Sentences with phrase «for coal regions»

The EU Platform for Coal Regions in Transition was launched by the European Commission in December last year to support Member States and regions as they shift away from coal towards renewable energy, in order to «leave no region behind».

Not exact matches

Instead, it intends to sustain its current production of 27 million tons for the next five years by transitioning away from its Coal Mountain and Cardinal River mines and replacing that production by bringing on additional output from the Elk Valley region.

Clinton's plan for coal country was not to make it easier to mine, but to pump $ 30 billion into the region for economic revitalization to move them away from coal.

Bacon: One size does not fit all September 21, 2015: In the unassuming city of Frontenac, a rural town in southeastern Kansas that's situated in a region flanked by railroad tracks and perhaps better - known in past decades for the prevalence of strip mining for coal, SugarCreek has quietly operated one of the Cincinnati, Ohio - based company's most productive bacon processing plants since 1982.

Drilling for natural gas has been promoted because it burns more cleanly than coal and can reduce dependence on imported energy sources, and it can also bring jobs to economically battered regions of the state.

I would urge him to consider ways to work collaboratively within our region by advocating for opportunities to include the coal facilities along with the good jobs they provide... which benefits our entire region and is critical for business growth and expansion.»

«It's really a tale of two markets,» he said, noting that as U.S. thermal coal prices soften, demand for high - grade metallurgical coal and some thermal coal has helped prop up U.S. coal mining activity in traditional high - volume regions like Appalachia and the Powder River Basin.

For decades the main industry was coal, drawn from seams that underlie much of the region.

Within the Asia - Pacific region, China continued to outpace its neighbors with 3.3 billion metric tons of coal produced in 2011, accounting for a 68 percent share of all production in the region.

Republicans have long criticized the monument status for blocking access to massive coal deposits in the area's Kaiparowits Plateau and crippling potential economic growth for the region.

Professor Mauzerall said: «For example, relocating coal power generation to arid western regions could exacerbate water scarcity.

A study by the World Resources Institute last October showed 51 percent of planned coal - power plants in China were in regions with severe water shortages, potentially pitting energy production against agriculture and basic needs for clean water.

She asked him the way to the village chief's house, and then about the coal mine proposed for the region.

The required additional fossil fuels will involve exploitation of tar sands, tar shale, hydrofracking for oil and gas, coal mining, drilling in the Arctic, Amazon, deep ocean, and other remote regions, and possibly exploitation of methane hydrates.

Mr. Palmer's TEDX speech, entitled «Learning Appalachia: My Time Teaching in Coal Country» detailed the need for the region to invest in retaining the most creative and brightest young minds to spur economic and cultural development.

[166] The study considered the mix of power sources for 13 U.S. regions that would be used during recharging of vehicles, generally a combination of coal, natural gas and nuclear energy, and to a lesser extend renewable energy.

Author Joan Quigley, a former business reporter for the Miami Herald, and a descendant of coal miners, uses her own family history to illustrate the stubborn determination of those who have toiled in the anthracite coal region of Appalachia.

She explains that in all but three grid regions in China, electric vehicles produce more CO2 per mile because of the coal source for the power than the equivalent gasoline - powered car:

Now the deployment of fossil and coal generation in regions like sub-Saharan Africa is very likely a net positive for humanity, since a lack of modern electricity systems is largely what makes those locales most vulnerable to climate and other impacts in the first place.

Our region — now known to the world as the «Galilee Basin» — is being opened up to coal mining for the very first time.

The Alliance for Appalachia is a coalition of groups across the Central Appalachian region working to end mountaintop removal and other destructive coal technologies, as well as to create a just and sustainable future for Appalachia.

Since 1901, when coal was discovered in the region, the amount of open space has dwindled, making way for industrial and community infrastructure to support the population employed by the mines.

Although coal - fired power generation may not be flexible enough to make up for the variability of wind power at the source region, the «hybrid - by - wire» strategy allows the lines to have a high utilization rate, and provides the flexibility to increase the share of renewable transmission in the future.

