Sentences with phrase «existing coal generation»

Assuming nuclear replaced all remaining coal fired electricity generation, the world would avoid a further 487,000 fatalities per year (total fatalities avoided by existing nuclear plus replacement of existing coal generation = 648,000 fatalities per year.).

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

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.

Not exact matches

«The leadership shown by Alberta's government to replace two - thirds of existing coal - fired electricity generation capacity with renewable energy will greatly help the province in achieving its ambitious climate change objectives,» adds Hornung.

That project would include the closure of DEP's existing 379 MW Asheville 1 and 2 coal units and construction of about 752 MW of natural gas - fired generation (two 280 MW combined cycle units proposed to commence operations in 2019 and an optional 192 MW combustion turbine unit proposed to commence operations in 2023).

The Department of Energy's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on ways to compensate baseload generation, now under consideration at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, may provide some relief to existing coal plants, but the report notes that the PJM Interconnection compensates plants for reliability through its capacity market and that «has not yet translated into significant revenues for coal - fired generation.»

States could allow generation from new, not - under - construction plants to displace generation (and emissions) from existing coal or natural gas plants that were accounted for in the emission rate computation.

In the Reference case, coal generation at existing coal plants is supported by a steady rise in natural gas prices beyond 2020, with annual average spot prices exceeding $ 7.50 per million Btu by 2040.

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

According to Alex Morgan, lead North American wind analyst for Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), analysis completed for BNEF's New Energy Outlook 2017 found that wind energy generation will be cheaper than existing coal - fired sources by 2025 and cheaper than existing gas - fired generation by 2027.

Expanded generation from renewables, rising natural gas prices, and static CPP targets in the post-2030 period in the CPP case allow existing coal - fired plants to operate at a higher utilization rate which rises from a low of 60 % in 2024 to 71 % in 2040.

New wind power is now cheaper per megawatt - hour than new coal - or gas - fired electricity generation, but renewable energy still needs subsidies to compete with existing generators.

Residential customers experiencing the highest increases, and / or potential increases, are those who are heavily dependent on coal - fueled generation, as required retrofits can not economically meet existing environmental requirements — resulting in the proposed retirement of older coal - fueled plants.

We certainly don't need any new coal mines or gas wells to have sufficient fossil fuel supply to keep existing power generators running while we transition to renewable electricity generation.

High - income countries should commit now to end the building of new unabated coal - fired power generation and accelerate early retirement of existing unabated capacity, while middle - income countries should aim to limit new construction now and halt new builds by 2025.»

Just under a third of existing coal - based power generation in the United States has been shut down, and the Obama administration has aggressively embraced the replacement of coal with gas as a key part of meeting its 2030 climate targets.

Furthermore, although an RPS may displace some new coal - fired generation with other types of generation, there is little, if any, effect on the operation of existing coal - fired power plants.

Two - thirds of existing Indian coal generation is now more expensive than solar or wind generation, and keeping these power plants running costs India billions every year, according to Greenpeace research comparing CEA 2015 - 2016 coal power generation data to new renewable energy project bids.

But if existing combustion power plants could be adapted to use metal powder instead of coal or other fossil fuels, then much of the existing power generating infrastructure could be used, and power generation could continue to be in the same places it is now, using the same grid as is currently supplying electricity.

Two - thirds of existing Indian coal generation is now more expensive than solar or wind generation

New wind and solar is now 20 % cheaper than existing coal - fired generation's average wholesale power price, and 65 % of India's coal power generation is being sold at higher rates than new renewable energy bids in competitive power auctions.

IEEFA finds India's wind and solar energy costs have fallen 50 % to as low as $ 38 per megawatt hour (MWh) over the past two years, with renewable energy bids in new auctions costing 20 % less than the cost of wholesale electricity from existing Indian coal generation, and 30 - 50 % less than the required cost to justify new imported coal or liquefied natural gas capacity.

Emissions trading will only be viable in China's electricity if its helps to solve some of the sector's existing challenges — inefficiency in overall generation, running deficits of coal generators, system reliability — while contributing to balanced economic development objectives.

Of course, any change in the electricity generation mix will result in job losses in some areas, such as the closure of existing coal plants, and gains in other areas, such as new renewable energy resources and energy efficiency.

Proposed U.S. standards for reducing carbon emissions from existing coal - fired power plants rely heavily upon generation - side efficiency improvements.

The chart shows needed & unneeded coal capacity (GW) in 2020 based on existing plants as of 2016 and under construction under different coal plant capacity factors and power generation growth rates.

For example, additional capacity beyond existing plants is only required by 2020 if power generation growth exceeds 4 % year and coal plants are run at utilisation rate of 45 % or less.

The changing generation mix, the slowdown in power generation growth and existing coal plant overcapacity combine to present a different challenge for China.

By regulating carbon emissions from existing coal plants, Obama is essentially forcing utilities to take the cost of pollution into consideration for generation fleets.

What smaller projects would the USDOE decide to fund?With the high tech, integrated projects temporarily sidelined, everyone was left to wonder which cost - effective technologies would emerge for existing (non-gasification) coal - fired electricity generation facilities.

There are not any valid technical reasons why we can not build a national grid connecting wind and solar power generation to replace all existing coal fired generation using OCGT as back - up and for extreme peak demand.

In Europe, for instance, the use of coal for power generation produces very little sulphate aerosol or black carbon because of existing air - quality controls.

And while the Trump administration is taking steps to roll back regulations restricting coal - fired generation, many coal fired plants have already invested in equipment to comply with existing laws and regulations, such as the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards.

The takeaway from this chart is that according to EIA, although natural gas might be the least expensive source of electricity generation if you are building new plants, where coal plants are already built and where hydroelectric dams exist, coal and hydroelectric power is the cheapest.

Therefore if shale gas was to displace existing coal electricity generation then there would be a net carbon reduction.