Sentences with phrase «of coal generation»

However, the level of coal generation experienced in March 2016 was 30 to 50 percent lower than has been typical for March.

WEC says it expects to retire more than 1,800 MW of coal generation by 2020, including the Pulliam, Edgewater 4, Presque Isle and Pleasant Prairie plants.

On June 9, 2011, AEP announced that, based on impending EPA regulations as proposed, AEP's compliance plan would retire nearly 6,000 megawatts (MW) of coal - fueled power generation; upgrade or install new advanced emissions reduction equipment on another 10,100 MW; refuel 1,070 MW of coal generation as 932 MW of natural gas capacity; and build 1,220 MW of natural gas - fueled generation.

The chamber argues that the costs for companies to comply with the new regulations, along with higher energy prices and lost jobs, will reduce productivity, particularly in the southern Atlantic states, because of the «need to replace large portions of coal generation.»

Paul Loeffelman, director of Corporate External Affairs for utility giant American Electric Power, states that the EPA's regulations will force more than 50 gigawatts of coal generation — about 300 power plants — to be retired by 2016.

First, to replace 1 kW of coal generation, almost 3 kW of wind generation will be needed, because wind turbines run at 30 % output on average as compared with about 88 % for a new coal plant.

The share of coal generation, while still the dominant source of electricity generation in Ohio, fell for six consecutive years between 2005 and 2011, dropping from 89 % to 81 % of total statewide electric generation.

Growth in Ohio's natural gas generation, much like recent generation trends in Pennsylvania, has come partly at the expense of coal generation.

Total NOX emissions may or may not increase, dependent on the utilization of coal generation in the region.

Wynn noted that the regulations could further undermine and in many cases «shatter the fragile economics» of coal generation across the EU, which have already been weakened by natural gas and renewables.

A 0.01 - 0.05 RMB / kWh carbon tax adds 0.0015 - 0.006 c / kWh to the cost of coal generation, which simply does not change decisionmaking.

For example, if an interconnect has 100 MWh of renewables added to it, and the interconnect is made up of 75 percent coal generation and 25 percent NGCC generation, then 75 MWh of coal generation will be displaced along with 25 MWh of NGCC generation.

EPA projects co-ops will have to shutter at least 21 % of their coal generation fleet by 2025, but the NERC report found replacement generation and transmission will be complete no sooner than 2031, she explained.

Chile joined the ranks of nearly two dozen countries that have announced a phaseout or a moratorium of coal generation, pledging not to continue building coal - fired power plants unless they are equipped with

Lower natural gas prices resulted in reduced levels of coal generation, and increased natural gas generation — a less carbon - intensive fuel for power generation, which shifted power generation from the most carbon - intensive fossil fuel (coal) to the least carbon - intensive fossil fuel (natural gas).

While before 2015 it was uncommon for natural gas generation to approach equivalent levels of coal generation, in March 2016 nearly 1.5 times as much electricity was produced from natural gas - fired generators as coal - fired generators.

While fuel cells still have some substantive CO2 emissions, they are only 45 % that of coal generation and 47 % the amount emitted from the production of energy using fossil fuels.