Sentences with phrase «electric generation plants»

This paper makes the environmental and economic case for diverting paper fiber from the landfill waste stream, to be used as a fuel in electric generation plants.

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Crucially, he simultaneously developed mutually supportive inventions such as power generation plants and electric meters, creating a commercial ecosystem that made him fantastically wealthy.

Electric power generation from coal and natural gas plants is responsible for 40 % of U.S. carbon emissions.

«These plants are a necessary bridge to a much cleaner electric generation sector in our state,» he said in a statement.

No emissions,» says Wheeler, noting that the principal output of the process was a «light oil» that could be used at an electric power generation plant.

The Electric Power Research Institute's report on decarbonizing electricity generation said an «aggressive» push on new technologies could lower 2005 - level carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 41 percent in 2030.

Southern Co. and its partners have dug 27.5 meters down into that soil to reach bedrock and are now filling up the hole to provide a stable foundation for what is likely to be the first of a new generation of reactors in the U.S.: two new AP - 1000 models at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant that stand next to two older pressurized water reactors, which came online in the 1980s.

As electricity use spikes across the country in the summertime when more people use air conditioning, electric power companies turn to more coal and natural gas power plants to help meet the demand, reducing renewables» share of total U.S. power generation, Comstock said.

A 2008 environmental impact statement estimated a potential for 5,540 megawatts of new electric generation capacity from geothermal on BLM lands in Western states and Alaska by 2015 through 111 new geothermal power plants, with an additional 6,600 megawatts from another 133 plants by 2025.

NuScale estimates that the plant's full power output will be available > 95 percent of the time, making it one of the most reliable electric generation systems available.

Sasol and General Electric (GE: NYSE)'s GE Power & Water have together developed new technology that will clean waste water from Fischer - Tropsch plants used to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals, while also providing biogas as a by - product for power generation.

Chris is the health and safety training manager of a large electric power generation company operating nuclear power plants throughout North America.

For instance, Toyota's line of hybrid models has expanded from the first - generation Prius, a pipsqueak that arrived in the United States in 2001 with a 70 - horsepower gasoline engine and a 44 - horsepower electric motor, to include larger vehicles such as the Highlander, a hybrid utility wagon with a total of 268 horsepower from its gas and electric power plants.

General Motors will be adding two shifts and 2,500 hourly and salaried jobs to the Detroit - Hamtramck assembly plant to build the new Chevrolet Malibu and the next - generation Impala alongside the Chevrolet Volt and Opel Ampera electric cars.

Due to the limitations of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, and the Carnot efficiency corollary, it is very difficult and expensive to get a heat engine to convert at better than 50 %, and it is more common to see 33 % for electric power generation at central power plants.

Given the near - term and enduring benefits of electric power expansion in developing countries, the other long - term effect of expanded coal - powered generation is accrued wealth and economic growth (along with health costs if they are dirty plants, of course).

And the carbon footprint per mile of driving an electric car declines every time the grid gets cleaner, whether from adding renewable energy sources or replacing a coal - fired generation plant with one using natural gas.

The average operating heat rate for gas - fired power plants is about 21 % lower than coal - fired electric generation facilities, creating less CO2 emissions.

Paul Loeffelman, director of Corporate External Affairs for utility giant American Electric Power, states that the EPA's regulations will force more than 50 gigawatts of coal generation — about 300 power plants — to be retired by 2016.

In December, however, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) suggested in its 2017 Long - Term Reliability Assessment that power generation from natural gas — fired units and renewable sources such as solar and wind will provide enough electricity to offset closures of coal and nuclear plants over the next decade, at least.

Step 1: Estimate annual changes in electric generation and emissions of air pollutants at power plants as a result of RGGI implementation from 2009 to 2014 using electricity dispatch modeling and EPA emissions data for EGUs.

The Directed Electric Generation Facility Cessation Mitigation Program provides payments to municipalities that depended on large fossil - fired generating plant property taxes when those facilities are closed down which certainly does not translate into reductions.

Together, replacing fossil fuels in electricity generation with renewable sources of energy, switching to plug - in hybrid cars, going to all - electric railways, banning deforestation, and sequestering carbon by planting trees and improving soil management will drop carbon dioxide emissions in 2020 more than 80 percent below today's levels.

Shanghai Electric Power Generation Group will partner with a Saudi Arabian firm to build desalination plants all over the world while Dalian Petrochemical is building China's largest wastewater utililzation plant.

Electric power generation from coal - fired plants reached technological maturity between the late 1950s and early 1960, with boiler - turbine units in the 1,000 - megawatt range.

Electrical engineers are responsible for controlling electrical generation and monitoring transmission devices used by electric utilities in power plants.

Each of their communities owns and operations its own electric distribution systems, and some operate local power generation plants.

«This case is about whether Ohioans and other customers across the country will be made to subsidize uneconomic power plants at a time when Ohioans should be benefitting in their electric bills from lower prices in the competitive generation markets,» said a filing by the Office of the Ohio Consumers» Counsel with federal regulators.

