Sentences with phrase «generation fleet»

Whether mostly nuclear or most renewables are likely to reduce the average emissions intensity of the electricity generation fleet fastest.

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.

The nation's electricity generation fleet is already very clean and getting cleaner — as shown by the nearly 70 - percent reduction in criteria pollutants since 1970.

The existing generation fleet in the Los Angeles Basin includes more than 7,000 MW of capacity at ten facilities that are more than 30 years old and were identified as candidates for retirement in the 2005 and 2007 IEPRs.

«The Capacity Market will help keep the lights on by driving new investment in gas and demand side capacity, as well as getting the best out of our existing generation fleet as we transition to a low carbon electricity future,» the Department of Energy and Climate Change said, when finalising the details for its capacity market last month.

The electric generation fleet «is in the midst of a major transformation to a significantly cleaner fleet as a result of several factors,» acknowledged Tom Kuhn, president of the Edison Electric Institute, the trade group representing 70 percent of the US electric power industry.

Both Illinois and New York have passed legislation to protect their nuclear generation fleet, and in each case ratepayers will face higher ancillary costs.

By regulating carbon emissions from existing coal plants, Obama is essentially forcing utilities to take the cost of pollution into consideration for generation fleets.

Today, nuclear energy forms the backbone of our low - carbon generation fleet but the nine plants still left in service in Britain are reaching the end of their life.

«Any final details of a business transaction would be part of the things that are being worked through as well as preparing to integrate the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant into the Exelon generation fleet,» Lyon said.

American Electric Power announced Sept. 10 that 7,209 MW of the company's unregulated generation fleet in the PJM Interconnection market cleared the capacity auction for the 2018 - 2019 delivery year, representing all of the capacity that AEP Generation Resources bid into the auction.

The question is commendable because it highlights an obscure but important feature of wind power — the cost it imposes on the dispatchable generation fleet.

EPA projects co-ops will have to shutter at least 21 % of their coal generation fleet by 2025, but the NERC report found replacement generation and transmission will be complete no sooner than 2031, she explained.

Quebec's generation fleet includes the 350 MW Rivière - du - Moulin Wind Farm, the largest project built in Canada so far.

While Maine has the third cleanest electricity generation fleet in the nation, and while New England as a region is also very clean, in the last few years we have made a push for lots more wind generation.

The scale of the greenhouse gas benefit from PHEVs will depend on the efficiency of the vehicles, their range on a battery charge and the greenhouse gas emissions from the electric generation fleet.

In the years it takes for the innovative technology to be developed, commercialized and then penetrate the existing vehicle or power generation fleet, all the GHGs we emitted before are still doing their work in the atmosphere.

Prior to the Fukushima disaster that followed the 2011 tsunami, Japan shuttered its nuclear generation fleet, leading in part to the 2012 introduction of the feed - in tariff policy for solar, the primary beneficiary of which to date has been the utility - scale solar (known as «megasolar» in Japan) sector.

IER recently released a first - of - its - kind study on the cost of electricity from the existing generation fleet, titled «The Levelized Cost...

The evolution of the US energy sector is far from over, however, as retirements are forecast to rise to 60GW by 2020 and 92GW by 2030, which is equal to 27 % of the total US coal generation fleet in 2012.

However, utility Pacific Gas & Electric Company has acknowledged that inflexible nuclear power plants do not fit in a future of increasing wind and solar, which requires a higher degree of flexibility from the rest of the generation fleet.

The airline continues to invest in a next - generation fleet and is expected to take delivery of its first Airbus 350 in 2017.

Known for its modern new - generation fleets, the national airline of the... read more

Melissa Lavinson, vice president of federal affairs at PG&E Corp., owner of California's largest utility, similarly said the industry has transitioned its generation fleet «even without regulation of carbon.»

What it really does is start the process of modernizing our generation fleet, which we're going to have to modernize by 2050 anyway.

In recent years E.ON has systematically optimized its generation fleet and production costs, laying the foundation for sustainable profitability.

It's an interesting confluence, and obviously the recession is not a good factor, but that confluence is putting us on a long - term path to decarbonizing our generation fleet in America.

NTPC is one of the country's largest renewable energy offtakers, is responsible for 3.6 GW of India's 12 GW existing solar capacity, has committed to 10 GW of the government's 100 GW by 2022 total solar target, and has a 36 GW by 2032 total renewable energy target for its generation fleet.

Its generation fleet continues to evolve, using greener forms of supply to safely and reliably meet the province's changing electricity needs.

However, utility Pacific Gas & Electric Company has acknowledged that inflexible nuclear power plants do not fit in a future of increasing wind and solar, which requires a higher degree of flexibility from the rest of the generation fleet.

Uber and Nvidia have taken to CES 2018 to announce a new collaboration for Uber's next - generation fleet of self - driving cars.