Sentences with phrase «fossil fuel electricity»

Nuclear power is complex, expensive, and risky, but it has the potential to avoid emissions from fossil fuel electricity.

In submissions to the ongoing RET review, Origin, Energy Australia, and other fossil fuel electricity generators advocated the RET, now fixed at 20 % of the 2020 demand projected in 2009, be reduced to 20 % of the updated 2020 demand projection.

I am convinced that the greatest single threat facing the world in the early twenty - first century is climate change and one thing we can do to greatly slow climate change is to replace fossil fuel electricity generation with renewable energy as quickly as possible.

Aust $ 60 - 70 / MWh (Aust $ 0.06 - 0.07 / kWh) is a typical wholesale price for green electricity (about Aust $ 0.03 - 0.04 / kWh for fossil fuel electricity).

It's also important to point out why fossil fuel electricity is relatively cheap in the United States: The behind - the - scenes costs of burning fuel that produces carbon dioxide and noxious pollutants — health care costs, environmental cleanup, and the current and future expenses of adapting to a warmer world — are not included in the US electric bill.

It needs to be cheaper than fossil fuel electricity for everyone across the world, and the cheaper the better.

Interesting to see that China has said it might try to peak its emissions by around 2030 and reach 20 non fossil fuel electricity generation by 2025.

A number of countries are heavily invested in fossil fuel electricity, and a smaller number of countries, from China to Germany, are adding coal plants at a rapid rate, and will likely be reluctant to let expensive capital investments go unused.

There have been a number of recent reports suggesting that wind power was closing the financial gap with conventional, polluting, fossil fuel electricity generators, but this is the most comprehensive and convincing of the reports that I have yet seen.

If fossil fuel electricity generators were made to dispose of their carbon dioxide responsibly, their costs would increase enormously.

Fossil fuel electricity has only been cheaper than the more economically viable of the environmentally friendly options (for example wind and solar power) because the fossil fuel power station operators are allowed to dump their waste (carbon dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and sulfur, toxic metals and particulate matter) into the atmosphere at no cost to themselves.

For example, a build rate of 61 new reactors per year could entirely replace current fossil fuel electricity generation by 2050.

However, apparent cost is the constraint that prevents nuclear and renewable energies from fully supplanting fossil fuel electricity generation.

«(ii) A fossil fuel electricity plant equipped with carbon capture technology that is located at a site that is appropriate for carbon storage or beneficial reuse.

• Kyoto Protocol • EU ETS • Australian CO2 tax and ETS • Mandating and heavily subsidising ($ / TWh delivered) renewable energy • Masses of inappropriate regulations that have inhibited the development of nuclear power, made it perhaps five times more expensive now than it should be, slowed its development, slowed its roll out, caused global CO2 emissions to be 10 % to 20 % higher now than they would otherwise have been, meaning we are on a much slower trajectory to reduce emissions than we would be and, most importantly, we are locked in to fossil fuel electricity generation that causes 10 to 100 times more fatalities per TWh than would be the case if we allowed nuclear to develop (or perhaps 1000 times according to this: http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/deaths-per-twh-by-energy-source.html • Making building regulations that effectively prevent people from selling, refurbishing or updating their houses if they are close to sea level (the damage to property values and to property owners» life savings is enormous as many examples in Australia are already demonstrating.

bearing in mind that only a small percentage of earths population have access to electricity, if we enabled all under developed countries in the world with fossil fuel electricity and heating systems, we would likely have to cover every sq inch of farmland in trees to combat climate change.rather than outright fighting the building of wind turbines (that in future times can be repaired at a fraction of the impact and pollution of replacing them) we should be putting pressure on the manufacturers of these systems and technologies to invest more in finding green solutions to using the polluting chemicals in the construction of turbines.

Simply remove the impediments that are preventing us having cheap nuclear power so that zero - emission electricity is cheaper than fossil fuel electricity.

Perhaps in a year or two they may have some appreciation of the impact of photovoltaics upon peak demand, an impact the fossil fuel electricity generators are well aware of and are trying to limit; for what they see as their commercial gain.

• nuclear power will be substantially cheaper than fossil fuel electricity generation • cheap electricity substitutes for some gas for heating and oil for land transport (as in electric vehicles and low - cost electricity producing energy carriers).

I've told people that Green Mountain Energy provides wind power here for about 1 cent more per KWH & wind / hydro for the same price as fossil fuel electricity, but no one cares to switch.

