Sentences with phrase «current coal power»

In 2030, the pollution from current coal power plants will be 150 percent higher than levels that would allow us to prevent catastrophic climate change.

Not exact matches

Since then, she's dealt with the crash in oil prices, and the current Alberta government's plan to phase out coal - fired power.

If current estimates are correct that the leakage rate is around 3 percent, then we calculated that switching all coal plants to average - efficiency natural gas plants would have little effect on the power sector's contribution to climate change.

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?

Genuine opposition to nuclear power, as opposed to astroturfing by the coal industry, best explains the current situation.

Produced by such constant, ferocious air currents, wind power could finally be cheaper than coal.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that current carbon - sequestration technologies may eliminate up to 90 percent of carbon dioxide emissions from coal - fired power plants.

In fact, if one of today's plug - ins draws its juice from a current coal - burning power plant, then overall it will cause slightly more carbon dioxide to be released into the air than a standard hybrid.

More than 100 gigawatts of geothermal power (one tenth of the current U.S. electrical generation) could be developed for $ 1 billion during the next 40 years — at the full cost of one carbon - capturing coal - fired power plant or one - third the cost of a new nuclear generator.

Several GOP lawmakers contacted by ClimateWire blasted the work on new targets as another example of the Obama administration's «go it alone» approach that, like the current U.S. EPA effort to rein in emissions from coal - fired power plants, will face fierce opposition from Congress.

The panel argues that the current rules as written let supercritical coal plant developers claim avoided emissions by comparing their projects to power plant technology that's now a decade old.

for the more dire alternative to coal plants firing our economy, just take a look at the current and foreseeably predictable state of power production in south africa right now — i.e., increasingly unavoidable rolling blackouts and power shortages.

Researchers at Stanford University who closely track China's power sector, coal use, and carbon dioxide emissions have done an initial rough projection and foresee China possibly emitting somewhere between 1.9 and 2.6 billion tons less carbon dioxide from 2008 to 2010 than it would have under «business as usual» if current bearish trends for the global economy hold up.

The ad went on to say that the United States has 250 years» worth of coal in the ground at current rates of use, and that only imports of liquefied natural gas, much of it from hostile countries, would be able to supply power if coal is off limits.

After rapping through some of the energy issues we're facing — the high cost of current oil production methods, the ridiculous talking points around the Keystone XL, and pollution from coal power plants (highlighting China)-- the rapping crew takes a very brief look at Elon Musk's electric vehicle and solar solutions (but with the main focus being that he is on Mars dressed like Iron Man), then gives a satirical presentation of Richard Branson's asteroid mining plans.

The new wind energy from the project will complement PSO's current power resources, comprised of natural gas, wind, power purchases and coal.

Some generators use mark - to - market valuations — assessments of the current price for CAPP coal versus the current price for electric power — in making decisions regarding which generating units to dispatch.

While this is more expensive than the current cost of market power at $ 32 / MWh, solar has no fuel costs, no risk of fuel cost increases, and no water or air pollution, coal ash clean - up, or nuclear waste costs.

AEP's current plan for compliance with the rules as proposed includes permanently retiring the following coal - fueled power plants: [37]

«For example, adopting best - in - Canada policies on renewable energy, staged phase - out of coal power and pricing carbon pollution in Saskatchewan and Alberta would be three times more effective in reducing carbon pollution than current policies.

Even if the current plan is to predominantly transmit coal - fired power, these lines could accommodate some renewable sources in the future.

Even if companies could be certain they'd never have to pay for their carbon emissions, we'd still never see a new coal power station built in Australia given the current cost of renewable energy here and overseas.

That's the equivalent of approximately 440 coal fired power plants6 or 484 wind farms the size of the Cape Wind project.7 On our nation's current course, a huge portion of this power will come from conventional coal, which produces 48 % of the electricity8 in the U.S. today.9

EPA - mandated emission limits on conventional sources of electricity, especially coal - fired power plants, are so restrictive that current technology can not meet their demands.

