Sentences with phrase «largest coal power stations»

Air pollution from Europe's 300 largest coal power stations causes 22,300 premature deaths a year and costs companies and governments billions of pounds in disease treatment and lost working days, says a major study of the health impacts of burning coal to generate electricity.

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Prophecy Resource (TSX.V: PCY) has begun production of its first 10,000 tonnes of coal as a trial run of supply to be taken by rail to electric power stations in Darkhan and Erdenet, Mongolia's second and third largest cities after the capital, Ulaanbaatar.

MOSCOW, Jan 17 Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska is interested in buying Russia's largest coal - fired power station from Enel Russia, three sources familiar with the plans told Reuters on Wednesday.

Coal from the mine — which will be the largest in Australia — will be shipped to power stations in India.

I think that in a sustainable energy economy of the future, most electricity will be generated, stored and used locally, and large centralized generating stations (which by then will be predominantly wind turbine farms and concentrating solar thermal power plants, coal and nuclear having been phased out) will play a much smaller role.

And state governments were tendering out large contracts to supply electricity, designed with coal - fired power stations in mind.

However, the majority of coal - fired power stations in operation is relatively old and emits large quantities of smoke, carbon dioxide and sulfur, making China the world's single largest emitter of greenhouse gases globally.

Besides, he said, the technology is not being developed as an alternative to the carbon capture and storage methods currently being tested for large - scale use on coal - fired power stations.

This single coal - fired power station has a generating capacity alone of 1400 MW and is one of the largest of more than a dozen coal - fired power stations in Queensland.

Factories churning out solar panels use large amounts of electricity, often sourced from coal - fired power stations in China.

In addition to the 2,250 MW NGS, the reservation is surrounded by four other large and toxic coal - fired power plants: the San Juan Generating Station (1,800 MW), the Four Corners Power Plant (2,040 MW), Escalate (250 MW), and Cholla Power Plant (995power plants: the San Juan Generating Station (1,800 MW), the Four Corners Power Plant (2,040 MW), Escalate (250 MW), and Cholla Power Plant (995Power Plant (2,040 MW), Escalate (250 MW), and Cholla Power Plant (995Power Plant (995 MW).

China is taking important steps to close down smaller, inefficient power stations but it is also building large, modern and more efficient (HELE) coal - fired power plants — new regulations effectively ban subcritical (non-HELE) coal technology.

We have been contacted with requests for information and assistance by affected people living in urban as well as rural areas, and the noise and vibration sources have included coal mining, gas fired power stations, large refrigeration units with compressors and swimming pool compressors in city apartment blocks.

Both the US and Australia are large exporters of coal and this can only increase when Germany, and potentially Japan, close their nuclear power stations.

The closure of Belgium's Langerlo plant comes hot - on - the - heels of Scotland closing Britain's largest coal - fired power station, Longannet, signalling the end of an era for Scottish coal.

Yet that is exactly what the largest coal fired generator in South Australia, the 540MW Northern power station, is doing — shutting down for the winter months, when demand (and prices) are low.

Coal and gas - fired thermal power stations and hydroelectricity are the second and third largest kinds of power generation in the country.

I see your point to a certain degree, however I have several argument against what you say, because I happen to live in very close proximity to several large coal fired power stations, I would have thought we people living in this are deserved a discount on our electricity bill compared to those living much further away?

As this occurred, places like the Latrobe Valley could see a large influx of gas - fired power station as a medium - term baseload replacement for coal.

The European Commission has today published new standards for Europe's most polluting power plants, including many large coal - fired power stations.

G7 nations continue to rely on large fleets of coal - fired power stations, whose combined emissions are more than twice Africa's total.

My Clean Break column today takes a closer look at efforts by Ontario Power Generation to convert some of its coal - fired generating assets into biomass - burning power plants, including potentially several units at its Nanticoke Generating Station — North America's largest coal pPower Generation to convert some of its coal - fired generating assets into biomass - burning power plants, including potentially several units at its Nanticoke Generating Station — North America's largest coal ppower plants, including potentially several units at its Nanticoke Generating Station — North America's largest coal plant.

Solar thermal power is showing signs of approaching viability as a large scale contributor to the power grid and there are hopes of replacing the coal - fired power stations at Port Augusta with solar thermal.

India is also the world's fifth largest greenhouse gas emitter, according to the latest reliable information (CAIT 2007), with a heavy reliance on coal power stations, though India's strong economic growth has meant that demand for electricity often outstrips supply, which has reinforced the need for alternative energy sources.

For example, a headline from the site on the 15th May tells us that «US government: climate change threatens polar bears» And today, the site urges that «The government must act to ensure that no new coal - fired power stations are built in the UK until carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology has been proven to work on a large scale and can be installed from the outset».

It was once one of Europe's largest coal - burning power stations.

Now, after replacing coal in its boilers with wood pellets shipped from the U.S. South, the Drax Power Station in Britain claims to be the largest carbon - saving project in Europe.

Germany is also having now being forced to build ten new large coal fired power stations.

Just down the road from us is Didcot A power station, a large coal - burning plant with poor pollution control and therefore with substantial effects on local air quality, as well as more substantial emissions of radiation than from any UK nuclear power station and a Co2 output of about 8 million tonnes a year.

Drax is one of the UK's two largest coal - fired power stations.

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