Sentences with phrase «new coal power station»

In 2014, they were caught funding a new coal power station in Indonesia to reduce carbon emissions.

Even if companies could be certain they'd never have to pay for their carbon emissions, we'd still never see a new coal power station built in Australia given the current cost of renewable energy here and overseas.

Protestors are campaigning against Heathrow expansion, new coal power stations, the expansion of agro-fuels and for the use of renewable energy.

New coal power stations in countries other than China make up around a fifth of these 700 new coal plants, Urgewald said, including some in countries that currently burn little or no coal.

Out of the top 120 companies planning new coal power stations, only about half have a coal share of power production above 30 %.

A special feature of the GCEL is the fact that it also identifies which companies are planning to expand coal mining or build new coal power stations.

Since then, a majority of plans to build new coal power stations have in fact been shelved.

In Germay because they ditched nuclear and went for wind turbines and solar they need filthy lignite and are building about 30 new coal power stations.

and probably a bigger increase next year as more of the 1600 or so NEW coal powered stations come on line..

And shiny new coal power stations.

By then, we may even have efficient new coal power stations, like the Japanese, Chinese, Koreans and Taiwanese.

Many of the plants are in China, but by capacity, roughly a fifth of these new coal power stations are in other countries.

Not exact matches

Consequently, plans to build new coal - fired power stations will meet a mountain of resistance everywhere.

It will continue to finance new coal - fired power stations in developing countries (which is where all the demand is).

The power station will consume that mountain of coal (1000s of tons) in a regular period of time, say a week or a few days before the next trainload delivers a new stockpile.

[33] A month later, Miliband announced to the House of Commons a change to the government's policy on coal - fired power stations, saying that any potential new coal - fired power stations would be unable to receive government consent unless they could demonstrate that they would be able to effectively capture and bury 25 % of the emissions they produce immediately, with a view to seeing that rise to 100 % of emissions by 2025.

With the Dec. 31 mothballing of NRG Energy's Dunkirk plant and the 380 - MW Huntley Power Station in Tonawanda expected to close at the end of March, Cayuga and Somerset will be the last two coal - fired plants in New York.

«If we intend to preach to others, we can not do so while building dirty coal power stations and new runways.

«There will be relatively high costs in developing this new nuclear facility but broadly comparable with other low carbon technologies such as offshore wind, and, potentially, carbon capture and storage applied to gas and coal fired power stations.

A decision on Kingsnorth will follow the consultation on CCS and an additional consultation on a new framework for coal - fired power stations, energy minister Mike O'Brien told parliament last month.

Environmentalists will challenge the government's plans to build new coal - fired power stations in Britain near the Kingsnorth site in Kent from today.

New coal - fired power stations form part of Britain's «low - carbon future», Ed Miliband told the Commons this lunchtime.

Though in October 2009 Cameron pledged to introduce rules requiring new power stations to be as clean as a modern gas plant, he reneged on this in November 2010 by allowing new coal plants to pump almost double that level of carbon emissions,

In the short term, new gas - fired power stations can help cut emissions, but only if they replace existing coal - fired power stations rather than nuclear plants or renewable energy sources.

The European Investment Bank's new criteria on coal lending — tied to specified limits on fossil fuel power plant emissions — have been criticized as being too generous to polluters, while the U.S. Ex-Im Bank continues to back coal - fired power stations in many parts of the world.

Salem Station became a target in the late 1990s, when environmental, health and civic groups launched a campaign to force Massachusetts to clean up what they called the «Filthy Five» — a group of coal - and oil - fired power plants built before 1977 and grandfathered under the Clean Air Act from meeting new air pollution standards.

A new study in Canada has found that some hydroelectric reservoirs give off as much carbon dioxide and methane — the two most important causes of the man - made greenhouse effect — as coal - fired power stations producing a similar amount of electricity.

The policy document also set new targets for the closure of coal - fired heating systems as well as the installation of equipment to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions at power stations, steel mills and cement plants.

