Sentences with phrase «fossil generation industry»

Not exact matches

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.

Holtec International is a global turnkey supplier of equipment and systems for the Nuclear, Solar, Geothermal, and Fossil Power Generation sectors of the energy industry.

AGW denialism has been manufactured by a generation - long campaign of deliberate deceit, funded by ExxonMobil and Koch Industries and other fossil fuel corporations that collectively rake in one billion dollars per day in profit from the ongoing business - as - usual consumption of their destructive products.

And indeed, the fossil fuel industry's generation - long campaign of denial, deceit and disinformation — aided and abetted by so - called «journalists» such as yourself — has been tragically successful at creating obstruction and delay, and millions of people are already suffering and millions more will inevitably suffer and die as a result, no matter what we do now.

And keep in mind, two - thirds of the American people support mandatory controls on GHG emissions in spite of the relentless onslaught of fossil fuel industry propaganda, and the lies of commission and omission, that have dominated the public discourse for a generation.

Renewable energy generation and management needs to be supported, and the use of fossil fuels needs to be discouraged in all areas — in industry, in agriculture, and in residential communities.

In January 2013, EEI published a playbook detailing how distributed solar energy generation is a threat to the utility industry's business model which in large part relies on large, costly fossil fuel power plants.

And this same period saw the expansion of fossil fuel burning from the traditional family needs like heating / cooking, then on to quickly power - up both modern modern agriculture and also the industrial - mass production revolution in manufacturing industries, and finally the large - scale generation of ubiquitous electrical power, eventually distributed into nearly every home and business in the industrialized societies, with close to 24x7x365 availability.

«I believe that future generations will point to this day and say «This is when the tide began to turn against the dirty, dangerous and destructive fossil fuel industry,»» — Earthjustice Managing Attorney Deborah Goldberg, Dec. 17, 2014

A low - cost emissions - free source of electricity generation, wind energy will be essential if the province is to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent in 2050 as clean electricity will be needed to substitute for fossil fuels in transportation, industries and buildings.

So let's be clear about the facts: Galileo had the courage to speak truth to the powerful interests of his day in the Roman Catholic Church, just as two generations of scientists have tried to speak truth about climate change to executives and lobbyists in the fossil fuel industry.

Given the rising costs of fossil fuels, this would be a PR nightmare for the generation industry, but UBS raises the possibility, echoing our story last year about how electricity business models and markets are effectively broken.

After four years in Air Force, «spent 33 years in power generation industry, three years in a fossil plant and 30 years in and around nuclear plants.

Skeptics are accused of being ideologues, or in the pay of the fossil fuel industry, or simply selfish monsters who care nothing for future generations.

This would come as no surprise to the industry, which as been foreshadowing such a scenario since the start of the year, and it makes it pretty much official: There is no need for any new fossil fuel generation over the next decade, and wind farms will dominate Australia's new build in the years to come.

7) «Fossil - Dependent Electric Utility Executives & Large Shareholders» — One of the prime consumers of coal and natural gas is the electricity generation industry, which consumes almost all of the coal produced in the world, and a high percentage of the natural gas.

With more than 37 years of experience, Mr. Pollmann is a highly regarded leader in the power generation industry with a reputation of delivering top performance at fossil plants.

Global warming is the recent rapid warming of the earth, caused by the human activities of deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) in industry, transport and the generation of electricity.

Mr. Gaston has an extensive professional background in supercritical fossil generation, comprehensive safety programs, environmental control technology, and marked performance in improving power plant reliability throughout his more than 35 years in the electric generation industry.

Closer to home, a lawsuit filed by 21 youth plaintiffs (including Kelsey Juliana) and world - renowned climate scientist James Hansen on behalf of future generations against the U.S. government cleared an important hurdle in November 2016 when federal judge Ann Aiken rejected the government and fossil fuel industries» motion to dismiss the case.

With other greenhouse gases it is responsible for the natural greenhouse effect, and the extra levels of CO 2 from burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) in industry, transport and the generation of electricity, are causing the enhanced (or accelerated) greenhouse effect which is why global warming is happening.

In order to estimate the revenues of the industries that were involved in fossil fuel production, transportation, refining, and electricity generation, I used the Fortune Global 500 list of the largest publicly - traded companies in 2008 (published in 2009).

The wind industry's purpose, beyond generating electricity with turbines, «is to make sure America and the world becomes more and more independent of fossil - based 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...

PDF) entitled «Disruptive Challenges» in January 2013, outlining the threat that distributed energy generation presents to the traditional utility industry business model of selling electricity from large, centralized, mostly fossil fuel power plants.

One day it will run out taking with it the transport industry, as it is currently totally fossil fuel based, the plastics and fertilizer industries that require fossil fuels as feedstock and the power generation system that uses natural gas.

Close examination of past power industry options and choices suggests that load growth can be met with just over half the fossil fuel and pollution associated with conventional central generation.