To his credit, Fisher did
mention that coal and natural gas can face challenges during periods of extreme cold.
Not exact matches
Already cost - competitive with thermal
coal and natural gas power generation — not to
mention its numerous other often ignored
and unaccounted for social
and ecological benefits
and cost savings, which are substantial — GE's looking to drive the cost of wind energy down further, pushing the envelope outward by incorporating «industrial Internet» capabilities
and short - term, grid - scale power storage in the Brilliant 1.6 - 100 systems platform.
There will still be the slag problem, so ultra-supercritical plants are not as good as
natural gas combined cycle, but, as,
mentioned earlier,
coal will be needed for base load, something wind
and solar can't provide.
Over a century's worth of subsidizing fossil energy sources — not to
mention roads, vehicle development
and manufacturing,
and transmission / distribution infrastructure — have underwritten the steady development
and improvement of conventional energy sources
and embedded
coal, oil,
and natural gas as the favored national energy inputs.