Sentences with phrase «of coal plant closures»

The rule is designed to speed up the retirement of the nation's fleet of coal - fired power plants — the most carbon - intensive way of creating electricity — and could more than double the rate of coal plant closures by 2040.

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.

Not exact matches

Closures of a significant number of coal - fired power plants (for which compliance is too costly) will undermine reliability of the electrical grid and increase the risk of brownouts and blackouts.

ALBANY — Two of the state's four remaining coal plants, struggling financially and facing closure, have drawn interest from an outside investor.

The glut of cheap gas and tightening regulations on air pollutants have prompted the planned closure of 175 coal - fired power plants by 2016, representing 8.5 percent of all coal - fueled electricity capacity in the country.

He also urged the closure of the Reid Gardner coal - fired power plant north of Las Vegas and endorsed solar power as an alternative.

Other major TVA facilities that have announced plans in recent years to shut down include the Colbert Fossil Plant, also in Alabama, and the Paradise Fossil Plant in Kentucky, where two of three coal units were slated for closure while a third unit was to be converted to burn natural gas (ClimateWire, Nov. 15, 2013).

The policy document also set new targets for the closure of coal - fired heating systems as well as the installation of equipment to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions at power stations, steel mills and cement plants.

In a sign of things that might have been, Chinese children born after the closure of a local coal plant have found themselves with 60 % less development problems such as motor skill coordination than those born prior to the closing.

[ii] The political agenda in the province made it impossible to consider other options, resulting in the closure of the last coal - fired power plant in 2014 and making new coal plants illegal despite the knowledge that those plants contributed minimally to emissions of criteria pollutants in the province.

The most significant closures were the Lambton and Nanticoke coal plants, which represented 25 percent of Ontario's supply of electricity.

Lignite of the Living Dead notes that utilities may keep coal plants running at a loss for many reasons, including: hopes that governments will make capacity payments for guaranteed power supply or payments to retire plants; expectations that competitors will close plants, pushing power prices up; the clean - up costs associated with retiring plants; and opposition to closures from governments for political reasons.

In October 2010, Ohio Power Co. filed an application with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for the approval of a December 2010 closure of the coal - fired Philip Sporn Power Plant unit 5, Ohio Power parent American Electric Power said in a Nov. 1 Form 10 - Q filing.

«But worldwide we've built more coal - burning power plants in the past decade than in any previous decade, and closures of old plants aren't keeping pace with this expansion.

Germany is home to the largest number of unprofitable coal plants, with potential losses avoided by early closure totalling $ 12 billion.

There was some bad news for Drax recently as the UK government decided that biomass subsidies would not keep climbing as the «carbon price floor» — levied on fossil fuel production (and due to rise further)-- on electricity consumption has caused a backlash from manufacturers, consumer groups and energy suppliers who are concerned that the «tax will push up prices, make the UK uncompetitive and force the premature closure of coal - fired power plants, increasing the risk of blackouts.»

The Institute for Energy Research, for example, regularly blames the United States Environmental Protection Agency for hastening the closure of dozens of coal - fired plants.

In December, however, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) suggested in its 2017 Long - Term Reliability Assessment that power generation from natural gas — fired units and renewable sources such as solar and wind will provide enough electricity to offset closures of coal and nuclear plants over the next decade, at least.

As utilities plan for the closure of large, dispatchable baseload coal and nuclear plants, Michigan's system will be forced to rely on a smaller suite of energy options — specifically natural gas, renewables, and conservation measures.

There is no worry about that now, Ott said, even with the announced closure of several coal and nuclear plants, including two FirstEnergy plants in Ohio and another in Pennsylvania.

The hole left by the failure of contracts - for - closure should be replaced with a new policy to close coal - fired power plants and replace them with renewable energy.

In Mt. Pleasant, Texas, residents can breathe easier with the closure this month of the Monticello coal power plant.

«Europe Beyond Coal groups have been working tirelessly to secure closures of damaging coal plants, and these German plant retirements show that we are making welcome progress in Europe towards healthy, modern energy systems,» said Kathrin Gutmann, Campaign Director at Europe Beyond CCoal groups have been working tirelessly to secure closures of damaging coal plants, and these German plant retirements show that we are making welcome progress in Europe towards healthy, modern energy systems,» said Kathrin Gutmann, Campaign Director at Europe Beyond Ccoal plants, and these German plant retirements show that we are making welcome progress in Europe towards healthy, modern energy systems,» said Kathrin Gutmann, Campaign Director at Europe Beyond CoalCoal.

In a new report from Moody's, and reported on by SNL, the ratings agency predicts that cheap natural gas could lead to another massive wave of coal - fired power plant closures over the next year and a half.