Coal use patterns around the region reflect the rising demand for electricity needed to power and steer economic growth.

A recent drought caused a Wyoming coal plant to tap into the aquifer for its cooling water, in a direct collision with the region's irrigation needs.

My general aim in this work is to examine more sustainable economic models than coal mining for both indigenous and non-indigenous people in the North Queensland region.

Even as developing regions of the world leapfrog into technologies that are more resource efficient and carbon intensive — it is apparent that the demand for resources — including coal and oil — will expand this century.

Chinese companies are heavily involved in developing coal power projects elsewhere in the Balkans region, most recently advancing millions of dollars in loans for the expansion of coal - fired power in Bosnia.

Despite the link between the Powder River Basin and global warming, the U.S. Interior Department, which oversees the coal in the region, is pushing for ramped up strip mining.

This makes coal mining in the region responsible for more greenhouse gases than any other activity in the U.S., making it a root contributor to global warming.

Plans called for a surface mine that would produce 50 million metric tons of coal annually to feed China's energy needs, Peabody wrote in a joint statement with its partner, the government of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

The dissemination of CCT technologies for the clean and efficient use of coal in the East Asia Summit (EAS) region is of pressing importance.

When breakthrough technologies for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide are commercially deployed and demonstrated to be effective, coal - fired electricity will strengthen its leading role in new electricity generation both in the United States and, perhaps more importantly, around the globe — especially in regions that desperately need a secure and plentiful source of affordable electricity.»

Recharge The National Energy Administration (NEA) last week said it will scrap plans for 15 unapproved projects in nine provinces, while also vowing to slash production at massive coal - fired plants in the remote Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia regions.

It called for region - wide purchasing of gas, linking and strengthening the EU's electricity transmission systems, and making «full use» of EU fossil fuel reserves, including coal and shale gas.

Our work so far has shown that sharing knowledge and expertise to help support the further development of cleaner coal technologies is crucial for the region and we want to continue to provide that support.

A million small fires on inefficient, manually - fed coal, wood, paper, and dung fires for heat, cooking, light (dung much less so in the cities, but the region around the cities?

Legislators from coal - producing states criticized the agency for holding those hearings far from the nation's most coal - intensive regions.

PJM vice president Stu Bresler said the plan described in the grid operator's November 15 report was in the works well before the Department of Energy proposed rules to guarantee cost recovery for coal and nuclear plants in the PJM region and certain other competitive markets.

