Sentences with phrase «more coal powered»

By 2040 the old roof top panels will be cracked and faded and people will beg for more coal powered electricity.

States with more coal power plants such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana released the most electricity - related SO2 emissions in the summer at more than 1,300 metric tons per day, per state.

Not exact matches

Even in states that wish to favor coal - fired power, it will be difficult to convince ratepayers that they ought to pay more for electricity from coal than they could pay for electricity from alternative sources.

Deripaska's En + Group PLC, which owns part of Rusal and supplies power and coal, has also seen its London - listed shares more than halve in value.

In the past, coal powered much more of Dominion's generation.

Price difference makes profitable to export cheaper hydro power from the Nordic market to Germany, which relies more on coal and gas to generate power.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government says its new regulations to phase out power plants fired by coal and natural gas will cost more than $ 2.2 billion, but potentially save the country billions more in reduced health care costs.

And it could mean a future viable source of energy that emits no pollution or radioactivity, burns no fossil fuels, and could be no more expensive to run than conventional coal or electric power plants.

· The oil - conservation adjustment (OCA), sometimes called the power - conservation adjustment, reflects the utility's need to burn coal, a more expensive fuel, during certain months.

Solar power currently employs more than twice as many people as the coal industry, and entry - level jobs pay a much higher wage than average.

Last year China built 10 times more renewable power capacity than natural gas - fired power, and three times more than coal - fired power.

That will help to stave off further power plant changeovers, and will enable more coal mines to operate profitably.

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».

If you need more power, just burn more coal.

Just over a decade ago, coal - fired power generated more than 50 % of U.S. electricity.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

Solar power might be an undeniable part of our future — the industry created double the amount of jobs as coal did last year and accounts for nearly 40 % of new electric capacity added to the grid, more than wind or even natural gas — but SolarCity itself isn't.

HSBC, Europe's largest bank, said today (April 20) that it plans to extend its ban on financing new coal - power plants to even more countries, will...

Think of it another way, in the last 7 year cycle FCA had an average FCF of $ 36 million a year, and now FCA is expanding into different rail cars types and the refurbishment / rebuilt market, more gigawatts of coal fired power plant capacity will begin construction in 09 then was build in the last 7 years and FCA has $ 162 million in cash from the 05 IPO.

More than a third of the oil, gas and coal production and more than 10 % of hydroelectric power exported to the United StaMore than a third of the oil, gas and coal production and more than 10 % of hydroelectric power exported to the United Stamore than 10 % of hydroelectric power exported to the United States.

«As the Alberta Electricity System Operator has noted, coal - fired power with carbon capture and storage is a far more expensive option to reduce carbon pollution compared to using natural gas, wind, solar and hydro power.

In response, several PPA holders terminated their agreements with coal - fired power generators, citing a provision in the terms of the original PPA legislation that allows buyers to end their contracts if a change of law makes the agreement «unprofitable or more unprofitable.»

A sharp drop in US coal - fired power generation — and the resulting drop in steam coal production — played a more significant role in 2015, but met still accounted for 57 % of the revenue decline relative to 2011.

Alberta could cut its greenhouse gas emissions almost by half by shutting down its coal - fired power plants, a move that would make room for more oilsands production.

Prices for electricity would be 4 percent lower by 2033 with a transition to more wind, solar and hydroelectric power than a persistent reliance on coal and natural gas, according to a report by Calgary - based environmental research firm Pembina Institute and Clean Energy Canada, a Vancouver - based organization that promotes renewable energy.

Alberta, which relies on coal to generate about half its power, would see electricity rates rise more slowly in coming decades if use of renewable energy increased, according to a study published today.

It was the guilt that, more than all the coal or electricity or even atomic power, turned the huge and countless wheels of American industry.

A pound of dioxin from chlorine bleaching in a pulp mill is far more dangerous than a pound of sulfur dioxide from a coal - burning power plant that runs a washing machine.

Business leaders called today for the government to invest more in nuclear and clean coal technology and put less emphasis on wind power.

