Sentences with phrase «leading power plants»

If this supply were cut off, prices would rise, leading power plants to switch to other, cheaper fuels.
They started their journey near the Aboitiz - led power plant in Toledo City, stopped halfway at the Kepco SPC Power Corporation plant in Naga City, and ended the walk at the Ludo project site, in the heart of the province's capital.
To use my comprehensive experience in leading power plant operations to consistently meet or exceed safety, quality, efficiency, cost, and delivery objectives.

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«This new carbon tax will make almost every single Alberta family poorer, while accelerated plans to shut down coal plants will lead to higher power prices and further jobs losses.»
«Coal - fired power plants produce almost 40 per cent of global electricity today, making carbon pollution from coal a leading contributor to climate change,» said the declaration issued by the alliance on Thursday.
How plants do this remains unknown, but probing that mind - blowing mystery stands to lead to the next breakthrough in solar power.
The nuclear energy industry, and the grey metal that powers it, struggled to overcome the Fukushima disaster that, directly or indirectly, led to numerous power plant closures this year.
Just as importantly, his work on the distribution of electricity led to the world's first power plant in New York City (though his technology choice, direct current (DC), was eventually surpassed by the alternating current approach (AC) championed by rival inventor, Nikola Tesla).
The aforementioned reform paved the way for new solar projects — and the current conditions make solar plant development exceptionally attractive, says Stephen Byrd, who leads coverage of the North American power and utilities and clean energy industries for Morgan Stanley.
The glut of U.S. natural gas has created a tremendous amount of downward price pressure and led U.S. power plants to convert from coal to natural gas.
Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living
If you had done your analysis right then it would have led you to believe that many of the largest companies in Japan, especially the owners of the nuclear power plant, would have seen a decrease in the value of their stock price.
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63 They have told us that they want to replicate the successes of plant - based milk alternatives with cellular and plant - based alternatives to meat, using the power of markets and food technology to provide alternatives to animal agriculture.64 We believe that achieving this aim could lead to immense benefits for animals.
Following my lead, Pike's diagrams naturally lead one to think of God as a power plant, upon which many autonomous systems draw their current.
One of its leading exponents, Sir Julian Huxley, defines a humanist as «someone who believes that Man is just as much a natural phenomenon as an animal or a plant; that his body, mind and soul were not supernaturally created, but are all products of evolution, and that he is not under the control or guidance of any supernatural being or beings, but has to rely on himself and his own powers
Millennials and Generation Z consumers cited animal welfare concerns as the leading reason why they purchase plant - based milk, which is great news considering how Millennials have a trillion dollars in buying power.
63 They have told us that they want to replicate the successes of plant - based milk alternatives with cellular and plant - based alternatives to meat, using the power of markets and food technology to provide alternatives to animal agriculture.64 We believe that achieving this aim could lead to immense benefits for animals.
Opponents of a planned fracked gas power plant in the Hudson Valley say they are hoping the U.S. attorney will investigate decisions made in the permitting process for the plan, now that it's been revealed that the wife of a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo took payments from the lead engineering firm in the project, and that her husband is the subject of a federal probe.
Opponents of a planned fracked gas power plant in the Hudson Valley say they are hoping the U.S. attorney will investigate decisions made in the permitting process for the plan, now that it's been revealed that the wife of a former top aide to Cuomo took payments from the lead engineering firm in the project, and that her husband is the subject of a federal probe.
Today, the Final Scope is due to be delivered to the applicant (GlidePath) by the Lead Agency (Town of Ulster Town Board) in the proposed Lincoln Park Grid Support Center, a gas - fired power plant in the Town of Ulster.
Well before a March 11 earthquake led to a partial meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, local antinuclear activists and elected officials were warning of the potential for disaster if a hurricane or other unusual weather...
At last night's Town of Ulster Town Board meeting, Town of Ulster citizens made a consistent request of their Town Board (who is Lead Agency in SEQR for the proposed Lincoln Park Grid Support Center, a gas - fired power plant project in the Town of Ulster) for a 90 day public comment period during the Scoping process.
