Sentences with phrase «means more natural gas»

Colder winter weather means more natural gas consumption for space heating, and warmer summer weather leads to increased consumption in the power sector with increasing demand for air conditioning.

Not exact matches

Until recently, battery storage has been a far more expensive means of meeting demand surges than natural gas «peaker» plants.

The terms of the EA mean that Boom's Wheatstone workers, who are helping to build an liquefied natural gas project for Chevron, will earn around 25 per cent more in September 2017 than they do right now.

The market liberalization means that Mexican power producers could more easily buy cleaner, cheaper natural gas from abroad instead of burning domestic oil.

This means developing more of America's own energy resources, including wind, solar, clean coal, biofuels, nuclear energy, as well as oil and natural gas — which will reduce our dependence on Middle Eastern oil and create thousands of jobs here at home.

Burning more natural gas might also mean more greenhouse gas emissions causing more global warming

That means the Hybrid and Compressed Natural Gas Civics are no more.»

People's beliefs tend to align neatly with their interests, and in the absence of indisputable proof (and to non-scientists that means the equivalent of a ten - foot rise in sea level inundating South Beach) it is more «convenient» for people to use cheap oil, natural gas and coal.

The answer: «Because the recent decision by the Sebelius Administration means Kansas will import more natural gas from countries like Russia, Venezuela, and Iran.»

An important question that political and climate analysts will be examining is how much bite is in the regulations — meaning how much they would curb emissions beyond what's already happening to cut power plant carbon dioxide thanks to the natural gas boom, the shutdown of old coal - burning plants because of impending mercury - cutting rules (read the valuable Union of Concerned Scientists «Ripe for Retirement» report for more on this), improved energy efficiency and state mandates developing renewable electricity supplies.

Last month the chairman of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board's Natural Gas Subcommittee noted in the Washington Post that increased supplies from shale «has meant, since 2009, that consumers» costs of natural gas to heat homes or generate electricity have fallen by more than half.Natural Gas Subcommittee noted in the Washington Post that increased supplies from shale «has meant, since 2009, that consumers» costs of natural gas to heat homes or generate electricity have fallen by more than half.&raqGas Subcommittee noted in the Washington Post that increased supplies from shale «has meant, since 2009, that consumers» costs of natural gas to heat homes or generate electricity have fallen by more than half.natural gas to heat homes or generate electricity have fallen by more than half.&raqgas to heat homes or generate electricity have fallen by more than half.»

In heating, natural gas boilers can have positive short - term effects by substituting for burning oil, but these investments are meant to last for 30 or more years.

Natural gas the real replacement, but new Michigan wind mandate means more turbine towers coming, too

Natural gas production has soared over the past decade by 50 percent and in late 2017 the United States became a net - natural gas exporter — meaning that America now sells more to foreign countries than it buys froNatural gas production has soared over the past decade by 50 percent and in late 2017 the United States became a net - natural gas exporter — meaning that America now sells more to foreign countries than it buys fronatural gas exporter — meaning that America now sells more to foreign countries than it buys from them.

That meant coal burned in newer supercritical plants, natural gas, nuclear, tire burning, and existing 50 - year - old hydroelectric plants all counted — and they already made up more than two - thirds of supply.

And because methane is the major component of natural gas, containing it means that more product can be delivered to customers.

Natural gas is the pivot point around which the energy debate revolves today: Cheap gas means renewables struggle, but no gas means more coal.

This is because power prices often reflect the operating costs of marginal natural gas generators, and natural gas fuel prices are keenly sensitive to winter weather (colder temperatures mean more gas burned for space heating).

«This means that efforts to reduce human - induced warming are even more urgent in order to minimise this type of feedback of natural greenhouse gas emissions,» says a co-author of the study, David Bastviken, senior lecturer in environmental change at Linköping University.

According to the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, wind power has «relatively little economic value» and because of its intermittent nature it needs back - up from natural gas, which means more fossil fuel use for power, not less.

Both gas projects, if built, would expand markets for fracked natural gas, meaning more dangerous and destructive fracking across the U.S. — near our schools, hospitals, and backyards.

Using a «high - resolution electricity system planning model» of the DOE's two - year - old SunShot Initiative (meant to knock down the cost of solar electricity to market prices by 2020) alongside likely carbon - limitation policies, Kammen and company found that it's not unrealistic for solar to capture a third of the Western U.S. electricity market within 40 years, displacing currently more - attractive technologies like nuclear and natural gas.

A hot summer forecast means more demand for power, potentially served by flexible natural gas plants.

This means energy storage resources can more quickly release or absorb energy, compared to conventional generators (e.g. coal or natural gas - fired power plants) that historically have provided frequency regulation.

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More electricity means more coal and natural gas burning, which, according to green dogma, means more greenhouse gas emissions and global warmMore electricity means more coal and natural gas burning, which, according to green dogma, means more greenhouse gas emissions and global warmmore coal and natural gas burning, which, according to green dogma, means more greenhouse gas emissions and global warmmore greenhouse gas emissions and global warming.

These marine highways are a crucial way to carry large amounts of cargo, including oil and natural gas, which would otherwise travel by longer and more costly means.

All of which means that we'll need more energy, from all sources, with oil and natural gas as the base, for decades to come.

Oh noz, the industry has realized that the cheapest way (which is to say «the way that bes preserves living standards) to cut carbon emissions is to switch from coal to natural gas... which means that they're not taking the more expensive way (which is to say «way that destroys living standards») that we want them to.

Needed, the study says, is natural gas - fired power generation that can reach full power in less than 30 minutes — meaning the ability to add more than 600 megawatts of electricity to the grid, Mooney writes.

The need for more fossil fuel natural gas to back it up means it is not even achieving the simple environmental goals.

And if there are many more leaks than previously thought, what does that mean for the true impact of natural gas?

And that meant Illinois was burning more coal and natural gas.

So, nothing bad so far, nothing bad for a long, long time means the prudent thing to do is to stop deploying and subsidizing wind and solar (Europe is scaling back now), no new carbon taxes and even repeal recent ones (Australia, Canada and soon to be Europe), allow more exploration for natural gas (the US and soon to be Europe and more), build nukes (the rational).

Wind power is 42 % more expensive than nuclear and natural gas power... Wind and solar's» «capacity factor» or availability to supply power is around 33 %, which means 67 % of the time wind and solar can not supply power and must be supplemented by a traditional energy source such as nuclear, natural gas or coal.»

If true, this means that we should immediately make big efforts to make sure that our existing natural gas infrastructure is as leak - proof as possible (something that is no doubt already done because it makes financial sense, but it can't hurt to be extra diligent), and we should be very careful about switching more transportation to natural gas.

What this declining EROI means is that even though we have continually produced and consumed more energy (worldwide) and have large coal and natural gas resources, they will still not provide for the economic growth of the past.