Sentences with phrase «for coal power generation»

Not exact matches

That does not mean that coal - fired power will resume its historically dominant position in the electricity generation mix, for several reasons.

Banks says all the coal at Shotton and Highthorn can be extracted by the government's 2025 deadline for phasing out coal - fired power generation.

The U.K. - based bank, whose operations are increasingly concentrated in Asia, said it will make up to $ 100 billion available for financing low - carbon projects, while stopping the financing of mines that produce coal for power generation.

«Even if it doesn't get that much cleaner, coal will still be a primary fuel source for power generation.»

New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado Boulder finds that steep declines in the use of coal for power generation over the past decade were caused largely by less expensive natural...

Electric power generation from coal and natural gas plants is responsible for 40 % of U.S. carbon emissions.

While power generation can be shifted to other energy sources rather than coal, it's not so easy to find substitutes for liquid transportation fuels like petrol, diesel fuel, or jet fuel.

They find that coal accounts for 95 % of GED in this sector (though it also accounts for the largest percentage of total power generation), and coal power has the highest GED per kilowatt - hour (kWh) of electricity generated (though as noted in Table 2, petroleum has a higher GED / VA ratio).

This year, for the first time ever, natural gas has surpassed coal in use for power generation in the United States.

A sharp drop in US coal - fired power generation — and the resulting drop in steam coal production — played a more significant role in 2015, but met still accounted for 57 % of the revenue decline relative to 2011.

The walls are of concrete block with a high content of fly ash, a waste product of coal - fired electric power generation that can be recycled as a replacement for portland cement.

The economy is primarily driven by primary industry, natural resources and secondary industry including coal mining, processing and fossil - fuel power generation [8] for the National Electricity Market.

Fracking and natural gas are better choices for power generation then burning coal and oil and until we have cleaner sources of energy will do.

The CHPE project on its face is absolutely unnecessary since the unveiling of the Governor's Energy Highway Blueprint which will upgrade the transmission system for all sources of power generation, not just the Western New York coal fleet but also for the renewable sources who are trying to come online and be competitive.

This was the first time any generating source had challenged coal for dominance since the dawn of electric power generation in the 1880s.

«I think that this decision represents a clear and powerful recognition of how serious the threat of global warming is and that our reliance on coal for power generation needs to be changed,» says Eric Young, spokesman on global warming at New York City — based environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council.

This risk factor pushes the «levelized» or all - in price of nuclear power from new units to 8.4 cents per kilowatt - hour, the MIT study concludes, versus 6.2 cents for coal - fired plants and 6.5 cents for natural gas generation (if gas is priced at $ 7 per million British thermal units, or roughly 1,000 cubic feet of flowing gas).

Yet, the government has launched a pilot project to address the problem by capturing and storing the carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by using coal as a fuel for electricity generation at a power plant dubbed GreenGen.

To the horror of anyone concerned about climate change, modern miners want to set fire to these deep coal seams and capture the gases this creates for industry and power generation.

For the coal system, the study estimates the toxicity associated with air pollutants emitted during power generation, as well as toxic chemical releases during the coal - mining process from acid - mine drainage and coal - ash impoundment.

Stricter emissions requirements on coal - fired power plants, together with low natural gas prices, have contributed to a recent decline in the use of coal for electricity generation in the United States, she said.

More than 100 gigawatts of geothermal power (one tenth of the current U.S. electrical generation) could be developed for $ 1 billion during the next 40 years — at the full cost of one carbon - capturing coal - fired power plant or one - third the cost of a new nuclear generator.

Priority areas of focus for this Initiative may include: energy efficiency, smart grid, second - generation biofuels, and clean coal technologies including carbon capture and storage; solar energy and energy efficient building and advanced battery technologies; and sustainable transportation, wind energy, and micro-hydro power.

Strategies for replacing light bulbs vary from place to place, depending on regional energy costs and the power - generation mix (i.e., coal, natural gas, nuclear and renewables).

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

In the UK, carbon pricing — charging those who emit carbon dioxide — has become much stronger in recent years, making it more profitable for power companies to use natural gas generation rather than coal.

Instead, it will be powered by PacifiCorp., which depends mostly on coal and natural gas for generation.

Utility - grade wood pellets are used as a substitute for coal in both converted and co-fired power generation and combined heat and power plants.

Furthermore, the relatively quick process of converting coal - fired plants to biomass - fired generation is an attractive benefit for power generators whose generation assets are no longer viable as coal plants due to the expiration of operating permits.