The groups against the nuclear power plant bailout have begun a grassroots movement that they liken to the successful anti-fracking efforts that led to a state ban on the natural gas extraction process.
The plant is the predominant supplier of power for New York City, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said closing the plant would lead to higher energy bills and blackouts.
The legislative leadership in the Republican - controlled Senate and Democratic - led Assembly are skeptical about the plan to close the plant and its potential impact on power generation and utility bills.
Pollution drifting over from midwest power plants is the leading cause of acid rain in the Adirondack Park.
His campaign issued a statement saying, in part, that «the Governor has led the nation in combating climate change», including, closing down the «dangerous» Indian Point nuclear power plant and implementing the first multi-state cap and trade system to lower carbon pollution.
As state officials seek a way to keep the struggling Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant open, a new study finds that losing them could lead to higher electricity prices.
He was widely credited with leading farmland preservation efforts in New York State and with scuttling efforts to build two nuclear power plants in Jamesport.
The groups against the nuclear power plant bail out have begun a grassroots movement that they liken to the successful anti fracking efforts that led to a state ban on the natural gas extraction process.
Opponents of a planned fracked gas power plant in the Hudson Valley say they are hoping the U.S. Attorney will investigate decisions made in the permitting process for the plan, now that it has been revealed that the wife of a former top aide to Cuomo took payments from the lead engineering firm in the project, and that her husband is the subject of a federal probe.
A new, highly permeable carbon capture membrane developed by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) could lead to more efficient ways of separating carbon dioxide from power plant exhaust, preventing the greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere and contributing to climate change.
That makes it likely that other groups will be able to quickly follow their lead to make a wide array of high - strength stainless steel parts for everything from fuel tanks in airplanes to pressure tubes in nuclear power plants.
More recently, China's coal - fired power plants have taken the lead in lead pollution.
The research may eventually help lead to ways to safely dispose of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel that is stored now at commercial nuclear power plants.
«The U.S. can not lead the world in safety, if we're not building new nuclear power plants
Utility - scale solar power plants and second - generation biofuels such as algae have led the field in recent financing rounds, but funding is now branching into less developed technologies such as bioplastics, green building materials and water desalination.
Leading U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin signed a contract on Wednesday to design the biggest power station fueled by differences in ocean temperatures, a 10 - megawatt plant that would provide electricity for a new Asian resort.
Twenty years ago those activities contributed similar amounts of heavy - metal pollution but have since drastically cleaned up their acts, leaving power plants as the leading manmade source, by far, of mercury emissions in this country.
One group, led by the Swiss - based firm Asea Brown Boveri, favours replacing Chernobyl with gas - fired power plant.
A resulting tsunami damaged the Fukushima - Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, leading to a major nuclear disaster in addition to other local destruction.
Professor Colin Osborne, lead author of the study and Associate Director of the University's Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, said: «Photosynthesis powers most life on Earth because it converts solar energy into sugars which are used by plants to grow.
«New nuclear fuel - rod cladding could lead to safer power plants
The researchers also noted that long - distance transmission could lead to other local environmental impacts from power plants in the electricity exporting regions.
«We capture impurities» While Huaneng is leading the way in capturing carbon for coal - fired power plants, an industry that is traditionally tied with CCUS, the Chinese coal giant Shenhua is trying to adopt CCUS technology in a new sector: factories that produce chemicals out of coal.
At the same time, the Chinese have taken the lead in producing clean energy — from topping the world in the production and installation of solar power to building an entire new series of nuclear power plants, making use of the latest technology.
The study, led by researchers at Princeton University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), highlights the importance of maintaining domestic emission controls on motor vehicles, power plants and other industries at a time when pollution is increasingly global.
THE accident at the Fukushima power plant in Japan has led to much discussion about the future of nuclear power.
«Hydropower plants and thermoelectric power plants — which are nuclear, fossil -, and biomass - fueled plants converting heat to electricity — both rely on freshwater from rivers and streams,» explains Michelle Van Vliet, a researcher at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria and Wageningen University in the Netherlands, who led the study.
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