Sentences with phrase «gas turbines still»

Not exact matches

A slew of new coal - fired generators are coming online, he noted, and while those plants are sleeker and more efficient, they're still not nearly as clean as gas - fired turbines or renewable power sources.

«Although it is probable that introduction of wind power onto the grid produces a net reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, it is possible, or even likely, that a grid based entirely on gas turbines would actually produce carbon emissions that were lower still.»

Just a few years ago, economists and environmentalists still pictured a world shifting steadily from «dirty» coal - fired power plants to «cleaner» natural - gas turbines.

Variation across gas plants is less, though still substantial, with the best combined - cycle plants having nearly twice the efficiency (and hence roughly half the damages) of typical steam or centralized turbine plants, and lower damages even than the cleanest coal - fired plants.