Sentences with phrase «increased reliance on coal»

PJM clarified that increased reliance on coal units during the bomb cyclone was the result of economic dispatch not lack of gas generator availability.

There are also entrenched interests who have a lot to gain from increased reliance on coal.

Drops in emissions in developed economies were offset by strong growth in many developing countries and an increasing reliance on coal.

He says «We have to increase reliance on coal» for reasons that need not be stated.

The drive to capture carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, and coal plants in particular, has been highlighted by the world's increasing reliance on coal - power.

Doing it with increasing reliance on coal is imperiling the world.»

But unlike China, India's increasing reliance on coal is actually an improvement over current conditions.

Not exact matches

The introduction of the carbon tax, along with Australia's target of generating 41,000 gigawatt hours of renewable energy a year by 2020, up from 21,000 in 2013, has helped increase renewable energy use and reduce the country's heavy reliance on coal, Dargaville says.

By comparison, scenarios for fossil fuel emissions for the 21st century range from about 600 billion tons (if we can keep total global emissions at current levels) to over 2500 billion tons if the world increases its reliance on combustion of coal as economic growth and population increase dramatically.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) warned in 2011 that reliance on coal — expected to increase to 65 percent by 2035 — will «lock» the world in the next five years on a path that could see global temperatures soar by two degrees Celsius and beyond by the turn of the century.

South Australia has high and increasing reliance on renewables, is close to phasing out coal, and has limited interconnection capacity.

For countries like China and India, whose reliance on emissions - heavy coal is quite literally killer, temporarily increased energy costs are the least of their worries.

To meet the increasing demand for electricity, reduce the country's heavy reliance on coal, and improve energy security, Mongolia is committed to promoting renewable energy development.

With Australia facing a policy crisis over energy security and the winding back of reliance on coal, construction of new coal - fired power plants was increasing in at least 35 countries, according to data analysis supplied to the Nationals by the federal parliamentary library.

Yet as cruel as coal mining could be, over time it helped liberate humans from agricultural drudgery, increase productivity, raise living standards, and, at least in developed nations, reduce reliance on wood for fuel, allowing reforestation and the return of wildlife.

The energy policies proposed by Republican front - runners Romney, Santorum, and Gingrich favor increased reliance on domestic coal, oil, gas, and nuclear.