Sentences with phrase «fuel electricity»

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

Given the problems of fossil fuel electricity production, this is likely to be the «gold standard» in sustainable design going forward.

Those who worried about coal - fueled electricity didn't get that electric motors are four times more efficient than gasoline engines.

Now, renewable energy's role in fueling electricity generation also is contributing to lower CO2 emissions.

They do provide hot water in the summer too, but that's a small fraction of the heat released from fueled electricity production.

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

«(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.

The glut of cheap gas and tightening regulations on air pollutants have prompted the planned closure of 175 coal - fired power plants by 2016, representing 8.5 percent of all coal - fueled electricity capacity in the country.

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.

Sarah Jane Ahmed, an energy expert for US - based think tank Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), wrote a study in 2017 on how small islands in the Philippines can effectively replace outdated, polluting diesel fuel electricity - generation systems with solar and wind - powered grids.

Some proponents of additional LNG exports argue that they would benefit the climate by replacing dirty coal - fueled electricity produced in Asia and Europe.

States such as Wyoming, home to the coal - fired Jim Bridger Power Plant above, face key decisions about how to fuel their electricity while meeting new targets for reducing pollution.

In 2016, carbon pollution equivalent to that of 5.8 million cars was generated from South Carolina's fossil fuel electricity supply.

Canada can't tell China to stop building coal - fuelled electricity generating stations.

Total non-fossil fuel electricity generation with (solid red line) and without the drought (dashed red line).

The Figure below shows total non-fossil fuel electricity generation in California from 2001 - 2015 (solid red line) and what it would have been without the drought (dotted red line).

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.

So while one electric car might emit more than it saves, a transition removing all fossil fuel cars would probably save CO2 emissions, especially if combined with a transition away from fossil fuel electricity production.

The order gives the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the authority to repeal and replace the Clean Power Plan, the set of rules that established goals for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil - fueled electricity plants through a national trading system.

While the ideal in regard to energy and the environment would be greatly reduced energy generation and consumption, replacement of fossil - fuelled electricity by renewables like wind is next best.

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.

«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).

In short, the analysis showed that storing solar energy today offers fewer environmental benefits than just sending it straight to the grid, because the energy lost to storage inefficiencies is ultimately made up with fossil - fuel electricity from the grid.

Research recently published in the European Economic Review shows that improved electrical storage technology spurs innovation in both renewables and fossil fuels electricity production.

Mass steel production without coke or cheap coal - fuelled electricity is virtually inconceivable.

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

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.

That's a tough sell in a stuttering economy and a polarized Congress, even if many studies conclude that, in the long run, the costs from raising the price of fossil - fueled electricity and other sources of energy could be modest.

And we know that low - cost coal - fueled electricity has helped to bring about an explosion of electrotechnologies: your coal - fueled mail delivery — e-mail — has dramatically lower emissions than traditional mail.

The nation is expected to bring online 600 gigawatts of coal - fueled electricity generation by 2035 according to the International Energy Agency, which would require more than 2 billion tons of coal each year.

These strategic federal investments, and those identified below, can be financed through a variety of modest revenue streams, such as offshore drilling royalties, an oil import fee, reduced fossil fuel subsidies, or a small fee on fossil fuel electricity.

Asia - Pacific nations are leading a historic global build - out in coal - fueled electricity generation.

CFACT Senior Policy Analyst Paul Driessen cuts to the point — that billions of people in Africa, india, and elsewhere are systematically being denied reliable access (or any access) to electricity by cold - hearted bureaucrats and elitist governments who have decided for these people that no electricity is better than fossil fuel electricity (or even hydro).

But because coal is one of the cheapest ways to fuel electricity, with abundant stores all around the world, global carbon pollution is growing.

Suggested topic: if energy storage prices come down far enough, is carbon - fueled electricity a dead business model?

We can not rest on the laurels of our relatively clean power, and it's certainly no time for new investments in fossil - fueled electricity.