Sentences with phrase «nuclear energy capacity»

Apparently, he is advocating that the UK quadruple its nuclear energy capacity, as a stopgap between fossil fuels and the eventual dominance of renewables.

As one of the major pillars of the SEP, the country is also expanding its nuclear energy capacity in order to strengthen energy independence and security of supply.

The agreement to help India further develop its nuclear energy capacity is part of a larger U.S. - India Energy Dialogue that also includes an Oil and Gas Working Group that «will endeavor to strengthen mutual energy security and promote stable energy markets.»

Not exact matches

«I am quite sure that nuclear power generation will at least maintain its footprint,» he said, suggesting the nuclear industry will continue to increase capacity and remain part of a wider energy mix worldwide.

Looking ahead to 2040, China is forecast to capture more than 40 percent of the world EV market, according to a recent report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), as well as nearly 30 percent of total new wind, solar and nuclear capacity additions.

He stressed the need for developed countries to help India increase its nuclear energy production capacity by making nuclear fuels readily available.

It will also expand use of natural gas and clean energy sources such as hydro, wind, geothermal and nuclear energy (specific targets include: 200 GW of installed wind capacity and 100 GW of installed solar capacity by 2020).

LNG will play its part in this dynamic, offering a cleaner energy solution to the coal Japan is burning to replace its broken nuclear capacity and China is using to fuel its rapid acceleration through a phase of industrialization.

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He points to a letter that Cuomo to former chair Audrey Zibelman, in her capacity as CEO of the Department of Public Service, directing her to open a proceeding on getting the state to 50 percent renewable energy by 2030 and providing the nuclear subsidies.

He entreated them to explore ways to harness a variety of energy resources and biofuels including nuclear energy to achieve a sustainable energy capacity for the nation.

«When governments start shedding nuclear generation capacity, we are going to need other energy sources to fill the gap.»

Additional energy capacity will come from two new reactors at Plant Vogtle, a nuclear power plant in eastern Georgia, near the South Carolina border, that Georgia Power owns jointly with Oglethorpe Power Corp., the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia and Dalton Utilities.

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

Closing the older nuclear plants is not an option for many EU countries, which are facing an energy capacity crunch as other types of plant are being closed or mothballed because they can't cover their operating costs, or to meet stricter environmental regulation.

Ramesh feels that «there has been huge drop in public confidence in nuclear energy,» and as a consequence setting up large nuclear energy parks of 10,000 MW capacity, as has been planned, needs a «relook.»

December 8, 2017 India's steel industry, like America's, is dominated by electric - based processes November 20, 2017 Link between growth in economic activity and electricity use is changing around the world November 16, 2017 Growth in global energy - related carbon dioxide emissions expected to slow November 8, 2017 EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries October 25, 2017 China leads the growth in projected global natural gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use by 2040

The USC team recently visited the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to study salt - inclusion materials (SIMs) that contain internal silicate channels with the capacity to safely immobilize nuclear waste.

RE # 27, Paul — to repeat, it still seems to be that if you have $ 4 billion to spend on non-CO2 producing energy sources, the better investment would be to build 40 solar - cell manufacturing facilities at $ 100 million apiece; for example see Honda Solar Factory; this would result in some 1,100 megawatts of solar cell capacity being produced per year, in comparison to a single nuclear power plant (typical power level: 600-1200 MW) being built.

During the Clinton administration, Dr. Holdren served as a member of PCAST through both terms and in that capacity chaired studies requested by President Clinton on preventing theft of nuclear materials, disposition of surplus weapon plutonium, the prospects of fusion energy, U.S. energy R&D strategy, and international cooperation on energy - technology innovation.

Concerns about rising fossil fuel prices, energy security, and greenhouse gas emissions support the development of new nuclear generating capacity.

Some new analysis done by Synapse Energy Economics, at the request of NRDC and Riverkeeper, shows that the state of New York could close the aging Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, without needing to bring additional electrical generating capacity online until 2020, due a surplus of power capacity in the regions surrounding the plant.

[D] espite additions of substantial wind, solar, and nuclear capacity, when properly adjusted for capacity factor (the amount of annual energy produced per unit of capacity) to reflect production capability, the amount of new coal energy added to the China grid last year exceeded new solar energy by 17 times, new wind energy by more than 4 times, and even new hydro by more than 3 times.

«Securing a Positive Climate Legacy Main How Japan replaced half its nuclear capacity through energy efficiency»

Between 2000 and 2010 — under a looming urgency to secure energy supplies posed by the Schröder nuclear phaseout — the share of renewables in Germany's power profile soared from 6.4 % (37 TWh) to 17 % (103 TWh), and installed nameplate capacities surged by almost 500 %, from 12 GW to 56 GW.

