Sentences with phrase «coal stations»

But not only does no such plan exist, incredibly more coal stations are being built.

And critics note that more than half of the proposed coal stations will use more conventional — and polluting — technologies.

UK is getting rid of coal stations much faster than Germany.

The UK is about to get it's first new coal station for 25 years (in Kent), and carbon capture won't be part of it on day one, but it's in the story.

As we become increasingly dependent on imported energy supplies, especially on gas, and as our energy infrastructure ages, with nuclear and coal stations facing closure over the next 20 years, the UK faces real energy security risks.

Restrictions set for SO2 emissions by the European Community and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution will begin to take effect early in the next century, and may limit coal to conventional stations fitted with flue - gas desulphurisation (FGD) equipment, which removes SO2 from exhaust gases, or to any purpose - built clean coal stations that will have been built.

As with large infrastructure projects, the journey from announcement to completion can be a complex process with various challenges — this helps to explain why some energy projects may not come to fruition including coal stations.

Reacting to the report, Benjamin Sporton CEO of World Coal Association says: «Developing energy infrastructure is complex particularly for huge projects like a large coal station.

The story told was that Royal Dutch Shell (oil & gas) teamed up with their traditional enemy, Greenpeace to push for a mutual goal — closure of the last 3 x coal power stations in in Holland (5 x old coal stations are gone already but the last three are spanking new and closing will cost 2,800 jobs, plus lawsuits from the owners etc).

A Turkish court revoked the Izdemir coal station's environmental permit; shutting down the 350 - megawatt plant.

That threatens the economics of NSW coal stations.

In the case of South Africa, RES from PV and wind (circa RND 0.5 — 0.6 / kWh) is cheaper than elec from coal stations (RND 0.8) and the nuclear programme was cancelled — too expensive.

Gas - fired power stations release about half the CO2 (per MWh of electricity) that coal stations produce and they also release nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere.

In terms of cost, onshore wind is competitive with coal and gas, and with a quarter of the UK's coal stations shutting down over the next five years, we will need to replace that generation.

Then the United States could replace its old, inefficient coal - fired power plants with modern, clean, efficient coal stations, just as they are doing in Europe, India and China.

In reality, the Ontario government needs smart meters for one overriding reason: After replacing the province's ever - reliable coal stations with never - reliable wind and solar facilities, the province will have bought for itself a largely uncontrollable system dominated by power plants that can't be turned off and on as needed.

This is based on assumed annual demand growth of 6.34 %; further scenarios with higher growth rates and low addition of renewables capacity do require new coal stations, but still only at most half of those under construction.

My guess is that the actual outcome would involve keeping some brown coal stations, with drying technology that reduces emissions to a level comparable with black coal, and some expansion of gas - fired power stations, offset by a combination of domestic offset measures and purchases of international offsets.

We will have turned off all our coal stations within three years.

Canada needs to make a formal commitment to phasing out centralized nuclear power and coal stations, and assist in the orderly and just transition for power workers and their communities.

But if the authors are on the right track, is China doing the right thing by cleaning up its coal stations, to stop the SO2 emissions?

That happens, for instance, when building a waste - to - energy plant instead of a coal station not only cuts future emissions but also brings jobs to a community while protecting local water and biodiversity.

This could be why some coal stations are semi-dedicated to aluminium smelters, Gladstone Qld and Anglesea Vic being examples.