Europe Beyond Coal is an alliance of civil society groups working to catalyse the closures of coal mines and power plants, prevent the building of any new coal projects and hasten the just transition to clean, renewable energy and energy efficieCoal is an alliance of civil society groups working to catalyse the closures of coal mines and power plants, prevent the building of any new coal projects and hasten the just transition to clean, renewable energy and energy efficiecoal mines and power plants, prevent the building of any new coal projects and hasten the just transition to clean, renewable energy and energy efficiecoal projects and hasten the just transition to clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency.

is an alliance of civil society groups working to catalyse the closures of coal mines and power plants, prevent the building of any new coal projects and hasten the just transition to clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency.

5 Aug: Australian: Sid Maher: Land for carbon reforestation to take big cut But if the carbon price started at $ 47 a tonne, under a more ambitious scenario, the report estimates more than 60 million tonnes of carbon could be shed through plantation forests and carbon plantings by 2021... The modelling was released as Resources Minister Martin Ferguson named three leading corporate advisory firms to help the Gillard government negotiate a billion - dollar closure of a brown - coal electricity generator as it seeks to cut carbon emissions.

In the UK alone coal's share of generation fell to just 9 % in 2016 (a historic low), due to the closure of three plants last year mainly caused by the introduction of a carbon price floor.

The announced closure in early March of the Navajo coal plant, the largest in the US West, by 2019, demonstrates that coal - fired generation will still struggle going forward.

I decided to become more vocal about my climate skepticism after an Excel letter came to my house informing me of a a rate increase due to the closure of coal plants.

The closure of Belgium's Langerlo plant comes hot - on - the - heels of Scotland closing Britain's largest coal - fired power station, Longannet, signalling the end of an era for Scottish coal.

That would bring total closures of coal and gas plants over the coming four years to 49GW (around a third of total thermal capacity)-- which just happens to match the amount of wind and solar capacity that UBS anticipates will be added over the same period.

These moves come on the back of China's previous cancellation and closure of 103 coal - fired plants coordinate with three consecutive years of falling coal consumption from 2014 through 2016.

Biomass, wind and other clean sources produced a quarter of UK electricity last year, government figures show, as plant closures reduced coal's share to 22 %

It said these countries should immediately promise to stop building new coal plants and to accelerate the closure of old power stations.

Power plant closures reduced coal's share from 30 % to 22 % of the mix.

However, they do not make up for the number of coal plants that have been shut done or are scheduled for closure.

«Gas is contributing to the closure of these [coal - fired] plants,» Dominion Resources chief executive Thomas F. Farrell II told the Washington Post.

Campaigners are converging on Washington to press for the closure of «Congress's own coal fired power plant», marking a political turning point for the future of the fossil fuel

Americans must understand that the closure of 411 coal - fired power plants, over 100,000 megawatts, by the Obama Administration jeopardizes the reliability of our electric power grid and the low cost of electricity.

«It was done to encourage renewable energies when we were aiming for the closure of coal plants.»

While the EPA has provided for emissions trading programs, there will be a lot of closures of older coal plants.

This week, the Central Java Coal Power Project added to its list of failures, as continued refusal by villagers to sell their land for the proposed coal plant has forced the Indonesian government to yet again extend the deadline for financial closure of the projCoal Power Project added to its list of failures, as continued refusal by villagers to sell their land for the proposed coal plant has forced the Indonesian government to yet again extend the deadline for financial closure of the projcoal plant has forced the Indonesian government to yet again extend the deadline for financial closure of the project.

On June 28, 2010 the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality laid out three alternative options for shutting down its Boardman coal - fired power plant, all of which involved an earlier closure date or significantly more expensive pollution controls.

Three states — Ohio, Georgia and Kentucky — saw the bulk of U.S. coal plant closures in 2015.

Today's budget release disrupts those commitments — instead funneling millions of dollars in tax breaks to Transalta to prevent the closure of this plant, converting it to burn fossil gas instead of coal.

Coal - fired power plants, which have seen a record number of closures, are producing much less electricity.

Nationwide, more than 230 coal - fired plants have been closed or are slated for closure — or 44 percent of the 523 U.S. coal plants that were in operation just six years ago, by the environmental group Sierra Club's count.

Of course, any change in the electricity generation mix will result in job losses in some areas, such as the closure of existing coal plants, and gains in other areas, such as new renewable energy resources and energy efficiencOf course, any change in the electricity generation mix will result in job losses in some areas, such as the closure of existing coal plants, and gains in other areas, such as new renewable energy resources and energy efficiencof existing coal plants, and gains in other areas, such as new renewable energy resources and energy efficiency.

In October 2010 stated that the company was seeking to eliminate its «safety net» option of 2040 as a potential closure date for the Boardman coal plant.