Sentences with phrase «nuclear generation fleet»
Prior to the Fukushima disaster that followed the 2011 tsunami, Japan shuttered its nuclear generation fleet, leading in part to the 2012 introduction of the feed - in tariff policy for solar, the primary beneficiary of which to date has been the utility - scale solar (known as «megasolar» in Japan) sector.
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Both Illinois and New York have passed legislation to protect their nuclear generation fleet, and in each case ratepayers will face higher ancillary costs.
Not exact matches
Exelon, headquartered in Chicago, is a $ 31 billion energy services and wholesale power firm with one of the nation's largest nuclear fleets, as well as extensive holdings in natural gas, wind and hydropower generation assets.
A new fleet of power plants fired by natural gas may have better fit the jagged generation gap left by the nuclear phaseout, given gas power's reduced carbon emissions and flexibility to balance feed - in variations.
But our current fleet of power generation can't readily be used for peaking power plants, Nuclear 28 % and coal 60 %.
Whether mostly nuclear or most renewables are likely to reduce the average emissions intensity of the electricity generation fleet fastest.
City regulators denied the merger in August, saying Exelon's generation mix — including a fleet of aging nuclear plants it is struggling to keep afloat — did not appear in line with Washington's goal to add more renewable and distributed energy.
Instead, OPG's mandate has been to maintain its fossil fuel, nuclear and hydroelectric fleet of generation, and pursue new large hydroelectric projects.
This effectively doubles the cost of supplying electricity since two generating and even transmission fleets must be built and maintained rather than only one — fossil fuel and nuclear generation — except where abundant hydro capacity is available.
You and your fellow teutonic climate vandals want them to shut down their nuclear fleet while at the same time you point out they lack reliable generation capacity in winter.