This approach is far superior to KfW's current plan because it firmly aligns with a growing call to end support and investment for new unabated coal - fired power plants.

Moving the current average global efficiency rate of coal - fired power plants from 33 % to 40 %, using more advanced off - the - shelf technology, could cut two gigatonnes of CO2 emissions.

The nation's current energy portfolio has raised concerns about the adverse environmental effects of energy generation — particularly greenhouse gas emissions from coal - fired and oil - fired power plants and the long - term storage of spent nuclear fuel.

But our current fleet of power generation can't readily be used for peaking power plants, Nuclear 28 % and coal 60 %.

In India up to 40 percent of our current CO2 emissions comes from coal fired power stations.

Concerning coal, it says under «Key observations» in the summary, «With current technology, coal - fired power plants using carbon capture equipment are an expensive source of electricity in a carbon control case.

While coal is king in the Philippines, a new Greenpeace Southeast Asia report has revealed for the first time the current health impacts of existing coal - fired power plants, as well...

Coal power already made up 31 percent of Japan's energy mix in 2015 but under the current plan, the fossil fuel will become the country's primary power source by 2019.

With NMBI legislation in place and carefull planning, taking into account likely closure dates of aging coal - fired power stations and potential depletion dates of current coal and gas sources, NSW can have more renewable electricity generation and grid - level storage in place in plenty of time to «keep the lights on».

Fewer than 10 percent voted for an expansion of coal or natural gas power at current prices.

1 Executive Summary 2 Scope of the Report 3 The Case for Hydrogen 3.1 The Drive for Clean Energy 3.2 The Uniqueness of Hydrogen 3.3 Hydrogen's Safety Record 4 Hydrogen Fuel Cells 4.1 Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell 4.2 Fuel Cells and Batteries 4.3 Fuel Cell Systems Durability 4.4 Fuel Cell Vehicles 5 Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure 5.1 Hydrogen Station Hardware 5.2 Hydrogen Compression and Storage 5.3 Hydrogen Fueling 5.4 Hydrogen Station Capacity 6 Hydrogen Fueling Station Types 6.1 Retail vs. Non-Retail Stations 6.1.1 Retail Hydrogen Stations 6.1.2 Non-Retail Hydrogen Stations 6.2 Mobile Hydrogen Stations 6.2.1 Honda's Smart Hydrogen Station 6.2.2 Nel Hydrogen's RotoLyzer 6.2.3 Others 7 Hydrogen Fueling Protocols 7.1 SAE J2601 7.2 Related Standards 7.3 Fueling Protocols vs. Vehicle Charging 7.4 SAE J2601 vs. SAE J1772 7.5 Ionic Compression 8 Hydrogen Station Rollout Strategy 8.1 Traditional Approaches 8.2 Current Approach 8.3 Factors Impacting Rollouts 8.4 Production and Distribution Scenarios 8.5 Reliability Issues 9 Sources of Hydrogen 9.1 Fossil Fuels 9.2 Renewable Sources 10 Methods of Hydrogen Production 10.1 Production from Non-Renewable Sources 10.1.1 Steam Reforming of Natural Gas 10.1.2 Coal Gasification 10.2 Production from Renewable Sources 10.2.1 Electrolysis 10.2.2 Biomass Gasification 11 Hydrogen Production Scenarios 11.1 Centralized Hydrogen Production 11.2 On - Site Hydrogen Production 11.2.1 On - site Electrolysis 11.2.2 On - Site Steam Methane Reforming 12 Hydrogen Delivery 12.1 Hydrogen Tube Trailers 12.2 Tanker Trucks 12.3 Pipeline Delivery 12.4 Railcars and Barges 13 Hydrogen Stations Cost Factors 13.1 Capital Expenditures 13.2 Operating Expenditures 14 Hydrogen Station Deployments 14.1 Asia - Pacific 14.1.1 Japan 14.1.2 Korea 14.1.3 China 14.1.4 Rest of Asia - Pacific 14.2 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 14.2.1 Germany 14.2.2 The U.K. 14.2.3 Nordic Region 14.2.4 Rest of EMEA 14.3 Americas 14.3.1 U.S. West Coast 14.3.2 U.S. East Coast 14.3.3 Canada 14.3.4 Latin America 15 Selected Vendors 15.1 Air Liquide 15.2 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 15.3 Ballard Power Systems 15.4 FirstElement Fuel Inc. 15.5 FuelCell Energy, Inc. 15.6 Hydrogenics Corporation 15.7 The Linde Group 15.8 Nel Hydrogen 15.9 Nuvera Fuel Cells 15.10 Praxair 15.11 Proton OnSite / SunHydro 15.11.1 Proton Onsite 15.11.2 SunHydro 16 Market Forecasts 16.1 Overview 16.2 Global Hydrogen Station Market 16.2.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.2.2 Hydrogen Stations Capacity 16.2.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 16.3 Asia - Pacific Hydrogen Station Market 16.3.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.3.2 Hydrogen Stations Capacity 16.3.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 16.4 Europe, Middle East and Africa 16.4.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.4.2 Hydrogen Station Capacity 16.4.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 16.5 Americas 16.5.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.5.2 Hydrogen Station Capacity 16.5.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 17 Conclusions 17.1 Hydrogen as a Fuel 17.2 Rollout of Fuel Cell Vehicles 17.3 Hydrogen Station Deployments 17.4 Funding Requirements 17.5 Customer Experience 17.6 Other Findings

