Not exact matches
A National Grid spokesman said the record low was a sign
of things to come, with
coal - free days becoming increasingly common as the polluting fuel is
phased out.
Britain's last
coal power station will be forced to close in 2025, as part
of a government plan to
phase out the fossil fuel to meet its climate change commitments.
Likewise Ontario, already committed to
phase out
coal power by 2014, cancelled a project to build a gas - fired power plant in Oakville last year in the face
of fierce local opposition.
Macron has also said he wants to
phase out France's use
of coal power in five years and reduce its reliance on nuclear power to 50 % by 2025.
Europe saw a record 10 gigawatts
of coal plant closures in 2016, and countries including Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, and Portugal are working toward aggressive
coal retirement schedules or, in the case
of the UK, complete
phase - out plans.
The package includes a plan to
phase out
coal - fired electricity generation by 2030, a commitment to generate 30 per cent
of Alberta's electricity from renewable sources by 2030, new financing for energy efficiency, and an economy - wide price on carbon pollution.
The Canadian Labour Congress and the Climate Action Network
of Canada co-hosted a discussion event on Thursday night that focused on job creation and facilitating a transition for the
coal, oil and gas sectors — all
of which will gradually be
phased out as the world moves to a clean energy economy.
«We see a Chinese economy gradually shifting from construction to consumption, and so, we will transition,» said Mackenzie adding that «We imagine we will continue to creep our exports
of steelmaking materials like metallurgical
coal and iron ore, but we're much more likely to make major investments in what we feel are the next
phase of China's growth in energy and in food.»
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.
The Alberta government received the final report from the independent panel led by University
of Alberta economics professor Andrew Leach and announced its plans to
phase out
coal burning electricity plants,
phase in a price on carbon, introduce a limit on overall emissions from the oil sands and introduce an energy efficiency strategy.
Part
of that plan involves
phasing out traditional
coal power by 2030.
We can expect NDP cabinet ministers to boast about achieving the approval
of the Kinder Morgan Trans - Mountain Pipeline expansion and Environment & Parks Minister Shannon Phillips to release further details
of the plan to address Climate Change, including government support for communities impacted by the
phase out
of dirty
coal - fired power plants.
A 2013 NRG Research Group poll found that 68 percent
of Albertans want
coal plants
phased out or shut down and replaced with natural gas and renewable energy, the report said.
The most striking beneficiary from the
phasing out
of nuclear power in Germany is the
coal (and especially lignite) industry.
«Reducing carbon pollution from electric power plants is a good start, but the goal must be
phasing out
coal, oil, and natural gas as our energy sources,» said Howie Hawkins, Green candidate for Governor
of New York (http://www.howiehawkins.org).
Phasing out
coal is one
of the first steps the Cuomo administration must make if it hopes to meet its goal
of drastically reducing air emissions by about 40 percent in the next decade, said Lisa Dix, senior New York representative for Sierra Club.
The administration will seek to
phase out the two
coal plants that will be remaining at the end
of this year, by converting them to natural gas or shutting them down entirely.
Environmental groups are concerned the new operators want to keep burning
coal, when New York is so close to
phasing out all
of its
coal plants.
Speeches came from a variety
of speakers, including a science broadcaster and writer, a Pakistani - born Canadian Muslim who works in STEM, a Pakistani - born professor who studies cell biology and anatomy; and, an emergency room physician who helped start the process to
phase out
coal - fueled power plants by 2030 in Alberta.
The new Minnkota transmission line seeks to
phase out all
of Minnesota's dependence on the
coal - fired Young 2 plant by 2024.
The study by Miller and her colleagues is believed to be the first head - to - head comparison
of coal and shale gas from the resource extraction
phase through electricity generation.
That's important because climate scientists say that
phasing out carbon emissions from
coal is a crucial step toward avoiding the worst effects
of coal.
Global energy - related emissions could peak by 2020 if energy efficiency is improved; the construction
of inefficient
coal plants is banned; investment in renewables is increased to $ 400 billion in 2030 from $ 270 billion in 2014; methane emissions are cut in oil and gas production and fossil fuel subsidies are
phased out by 2030.
But they believe that the UK «is bucking these positive trends» and they call on the government to
phase out unabated use
of coal by 2023 to «improve air quality, protect the health
of our population, and reclaim the UK's leadership position in tackling climate change.»
Last week, the G7 leaders pledged to eliminate «inefficient fossil fuel subsidies» but talks on
phasing out a form
of coal subsidy ended in stalemate.
