Bottom line: an average of 190 GW of
non-fossil fuel electricity generators would need to be built each year, worldwide, throught to 2060, under an assumed 10,000 GW world generating capacity.
Yet even if there is some short - term benefit from substituting natural gas for coal combustion, there is no ethical basis for doing this without simultaneously aggressively ramping up
non-fossil fuel electricity combustion.
Total
non-fossil fuel electricity generation with (solid red line) and without the drought (dashed red line).
Not exact matches
The 2008 platform insisted that «alternate power sources must enter the mainstream,» and called for tax and other policies to speed the development of
non-fossil fuels and
electricity sources.
It will focus on catalyst development for four applications: proton exchange membrane
fuel cells to convert stored energy in
non-fossil fuels into
electricity; electrolysers for splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen — a potential clean
fuel cell source; syngas, a mixture of CO and H2, which is generated from coal, gas and biomass, and widely used as a key intermediate in the chemical industry; and lithium - air batteries.
Although technology makes it possible for us to have comfortable lives using
electricity from
non-fossil fuel sources, we are also learning to adapt to the new seasons and live with our changing climate.
Midwestern energy companies and entrepreneurs can be almost certain that more
electricity will be coming from
non-fossil fuel sources and that more money will be put into developing carbon sequestration systems.
From 2005 to 2016, fossil -
fuel electricity generation declined by about 9 %, while
non-fossil (non-carbon)
electricity generation rose by 25 %.