Sentences with phrase «gigawatts of coal generation»

Paul Loeffelman, director of Corporate External Affairs for utility giant American Electric Power, states that the EPA's regulations will force more than 50 gigawatts of coal generation — about 300 power plants — to be retired by 2016.

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This chart shows the major sectors of the power - generation portfolio of the US in gigawatt hours generated annually: note the dynamic between coal (black line) and natural gas (red line).

More than 33 gigawatts of coal - fired electricity generation will be retired over the next couple decades, EIA said, pushing up demand for natural gas.

More than 100 gigawatts of geothermal power (one tenth of the current U.S. electrical generation) could be developed for $ 1 billion during the next 40 years — at the full cost of one carbon - capturing coal - fired power plant or one - third the cost of a new nuclear generator.

Currently, India produces about 201 gigawatts of power, with more than half of its electricity generation coming from coal.

More than half of India's power - generation capacity of 205 gigawatts is coal - based, and Coal India Ltd., the world's biggest coal producer, is unable to produce enough owing to delays in getting environmental clearances for mincoal - based, and Coal India Ltd., the world's biggest coal producer, is unable to produce enough owing to delays in getting environmental clearances for minCoal India Ltd., the world's biggest coal producer, is unable to produce enough owing to delays in getting environmental clearances for mincoal producer, is unable to produce enough owing to delays in getting environmental clearances for mining.

That would require adding roughly 1,000 gigawatts of renewable and nuclear generation capacity — about equivalent to all of China's coal burning plants today.

Since 2000, coal - fired power generation capacity has grown by nearly 900 gigawatts (GW), but net additions from today to 2040 are only 400 GW and many of these are plants already under construction.

India currently has approximately 205 gigawatts (GW) of coal - fired electricity generation capacity, this will soon be augmented by 113 GW of new coal - fired capacity currently under construction..

«China, the world's biggest investor in fossil - fuel generation, began construction on over 70 gigawatts of new coal projects last year (2015) while it still had 200 gigawatts under construction.»

The parliamentary library paper showed that 321 gigawatts of new generation would come from coal plants under construction globally.

ENERGY OVERVIEW Proven Oil Reserves (1 / 1 / 02E): 2.9 billion barrels Oil Production (2002E): 818,000 barrels per day (bbl / d), of which about 763,000 bbl / d was crude oil Oil Consumption (2002E): 483,000 bbl / d Net Oil Exports (2001E): 335,000 bbl / d Natural Gas Reserves (1 / 1 / 02E): 27.5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) Natural Gas Production (2000E): 1.32 Tcf Natural Gas Consumption (2000E): 1.17 Tcf Net Natural Gas Exports (2000E): 0.15 Tcf Coal Reserves (2000E): 474 million short tons (Mmst) Coal Production (2000E): 0.33 Mmst Coal Consumption (2000E): 1.47 Mmst Electric Generation Capacity (1 / 1 / 00E): 24 gigawatts (GW) Electricity Generation (2000E): 82.8 billion kilowattthours (bkwh); conventional thermal 52 %, hydroelectricity 41 %, nuclear 7 %

In addition, the activities include a total generation capacity of four gigawatt that come from coal, gas, and renewable sources in Spain and Portugal.

Stricter regulation of carbon dioxide emissions will lead to the shutdown of as much as 50 to 60 gigawatts of coal - fired generation capacity in the US - roughly 15 percent to 20 percent of the current fleet.

In EPA's «base case» for the CPP, the agency assumed that in 2016, almost 20 percent of coal capacity would disappear even if the rule were not adopted, reducing coal generation to 214 gigawatts (GW).

East of the Mississippi, President Barack Obama's regulatory crackdown on coal threatens to shutter up to 40 gigawatts of electricity generation.