Sentences with phrase «country reliance on coal»

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Beijing has already warned the country may soon hit peak coal production, forcing greater reliance on ever - more costly imports.

India, Indonesia also see rising production GBI projects that India, currently the world's third - largest coal producer, will also see a surge in production — on the order of 6.8 percent annually — because of the country's heavy reliance on coal - fired electricity along with expanding steel, cement and fertilizer manufacturing sectors.

Despite his criticisms of China's reliance on coal - fired power plants, Brown is upbeat about the country's alternative energy development.

The introduction of the carbon tax, along with Australia's target of generating 41,000 gigawatt hours of renewable energy a year by 2020, up from 21,000 in 2013, has helped increase renewable energy use and reduce the country's heavy reliance on coal, Dargaville says.

China's voluntary plan to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions does allow emissions to rise until 2030, but it also moves the country away from reliance on coal, and the tangible results have been the cancellation of over 100 new coal - fired plants.

For countries like China and India, whose reliance on emissions - heavy coal is quite literally killer, temporarily increased energy costs are the least of their worries.

The Chinese government has already set out ambitious plans to cut the country's reliance on coal — an additional cap on CO2 suggests the country's leaders are serious about tackling their emission problem,» he said.

Drops in emissions in developed economies were offset by strong growth in many developing countries and an increasing reliance on coal.

To meet the increasing demand for electricity, reduce the country's heavy reliance on coal, and improve energy security, Mongolia is committed to promoting renewable energy development.

But Walmart's unwillingness to invest in alternatives in much of the country, where grid power is cheap and heavy on coal, has meant that the company's reliance on the dirtiest fossil fuels, and its greenhouse gas emissions, have changed little from the day Scott made this speech.

With Australia facing a policy crisis over energy security and the winding back of reliance on coal, construction of new coal - fired power plants was increasing in at least 35 countries, according to data analysis supplied to the Nationals by the federal parliamentary library.

Officials have tried to improve the air quality in cities like Beijing Shanghai by imposing local coal production quotas and reducing the country's reliance on coal, including a possible game - changing natural gas deal with Russia.

While utilities in Ohio, New York and elsewhere have sought «around market» charges after affiliated coal and nuclear plants became less competitive, Germany's large utilities are charting new paths forward as that country curbs its reliance on fossil fuels.