We have advanced controls through WiFi towers that are spread out throughout the plant and we use the latest generation of steam power technologies, steam turbines and generators provided by General Electric.»

General Electric, one of the world's largest suppliers of electrical power plant equipment, is all fired up about large markets for new coal - fired generation in India and China as America's shut down.

Recently published electric power data show that, for the first time since EIA began collecting the data, generation from natural gas - fired plants is virtually equal to generation from coal - fired plants, with each fuel providing 32 % of total generation.

Existing U.S. nuclear power generating plants operate under increasingly competitive market conditions brought on by relatively low natural gas prices, increasing electricity generation from renewable energy sources, and limited growth in electric power demand.

Despite early knowledge about climate change, electric utilities have continued to invest heavily in fossil fuel power generation over the past half a century, and since 1988 some have engaged in ongoing efforts to sow doubt about climate science and block legal limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

electric power plants are: (1) survey and assess the capacity, cost, and location of potential depleted gas and oil wells that are suitable CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- repositories (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (2) conduct research on the feasibility of ocean disposal, with objectives of determining the cost, residence time, and environmental effects for different methods of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- injection; (3) perform an in - depth survey of knowledge concerning the feasibility of using deep, confined aquifers for disposal and, if feasible, identify potential disposal locations (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (4) evaluate, on a common basis, system and design alternatives for integration of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- capture systems with emerging and advanced technologies for power generation; and prepare a conceptual design, an analysis of barrier issues, and a preliminary cost estimate for pipeline networks necessary to transport a significant portion of the CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- to potentially feasible disposal locations.

The research needs that have high priority in establishing the technical, environmental, and economic feasibility of large - scale capture and disposal of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- from electric power plants are: (1) survey and assess the capacity, cost, and location of potential depleted gas and oil wells that are suitable CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- repositories (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (2) conduct research on the feasibility of ocean disposal, with objectives of determining the cost, residence time, and environmental effects for different methods of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- injection; (3) perform an in - depth survey of knowledge concerning the feasibility of using deep, confined aquifers for disposal and, if feasible, identify potential disposal locations (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (4) evaluate, on a common basis, more» system and design alternatives for integration of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- capture systems with emerging and advanced technologies for power generation; and prepare a conceptual design, an analysis of barrier issues, and a preliminary cost estimate for pipeline networks necessary to transport a significant portion of the CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- to potentially feasible disposal locations.

The project has been plagued by billions of dollars in cost overruns, stagnant demand for electricity, competition from cheap natural gas plants and renewables, and the bankruptcy of Westinghouse Electric, the lead contractor and the designer of the AP1000 reactor that was supposed to be the foundation of a smarter, cheaper generation of nuclear power plants.

But perhaps the biggest contribution natural gas could make to America's transportation picture would be more indirect — as a fuel for electric - generation plants that will power the increasingly popular plug - in hybrid vehicles.

Mr. Gaston has an extensive professional background in supercritical fossil generation, comprehensive safety programs, environmental control technology, and marked performance in improving power plant reliability throughout his more than 35 years in the electric generation industry.

* The huge Texas projects will provide very little electricity, particularly when compared to total Texasí electric generation and to the output from «conventional» generating plants.

There's a pilot plant for Joule Unlimited close to me that uses municipal wastewater and CO2 from electric generation.

The huge Texas projects will provide very little electricity, particularly when compared to Total Texasí electric generation and to the output from «conventional» generating plants 2 1.

The spring is typically a low period for all types of electric generation, as this is when many plants go offline for scheduled maintenance.

The Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) and members NRG Energy, Eastern Generation, Dynegy, and Calpine said they would lose millions of dollars because subsidized nuclear plants would suppress capacity and energy prices.

This file contains a user - friendly Google Earth map that displays information on location, fuel type, electric generation, generating capacity, ownership, and emissions for over 8,000 power plants across the country.

In 1969, New England Electric converted the baseload plant to oil, which had become the dominant fossil fuel for electric generation in theElectric converted the baseload plant to oil, which had become the dominant fossil fuel for electric generation in theelectric generation in the region.

Ausra has had a bit of a roller - coaster ride as a business, starting in Australia but relocating to California to produce its solar thermal electric - generation technology, and going from darling of the solar power plant industry to... well, this.

The traditional model has been that electric load (electric demand) drives electric generation... your factory turns on, and you have to turn on a fossil - fuel burning power plant.

Electric power system operators face a challenge as they seek to integrate rising quantities of intermittent generation from wind plants into the system mix.

Coal consumption is dominated by use for electric generation, which grew modestly until 2009, and coal prices to electric generating plants, which increased since 2000 until they flattened in 2009 (Tables 11a, 11b, 12).

There's a slim chance that if our nation pulled in one direction that we could get a decent portion of our electric generation out of new nuke plants 6 - 10 years from now if we start building like crazy now.