens» imposed by past administrations — including that of President Barack Obama — had forced the premature retirement of baseload power plants that provide nonstop power, like those fired by coal and nuclear fuel.

The coal industry was interested in ensuring that the Paris deal provides a role for low - emission coal - fired power plants and financial support for carbon capture and storage technology, the officials said.

A number of coal - and oil - fired power plants will likely be retired, and while Virginia's four existing nuclear units will remain in use, plans for a fifth reactor remain shelved, for now.

Likewise Ontario, already committed to phase out coal power by 2014, cancelled a project to build a gas - fired power plant in Oakville last year in the face of fierce local opposition.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government says its new regulations to phase out power plants fired by coal and natural gas will cost more than $ 2.2 billion, but potentially save the country billions more in reduced health care costs.

Alberta prides itself on being the only jurisdiction in North America that demands coal - fired power plants, oilsands upgraders and other large industrial facilities reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

The idea is that utilities generate large amounts of clean power in remote, large power plants in much the same way that natural gas, coal, and nuclear power are generated today.

Installing enough batteries to make most electrical grids fully reliant on wind power or even to take older natural - gas or coal plants off - line isn't cost effective yet in many regions.

Base load power, the residual power that has to be generated day - in, day - out, came primarily from burning coal, typically in a plant located right at a mine site owned by the power company.

As well, the NIF has postulated that bringing the plants online in the 2030s will have a major impact on reducing carbon emissions as older, coal - producing power plants are then retired.

Meanwhile, Bechtel is doing a brisk business in the U.S. building the gas - fired power plants that are rapidly replacing costly coal - burning dinosaurs.

CHARLESTON, W. Va., Nov 28 (Reuters)- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hear testimony from coal miners, lobbyists, environmentalists and others on Tuesday at a public meeting in West Virginia on the EPA's proposal to dismantle an Obama - era plan to slash carbon emissions from power plants.

But the struggle continues as U.S. thermal coal companies become increasingly desperate to send their product to power plants in Asia.

with carbon pricing and other measures, including eliminating coal - fired power plants, cutting methane emissions from the oil industry, and making cleaner fuels, Canada will still be 90 million tonnes shy of its international emissions targets set in 2015 under the Paris agreement

Coal that's mined in Wyoming's prolific Powder River Basin has the same atmospheric impact whether it's burned at home or in a power plant outside of Shanghai.

Environmental groups have lauded the Obama administration for its work in slashing emissions from dirty coal - fired power plants in the US.