Coal -
fueled power plants maintain an average coal stockpile on site that can last two months or longer.
Not exact matches
Furthermore, the
fuel inside the
power plant facility is
maintained within the
plants large metal containment structure, and is constantly protected and cooled by passive safety features.
From producing gas - guzzling cars to building more coal - fired
power plants, to creating toxic waste disasters and simply
maintaining our dependence on fossil
fuels — are the members of USCAP really leading the pack?
Expansion of grid supply by construction of big new coal fired
power plants such as in the Hunter Valley and near Lithgow are going ahead and look to me to be intended to prevent the issue of decarbonising our energy supply getting mixed up with the issue of
maintaining growth and reliability of supply; we'll have enough fossil
fuel generating capacity that building low emissions capacity will remain «optional» and can be deferred another decade or two.
Increased
fuel consumption to clean
power plant effluent will increase CO2 production if net output is
maintained.
Gas can make early gains, but we really need to
maintain focus on developing cheap, small, nuclear
power plants for the whole world if we want to replace fossil
fuels globally.
Decommissioning nuclear
power plants, cleaning up nuclear accidents and
maintaining spent nuclear
fuel are also real costs and should be counted in the EROEI calculations for nuclear
power.
Maintained and repaired mechanical and electrical equipment and machinery included but not limited to: lime slacking systems, lime injection systems,
fuel feed and ash conveyors,
power plant pumps, pump and fan alignment, bag house fabric filters.