Sentences with phrase «gas generation capacity»

Natural gas generation fell further than coal despite a net addition of 5.9 GW of new gas generation capacity, due to higher gas prices earlier in the year.

More importantly, however, making more gas generation capacity available is only a short - term fix and does not seriously address the changes needed to maintain, in the words of the National Electricity Objective, a secure, reliable and affordable supply of electricity.

Not exact matches

A poll taken at a recent conference of American utility CEOs suggested almost all plan to build natural gas plants for their next generation of capacity.

«Of course the gas from Atuabo will not change our power generation capacity.

«It's important to forecast how much renewable power will be generated, because that tells us how much conventional generation capacity — whether nuclear, gas, or coal — needs to be brought online.

December 8, 2017 India's steel industry, like America's, is dominated by electric - based processes November 20, 2017 Link between growth in economic activity and electricity use is changing around the world November 16, 2017 Growth in global energy - related carbon dioxide emissions expected to slow November 8, 2017 EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries October 25, 2017 China leads the growth in projected global natural gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use by 2040

The second - generation Volt battery is both lighterand holds more energy than the first - generation one.The second - generation Volt battery is lighter and higher capacity than the first - generation version, taking Volt up to 53 miles † without using gas.

This is a valuable long - view chart from the Energy Information Administration showing how natural gas plants and wind turbines have been the dominant sources of new electricity generation capacity in the United States in recent years.

In the California Independent System Operator's (CAISO) Summer Loads & Resource Assessment, CAISO noted that the generation supply was expected to be adequate in order to meet peak electrical demand requirements in spite of drought - related concerns, in part because of recent renewable and natural gas capacity additions.

In California, natural gas - fired capacity is often used to help offset lower levels of generation from hydropower facilities.

The lion's share of new capacity additions in IEA countries during the past decade has been in natural gas - fired generation and in subsidised wind energy.

Gas - shift ERCs represent a credit, on a pro-rata basis, to all NGCCs for the incremental generation needed to get all units generating to a 75 percent capacity factor, versus the 2012 baseline.

By comparison, a net of about 73 GW of fossil fuel generation came online in 2017 — 121 GW of new coal and gas - fired power capacity, less 48 GW of gas and coal that were retired.

Under favorable natural gas supply conditions, the Clean Power Plan also increases additions of generation capacity fueled by natural gas (CPPHOGR).

Changes in the fuel mix play out in different ways across the country, reflecting regional variation in the economics of increases in natural gas generation and renewable capacity.

Both utilities have claimed a need to build natural gas and renewable generation to address self - inflicted capacity shortages.

The economics of increased natural gas generation and expanded renewable electricity capacity vary regionally, the key determinants being: 1) the natural gas supply and combined cycle utilization rates by region; and 2) the potential for penetration of renewable generation in regions including states that have no (or low) renewable portfolio standards.

Each spreadsheet lists the model estimates of capacity additions (what electric generating capacity the model and what the states tell the model to include because of regulations); generation (how much the existing and projected units will produce); prices (including firm power prices, energy prices, capacity prices, allowance prices, natural gas prices, and renewable energy credit prices); total CO2 emissions; fuel consumption for different fuel types; and transmission flows into and out of the RGGI power grids.

Wind, natural gas, and solar made up almost all new electric generation capacity in 2015, accounting for 41 %, 30 %, and 26 % of total additions, respectively, according to preliminary data.

At the end of 2010, natural gas - fired generators constituted 39 % of the Nation's total electric generation capacity of 1,042 gigawatts (GW).

But coal and natural gas are suffering reductions in capacity factor as more fuel - free generation gets added to the merit order effect.

Nearly 237 GW of natural gas - fired generation capacity was added between 2000 and 2010, representing 81 % of total generation capacity additions over that period.

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Florida regulators have given the green light to a pair of new natural gas - fired power plants that will add nearly 1,700 MW of generation capacity in the state, and a Florida - based energy project developer has...

[1] Louisville Gas and Electric Company and the Kentucky Utilities Company have, according to E.ON U.S., «a joint generation capacity of 7,600 MW» [megawatts].

«It is the combination of underlying gas price increases and the overall mix of generation capacity in South Australia and the intermittency that comes with that,» BHP's head of Australian mining, Mike Henry, told The Australian.

As nuclear power generation disappears by 2022, electricity production from natural gas will play an important transitional role in Germany in order to fill the gap left open from the closing of nuclear capacity.

A similar trend is evident in the United States, where wind energy was the largest source of new electricity generation in 2014 and represented 28 per cent of all new electricity generation capacity additions in the United States between 2010 - 2014 — second only to natural gas.

The decline in natural gas use for electric generation indicates that even existing gas pipelines may operate under capacity and that ANE — or other new pipeline infrastructure — will not be needed to supply either electric generators or gas heating customers.

He then went on and linked it with forcing the closing down of «the coal fired power stations at Port Augusta and probably much of the capacity of the gas generation at Torrens Island».

Electricity generation from nuclear power worldwide increases from 2.6 trillion kilowatthours in 2010 to 5.5 trillion kilowatthours in 2040, as concerns about energy security and greenhouse gas emissions support the development of new nuclear generating capacity.