1 Executive Summary 2 Scope of the Report 3 The Case for Hydrogen 3.1 The Drive for Clean Energy 3.2 The Uniqueness of Hydrogen 3.3 Hydrogen's Safety Record 4 Hydrogen Fuel Cells 4.1 Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell 4.2 Fuel Cells and Batteries 4.3 Fuel Cell Systems Durability 4.4 Fuel Cell Vehicles 5 Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure 5.1 Hydrogen Station Hardware 5.2 Hydrogen Compression and Storage 5.3 Hydrogen Fueling 5.4 Hydrogen Station Capacity 6 Hydrogen Fueling Station Types 6.1 Retail vs. Non-Retail Stations 6.1.1 Retail Hydrogen Stations 6.1.2 Non-Retail Hydrogen Stations 6.2 Mobile Hydrogen Stations 6.2.1 Honda's Smart Hydrogen Station 6.2.2 Nel Hydrogen's RotoLyzer 6.2.3 Others 7 Hydrogen Fueling Protocols 7.1 SAE J2601 7.2 Related Standards 7.3 Fueling Protocols vs. Vehicle Charging 7.4 SAE J2601 vs. SAE J1772 7.5 Ionic Compression 8 Hydrogen Station Rollout Strategy 8.1 Traditional Approaches 8.2 Current Approach 8.3 Factors Impacting Rollouts 8.4 Production and Distribution Scenarios 8.5 Reliability Issues 9 Sources of Hydrogen 9.1 Fossil Fuels 9.2 Renewable Sources 10 Methods of Hydrogen Production 10.1 Production from Non-Renewable Sources 10.1.1 Steam Reforming of Natural Gas 10.1.2 Coal Gasification 10.2 Production from Renewable Sources 10.2.1 Electrolysis 10.2.2 Biomass Gasification 11 Hydrogen Production Scenarios 11.1 Centralized Hydrogen Production 11.2 On - Site Hydrogen Production 11.2.1 On - site Electrolysis 11.2.2 On - Site Steam Methane Reforming 12 Hydrogen Delivery 12.1 Hydrogen Tube Trailers 12.2 Tanker Trucks 12.3 Pipeline Delivery 12.4 Railcars and Barges 13 Hydrogen Stations Cost Factors 13.1 Capital Expenditures 13.2 Operating Expenditures 14 Hydrogen Station Deployments 14.1 Asia - Pacific 14.1.1 Japan 14.1.2 Korea 14.1.3 China 14.1.4 Rest of Asia - Pacific 14.2 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 14.2.1 Germany 14.2.2 The U.K. 14.2.3 Nordic Region 14.2.4 Rest of EMEA 14.3 Americas 14.3.1 U.S. West Coast 14.3.2 U.S. East Coast 14.3.3 Canada 14.3.4 Latin America 15 Selected Vendors 15.1 Air Liquide 15.2 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 15.3 Ballard Power Systems 15.4 FirstElement Fuel Inc. 15.5 FuelCell Energy, Inc. 15.6 Hydrogenics Corporation 15.7 The Linde Group 15.8 Nel Hydrogen 15.9 Nuvera Fuel Cells 15.10 Praxair 15.11 Proton OnSite / SunHydro 15.11.1 Proton Onsite 15.11.2 SunHydro 16 Market Forecasts 16.1 Overview 16.2 Global Hydrogen Station Market 16.2.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.2.2 Hydrogen Stations Capacity 16.2.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 16.3 Asia - Pacific Hydrogen Station Market 16.3.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.3.2 Hydrogen Stations Capacity 16.3.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 16.4 Europe, Middle East and Africa 16.4.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.4.2 Hydrogen Station Capacity 16.4.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 16.5 Americas 16.5.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.5.2 Hydrogen Station Capacity 16.5.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 17 Conclusions 17.1 Hydrogen as a Fuel 17.2 Rollout of Fuel Cell Vehicles 17.3 Hydrogen Station Deployments 17.4 Funding Requirements 17.5 Customer Experience 17.6 Other Findings

«This disregard for the climate is at odds with science and sound policy and it is an affront to generations of Americans who deserve a clean energy future,» said Bill Corcoran, Western Region Director for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign.

Participants also voiced concerns about the job implications of the energy transition, and the need for measures to shield regions that rely on the production of fossil fuel such as coal and shale from the adverse consequences of the energy transition.

This would prevent disproportionate costs from falling upon consumers who live in regions heavily dependent on coal for power generation.

The Middle East was the only region without any noteworthy coal reserves, accounting for only 0.02 % of global production.

Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have also laid out proposals for a transition away from coal with pledged policy support to those impacted in the traditional coal producing regions.

This egregiously harmful coal mining practice, which decimates mountains and buries streams with mining waste, is linked to grave health threats for families and communities across the region.

The total coal capacity that is uneconomic compared to renewable energy grows when the UCS analysis is relaxed to allow for importing low - cost wind from the Plains or in - region solar.

To wean Poland off coal will require EU support to coal - dependent regions and for alternative energy sources, the authors argue.

«ASEAN's Energy Equation», a new report co-authored by the World Coal Association and the ASEAN Centre for Energy, considers the role of low emission coal in driving a sustainable energy future in the ASEAN regCoal Association and the ASEAN Centre for Energy, considers the role of low emission coal in driving a sustainable energy future in the ASEAN regcoal in driving a sustainable energy future in the ASEAN region.

The increase in coal train traffic also jeopardizes Bellingham's recent $ 2 billion Waterfront Redevelopment Project to attract business and development for the region.