-- The owner or operator of any distribution utility that believes that the Secretary has misapplied the methodology in the final rule in determining the amount and types of fossil fuel electricity delivered by such distribution utility may seek rehearing of such determination within 30 days of publication of the determination in the Federal Register.

Crescent Dunes, the flagship project of Santa Monica — based firm SolarReserve, has achieved what engineers and proponents of renewable energy have struggled with for decades: providing cheap, commercial - scale, non — fossil fuel electricity even when winds are calm or the sun is not shining.

«The carbon floor price mechanism presents an excellent opportunity to raise finance to support a new generation of low carbon fossil fuel electricity generation, using carbon capture and storage (CCS).

A $ 40 / t tax would increase the wholesale and retail prices of fossil fuelled electricity by about 4 cents per kWh.

The reason both countries, who have large readily available coal reserves are so heavily reliant on fossil fueled electricity generation is because, without carbon pricing, it's slightly cheaper than nuclear power.

The administration supports development of natural gas export terminals and the development of natural gas infrastructure abroad, which would lock in more decades of continued fossil fueled electricity.

I believe that data can be used to address the externalities of fossil fueled electricity generation.

Executive Summary A transition from conventional fossil fueled electricity generation to clean energy offers several benefits — particularly the growth of new clean energy industries and associated jobs, diversification of energy supply, and reductions in the public health and environmental damages (especially...

The world must replace its fossil fuelled electricity generation with renewables such as wind.

Not exact matches

The main reason the US ranks so poorly on carbon dioxide emissions is because its per - person consumption rate of electricity is so high; all of that energy comes primarily from fossil fuels.

As the Washington Post reported, natural gas is overtaking coal as the fossil fuel of choice for electricity generation — the report forecasts that by 2019, coal will provide 28 % of US electricity, whereas natural gas will make up 34 %.

As I wrote for NOVA Next, Germany stabilized its grid and electricity supply by dialing up its fossil fuel, nuclear, and hydro power, while also asking four energy - hogging aluminum smelters to dial down their power use temporarily.

But fossil fuels still account for the majority of both electricity use and primary energy use overall, and at no time in the near future will that change.

Nearly 15 % of the electricity consumed in the United States each year is used to keep people cool, meaning America uses as much fossil fuel for air conditioning as Africa uses for all its energy needs.

At a press conference, Perry said it was immoral to withhold fossil fuel - powered electricity from the many people around the world who do not have access to power.

Using lifecycle analysis, a study conducted by Environment Canada and Natural Resources Canada found that while all forms of electricity generation have environmental impacts, solar PV technologies have fewer negative environmental impacts than traditional fossil - fuel - based electricity production.

Alberta and Saskatchewan stand out in Canada with power grids still heavily reliant upon fossil fuels, but both recently released targets for significantly more electricity generation from renewable sources.

And with clean energy investment globally hitting a record - breaking US$ 367 billion last year — nearly 50 per cent more than was invested in fossil - fuelled electricity — it's a great time to buy into this particular market.

That's why it is expected that by 2020, only 22 % of electricity will be generated from the fossil fuel.

The assumption is that the cost of transitioning to renewable energy from fossil fuels will either be negligible or unnecessary (since electricity generation would have largely transitioned to renewables).

These companies are either utilities that significantly use fossil fuels to generate electricity, or are coal and natural gas suppliers.

«While more remains to be done to optimize our electricity system — building transmission lines to carry more clean power to those jurisdictions still burning fossil fuels, investing in smarter grids in our towns and cities, bringing more clean power online — these regulations create a foundation as we transition to clean energy and an economy built to last.»

«There is a straightforward, proven formula for cutting carbon pollution: clean up your electricity system and shift from fossil fuels to clean power for heating buildings, fueling cars, and powering industry.

Imported fossil fuels provide the bulk of power fuel, with 47 percent of the island's electricity coming from petroleum, 34 percent from natural gas, 17 percent from coal, and just 2 percent from renewable energy in 2016, according to the Energy Information Administration.

As an energy investor, I'd rather be in a growing renewable energy business that's taking market share in electricity generation than a fossil fuel business that's losing market share every year.

In 2013, for the first time, the world added more low - carbon electricity capacity than fossil fuel capacity.

More than 3,500 churches are ditching fossil fuels for renewable electricity as part of efforts to tackle... More

More than 3,500 churches are ditching fossil fuels for renewable electricity as part of efforts to tackle climate change.

We cut our fossil fuel bill by two - thirds and reduced our trash output and electricity bill by 90 percent.

«That means the electricity to power every light, refrigerator and check out - lane comes from renewable sources, rather than fossil fuels,» it states.