If the new power plants are to be developed, premature deaths may rise up to 2,410 or more than double the current number of people dying from coal - related pollution in the Philippines.

Coal fired power generation has taken over 100 years to reach its current efficiency (five times more efficient than Edison's first efforts!).

This report reveals for the first time the current health impacts of existing coal - fired power plants as well as projected health impacts of operating and planned power plants in the Philippines.

It would make reasonable economic sense to cease using the brown coal when the current power plants using them reach the end of their useful life.

Matt Lucky points out that while people view CCS as a way to produce greener power while prolonging the supply of fossil fuels like coal, that's not the current reality anywhere in the world.

The economic stress test essentially asks one question: Does a given coal unit produce power at a cost that is competitive with current alternatives?

Moving the current average global efficiency rate of coal - fired power plants, which supply the heat to convert water (or CO2) to steam, from today's 33 percent to 40 percent by deploying more advanced technology could cut CO2 emissions every year by 2 gigatons, which is equivalent to India's annual CO2 emissions, according to the World Coal Associatcoal - fired power plants, which supply the heat to convert water (or CO2) to steam, from today's 33 percent to 40 percent by deploying more advanced technology could cut CO2 emissions every year by 2 gigatons, which is equivalent to India's annual CO2 emissions, according to the World Coal AssociatCoal Association.

The carbon dioxide they produce will equal about an eighth of China's current total carbon dioxide emissions, which come mostly from coal - burning power plants and factories.

The investment decisions taken in 2016, totalling a mere 40 GW globally, signal a more dramatic slowdown ahead for coal power investment once the current wave of construction comes to an end.

IEA and industry experts described the current status of coal - fired power generation in general in India and the overall need to ensure that the facilities are modernised and that least - efficient plant be phased out, given the expected large role that coal will continue to play in power supply.

With NMBI legislation in place and carefull planning, taking into account likely closure dates of aging coal - fired power stations and potential depletion dates of current coal and gas sources, Victoria can have more renewable electricity generation and grid - level storage in place in plenty of time to «keep the lights on».

SAWEA argued to the Pretoria court that «planned coal - fired power station closures were unrelated to the conclusion of RE PPAs, that renewable power purchase costs did not place additional financial burden on Eskom but had in fact added to Eskom's revenue, that the current supply surplus may well be short - lived, and that renewables are South Africa's least - cost and most flexible power investment option».

While India's INDC goals are good, they will not be achieved through the current expansion of coal fired power plants.

Keep the current fission nuclear power running and replace oil, coal and gas with more wind and solar.

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»).