Countries of South East Europe plan to add about 6 GW of
new coal power capacity by 2030, largely backed by the finance from Chinese investors.
«This hike in
new coal power capacity highlights the urgent need for the EU to move to a 30 % greenhouse gas reduction target for 2020, to introduce an Emissions Performance Standard, and to end decades of subsidies for new coal build and its fuel,» says the EWEA report.
Vietnam is the world's third biggest producer of
new coal power capacity, and Southeast Asia's largest hotspot for coal.
Not exact matches
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.
Some analysts expect that existing grid
capacity may be enough to
power U.S. electric cars in the near future, yet they do not rule out the possibility of
new coal or nuclear plants coming on line if renewable energy sources are not developed
•
New coal - fired
power plants would only be permitted when they replace existing
coal - fired
capacity (so they would not increase the total
capacity) unless they were completely clean, i.e., unless they had a way of removing carbon dioxide from emissions.
By comparison, a net of about 73 GW of fossil fuel generation came online in 2017 — 121 GW of
new coal and gas - fired
power capacity, less 48 GW of gas and
coal that were retired.
At an industry roundtable hosted by the U.S. - India Business Council (USIBC) in
New York, Piyush Goyal, Minister of State with Independent Charge for
Power,
Coal,
New & Renewable Energy discussed India's ambitious target of achieving 175 GW of renewable generation
capacity and innovative ways of mainstreaming energy efficiency.
Expansion of grid supply by construction of big
new coal fired
power plants such as in the Hunter Valley and near Lithgow are going ahead and look to me to be intended to prevent the issue of decarbonising our energy supply getting mixed up with the issue of maintaining growth and reliability of supply; we'll have enough fossil fuel generating
capacity that building low emissions
capacity will remain «optional» and can be deferred another decade or two.
[1] The Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 defines «clean» electricity as «electricity generated at a facility placed in service after 1991 using renewable energy, qualified renewable biomass, natural gas, hydropower, nuclear
power, or qualified waste - to - energy; and electricity generated at a facility placed in service after enactment that uses qualified combined heat and
power (CHP), [which] generates electricity with a carbon - intensity lower than 0.82 metric tons per megawatt - hour (the equivalent of
new supercritical
coal), or [electricity generated] as a result of qualified efficiency improvements or
capacity additions at existing nuclear or hydropower facilities -LSB-; or] electricity generated at a facility that captures and stores its carbon dioxide emissions.»
The government plans to re-commission several retired
coal power stations, and build more in the coming decade, with the remaining increase in
capacity expected to come from
new nuclear
power plants.
Constructing previously unplanned renewable fuel
power plants representing up to 25 percent of the generation
capacity of the
new coal plant.
The world is currently adding twice as much clean
power capacity than
coal, oil and gas combined, according to Bloomberg
New Energy Finance (BNEF).
China continues to lead the world in the amount of
coal power capacity under development, despite tightening restrictions on
new coal plant projects by the Chinese authorities.
This would require adding over 24,000 MW of
new capacity, using either
coal - fired, natural gas or nuclear
power.
Assuming
new wind or solar
power resources at $ 40 / MWh, we calculate that the total
capacity of uneconomic
coal units in the Southeast rises from 8.1 GW (according to UCS) to 15.2 GW, and the savings from replacing all these units with wind or solar would rise to over $ 230 million annually.
High - income countries should commit now to end the building of
new unabated
coal - fired
power generation and accelerate early retirement of existing unabated
capacity, while middle - income countries should aim to limit
new construction now and halt
new builds by 2025.»
In fact,
new coal - fired
power capacity additions in 2017 were the lowest in at least nine years (see figure, below), with official reports indicating
capacity actually dropping for four consecutive months during the year, as older
power stations have been retired.
We've already seen in Australia how rooftop solar, improved efficiency, and a low carbon price have reduced demand for grid electricity resulted in the shutdown of gigawatts of
coal power and the shelving of plans for
new gas
capacity.
In Texas, the state government is coordinating a vast expansion of wind
power that could yield 23,000 megawatts of
new generating
capacity, an amount equal to 23
coal - fired
power plants.
«Texas Decision Could Double Wind
Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2
Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 Apri
Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007;
coal - fired
power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2
power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt
capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 Apri
capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind
Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2
Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal
Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2
Power Up 50 %,
New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2002).
But carbon pricing and the inability of the
coal industry to demonstrate the viability of carbon capture and storage implies
new coal - fired
power capacity may never become investment - worthy.
CSE also recommends enacting CEA's plan to retire 48 GW of India's oldest
coal generation by 2027, allowing cleaner distributed electricity sources to meet India's
power demand while raising
capacity factors for
newer «cleaner»
coal plants, simultaneously reducing financial risks for utilities and consumers.
The
new power link will supply enough
capacity to meet the annual
power consumption needs of over 10 million people, and will significantly help reduce
coal consumption in the region, thus mitigating intense carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide emissions.
