Sentences with phrase «fired capacity additions»

Preliminary EIA data show 5,217 MW of coal - fired capacity additions and 6,309 MW of natural gas - fired capacity additions during 2010.

Planned coal - fired capacity additions from a number of countries in and around the Middle East will add 41 gigawatts (GW) of new electric generating capacity over the next decade, based on announced projects and projects currently in the permitting process.

Petroleum markets saw sharp increases in prices and supply shortages twice during the 1970s, first during the Arab Oil Embargo and then during the Iranian Revolution and Iran / Iraq war, which discouraged further petroleum - fired capacity additions.

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Under all five variations, plans call for the increase in solar as well as the addition of at least eight natural gas - fired facilities with a combined capacity of between 3,500 - 5,000 megawatts, Koonce said.

Since 2000, coal - fired power generation capacity has grown by nearly 900 gigawatts (GW), but net additions from today to 2040 are only 400 GW and many of these are plants already under construction.

The lion's share of new capacity additions in IEA countries during the past decade has been in natural gas - fired generation and in subsidised wind energy.

The most recent waves of generating capacity additions include natural gas - fired units in the 2000s and renewable units, primarily wind, coming online in the late 2000s.

Nearly 237 GW of natural gas - fired generation capacity was added between 2000 and 2010, representing 81 % of total generation capacity additions over that period.

In contrast, additions to coal capacity were relatively minor during that period, and petroleum - fired capacity declined by 12 %.

In fact, new coal - fired power capacity additions in 2017 were the lowest in at least nine years (see figure, below), with official reports indicating capacity actually dropping for four consecutive months during the year, as older power stations have been retired.