Sentences with phrase «existing coal»

Depending on how they're structured, the rules could effectively freeze construction of new coal plants and lead to closures of existing coal plants.

However, such a decision can only be made politically as those who would massively invest into renewable energy supply are the current owners of existing coal plants.

The red is cumulative emissions from existing coal plants.

I merely note it here to make the point that clean coal technologies can never be a complete, worldwide replacement for existing coal facilities.

Today many countries continue to build new coal plants and run existing coal plants without modern pollution controls, seriously affecting the health of their citizens.

Natural gas - fired generation is highly dependent on natural gas prices as a result of competition with existing coal plants and renewables.

British capacity market rules allow existing coal plants to bid for capacity payments, alongside less carbon emitting gas.

But an accelerated phase out of existing coal seems unlikely.

Even better, how about expanding existing coal caps to the entire country and announcing this decision in the speech?

Across the world, it has become cheaper to build new renewable energy installations than to operate and maintain existing coal power plants.

What he may not understand is that electricity from new wind sources costs three times as much as electricity from existing coal plants.

They argue that such a path is feasible, but requires a prompt moratorium on new coal use that does not capture CO2 and phase - out of existing coal emissions by 2030.

Existing coal plants are a closer call since the private costs of a plant you've already built are naturally quite low.

On June 2, the EPA released its proposed rules on existing coal fired power plants.

Switching to electrified vehicles and replacing existing coal fired power stations may be a good first step.

In May 2016, as part of a worldwide outcry against fossil fuel expansion, citizens from across Europe gathered in the Welsh countryside and closed down the coal company's existing coal mine for 24 hours.

If I understand the above calculation correctly, it would seem that, in the electricity sector, we could mostly concentrate on meeting additional demand with efficiency and carbon neutral generation (and avoid some of the fights associated with replacing existing coal generation plants); but if we need to reduce emissions by 80 % by 2050, then I am not sure whether this makes sense.

To stop global warming, we must virtually eliminate the use of coal worldwide Dr. James Hansen, one of our nation's leading experts on global warming, is very clear about the necessary attributes of any solution: we must stop building new coal plants immediately and start retiring existing coal plants worldwide.

The «well - to - wire» research showed new natural - gas power plants are responsible for less than half as much greenhouse gas per kilowatt hour of electricity generated as existing coal power plants.

Around 2019 to 2020, there is a cliff where many existing coal units reduce their capacity factors from around 70 % to 80 % down to around 30 %.»

Canadian regulations only affect existing coal plants once they have been producing for approximately 50 years or plants undergoing major refurbishment: Their effect will not be felt on a large scale for decades.

The ACCC «has granted interim authorisation for Queensland power generators... to jointly renegotiate existing coal supply arrangements with Anglo Coal.»

For instance, during a Q4 earnings call last month, Jim Robo, CEO of NextEra Energy, predicted that by the early 2020s, it will be cheaper to build new renewables than to continue running existing coal units.

Financing for any new thermal coal projects limited to existing coal producing basins and where the calorific value of coal meets the energy content of at least 6,300 kCal / kg Gross as Received — i.e. projects must rank in the top 15 % globally.

True, the repeal of the Clean Power Plan and the mercury rule could delay the demise of the hundreds of old and aging existing coal - fired power plants on the electric grid.

The Bush administration originally touted these right - of - ways in 2005 as a means to link solar, wind and other renewable energy sources, but proposals officials approved before leaving office in January have them connecting existing coal - fired power plants and natural gas facilities.

In fact — using the official U.S. government estimates of health and environmental costs from burning fossil fuels — the study shows it's cheaper to replace a typical existing coal - fired power plant with a wind turbine than to keep the old plant running.

The Obama regulations would have the biggest impact on whether existing coal plants are shut down, and that wasn't included in the model.

The report finds that building new onshore wind and solar PV projects will be cheaper than operating existing coal plants by 2024 and 2027 respectively.

And for the ten states that WRI analyzed — including coal - reliant Pennsylvania and Ohio — achieving «moderate to ambitious carbon reductions» would be within reach if those states boost efficiency, add renewable and natural gas capacity, and upgrade existing coal plants.

Actually, land usage for solar may not be worse than for coal, when the area destroyed by coal mining is counted; of course existing coal mines are one of the «lock - in» features of our current fossil fuel dependency, so it's still a problem.

Each of these regulations will inflict substantial costs, drive down existing coal generation and have dubious environmental benefits.

Technology policy can make clean energy cheaper, but not necessarily cheaper than fossil fuel alternatives, particularly existing coal power plants whose capital costs are already sunk.

We take a hard look at the scientific literature on the health impacts of coal dust, and we draw some lessons from existing coal export facilities elsewhere in North America.

Recoverable coal reserves at producing mines represent the quantity of coal that can be recovered (i.e. mined) from existing coal reserves at producing mines.

In a legal memo released alongside the draft Clean Power Plan, EPA anticipates litigation on this precise issue and explains its authority to regulate existing coal fired plants under 111 (d).

The economics of running existing coal versus building new renewables map the route through this interregnum from King Coal to clean energy: Close old coal and build new renewables to save billions in power costs and hundreds of thousands of lives.

The closure of coal - fired power plants leads to higher costs to consumers for electricity since existing coal - fired power plants generate electricity for around 3 cents per kWh while wind and solar, that replaces the coal - fired electricity, costs more than that.

In a rising trend, countries, especially in the European Union and United Kingdom, are converting existing coal - fired power plants to burn wood — a renewable, albeit controversial, fuel source.

According to Dr. Wilson, the analysis was limited to available data on currently existing coal and natural gas infrastructure.

«If existing coal plants in the U.S. that only need to recoup operating costs are losing money and closing, then it is difficult to imagine how any new coal plant, no matter how efficient or cheap, can be built and recover investment costs on top of operating costs — at least in the U.S. — as long as gas prices remain low,» said Wade Schauer, director of Americas Power & Renewables Research at Wood Mackenzie.

Obama said nothing about taxing existing coal - fired power plants out of existence.