Sentences with phrase «newer generating plants»

As shown in the table below, the estimated output from the planned «wind farms» is relatively small when compared to the output of other newer generating plants in Texas.

Newer generating plants are regulated under a different section of the Clean Air Act, under standards that new combined - cycle gas plants can easily meet.

Long Island has even more excess power than previously projected, enough to forestall the need for a big new generating plant until 2028, according to an updated analysis by PSEG Long Island.

These flexibility needs are rapidly expanding as a result of numerous industry trends: (a) recognition by policymakers that renewable energy resources are needed to meet long - term emissions reductions goals; (b) customers» increasing desire to voluntarily procure renewable energy or generate electricity on - site; and (c) substantial technological improvements that have driven down the cost of renewable resources to the point where, even before accounting for tax incentives, they are the lowest - cost option for new generating plants in some regions of the country.

Not exact matches

The Alberta government announced a new climate policy Sunday that includes a carbon tax and a promise to phase out coal fired generating plants.

And the majority of the money to fund Chobani's new plants, employees and warehouses was internally generated.

At that time, it seemed new oilsands plants would generate a reasonable return on invested capital as long as oil prices remained at around U.S. $ 18 / bbl.

A bolder bet is Shell's effort to build solar farms near gas - fired power plants, constructing hybrid generating systems that allow Shell to do what amounts to new - energy arbitrage: tap different energy sources at different times and in different amounts to maximize profits.

Since the announcement, U.S. Steel has announced it is reopening a plant in Illinois, while Century Aluminum officials have said the tariffs could generate 300 new jobs in Kentucky.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo committed $ 750 million to fund the project, on the condition that SolarCity would generate 1,460 direct manufacturing jobs at the facility and spend $ 5 billion in related area investments in the next decade when the plant becomes fully operational.

By the time a new $ 2 billion plant reaches full production in 2015, China's communist neighbor will be making more than 40 percent of the phones that generate the majority of Samsung's operating profit.

The plant is expected to create 380 new job opportunities and generate 1,108 additional positions for the people of Lebanon County in the next three years.

Nicholas Meat's new facilities will be designed to recover both energy and water from waste products generated on site and significantly reduce the impact of the beef and veal processing plant on the local community.

By selecting the best performing rice plants and using them to breed new rice varieties, rice farmers, and more recently rice breeders, have been changing the genetic composition of rice to generate new and improved rice varieties for thousands of years.

In late 2016, we set a new 2020 goal to reduce total waste generated by our plants.

Sisters Food Group, one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, has started up a potato - powered energy plant as a first step in a new sustainability plan which aims to generate 35,000 tonnes of carbon savings a year and slash the group's carbon footprint by 20 % by 2018.

«Over a decade ago, building new plants in New York City was easier because Con Edison was in the business of both generating and distributing power, and could build new plants whenever they were needed, said Ashok Gupta, director of energy policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council.&raqnew plants in New York City was easier because Con Edison was in the business of both generating and distributing power, and could build new plants whenever they were needed, said Ashok Gupta, director of energy policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council.&raqNew York City was easier because Con Edison was in the business of both generating and distributing power, and could build new plants whenever they were needed, said Ashok Gupta, director of energy policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council.&raqnew plants whenever they were needed, said Ashok Gupta, director of energy policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council.»

* «We will direct the establishment of new generation plants when it is determined by the PSC that an energy company is not developing a generating site due to private economic interests.»

In 2017, for instance, according to the US Energy Information Administration, the levelised cost of electricity, which is a key comparator of generating effectiveness, is likely to average $ 96 / MWh for new wind plant as opposed to $ 97.4 / MWh for conventional coal.

These include: • One of the most technically advanced and cleanest smelters in the world which captures 99.9 per cent of sulphur emissions and generates two thirds of the plant's electrical power • A US$ 10m combined heat and power system that will reduce emissions by 90 per cent compared with separate heat and power systems • A vehicle idling reduction programme that now covers 360 vehicles and has resulted in the avoidance of more than two million gallons of fuel and emissions • New, more efficient trucks with fewer emissions

Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York allege that Percoco took bribes from CPV officials for help in seeking a price guarantee for the 680 megawatts of power the plant is expected to generate.

Thanks to our nuclear power plants, greenhouse gas emissions from New York's electric generating plants are just one fourth (per capita) of what is produced on average across the U. S.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has made it clear he wants the plant to close, although he also is seeking an alternative for the over 2,000 megawatts of power it generates, without which New York City would be in a serious bind.

