Sentences with phrase «expect coal power generation»

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The natural gas plants are necessary partly because of expected load growth, partly because of the intermittent nature of solar power and partly because of the planned retirement of around 3,000 megawatts of generation powered by less efficient coal and oil plants, he said.

Coal - fired power makes up the largest share of electricity generation in the U.S., although that share is expected to decline thanks mostly to the rise of natural gas (see the chart below).

The U.S. generates over 1.7 million megawatt hours from coal - fired power, compared to less than 100,000 megawatt hours in Canada, and U.S. coal generation is expected to remain roughly constant through 2040 absent any new regulations.

Meeting coal demand in Japan Indonesian coal is also expected to help fuel a surge in fossil power generation in Japan after that country shuttered its nuclear plants in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor meltdown in 2011.

I think a comprehensive (and honest) assessment of alternatives to coal generation will include not only the hypothetical scaling issues of wind and direct solar generation but also will address what we know of the operating record of nuclear plants and what we can expect as we attempt to further scale nuclear power.

«Even in the expected event that there are no important breakthroughs in the cost of nuclear power, the potential for alternative energy sources, mainly solar and wind power, to completely replace coal and gas for utility generation globally is, I think, certain.

FPL says it expects its solar power generation capacity will exceed that from coal and oil combined by 2020.

This is why oil giants like ExxonMobil are investing more these days in natural gas, demand for which is expected to grow as electric utilities in Canada, the United States and Europe switch from coal to gas - fired power generation.

Between 2015 and 2040, the share of coal in power generation is expected to increase from 32 % to 42 %, whereas the share of gas in power generation is projected to drop from 42 % in 2015 to 37 % in 2040 (Kimura and Han, 2016).

If Germany, the embodiment of renewables, is failing to reduce its use of coal for power generation, why should anyone expect developing nations to not use coal to increase living standards in their countries?

EIA expects coal demand and related CO2 emissions, especially in China, to flatten as natural gas replaces coal in power generation and in industrial applications.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its first look at expected power generation in 2019, and its conclusions are much the same as those it expects in 2018 — the use of natural gas to produce electricity will continue to rise, and the use of coal will continue to decline.

BP expects renewables to surpass coal as the second - largest U.S. source of power generation by around 2030.

IEA and industry experts described the current status of coal - fired power generation in general in India and the overall need to ensure that the facilities are modernised and that least - efficient plant be phased out, given the expected large role that coal will continue to play in power supply.

Electricity generation from coal is still growing rapidly and energy scenarios from the IEA expect a possible increase from today's 1 600 GW of coal - fired power plants to over 2 600 GW until 2035.

Coal's share of total U.S. electricity generation is expected to fall to 27 percent by 2030, down from 39 percent in 2014 and more than 50 percent in 2000 — the result of the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan to limit carbon emissions from power plPower Plan to limit carbon emissions from power plpower plants.

Then again, to the extent that natural gas substitutes for coal in electricity generation (and fugitive methane emissions are low) and electric vehicles powered by relatively clean electricity substitute for gasoline and diesel, CO2 emissions over the next two decades could be far less than expected 10 years ago.

According to the IEA, coal's share in power generation across Southeast Asia is expected to grow from 35 % today to 40 % by 2040.

India is working urgently to develop alternative power sources and wean itself away from polluting coal - fired generation to power an economy that is expected to grow by at least six percent this financial year.

Interestingly, the new AEO 2017 modeling suggests that even without the Clean Power Plan, coal generation is expected to remain at levels of about 1,400 TWh, 30 percent below the all - time peak set in the mid-2000s.

BNEF expects solar to form a significant part of the power generation build in the major economies of Asia, to the exclusion of coal - fired generation in particular — a bad sign for Australia's aspiring coal exporters.

MidAmerican expects to close some coal - powered plants in 2015 as the price of wind power continues to slide, said Adam Wright, vice president of wind generation and development for MidAmerican's Iowa utility.

For instance, despite the rapid growth in renewables, Indian coal - fired power generation is expected to grow almost 4 % a year through 2022.