A huge amount comes from coal power stations — and a new report argues our pollution guidelines are hopelessly lax.

All the talk of building new coal - fired power stations... no longer sounds vaguely «truthy».

«Why should I do anything when China is building X new coal - fired power stations each week,» is the most common response I've come across, and is actually a fair point.

Lobbying of US congress however seems to win the day in many ways and I would not be suprised to see many new coal fired power stations in the USA and hence worldwide built in then ext decade without carbon capture fitted.

Assume I've replaced my car with a new plug - in hybrid, and to eliminate extraneous factors assume that they're otherwise identical — same weight, CdA, rolling resistance, & c. I've replaced an energy path of oil well — oil tanker or pipeline — refinery — tank truck — gas pump — IC engine with one that's 0.7 * (coal mine — railroad — power station — transmission line — battery charging — electric motor).

Plans for new coal - fired power stations confirm this.

How many people know that Germany, two years ago, started an urgent programme to build new coal - fired power stations, because their optimistic wind dreams did not deliver?

In New Zealand, most coal mining to date has been for the domestic market, primarily thermal power stations in the North Island and the Glenbrook Steel mill.

In addition, closer to New Jersey, Governor Chris Christie and Commissioner Martin have called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to expedite action to reduce pollutants emitted by the Portland Generating Station, a coal - fired power plant operated by RRI Energy in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, directly across the Delaware River from Knowlton, New Jersey.

In the 2000s, a timid and image - conscious Labour government sought the approval of green organisations, and allowed them to close down any possibility of new coal - fired power station.

One analyst from the Bloomberg New Energy Finance research group projected that floating wind projects by 2020 could cost more than twice per megawatt than conventional offshore wind, which itself has been estimated, on average, to cost about three times more per megawatt than many new natural gas and coal power statioNew Energy Finance research group projected that floating wind projects by 2020 could cost more than twice per megawatt than conventional offshore wind, which itself has been estimated, on average, to cost about three times more per megawatt than many new natural gas and coal power stationew natural gas and coal power stations.

Harvey, in many cases when you compare the costs of new build power stations gas comes out cheaper than coal even without a carbon price.

Investors have also been warned about investing in new coal and gas fired power stations after 2017 by a second new study.

«Please please finally say NO to new coal burning power stations & NO to the billions of dollars in fossil fuel subsidies.

When the cost of introducing grid infrastructure is included in cost comparison, off - grid or mini-grid renewables are cheaper than a new grid and coal power station.

China is taking important steps to close down smaller, inefficient power stations but it is also building large, modern and more efficient (HELE) coal - fired power plants — new regulations effectively ban subcritical (non-HELE) coal technology.

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.

In 2017, solar or wind power wins most competitive bids for electric supply: India just announced the closure of dozens of coal mines and the cancellation of plans for new coal - fired generating stations because the low cost of solar power was undercutting fossil fuel.

A $ 30 - a-tonne carbon tax would make gas — which is about half as polluting as coal when burnt — the preferred fuel for new power stations.

The EU is currently in the process of drafting new standards to limit pollution from coal - fired power stations.

yep, and with well over 1000 new coal and gas fired power stations going ahead around the world, with an increase of some 40 % in CO2 emissions worldwide,

Electricity can be supplied from a new wind farm in Australia at a cost of A$ 80 ($ 84) per megawatt hour, compared with A$ 143 a megawatt hour from a new coal - fired power plant or A$ 116 from a new station powered by natural gas when the cost of carbon emissions is included, according to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance reponew wind farm in Australia at a cost of A$ 80 ($ 84) per megawatt hour, compared with A$ 143 a megawatt hour from a new coal - fired power plant or A$ 116 from a new station powered by natural gas when the cost of carbon emissions is included, according to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance reponew coal - fired power plant or A$ 116 from a new station powered by natural gas when the cost of carbon emissions is included, according to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance reponew station powered by natural gas when the cost of carbon emissions is included, according to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance repoNew Energy Finance report.