To support its research into the recovery
of REEs from
coal and
coal byproducts, the U.S. Department
of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) in December 2015 awarded the Birmingham - based organization $ 1 million in
Phase 1 funding for the project.
The bulk
of Winning Our Energy Independence is devoted is describing how solar technologies — sun, wind, and biomass — and garbage are abundant and can provide virtually all
of our energy as
coal and nuclear plants and gasoline - fueled transportation are
phased out.
Alberta is
phasing out all pollution from
coal - fired electricity generation (6,300 MW) by 2030 and renewable energy — mostly wind — will replace two thirds
of it with renewable energy; expected to drive development
of at least 4,000 MW
of new wind energy capacity.
The World Energy Outlook 2016, released last week, is just one among an increasing line
of studies showing how nations need to slow and, ultimately,
phase out investment in new fossil fuel supply infrastructure — from oil fields and pipelines to
coal mines — if they are serious about keeping warming to 2C or less.
The authors call for a rapid
phase - out
of coal as part
of an «early and decisive» policy package.
The Oregon legislature has adopted a first - in - the - nation plan to
phase out electricity from
coal, a major source
of climate - changing greenhouse gases.
Discovery and ramifications
of incidental Magnéli
phase generation and release from industrial
coal - burning by Yi Yang, Bo Chen, James Hower, Michael Schindler, Christopher Winkler, Jessica Brandt, Richard Di Giulio, Jianping Ge, Min Liu, Yuhao Fu, Lijun Zhang, Yuru Chen, Shashank Priya, & Michael F. Hochella Jr..
Hope the Communist Party in China will use its strict totalitarian control to mandate that all factories stop polluting, as well as mandating that
coal and gasoline for power needs
of homes, factories and cars and trucks and buses be
phased out ASAP.
I think that in a sustainable energy economy
of the future, most electricity will be generated, stored and used locally, and large centralized generating stations (which by then will be predominantly wind turbine farms and concentrating solar thermal power plants,
coal and nuclear having been
phased out) will play a much smaller role.
It may be abundant, but if we want to prevent catastrophic global warming we need to do more than just make sure minimal pollution controls are in place, we need to
phase out the burning
of coal.
As (NASA's Jim) Hansen said, so you can't distort his quote: «
Phase out
of emissions from
coal is itself an enormous challenge.
Long life
of c02 going to have additional c02...
phase out
coal by 2030 because
of finite volume
of gas we could get back to 350ppm.
Geophysics reveals the requirements:
phase out
coal, leave tar sands in the ground, do not pursue the last drops
of oil.
-- The government reaffirmed its commitment to domestic climate goals — It promised # 730m
of annual support for renewable electricity generation over the course
of this parliament — It appears the government is still committed to
phasing out all remaining
coal plants by 2025 at the latest
First, and this is 80 %
of the solution,
coal use must be
phased out except where the CO2 is captured and sequestered.
But we can see quite clearly that
phasing out existing
coal in favor
of new natural gas is a clear winner.
«Our asset - level model outlines a
phase - out
of coal - fired power consistent with the Paris Agreement.
It compared
coal owners» business as usual plans and member state
phase - out policies with the International Energy Agency's Beyond 2 °C Scenario (IEA B2DS), which
phases out all
coal power in the EU by 2030 and gives a 50 % chance
of limiting global warming to 1.75 °C.
The United Kingdom is scaling up its use
of low - carbon energy sources as it plans to
phase out
coal - fired power plants altogether by 2025.
To make this a just transition towards a cleaner, healthier and more prosperous economy for all, Alberta has also created a
Coal Community Transition Fund, to support municipalities and First Nations impacted by the phase - out of coal in the provi
Coal Community Transition Fund, to support municipalities and First Nations impacted by the
phase - out
of coal in the provi
coal in the province.
One Oregon proposal is pushing for a
coal phase - out by 2030, while competing ballot initiatives in Washington State are asking voters to agree to different forms
of carbon taxation.
It means, for example,
phasing out all
coal - fired power plants by 2020 while greatly reducing the use
of oil.
Some
of the policies examined include the B.C. carbon tax, Ontario's Green Energy and Economy Act and
phase - out
of coal - fired power, Quebec's and Nova Scotia's regulatory cap on emissions, public transit strategies in Ontario, and federal fuel - efficiency standards for cars.
«For example, adopting best - in - Canada policies on renewable energy, staged
phase - out
of coal power and pricing carbon pollution in Saskatchewan and Alberta would be three times more effective in reducing carbon pollution than current policies.
To achieve these reductions they propose
phasing out
coal - fired power stations by 2030 and scaling down the use
of unconventional fossil fuels like tar sands.