Sentences with phrase «current natural gas power»

I should stress that I am completely in favour of using the current natural gas power plants as much as possible.

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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?

Since idling all but two of its 50 commercial nuclear reactors, Japan has had to meet its power needs through pricey imports of liquefied natural gas, which contributed to an unprecedented current account deficit of three straight months beginning last November.

In the «business as usual» scenario, the auto industry followed its current rate of vehicle diversification — utilizing efficient internal combustion, electric and hybrid models, and the power sector utilized mostly natural gas and renewable plants.

The concept shares the same basic plug - in hybrid setup as the Chevrolet Volt and Opel Ampera, but using a turbocharged 1 L 3 - cylinder natural gas - powered engine as its range extender instead of General Motors» current 1.4 L gasoline engine.

As for power, the current North American Ford Transit Connect makes do with just a pair of engine options: a 1.6 L EcoBoost four - cylinder, or a normally - aspirated 2.5 L four - cylinder that can be configured to burn compressed natural gas or propane instead of petrol.

I Guess the Bush Administration Doesn't Think Highly of Pickens» or Gore's Proposals The fact that this proposal is announced just days after Al Gore calls for all U.S. electricity be generated renewably within 10 years, and two weeks after T. Boone Pickens unveiled his plan to radically increase U.S. wind power and use natural gas to offset petroleum in transportation, shows how mired in business - as - usual thinking regarding energy and environmental policy the current administration is.

A lot of the systems design that people are looking at — like Christopher Clack — even if you can get the renewables up to 80 percent, then you have a piece there probably natural gas «peakers» [power plants that run in periods of high electricity demand], at least based on current technology, are way cheaper than any [energy] storage.

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.

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

Also, current technology makes natural gas the perfect companion for wind power deployment.

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

By 2050, Asia could be criss - crossed by a highly - efficient network of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) power lines, natural gas pipelines and fiber optic cables.

No, becoming bullfrogpowered will not affect your current power or natural gas supplier agreements, including long - term power contracts.

This electricity and natural gas would then be shipped across the Timor Sea via bundled high voltage direct current power lines and natural gas pipelines.

Over two days this week the Energy and Power Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee heard concerns from scientists, poultry producers, automakers, drivers, restaurant owners, tool makers, store owners, environmentalists and the oil and natural gas industry about problems with E15 and / or the current Renewable Fuel Standard.

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»).

Emissions from the current approach of using natural gas to firm the power and «follow the load» (matching fluctuating demand with supply) could, on its own, exceed the emission target if California elects to rely predominantly on renewable energy.

There is also no need to modify the current natural gas co-generation natural gas plants as the power companies will be buying the same gas from the solar plants that they are at present getting from offshore wells.

Without any subsidies, new wind power is nearly twice as expensive as the current low - cost choice — natural gas — on a national average basis, according to numbers provided by New Energy Finance, though the cost for wind can vary widely by region.

The current trend is to increasingly rely on natural gas - fired power plants and reducing coal and nuclear sources.

Rudd is hoping to replace Britain's current coal electricity output with a mix of new nuclear and natural gas - fired power plants, with less emphasis placed on renewable energy.