Sentences with phrase «generating units»

The coal - fired generating units retired in 2015 tended to be older and smaller in capacity than the coal generation fleet that continues to operate.

There are often multiple power - generating units within a power station.

«Efficient biomass» is defined as thermal or electric energy or combined heat and power from biomass generating units with an overall efficiency of 50 percent or greater on an annual basis.

The monthly survey Form EIA - 860M, «Monthly Update to Annual Electric Generator Report» supplements the annual survey form EIA - 860 data with monthly information that monitors the current status of existing and proposed generating units at electric power plants with 1 megawatt or greater of combined nameplate capacity.

Since the publication of my original post on this topic I realized that there were two natural gas fired combined cycle electric generating units in development and not just the one I thought.

To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel - fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible.

Until the 1930s, hydroelectric - power plants equipped with water - turbine generating units produced the largest percentage of electric energy because they were less expensive to operate than thermal - power plants using steam - turbine units.

Before joining Barrington Energy, Mr. Wallace had more than 25 years of senior executive and utility operations experience, including overseeing operations of 12 nuclear generating units as senior vice president and chief nuclear officer for Unicom / ComEd of Illinois.

To help track monthly generator activity, EIA has started publishing a monthly updated preliminary inventory of all major generating units in the United States (essentially all generators located at power plants with a total plant capacity of 1 MW or greater) as a supplement to the annually updated inventory in the EIA - 860 Annual Electric Generator Report.

Uprate: An increase in available electric generating unit power capacity due to a system or equipment modification.

The commission approved a «reliability service agreement» under which National Grid customers paid a surcharge to subsidize the plant to keep two of its four generating units available.

The recent retirement of older generating units and high peak usage owing to economic growth could tighten operating reserves in the region served by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) this summer.

RGGI is a «Cap and Auction» program that caps electric generating unit emissions and then auctions permits to emit CO2 or allowances.

Lifecycle direct and indirect greenhouse emissions associated with generating a unit of electricity from different fuels, in a 2C world in 2050 (coloured bars).

Xinhua said the authorities had shut down the Gaojing Thermal Power Plant's six 100 megawatt generating units.

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Goodwill and other intangible assets have been tested for impairment by assessing the value in use of the cash generating unit.

Here the standard tower defense setup has been expanded: not only do you need to defend your base from incoming swarms, but you may also generate units of your own to attack the enemy.

These spawn pads generate units if they are part of your squad.

There seems to be a noticeable murmur around town about a carbon tax — a tax on the amount of carbon dioxide that is released upon generating a unit of energy.

Essentially, the grid operator's proposal would raise prices across the RTO to provide incentives to «inflexible» generating units such as coal and nuclear.

Some generators use mark - to - market valuations — assessments of the current price for CAPP coal versus the current price for electric power — in making decisions regarding which generating units to dispatch.

«Use of full or partial CCS technology should not be part of the BSER [best system of emissions reduction] for existing EGUs [electricity generating units] because it would be more expensive than the measures determined to be part of the BSER, particularly if applied broadly to the overall source category.»

The CPP specifies intensity rate targets for existing fossil fuel - fired electric generating units operating or under construction as of early 2014, with the stated aim of reducing carbon emissions in the power sector by 30 % from 2005 levels by 2030.

In short, their findings, based on a survey of 85 power plants consisting of 299 separate generating units across 14 provinces, accounting for some 5 % of China's coal - fired generating capacity, challenges certain long - held assumptions that outside observers have harbored about China's coal power industry.

Electric generation industry: Stationary and mobile generating units that are connected to the electric power grid and can generate electricity.

To offset these characteristics and maintain the reliability of the grid, they will have to be backed up with dispatchable generating units.

Chart excludes natural gas generating units already under construction as well as those scheduled to come online after 2020.

Furthermore, the authors do not seem to recognize that the cost of wind energy should include all the costs, including the costs of the necessary backup generation that is kept in spinning reserve (i.e., generating units connected to the electrical system and ready to take load or operating below rated level) which are directly attributable to the intermittent source that is being backed up.

The table below shows the progression of coal - fired generating unit retirements between 2010 and 2012.

There's a fourth option, too: utilities can retire older, less - flexible generating units that exacerbate the value deflation problem.

Evaluate generation availability for four generating units totaling 65MW and provide seasonal capacity information to PJM Regional Transmission Organization.

Actively participated in the unit sales planning and generated unit action plans for exceeding and achieving sales targets

The wind power industry often claims that «electricity generated by the wind turbines will displace on a kWh for kWh basis electricity that would be generated by fossil - fuel generating units and any associated emissions.»

Feb. 8, 2008), as the Act removed oil and coal - fired electric utility steam generating units (EGUs) from the list of sources of hazardous air pollutants and instead regulated the emissions through a cap - and - trade program.

Summary of Qualifications Experienced, dedicated, and highly qualified Board Operator / Shift Supervisor with expertise in diagnosing, repairing, and ensuring the reliability of electrical generating units, compressors, pressure systems and various other units during plant operations.