Sentences with phrase «like coal power stations»

By retrofitting carbon capture to existing polluting facilities like coal power stations, they have the option of continuing operation with lower emissions, potentially overcoming political and economic obstacles to system transformation.

Not exact matches

But he said moving to meet climate targets is becoming more affordable because while policy is still important the energy market is transforming so fast that «market forces have taken over», market forces around wind and solar power and batteries «are just accelerating regardless of what anyone else does» and decisions by companies like AGL Energy to close their Liddell coal power station «are being made on economic grounds».

This is like someone would say: «I am an ecofreak, and I am in favor of brown coal power stations without filter.»

«Frankly, it can not be satisfactory for an advanced economy like the UK to be relying on polluting, carbon - intensive 50 - year - old coal - fired power stations,» Amber Rudd, the country's energy secretary, said in a statement.

To achieve these reductions they propose phasing out coal - fired power stations by 2030 and scaling down the use of unconventional fossil fuels like tar sands.

I am all for making fossil fuels cleaner, and much work has already been done to make various fossil fuel devices (coal - fired power stations, internal combustion engines, etc) emit less pollution like NOx, SOx, Hg, Pb, and particulates.

John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace, said: «The EU needs to adopt a science - based cap on emissions, ditch plans for dirty new coal plants and nuclear power stations that will give tiny emission cuts at enormous and dangerous cost, end aviation expansion and ban wasteful products like incandescent lightbulbs.»

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.

By then, we may even have efficient new coal power stations, like the Japanese, Chinese, Koreans and Taiwanese.

Technology like this is fantastic, it should be expanded (although I am doubtful that it can be expanded to the size of a coal fired power station at the same price point).

Because a solar thermal power station operates like a conventional coal or gas power station, many of the jobs require the same skill sets as conventional energy jobs — from its construction phase through to operations.

First, under a cap system the interesting bottom - up actions drive down cap prices, like feed - in tariffs broadly used as in Germany and the closing of coal fired power stations in some EU countries.

The Abbott Liberal government are telling us that coal can be cleaned - up by things like «carbon capture and storage» (CCS), yet nowhere in the world has anyone set up a coal - fired power station from scratch that successfully uses CCS.

During construction, water is required for making the concrete needed for the footings of the towers, and for things like damping - down while road - building, but these require small amounts of water relative to those used for mining coal or uranium or cooling coal - fired, or nuclear, power stations.

Now that renewable energy sources like solar and PV are cheaper than new coal - fired power stations in most jurisdictions (anywhere with either favorable conditions or a reasonable carbon price), the big remaining question is that of supply variability / intermittency.

You claim chinas temperatures have continued to increase recently despite their coal burning and sulphate aerosols, with no basic knowledge that 1) they have filters on the power stations to remove most particulate matter like this since the 1980's, and 2) CO2 accumulates in the atmosphere overwhelming particulates, which are short lived in the atmosphere.

You claim chinas temperatures have continued to increase recently despite their coal burning and sulphate aerosols, with no basic knowledge that 1) they have filters on the power stations to remove most particulate matter like this since the 1980's,»

«It can not be satisfactory for an advanced economy like the U.K. to be relying on polluting, carbon - intensive 50 - year - old coal - fired power stations,» said Amber Rudd, secretary of state for energy and climate change, at a speech given to the Institution of Civil Engineers.

«Egypt does not have a single coal - fired power station, but if companies like Shanghai Electric, ACWA Power and Orascom have their way, over 17,000 MW of coal - fired capacity will be installed in the country,» says Schuecpower station, but if companies like Shanghai Electric, ACWA Power and Orascom have their way, over 17,000 MW of coal - fired capacity will be installed in the country,» says SchuecPower and Orascom have their way, over 17,000 MW of coal - fired capacity will be installed in the country,» says Schuecking.