Sentences with phrase «met by nuclear power»

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Previous missions selected by New Frontiers include New Horizons, a nuclear - powered probe that flew by Pluto in 2015 and is now going deeper into the Kuiper Belt; OSIRIS - REx, a robot that's flying out to meet asteroid Bennu and bring a sample of it back to Earth; and the Juno mission, which is looping around Jupiter, recording unprecedented data and breathtaking images of the planet.

There are currently 19 nuclear power plants operating in the UK, with plans to increase their numbers by 2025 to meet the country's growing energy needs.

«These zero emissions credits will represent the emissions - free value of energy produced by the nuclear power plants specifically,» said Scott Weiner, deputy for markets and innovation at DPS, at Thursday's meeting.

SCRIBA, N.Y. - At a meeting with Wall Street analysts today, the owners of FitzPatrick nuclear plant reiterated their plan to shut down the power plant by early 2017 and made no mention of any potential to reverse the decision.

Wavering solar and wind power don't play well with baseload nuclear plants that prefer to run at full blast, so the French must find a way to cope with this imbalance if they are to meet the European Union's directive to generate 20 percent of their electricity from renewables by 2020.

Strategies to meet the goal would vary by country and largely rely on advanced technology such as capturing the carbon dioxide spewed by coal - burning power plants; the Bush vision also foresees gasoline alternatives, nuclear power and an international clean technology fund to promote research into carbon - free energy sources.

The meeting was an opportunity for CENG executives to highlight the reduced radiation exposures at their plants, the company's above - average record in keeping its plants online, and its standing at the high end of the performance ratings by the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, an industry oversight organization.

But He said that would depend on China achieving a real reduction in coal consumption from sometime around 2020 or 2025, and on the nation meeting its target of having 150 - 200 gigawatts of nuclear power capacity by 2030.

Last month, in an interview with James Kanter of The Times and International Herald Tribune, the new head of the energy agency, Maria van der Hoeven, discussed one point made in the report today — that concerns raised by the damage to the Fukushima Daiichi power plant could continue to dampen expansion of nuclear power and add to the challenge of avoiding a big accumulation of carbon dioxide, saying: «Such a reduction would certainly make it more difficult for the world to meet the goal of stabilizing the rise in temperature to 2 degrees Centigrade.»

The costs of meeting Japan's pledge are high... In addition, the Japanese government is unlikely to meet its aim to supply 20 — 22 % of electricity from carbon - free nuclear power by 2030; our analysis suggests that 15 % is more likely.

The independent Electric Power Research Institute recently concluded the nation will need another 45 more nuclear power plants - to meet growing electricity demand and achieve a 45 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by Power Research Institute recently concluded the nation will need another 45 more nuclear power plants - to meet growing electricity demand and achieve a 45 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by power plants - to meet growing electricity demand and achieve a 45 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

In some ways, the EU has the uk by the short and curlies, in that we are legally obliged to meet the targets, while at the same time being taken to task over nuclear power subsidies.

The report was drafted by young people aged between 16 and 25 who visited power stations, nuclear plants and projects promoting renewable energy sources to investigate the issues at first hand and met with experts, industry, pressure groups and innovators, to look at how we can keep the lights on in 2050 while reducing carbon emissions.

King was further irked by Pielke's answer that the target could be met by building 30 nuclear power stations by 2015, and that the CCC's advice on how to realise the targets was no less aggressive in magnitude.

[3] Each state has interim targets it must meet beginning in 2020, and the EPA proposed that states use a combination of four «building blocks» to achieve the emissions reductions: (1) improving the efficiency (heat rate) of existing coal - fired power plants; (2) switching from coal - fired power by increasing the use and capacity factor, or efficiency, of natural - gas combined - cycle power plants; (3) using less carbon - intensive generating power, such as renewable energy or nuclear power; and (4) increasing demand - side energy - efficiency measures.

Of course, the problem of solar oversupply could be solved by simply curtailing excess solar power during surges — it doesn't help to replace clean nuclear power with clean solar power — but PG&E has a renewables quota to meet.

Wavering solar and wind power don't play well with baseload nuclear plants that prefer to run at full blast, so the French must find a way to cope with this imbalance if they are to meet the European Union's directive to generate 20 percent of their electricity from renewables by 2020.

Academic research has shown that for the UK to meet the emissions reductions targets implied by the 2008 Climate Change Act would require an effort the equivalent of 30 new nuclear power plants by 2015, just to get part way to the target.

The share of nuclear power in the electricity mix is today 11 % and this will rise to 12 % under current policies, however it must reach 18 % by 2040 to meet COP21 climate targets yet current prices do not provide the necessary signals to nuclear industry investors.

While the need for nuclear power is absolutely critical in meeting our base load requirements (and reducing CO2 emissions, and reducing fuel risk by having a diversified generation portfolio of power plants)-- peaking load and generation options to meet this load (which solar currently fits into) is important also.

Natural gas, nuclear, and coal power plants make it possible to meet customers» electricity demands on a second - by - second basis.

In 1998, it decided to promote 20 nuclear reactors increasing the share of nuclear power over 50 % of the energy for electricity to meet the 6 % CO2 cut by Kyoto protocol in 1997.

The anti-nuclear movement has been warning of the dangers of a devastating nuclear accident for years, but those efforts have always been met with dismissive assurances both by electric power companies and the government about the safety of the reactors.

This report brings together the material from the UK climate meeting in Exeter in 2005 and is headed by Tony Blair who personally believes that climate change is unsustainable and hence the major U turn on nuclear power as well as increased renewable energy commitments.

Requiring no gigantic «smart grid» sucking the efficiency like a vampire — things that are inherent to these nasty wind machines — Nuclear SMRs are going to allow us to meet all our CO2 reduction goals, without the canard of «nominal power output» being accepted by the lost eco-sheep, and without the 100 % conventional, CO2 - generating backup generators — which must be kept on idle at all times should the wind die down, or a cloud pass over a solar cell — and which all of these wind turbines require.

The significant scale up in the electricity provided by renewable energy to phase out Germany's nuclear power sector while meeting its climate goals is illustrated by the two figures below.

The IEA has estimated that the world's nuclear power capacity needs to nearly double by 2025 to help meet climate targets.