Furthermore, the relatively quick process of converting coal - fired plants to biomass - fired generation is an attractive benefit for power generators whose generation assets are no longer viable as coal plants due to the expiration of operating permits or the introduction of taxes or other restrictions on fossil fuel usage or emissions of GHGs and other pollutants.

The breakup of the link between CO2 emissions and economic growth in developed countries has been brought about in part by the availability of inexpensive natural gas beginning to replace coal for electric power generation, Harvard University business and government professor Robert N. Stavins said.

In a warming world, natural gas is often touted as a «bridge fuel» between carbon - laden coal and a full embrace of renewables for electric power generation.

Coal and copper are needed for construction, manufacturing, power generation, and many other industrial end uses in the People's Republic of China.

I myself have been accused of being a paid shill for the coal industry, because I argued that rapidly deploying solar and wind energy technologies, along with efficiency and smart grid technologies, is a much faster and much more cost effective way of reducing GHG emissions from electricity generation than building new nuclear power plants.

Back - calculating I make that very roughly 2TW deliverable electric (but not all coal is used for electric generation) or 5TW primary power.

This could provide a way to continue to use coal and natural gas for power generation with reduced emissions, an 80 to 90 % cut according to your link.

In the absence of being able to make that policy call at this time on dangerous interference, what we're doing as an interim measure is working bottom up to see how aggressive can we be in finding a pathway to low - carbon power generation from coal, because that accounts for more than 50 percent of emissions; how aggressive can we be in transitioning to a much greater diversity of fuel supply than petroleum, and vehicle technology, and that's 20 percent of emissions; and then what can we do much more rapidly to halt deforestation, which is 20 percent of emissions.

More than half of India's power - generation capacity of 205 gigawatts is coal - based, and Coal India Ltd., the world's biggest coal producer, is unable to produce enough owing to delays in getting environmental clearances for mincoal - based, and Coal India Ltd., the world's biggest coal producer, is unable to produce enough owing to delays in getting environmental clearances for minCoal India Ltd., the world's biggest coal producer, is unable to produce enough owing to delays in getting environmental clearances for mincoal producer, is unable to produce enough owing to delays in getting environmental clearances for mining.

It examines questions about the safety and costs of nuclear power relative to coal and other choices for electricity generation, along with the risk of proliferation of nuclear weapons and emissions of greenhouse gases relative to other energy sources.

«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.

Imagine trying to get coal usage for electric power generation cut when the roads are filled with plug - in SUVs.

A further issue of nuance is that over half of Australia's coal exports is for steelmaking (coking coal) where substitution options are limited, as opposed to steaming coal for power generation.

Moving away from coal for power generation would help tremendously, and the mining industry needs to clean up its act.

We still haven't found an answer for disposal of nuclear waste, which is unconscionable; our attempts at CO2 sequestration in coal power plants are stumbling at best; we've expanded solar and wind generation far too slowly.

For the moment, coal - fired power plants dominate our share of generation, so ultra super critical or even I.G.C.C. [integrated gasification combined cycle power generation].

The electricity industry already is — and has been for years — in a rapid transition away from coal and towards cleaner generation — a transition driven mainly by fundamental market forces such as lower gas prices, lower costs for wind and solar power and energy efficiency, and by state and federal policies and company planning decisions that long predated the Clean Power power and energy efficiency, and by state and federal policies and company planning decisions that long predated the Clean Power Power Plan.

Research reveals that displacing coal with wood for power generation can make climate change worse for decades or more.

The plan sets a goal to reduce the state's coal - driven power generation, which is responsible for dangerous pollution such as mercury, soot and carbon dioxide, and calls for investment in renewable energy and energy conservation.

Power companies are well on their way to meet the Plan's targets, thanks to the fact that the electricity industry has already started rapidly moving away from coal and towards cleaner generation — a transition driven mainly by fundamental market forces such as lower gas prices, lower costs for wind and solar power and energy efficiency, and by state and federal policies and company planning decisions that long predated the Power companies are well on their way to meet the Plan's targets, thanks to the fact that the electricity industry has already started rapidly moving away from coal and towards cleaner generation — a transition driven mainly by fundamental market forces such as lower gas prices, lower costs for wind and solar power and energy efficiency, and by state and federal policies and company planning decisions that long predated the power and energy efficiency, and by state and federal policies and company planning decisions that long predated the Plan.

As a result, Germany's carbon emissions rose for the second year in a row last year, and coal accounted for 40 % of its power generation [8].