Sentences with phrase «electricity from coal becomes»

This is a mistake that could prove to be very expensive to electricity consumers over the next few decades as electricity from coal becomes increasingly uneconomic compared to other resources,» noted lead author of the report Pat Knight, who also developed the CAVT tool.

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«Texas Decision Could Double Wind Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2002).

One hypothesis might be that while electricity from solar and wind became cheaper, other energy sources like coal, nuclear, and natural gas became more expensive, eliminating any savings, and raising the overall price of electricity.

The International Energy Agency forecasts that renewables will become the leading source of new energy supply from now to 2040, surpassing thermal coal as the largest source of electricity generation by around 2030.

WASHINGTON (October 10, 2017)-- Despite political rhetoric to the contrary and recent actions by the Trump administration, the market reality is that coal - fired power has become increasingly uneconomic and is the main factor driving the U.S. electricity sector to rapidly transition away from coal.

Public resistance to coal also is on the upswing, as negative impacts from mining and electricity generation are becoming clearer over time.

Let's start with the assumption that those US states which get significantly more than 50 % of their electricity from coal, and / or states which export, or plan to export, large amounts of coal - fired electricity to neighboring states, are at highest risk of becoming economic «losers.»