Sentences with phrase «emitting electric power plant»

Not exact matches

And it could mean a future viable source of energy that emits no pollution or radioactivity, burns no fossil fuels, and could be no more expensive to run than conventional coal or electric power plants.

American Electric Power will begin capturing at best just over 3 percent of the 8.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emitted by its 1,300 - MW Mountaineer Power Plant in West Virginia later this year and injecting the CO2 more than three kilometers underground.

When compared with pure electric vehicles that use coal - generated electricity, H600's emission of sulfide, nitrogen oxide, and particle matter is 0.17 %; 0.67 %; and 50 % of the latter, respectively (a typical coal power plant emits 272 grams of PM when generating one kWh of electricity).

Until carbon emissions from U.S. power plants are greatly reduced, an electric vehicle may emit more than a hybrid vehicle.

This study, identifies and assesses system approaches in order to prioritize research needs for the capture and non-atmospheric sequestering of a significant portion of the carbon dioxide (CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB--RRB- emitted from fossil fuel - fired electric power plants (US power plants presently produce about 7 % of the world «s CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- emissions).

Their efforts have primarily been directed towards reducing CO2 emitted by electric power generating plants burning fossil fuels.

The cap - and - trade rules first applied to electric power plants and industrial plants that emit 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year or more.

On top of that also add the waste heat from electric power stations, and even the thermal pollution from nuke plants (Even though they do not emit co2) and airplanes and I reckon that is a lot of heat energy that used to be a form of carbon now warming up the atmosphere.

«Power plants directly emit a long list of harmful pollutants,» the campaign's website says, «and electric utilities also remain the nation's largest industrial source of carbon dioxide, a significant contributor to global warming.»