Sentences with phrase «natural gas fueling about»

After an equal share of electric power was generated from coal and natural gas in April 2012, EIA's most recent preliminary data through March 2013 show coal has generated 40 % or more of the nation's electricity each month since November 2012, with natural gas fueling about 25 % of generation during the same period.

Not exact matches

The boxes, which cost about $ 750,000, provide 100 kilowatts of electricity by converting air and fuels like natural gas into power.

Motivations include concerns about future demand for transport fuels, growth opportunities in low - carbon technologies, and diversifying into power generation to secure demand for natural gas.»

Natural gas is used as the primary heating fuel in about half of U.S. households, and prices can rise rapidly when extreme weather comes.

Renewable energy: Commit to 100 percent renewable power The Climate Collaborative states that about one - third of all the greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. come from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas to produce electricity.

According to the report, about US$ 494million will be required to procure natural gas for the various thermal plants as there is bound to be at least a supply deficit of 65,000 mmscf, as it has been estimated that the gas flow required for fuelling the thermal plants this year will range between 120,000 - 146,400 mmscf.

Representing a smattering of different environmental advocacy groups from around the state, about 250 protesters held signs calling on officials and lawmakers to prohibit any more natural gas pipelines being built in New York, to stop the construction of a proposed liquid natural gas storage facility next to Seneca Lake, and to shift the state's energy production to greener fuel sources....

«This is about «bridge energy»,» Fahy said, referring to the transitional or intermittent use of fossil fuels such as natural gas to reach renewable energy goals.

About 15 times as much oil and natural gas is used as fuel than ends up in consumer products ranging from soaps, shampoos and deodorants to air fresheners, glues and cleaning sprays.

Natural gas, which now supplies 25 percent of the nation's electricity, is the cleanest - burning fossil fuel, producing about half as much carbon per watt of power as coal.

LNG is also available for purchase from municipalities that use natural gas for heating homes, which alleviates concerns about fuel supply, said Leffin.

Many owners and managers also worried about market volatility around natural gas pricing compared with prices for residual oil, which they knew to be stable and historically less expensive than other fuels.

Several said they were uncertain about which fuels were the cleanest (for some, natural gas was perceived by some as dirty due to its extraction from hydro - fracking).

It produces less carbon dioxide emissions than coal for electricity or gasoline and diesel for fuel, but even a small amount of natural gas release — which is essentially methane — packs a greenhouse gas punch about 30 times more powerful than the same amount of carbon dioxide.

If faced with the choice of shutting down either a typical coal plant or a typical gas plant and methane leakage from the natural gas plant is below about 2 percent of total fuel, there would be a short - term climate benefit to shutting down the coal plant instead of the natural gas plant, the team found.

Currently, about 95 percent of hydrogen production worldwide comes from converting fossil fuels such as natural gas into hydrogen — a process that releases large quantities of carbon dioxide into the air, said Maher El - Kady, a UCLA postdoctoral researcher and a co-author of the research.

Natural gas is by far the cleanest - burning fossil fuel, producing about half as much carbon dioxide as the energy - equivalent amount of coal.

«The methodology can not be used to infer anything about the direct impacts of specific policies, such as power plant emissions limits or renewable portfolio standards, or the effect that changes in relative prices may have on fuel choice, such as the impact of the change in supply or price of natural gas or renewables may have had on the competitiveness of coal.

Currently, fertilizer is made using natural gas (steam reforming of methane to generate hydrogen to feed into the Haber process)-- but with the new advances (http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/07/researchers-at.html), it should be possible to generate that hydrogen directly from water using sunlight; feed the hydrogen into the Haber process (energy expensive, true, but doable), and then you have your ammonia, convert half of that to nitrate, and there you have your ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which currently accounts for about 1/2 of all agricultral fossil fuel use.

The Civic Natural Gas runs about $ 5000 more than an equivalent Civic EX, so if this drive cycle were representative of most of my driving, there's only about a 4 - cent - per - mile difference between the two fuels.

About Honda Civic One of the best - selling compact cars in the United States, the Civic features a lineup of six distinct models: the conventional gasoline - powered Civic Sedan and Civic Coupe, two high - performance Civic Si models, gasoline - electric Civic Hybrid, the Civic Natural Gas and Civic HF high fuel economy model.

I suspect that we will be hearing a lot more about hydrogen cars too; the fossil fuel companies might well fund a fake «hydrogen economy» because the cheapest hydrogen is made by steam reforming of natural gas; people think that this is somehow better than just running a car on CNG.

Obama's hype about the promise of natural gas as a transitional fuel also helped me see that however well - intentioned, parts of his plan are potentially inadequate for the scale of the climate change crisis.

Currently, fertilizer is made using natural gas (steam reforming of methane to generate hydrogen to feed into the Haber process)-- but with the new advances (/ / www.greencarcongress.com/2008/07/researchers-at.html), it should be possible to generate that hydrogen directly from water using sunlight; feed the hydrogen into the Haber process (energy expensive, true, but doable), and then you have your ammonia, convert half of that to nitrate, and there you have your ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which currently accounts for about 1/2 of all agricultral fossil fuel use.