Cheap natural gas, stagnant power demand, and power prices that have fallen significantly since 2008 have jeopardized the economics of about two - thirds of the nation's 100 - GW nuclear capacity, according to a working paper from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research.

Nuclear power is projected to grow significantly, as many nations expand nuclear capacity to address rising electricity needs as well as energy security and environmental Nuclear power is projected to grow significantly, as many nations expand nuclear capacity to address rising electricity needs as well as energy security and environmental nuclear capacity to address rising electricity needs as well as energy security and environmental issues.

Available at: http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/ftproot/forecasting/0484%282007%29.pdf; See also United States, Energy Information Industry, «U.S. Nuclear Generation of Electricity,» 2009 Capacity and Generation, Accessed December 9, 2010.

Consequently, our proposed CES would include a percentage of natural gas when replacing existing coal capacity, 25 coal with carbon capture and sequestration, waste - to - energy, biomass, energy efficiency and nuclear power.

Author's calculation from United States, Energy Information Industry, Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting, «World Installed Nuclear Generating Capacity by Region and Country, 2004 - 2030,» International Energy Outlook 2007, May 2007, Table H5, Accessed December 14, 2010.

Between 2004 and 2009, wind energy capacity in the United States grew by 423 %, while solar energy capacity expanded by 150 %.30 Yet over the same time frame, nuclear energy managed to increase by only 1 percent.31 By 2020, wind energy will grow by another 82 %, while nuclear power is only on track to expand by 10 %.32 A clean energy standard would help lift the dormant U.S. nuclear industry off the mat while also ensuring that the market for traditional renewables, like wind and solar, continues to grow through aggressive state mandates.

An upcoming series of Today in Energy articles will examine trends in generating capacity additions by fuel type, for coal, hydro, nuclear, natural gas, petroleum, and wind.

Steckler wrote in his report that those sites have total generation capacity of 32.5 MW, which is nearly a third of the nation's total nuclear nameplate generation capacity of just above 100 MW, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

As we covered previously, working with China, Saudi Arabia will spend more than $ 100 billion to build 16 nuclear energy plants within the next few years, as part of ramping up its electric capacity.

The share of nuclear power, the other non-fossil energy source, remained constant at about 6 %, for many years, with nuclear capacity increasing in line with increasing global energy consumption.

«In a record - breaking year for renewable energy creation worldwide, the 98 gigawatts of new solar capacity was higher than all other technologies, including other renewables, nuclear and fossil fuels.»

Out of its total 13,041 MW of electric generating capacity in 2005 (1.22 % of the U.S. total), DTE Energy produces 61.3 % from coal, 16.4 % from natural gas, 11.7 % from oil, 9.3 % from nuclear, and 0.2 % from biomass.

What's strange about the fall of nuclear energy, especially older plants, is that it's losing primarily to natural gas in capacity bids and in new construction.

Investment in renewable generation capacity will therefore largely be in addition to, rather than replacement for, the massive investment in fossil fuel and nuclear plant required...» — UK House of Lords, «The Economics of Renewable Energy,» Nov. 25, 2008

[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.&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.&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.&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.»

Dr Schiffer argued that nuclear energy is a viable means in diversifying existing generating capacities, while limiting the growth of carbon emissions and securing power supply.

The Quad Cities Generating Station and Three Mile Island nuclear plants it owns failed to clear the PJM capacity auctions for 2019/2020 — meaning plants with lower energy costs won the auction — and it's unclear how the plants can survive beyond 2019.

In the absence of nuclear power, maintaining sufficient electricity capacity will require strong policies to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy.

For example, nighttime energy demand is much lower than during the day, and yet we waste a great deal of energy from coal and nuclear power plants, which are difficult to power up quickly, and are thus left running at high capacity even when demand is low.

This guidance document presents projections of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the world's nuclear power generating capacity.

wants to change how it sets energy and capacity prices in ways that could bolster uneconomic coal and nuclear plants.

Since 2012, as the traditional leaders in nuclear energy production have remained stagnant or backed off of their reliance on nuclear in the wake of Fukushima, China has added 11 new reactors and over 11 gigawatts of nuclear generating capacity.

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Electricity generation from nuclear power worldwide increases from 2.6 trillion kilowatthours in 2010 to 5.5 trillion kilowatthours in 2040, as concerns about energy security and greenhouse gas emissions support the development of new nuclear generating capacity.

Critics argue, for example, that a wind turbine farm can only operate at a «capacity factor» (a ratio that measures the potential output of an energy source against its actual output) of 30 to 35 percent, while a nuclear reactor operates at around 90 percent.