Natural gas will reap $ 804 billion, bringing 16 percent more generation capacity and making the fuel central to balancing a grid that's increasingly dependent on power flowing from intermittent sources, like wind and solar.

If MDBs continue to build out and increase natural gas power generation capacity, they should work with their clients to anticipate the transition out of gas to zero carbon alternatives, make deep gains in energy efficiency, and / or have a plan to incorporate CCS.

Coal has dropped from 65 % of generating capacity to about 35 % in MISO's footprint, and gas generation has risen from 10 % to 43 %.

80 Bcf of natural gas is equivalent to 24 terawatt - hours of energy or the same energy that 1,000 gigawatts of electric generation capacity — roughly the size of the current US electric grid — would produce over a 24 - hour period.

electric power plants are: (1) survey and assess the capacity, cost, and location of potential depleted gas and oil wells that are suitable CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- repositories (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (2) conduct research on the feasibility of ocean disposal, with objectives of determining the cost, residence time, and environmental effects for different methods of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- injection; (3) perform an in - depth survey of knowledge concerning the feasibility of using deep, confined aquifers for disposal and, if feasible, identify potential disposal locations (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (4) evaluate, on a common basis, system and design alternatives for integration of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- capture systems with emerging and advanced technologies for power generation; and prepare a conceptual design, an analysis of barrier issues, and a preliminary cost estimate for pipeline networks necessary to transport a significant portion of the CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- to potentially feasible disposal locations.

The research needs that have high priority in establishing the technical, environmental, and economic feasibility of large - scale capture and disposal of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- from electric power plants are: (1) survey and assess the capacity, cost, and location of potential depleted gas and oil wells that are suitable CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- repositories (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (2) conduct research on the feasibility of ocean disposal, with objectives of determining the cost, residence time, and environmental effects for different methods of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- injection; (3) perform an in - depth survey of knowledge concerning the feasibility of using deep, confined aquifers for disposal and, if feasible, identify potential disposal locations (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (4) evaluate, on a common basis, more» system and design alternatives for integration of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- capture systems with emerging and advanced technologies for power generation; and prepare a conceptual design, an analysis of barrier issues, and a preliminary cost estimate for pipeline networks necessary to transport a significant portion of the CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- to potentially feasible disposal locations.

-- The term «electric generation facility» means a coal - fired or natural gas - fired electric generation facility in the United States with a generating capacity that is greater than 50 megawatts.

At this price, coal fired, gas fired and biomass generation is priced out of the market, so to ensure that at least some new gas - fired capacity is built, the agency is introducing separate categories — allowing fossil fuel and biomass plants to bid against each other, while wind projects compete in a separate auction.

They write that «In particular, the way researchers modeled the acid gas requirements under MATS had a large impact on the forecasted amount of coal - fired capacity and generation going forward, as well as the pollution controls that would be installed at these units and their emissions of acid gases.»

-- The term «renewable energy» means energy generated from solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, municipal solid waste, or new hydroelectric generation capacity achieved from increased efficiency or additions of new capacity at an existing hydroelectric project.

IEEFA finds India's wind and solar energy costs have fallen 50 % to as low as $ 38 per megawatt hour (MWh) over the past two years, with renewable energy bids in new auctions costing 20 % less than the cost of wholesale electricity from existing Indian coal generation, and 30 - 50 % less than the required cost to justify new imported coal or liquefied natural gas capacity.

More new wind electricity generating capacity was added in 2012 than any other generation technology, including natural gas — a record 13,100 megawatts.

-- expand drilling / fracking to extract as much domestic energy as possible, — use clean natural gas, where possible, to replace dirtier coal and for heavy transportation vehicles; — support basic research efforts aimed at finding economically viable green energy technologies; — at the same time, install new nuclear power generation capacity in place of new coal plants, wherever this makes economic sense.

Experiment number one is how long will it take the public to figure out that the renewable energy option for future generation requires natural gas backup capacity of at least 75 % of the total capacity needed?

After California's San Onofre nuclear plant closed, and the state suffered droughts that reduced hydroelectric output, natural gas - fired power increased from 45 to 61 percent of the state's electricity generation even as wind and solar capacity soared.

On many days, pipeline capacity is sufficient for both the local gas utilities and the natural - gas - fired power plants, but during the coldest weeks of the year, this natural gas delivery infrastructure can't meet all the demand for natural gas for both home heating and power generation.

In particular, depending mainly on (i) exactly how much abatement might be required over 2019 - 23, (ii) the amount and availability of combined - cycle gas - turbine (CCGT) generation capacity with the required efficiency levels, and (iii) the evolution of commodity prices between now and 2021, the carbon price required to plug the supply gap could be lower or higher than the levels we have imputed from our modelling of the supply - demand dynamics in the EU - ETS over 2019 - 23, and the fuel - switching price levels implied by current forward curves.

That could make wind competitive on price with natural gas generation even in the Southeast, though flexible gas plants or other resources would still be necessary to integrate the capacity.

Let's look at the gas plant addition of 602 MW: In 2011 the 9,549 MW of gas generation produced 22 TWh, operating at a capacity factor of 26.3 %.