Staff reductions in Erie County government, fewer coal - fired power generation, energy conservation projects in county office buildings and other measures allowed the county to meet the Paris accord's 26 percent reduction goal in greenhouse gases more than a decade ahead of schedule, according to an inventory County Executive Marc Poloncarz unveiled.

Following a 2015 vote in which she voted to reject EPA limits for coal - fueled power plants, Stefanik has since been a more reliable partner in green issues.

Staff reductions in Erie County government, fewer coal - fired power generation, energy conservation projects in county office buildings and other measures allowed the county to meet the Paris accord's 26 percent reduction goal in greenhouse gases more than a decade ahead of schedule, according to an inventory Poloncarz unveiled Thursday.

COAL»S COST In response to nuclear power plant shutdowns, Kentucky's coal - fired Paradise Fossil Plant (shown) began producing more power, and more air pollutCOAL»S COST In response to nuclear power plant shutdowns, Kentucky's coal - fired Paradise Fossil Plant (shown) began producing more power, and more air pollutcoal - fired Paradise Fossil Plant (shown) began producing more power, and more air pollution.

Hart said a key question next week would be how the program would seek to avoid advantaging provinces with substantial renewable energy resources over those that are more dependent on coal - fired power, like Liaoning in northeastern China, which is known as the country's Rust Belt.

Combination of economic trends and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions and economic trends are conspiring to cut emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy rules are ushering wind and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with coal; and federal air quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.

A slew of new coal - fired generators are coming online, he noted, and while those plants are sleeker and more efficient, they're still not nearly as clean as gas - fired turbines or renewable power sources.

Cleaner coal will be more expensive, too, adding at least 4 cents per kilowatt - hour to the power Mountaineer produces at roughly 5 cents per kWh.

The scrubbers are a commonly used method for decreasing carbon emissions from industries such as coal - fired power plants, which produce more than 14 billion metric tons of carbon each year.

Minnesota's legislators wanted more renewable power, North Dakota farmers looked forward to the extra income, and environmental groups championed the line for carrying «green power» and cutting reliance on coal.

I was encouraged by President Obama's calls for the construction of more nuclear power plants, as well as for increased offshore exploration of oil and natural gas, and the further development of clean coal technologies.

But there are technology options on the horizon that might allow for future coal - fired power plants to avoid the average emissions of more than four million metric tons of carbon dioxide every year per plant.

As a general clarification, ounce for ounce, coal ash released from a power plant delivers more radiation than nuclear waste shielded via water or dry cask storage.

Yet U.S. coal - fired power plants produce more than 30 times more CO2 than Albertan oil sands facilities — 45 million metric tons of greenhouse gases versus nearly two billion metric tons.

The spread of urban centers increases the demand for electricity, more than 75 percent of which in China is generated from coal - fired power plants.

The sentence marked with an asterisk was changed from «In fact, fly ash — a by - product from burning coal for power — and other coal waste contains up to 100 times more radiation than nuclear waste» to «In fact, the fly ash emitted by a power plant — a by - product from burning coal for electricity — carries into the surrounding environment 100 times more radiation than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.»

Even the oil sands ultimate consumption in a gasoline, diesel or jet engine only results in 500 kilograms of CO2 - equivalent per barrel of refined petroleum products, meaning total oil sands emissions from well to wheel are considerably lower than those of this nation's more than 500 power plants burning coal to generate electricity.

Last week President Obama announced plans to limit carbon pollution from new and existing power plants, a measure likely to have even more impacts on coal - fired plants, including Georgia Power's epower plants, a measure likely to have even more impacts on coal - fired plants, including Georgia Power's ePower's eight.

Much of that comes from power plants that burn coal or natural gas — emitting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, even more than was captured.

More recently, China's coal - fired power plants have taken the lead in lead pollution.

Yet, putting CO2 capture on coal - fired power plants and other big industrial polluters seems less a question of whether and more a question of when.