Sentences with phrase «in coal plants»

In the first three quarters of this year, two - thirds of all new installed capacity came from renewable energy sources, while investment in coal plants dropped 30 percent.

The large - scale demonstration of the technical and economical feasibility of new technologies, such as CO2 capture and storage in coal plants, also urgently requires significant public sector support.

And those high expenses are one of the biggest problems when it comes to getting the technology implemented in coal plants.

This paragraph applies particularly to the US where most of electricity is generated in coal plants.

Eurelectric — Europe's electricity industry association which represents 3,500 utilities across the continent — also said that it would not invest in coal plants after 2020.

This reduced profitably has driven a steep cut in coal plants.

Hydro One has made a business decision to acquire a... company that has a small minority share in a coal plant,» Wynne said Friday in Ottawa.

«You can control the capacity like in a coal plant, but using solar energy instead of coal,» Trieb says.

«An unknown amount of wood will be required for co-firing in coal plants, with estimates for Ohio alone, where the State's Public Utilities Commission has approved over 2,100 MW of biomass power, of about 20 million tons of wood required for fuel annually»

In the longer term, coal - fired generation could decline in part because of environmental regulations such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementation of Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS), which is resulting in some coal plant retirements.

Combining carbon capture technology in coal plants with the specific usage of CO2 in the oil sector means that capturing CO2 turns into a profitable business in itself while providing an effective incentive for reducing emissions.

This could have particular implications for Japan, which is still investing heavily in coal plants both domestically and abroad.

ALSO: A New Mexico county is considering letting its 3 percent ownership stake in a coal plant expire in 2022, the year the facility is set to close.

It could be a big challenge in Colorado, where Xcel still has an estimated $ 1.9 billion in coal plants still operating.

Clinton also mentioned how investing $ 1 billion in a solar plant grows 2,000 jobs, while investing the same amount in a coal plant typically only creates 170.

Even institutions that have already taken steps to divest from the coal industry such as AXA, Allianz or CalSTRS still hold investments in coal plant developers.

This is a little unfair, in that it assumes all of our electricity is generated in coal plants, and it's not — but, it looks like it's the way we are headed.