The authors note that as fossil fuel reserves shrink, as air pollution worsens, and as concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, oil, and natural gas, a new world energy economy is emerging.

Confusion by some about oil and space flight actually points to the main thrust of the ad and the campaign: Natural gas and oil are much, much more than just fuels.

I talk about how when we burn fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas for our energy, it releases carbon dioxide (CO2) into our air supply.

It is also expected to help the state diversify a fuel mix that stands at about 64 % natural gas, 7 % coal and less than 10 % renewables.

Assuming the region becomes even more dependent on natural gas, if there were short - term disruptions to other fuels, the region could need about 2,400 MW for a few hours on about nine cold days a year by 2029/2030.

This technical document gathers new knowledge about the potential of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) powered shipping in the North American Emission Control Area and identifies the necessary conditions for the successful implementation of LNG as a fuel source for shipping in the region.

But every one of these cases ignores the fact that the public has known about the link between burning fossil fuels and climate change for decades and has continued to rely on oil and natural gas because of its unmatched cost, energy density, and reliability.

Because natural gas is a considerably more expensive fuel than coal, it takes a substantial CO2 cost to overcome this fuel cost disadvantage — about $ 30 / ton, on current fuel price expectations in the U.S.. On the other hand, consider pending investments to add new generating capacity in the United States over the next few decades.

Given that natural gas is seen as an alternative to more carbon - intensive fuels, people's fears about climate sometimes work to the advantage of the natural gas industry.)

Currently, about 95 percent of hydrogen production worldwide comes from converting fossil fuels such as natural gas into hydrogen — a process that releases large quantities of carbon dioxide into the air, said Maher El - Kady, a UCLA postdoctoral researcher and a co-author of the research.

So it's puzzling to hear about a recent effort in New York to block expansion of an Upstate natural gas storage plant in the name of a «climate emergency,» as one activist put it — puzzling because natural gas is doing more to reduce U.S. emissions than any other fuel.

This technical document gathers new knowledge about the potential of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) powered shipping in the North American Emission Control Area and identify the necessary conditions for the successful implementation of LNG as a fuel source for shipping in the region.

Fuel cost for a CCGT with natural gas at $ 4 / MMBTU is going to be about $ 250 million / GW year compared with about $ 80 million / GW year for the Chinese HTR - PM.

Operating cost for electric cars is $ 0.50 to $ 0.75 per mile versus $ 0.10 for gasoline powered cars once battery replacement costs are included By 2020, Chinese PER CAPITA emissions will be higher than America's Does not believe that the 0.6 degree temperature rise to date is the West's «fault,» but does believe that China is the future problem Whatever U.S. does about emissions reduction and what people do as individuals is totally trivial in face of the fact that China is adding huge amounts of coal fired generating capacity The most meaningful emissions reduction strategy today would be to convert China from coal to natural gas The claim that there are more frequent or more intense hurricanes and tornadoes as a result of AGW is not scientifically supported We can reduce emissions, but it is important that we do the RIGHT things (and NOT the WRONG ones) Not worried about «peak oil;» coal can be converted to liquid fuel

Throughout the country, we see stories about communities and utilities working together to extend natural gas infrastructure to those who do not have access to the benefits of this fuel.

Just about half of U.S. households use natural gas as their primary heating fuel, and America's ongoing energy revolution is helping keep heating costs low.

RL Miller, founder of the SuperPac Climate Hawks Vote, said her group plans to use the natural gas leak to educate voters about Upton's «shoddy environmental record and fossil fuel ties.»

Fuel Fix Blog: The Marcellus region is now the biggest natural gas shale play in the world, and there's still about $ 90 billion to be made by tapping the area's reserves, according to a study by energy analyst group Wood Mackenzie.

About half of this reduction is due to differing carbon intensities of the fuels (natural gas emits 40 percent less carbon than coal per unit of heat).

I think you'd be much better off just drying and pelletizing the cellulosic material and using a syngas generator to produce carbon monoxide and then fuel your internal combustion engine directly from the CO which requires very little modification to the engine — about the same as the modifications required to run it from natural gas or propane.

As fossil fuel resources shrink, as air pollution worsens, and as concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, oil, and natural gas, a new world energy economy is emerging.

«The methodology can not be used to infer anything about the direct impacts of specific policies, such as power plant emissions limits or renewable portfolio standards, or the effect that changes in relative prices may have on fuel choice, such as the impact of the change in supply or price of natural gas or renewables may have had on the competitiveness of coal.

Paul went on to point out that NERC, grid operators, and others that support fuel diversity have, at the same time, raised cautions about overreliance on natural gas to generate electricity.

But it's not realistic: Nationwide, there are only about 3500 service stations (out of 120,000) that offer natural gas — based automotive fuel, and it would cost billions of dollars and take years to develop sufficient infrastructure to make that fuel competitive with gasoline or diesel.

THE REAL STORY ABOUT NATURAL GAS: The most important thing to understand about NG is that it is A NON-RENEWABLE FOSSIL ABOUT NATURAL GAS: The most important thing to understand about NG is that it is A NON-RENEWABLE FOSSIL about NG is that it is A NON-RENEWABLE FOSSIL FUEL.

And the methane issues with natural gas completely preclude talking about natural gas as a bridge fuel.