Sentences with phrase «continued coal development»

Not exact matches

Confusion in Perry's assessment of the climate and energy nexus extends to his energy plan, which says that «we must continue to invest in clean coal technology through research and development tax incentives.»

Our work so far has shown that sharing knowledge and expertise to help support the further development of cleaner coal technologies is crucial for the region and we want to continue to provide that support.

Coal will continue as a critical enabler of development and will continue as the fuel of choice for the rapidly urbanising and industrialising economies of this diverse continent.

Vietnam is well - placed for clean energy investment, but Singapore's major banks continue to miss opportunities to fund a clean energy development pathway, instead locking in polluting coal for decades to come.

China continues to lead the world in the amount of coal power capacity under development, despite tightening restrictions on new coal plant projects by the Chinese authorities.

«We are determined to ensure the UK continues to be at the forefront of CCS development - and this sets us on course to lead the world in the development of CCS on gas as well as coal,» he said.

«Vietnam is well - placed for clean energy investment, but Singapore's major banks continue to miss opportunities to fund a clean energy development pathway, instead locking in polluting coal for decades to come,» he said.

In 2013, investor interest in funding coal power through the UN Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) continued to shrivel.

The observation that «renewables continue to far outpace coal - fired power plant development» does not indicate whether coal will be employed for district heating in the future once present installations have been retired.

Installations of wind and solar totaled almost 155 gigawatts (GW) last year, more than the entire installed power capacity in the U.K., meaning that renewables continue to far outpace coal - fired power plant development.

coal, oil and natural gas will continue to be sources of development and progress for a long time yet — and it is unacceptable that its growing use be hindered by an imaginary threat.

Even as global coal development continues, the U.S. industry itself is shrinking.

«For many countries, coal will continue to play a significant role in economic development, industrialisation and urbanisation.

The report suggests that it is much more affordable to continue along the coal development path way rather than transitioning towards natural gas which would cost USD 75 billion annually.

It continues to represent the unique opportunities that coal presents for socio - economic development.

The Latin word «fortuna» means «luck» or «destiny,» and when officially commissioned on May 22 this year, Fortuna represented both the current technological apex of gas turbine development and pointed the way forward for how natural gas — powered plants can compete with and eventually potentially replace coal in Germany and in other locations around the world while continuing to drive down CO2 emissions (see sidebar «Never - ending Competition for Greater Efficiency»).

And it is because of these regulatory issues that we believe the future of coal - fired power plant development will continue to taper off - despite increases in energy demand.

MidAmerican expects to close some coal - powered plants in 2015 as the price of wind power continues to slide, said Adam Wright, vice president of wind generation and development for MidAmerican's Iowa utility.

After all, while he attempts to interfere with progress by making such statements, our entire energy infrastructure is crumbling, our natural gas supplies continue to dwindle, we don't have nearly enough engineers and skilled labor to expand nuclear development the way they claim we can, and our decision - makers (until very recently) have been under the false assumption that we have 250 years worth of coal reserves.

As the divestment movement and opposition to projects like Keystone XL and the Dakota Access Pipeline continue to grow, it will make it more and more expensive for oil, gas, and coal companies to finance new development projects — and stigmatize their product in the process.

That said, I think McCain misses the boat in the continued call for offshore oil drilling and the development of clean coal.