Indeed, as the European Union actually saw net reductions in
coal and nuclear generating
capacity in 2009, wind accounted for close to 40 percent of all newly installed
capacity, making it the region's number one
new power source for the second straight year.
But while India's
power demand will double over the next decade, its draft National Electricity Plan (NEP) calls for rising demand to be met with 275 gigawatts (GW) total renewable energy
capacity by 2027, without requiring
new coal plants beyond those already under construction.
-- expand drilling / fracking to extract as much domestic energy as possible, — use clean natural gas, where possible, to replace dirtier
coal and for heavy transportation vehicles; — support basic research efforts aimed at finding economically viable green energy technologies; — at the same time, install
new nuclear
power generation
capacity in place of
new coal plants, wherever this makes economic sense.
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And when we do need to add
new capacity, it will likely come from far cleaner
coal technologies, nuclear
power and renewables like wind and solar, the two men asserted.
Closure of
coal - fired
power plants hasn't affected reserve margins since
new capacity from
new natural gas plants is also being built.
Many of the plants are in China, but by
capacity, roughly a fifth of these
new coal power stations are in other countries.
The increase in demand comes as
New Delhi continues to expand its
coal - fired
power generation
capacity.
No
new coal plants are needed in China's 13th Five Year Plan as slower
power demand growth and low carbon
capacity targets squeeze
coal generation out of
power mix
LONDON, November 28, 2016 — China risks wasting $ 490 billion on
new coal plants that will be unneeded as structural changes to its economy, increased non-
coal capacity targets,
power sector reforms and carbon pricing slashes
coal - fired generation, analysis by the Carbon Tracker Initiative finds on Monday.
Global Wind Energy Council, Global Wind 2008 Report (Brussels: 2009), pp. 3, 56; Erik Shuster, Tracking
New Coal - Fired
Power Plants (Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory, January 2009); «Nuclear Dips in 2008,» World Nuclear News, 29 May 2009; 1 megawatt of installed wind
capacity produces enough electricity to supply 300 homes from American Wind Energy Association, «U.S. Wind Energy Installations Reach
New Milestone,» press release (Washington, DC: 14 August 2006); number of homes calculated using average U.S. household size from U.S. Census Bureau, «2005 — 2007 American Community Survey 3 - Year Estimates — Data Profile Highlights,» at factfinder.census.gov / servlet / ACSSAFFFacts, viewed 9 April 2009, and population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & Country QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February 2009.
Wind
power capacity edged out
coal for the first time in the Texas history last week after a
new 155 - megawatt wind farm in Scurry County came online.
The fact is that over the last five years, wind
power has added more
new electric generating
capacity in the USA than
coal and nuclear combined — in spite of the fact that both
coal and nuclear have enjoyed large, and permanent public subsidies, while subsidies for wind have been small, short - term and therefore unreliable.
Breaking a streak of five years in which wind
power was the second - largest
new resource added to the U.S. electrical grid in terms of aggregate gross
capacity, in 2010 wind
power placed third, behind the 7,200 MW of
new natural gas and 6,000 MW of
new coal - fired generation
capacity.
Short term projections have
new Wind farm
capacity increasing by +20 GW per year only being able to replace maybe 2 x 5 GWe
Coal Fired
power stations per year.
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), Crude Oil Production, electronic database, at tonto.eia.doe.gov, updated 28 July 2008; American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), «Installed U.S. Wind
Power Capacity Surged 45 % in 2007: American Wind Energy Association Market Report,» press release (Washington, DC: 17 January 2008); AWEA, U.S. Wind Energy Projects, electronic database, at www.awea.org/projects, updated 31 March 2009; future capacity calculated from Emerging Energy Research (EER), «US Wind Markets Surge to New Heights,» press release (Cambridge, MA: 14 August 2008); coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February
Power Capacity Surged 45 % in 2007: American Wind Energy Association Market Report,» press release (Washington, DC: 17 January 2008); AWEA, U.S. Wind Energy Projects, electronic database, at www.awea.org/projects, updated 31 March 2009; future capacity calculated from Emerging Energy Research (EER), «US Wind Markets Surge to New Heights,» press release (Cambridge, MA: 14 August 2008); coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 Februa
Capacity Surged 45 % in 2007: American Wind Energy Association Market Report,» press release (Washington, DC: 17 January 2008); AWEA, U.S. Wind Energy Projects, electronic database, at www.awea.org/projects, updated 31 March 2009; future
capacity calculated from Emerging Energy Research (EER), «US Wind Markets Surge to New Heights,» press release (Cambridge, MA: 14 August 2008); coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 Februa
capacity calculated from Emerging Energy Research (EER), «US Wind Markets Surge to
New Heights,» press release (Cambridge, MA: 14 August 2008);
coal - fired
power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February
power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt
capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 Februa
capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with
capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 Februa
capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL),
Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February
Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February 2009.
The world is currently adding twice as much clean
power capacity as
coal, oil, and gas combined, according to Bloomberg
New Energy Finance (BNEF).