Sentences with phrase «declining costs of both natural gas»

T. Boone Pickens backed off of his much ballyhooed mega-wind project in Texas this week, citing the declining cost of natural gas.

,» Synapse's Dr. Elizabeth A. Stanton hosted Senior Associates Patrick Luckow and Pat Knight for a conversation about how declining costs of both natural gas and solar power impact clean energy planning.

Not exact matches

While the requirements have raised the cost of operating coal - fired plants, experts say a bigger factor in coal's decline has been cheaper natural gas.

Despite recent sharp declines in the market price of natural gas, utility - scale solar and wind power remain cost - competitive complements to traditional generation technologies, even without subsidies.

«Cheap natural gas, the rapid decline in the cost of solar and wind generation, and continued flat electricity demand make it next to impossible that U.S. coal production will significantly increase in coming years.»

«Small increases in the price of oil and natural gas will have a very strong impact on the margin profile on energy companies, because their costs are still declining,» Marks said.

In these cases, something happened (e.g., natural gas replaced some coal burning in the United States, the cost of solar technology has declined dramatically).

The price of natural gas plunged some 70 percent while the cost to generate electricity from natural gas declined about 40 percent.

In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Obama welcomed the environmental benefits of low - cost natural gas, noting that US CO2 emissions have declined sharply over the past four years.

If accident tolerant fuels prove successful, the cost of operating nuclear plants could decline by as much as 30 percent, making nuclear energy instantly competitive even with rock - bottom natural gas prices.

Declining costs of fuel, especially natural gas, have been a key driver of recent reductions in retail electricity prices.

I would like to see the source figures for this «PR article»: «In 2013, solar was the second - largest source of new generation capacity behind natural gas — its prospects look bright in 2014 and beyond as costs continue to decline and improve the LCOE picture.