Sentences with phrase «lignite generation»

RWE AG, Vattenfall AB and Mitteldeutsche Braunkohlegesellschaft mbH agreed to close plants corresponding to 12 percent of the nation's total lignite generation capacity in a 1.6 billion euro ($ 1.8 billion) accord as Germany is falling behind its target to cut carbon emissions.

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they have increased the burning of lignite coal, largely for generation of electricity exports.

Lignite, a sedimentary rock formed from compressed peat, has been a mainstay of German power generation for almost a century and helped underpin growth in Europe's biggest economy.

Over the 2013 - 16 period generation from hard coal fell by 29 %, while generation from lignite fell by 10 %, leading to a fall of 22 % overall (an in - depth analysis of this most recent trend in coal generation in Europe is found in a recently released EIU Special Report).

His broad - based strategy begat the trans - Alaska pipeline (to get North Slope oil to Lower 48 markets), expanded onshore and offshore oil drilling, an all - of - the - above strategy for electric power generation that brought lignite mining and natural gas into prominence, and a host of conservation measures, including 55 - mph speed limits.

If coal and lignite (as well as more expensive natural gas) prevail as next - generation heating fuels, then co-generation will be included into the new plants to increase overall revenues from the same thermal energy.

Turkey estimates that there are potential indigenous sources for 246 billion kilowatt - hours (kWh) per year of electric power generation (105 billion kWh from lignite, 16 billion kWh from hard coal, and 125 billion kWh from hydroelectric resources).

Conversion of German generation data to Specific Carbon Intensity uses emissions factors of 1150g, 900g, 369 g, and 983 g of CO2 per KWh for lignite (brown coal), hard coal, natural gas, and biomass respectively.

Given all the external costs of coal mining and coal - fired power generation in terms of water, coal ash, air and particulate pollution, this tax increase — which affects all thermal and lignite coal used in India — will help further level that playing field for non-polluting renewables.

While power from natural gas shrank considerably, the increase in electricity from lignite and hard coal was compensated for by greater use of renewables, so that the CO2 intensity of power generation remained the same in 2013 as in the previous year.

The mix of rank and origin of coal consumed in the United States has changed substantially in the past two decades, reflecting shifts to Western low - sulfur subbituminous coal and lignite, predominantly for electricity generation.

«There is an unresolvable contradiction between using lignite for power generation and climate targets,» energy state secretary Rainer Baake said at the Climate - Alliance event.