As I travel around I see new transmission lines and generating plants coming up.

Supporters maintain the new plant would make Long Island's energy supply more reliable for ratepayers, while also creating hundreds of jobs, and generating significant tax revenue for local schools, police and fire districts, and other community services.

NRG owns five other power plants in New York besides Dunkirk, including the 1,628 - megawatt Oswego generating station, which seldom runs.

During nearly two hours of testimony in Oswego City Hall Tuesday, community leaders and Nine Mile Point Nuclear Plant employees begged staff from New York's Public Service Commission to support the proposed «clean energy standard» under Gov. Andrew Cuomo's goal to generate half of the state's energy from renewable sources, like wind and solar, by 2030.

After last year's announcement that Indian Point, which provides 25 percent of New York City and Westchester's electrical power, will start to close in 2020 and close entirely in 2021, Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised that «the state is fully prepared to replace the power generated by the plant at a negligible cost to ratepayers.»

According to the New York Times, the plant's two reactors generate about one - fourth of the electricity consumed in the city and in Westchester County.

The central zone of the state power grid has enough power plants to generate more than 6,500 megawatts, of which FitzPatrick's 850 megawatts represents 13 percent, according to data from the New York Independent System Operator.

The plant generates 25 percent of the power used by New York City, but opponents say there are serious safety concerns associated with Indian Point and its 40 - year - old technology.

As an arbuscule is formed, new plant and fungal membrane must be generated, like the bark on the extending branches of a growing tree.

The exciting implication is that next - generation wastewater treatment plants could use new technologies, including microbe - powered fuel cells, to capture enough methane, hydrogen, and other fuels from wastewater to generate all the energy they need, and then some.

THE world added more solar capacity in 2017 than all new coal, gas and nuclear electricity - generating plants combined.

A new technology might be able to strip the CO2 from power plant emissions, and generate more electricity at the same time

There is also little incentive for companies to try to license and develop new low - level waste sites, because nuclear plants, which generate most of that waste, have managed to dramatically reduce their volume and store more on site, according to Todd Lovinger, executive director of the Low - Level Radioactive Waste Forum, a nonprofit that is helping state compacts comply with the low - level waste law.

The analysis by Yang and Jackson finds that if the gas produced by the new plants is used to generate electricity, the total lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions would be 36 percent to 82 percent higher than pulverized coal - fired power.

By reducing the amount of energy used, efficiency improvements also reduce the amount of energy that must be generated and, therefore, the need for new power plants.

The world added more solar capacity in 2017 than all new coal, gas and nuclear electricity - generating plants combined.

The Qinshan addition is one of 20 new nuclear power plants undergoing construction or approved for construction in China today, part of a bid to increase the nuclear share of China's electricity - generating capacity from less than 2 percent to 5 percent.

The «well - to - wire» research showed new natural - gas power plants are responsible for less than half as much greenhouse gas per kilowatt hour of electricity generated as existing coal power plants.

The first «turnkey» plant, Oyster Creek nuclear generating station in New Jersey was sold for less than $ 100 million in 1964 — a price well below what it would ultimately cost to build the reactor.

Davis — Besse is running again, generating 7.7 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity in 2007, with a new reactor head scavenged from an uncompleted nuclear power plant in Michigan.

Plant pathogens are continually evolving, but in the future, the research team hope to be able to generate novel proteins with specifically integrated domains that give resistance to pathogens, particularly new threats to our crops.

One of those gambles involves DOE's award of a $ 535 million loan guarantee to Solyndra Inc. in 2009 to help finance construction of a new plant in Fremont, Calif., to produce the company's cylindrical solar modules that employ thin - film chemical layers to generate electricity.

Comparing these nine new rice genome sequences to four previously available wild rice genomes, the team has generated a telling new view into the plant's 15 - million - year evolutionary history.

In contrast to the original plant compound, the new substance can no longer be cleaved by the plant enzyme to generate the toxin.

The amount of electricity generated from natural gas in the U.S. is expected to surpass power generated from coal for the first time in 2016, and no new coal - fired power plants are on the drawing board in the U.S.

The researchers say that the first of the two NJDEP's petitions shows that the 30,465 tons of sulfur dioxide emitted by the plant in 2009 was more than double the sulfur dioxide emissions from all power - generating facilities in New Jersey combined.

And scientists continue to develop new ways to modernize power plants, generate cleaner electricity, and burn less gasoline while we drive.