Sentences with phrase «fired electricity output»
In September, coal - fired electricity output and steel production, together representing about 75 percent of overall coal consumption, declined by 0.5 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively, and further dropped by 2.8 percent and 1.3 percent in October.
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And on unusually sunny and windy days — such as on 8 May, when for about 4 hours wind and solar power generated more than 90 % of the electricity that Germany consumed — they must swiftly order coal and gas - fired power stations to reduce their output lest an influx of power «congests» the grid and increases the risk of failures.
Build before Memory Runs Out Although individual consumer actions can help, major changes in carbon output will likely require better electricity - generation technologies, retiring much of the coal - fired capacity and replacing it with the most cost - effective combination of modern reactors, renewables and even clean coal.
After California's San Onofre nuclear plant closed, and the state suffered droughts that reduced hydroelectric output, natural gas - fired power increased from 45 to 61 percent of the state's electricity generation even as wind and solar capacity soared.
This is a continuation of the slide that coal has been on in the United States for the last decade, with the output of electricity from coal - fired plants falling 39 % from its 2007 peak to 2016.
The take up rate would stop the natural increase in electricity generation required for increasing numbers of dwellings and in several years their would be a decline in electricity output from the coal fired power stations to equal or match that required by industry and commerce.
This American study details just why increasing wind power capacity — and trying to incorporate its wildly fluctuating output into a coal and gas fired grid — results in increased CO2 emissions across the electricity sector.
Rudd is hoping to replace Britain's current coal electricity output with a mix of new nuclear and natural gas - fired power plants, with less emphasis placed on renewable energy.