Sentences with phrase «of combined cycle gas»

The comparative capital cost study of a combined cycle gas unit versus a wind farm with gas turbine back - up power also reveals that the wind farm / gas turbine installed KW cost is more than twice the cost of the combined cycle plant.

For wind, Sands said, «I looked at the full cost of a combined cycle gas plant as compared to the levelized cost of wind.»

The cities of Encinitas, Del Mar and Solana Beach weren't singing songs of joy about the proposed re-deployment of combined cycle gas - fired power plants to replace the 2,200 megawatts of power lost from the shutdown of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).

Not exact matches

A new combined - cycle natural gas power generator would generally expect to have an emissions intensity of less than 400 kg per megawatt hour, so these regulations are unlikely to be binding.

TransAlta officially opened its new 150 - megawatt combined cycle natural gas power station in South Hedland today, with Horizon Power as its sole foundation customer after Fortescue Metals Group backed out of an offtake agreement.

They combined the oil and gas business with Baker Hughes at the bottom of an oil cycle in an asset - light way.

The project involves the development, ownership, operation and management of the 400MW Combined Cycle Plant to be fueled by either Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) or Natural Gas (NG) for a 25 - year period by Early Power Limited in Tema, strategically close to the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR).

NRG is the largest taxpayer in Chautauqua County and the company's original proposal to repower the station with a combined cycle natural gas system was strongly supported by the city of Dunkirk.

Natural gas combined - cycle power plants are already heavily favored by utilities to the near exclusion of coal, said Joost de Gouw, an atmospheric scientist with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.

It hopes to make less use of coal - burning stations and more of combined - cycle gas - turbine stations.

GE's H - class heavy - duty gas turbines are currently the world's largest and most efficient gas turbines, capable of converting fuel and air into electricity at more than 62 percent power - plant efficiency when matched with a steam turbine generator, a setup known as combined cycle.

Building on its BP Solar business — which BP expects to hit revenues of $ 1 billion in 2008 — BP Alternative Energy manages an investment program in solar, wind, hydrogen and combined cycle gas turbine power generation, which the company predicts could amount to $ 8 billion over the next 10 years.

Although a combined cycle natural gas plant could easily meet the standard, even the most efficient coal plant would have to cut about 40 percent of its CO2 emissions.

They will follow this approach to design a novel treatment plan by rationally combining gemcitabine with cell cycle checkpoint inhibitor, oxygen - enrich gas inhalation, and radiotherapy to significantly inhibit the growth of aggressive glioma.

(A) to develop the conceptual design of advanced high efficiency gas turbines that can achieve at least 62 percent combined cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis; and

Unique to NuScale, NuFollowTM holds the promise of expanding the deployment of renewables without backup from fossil - fired generating sources, such as natural gas - fired, combined cycle gas turbines (CCGTs).

Shao and collaborators now combine the previous Cycle 0 ALMA observations of ULAS J1319 +0950 with new, high - resolution observations from Cycle 1 to draw a detailed picture of where the dust and the atomic and ionized gas (which traces the star formation) reside in this galaxy's core.

As a compensation for the error, the automakers will be providing current and former owners with debit cards that cover the cost of fuel calculated by the difference in the new and old EPA combined cycles, the price of gas in the owner's area, and the amount the owner drives.

The combined energy of a dynamic electric motor powered by a lithium - ion battery and the 2.0 L Atkinson - cycle I - 4 gas engine propels C - MAX Hybrid.

Not only is the RS3 fast, it won't drain you wallet at the gas station, it consumes only 8.1 l / 100 km (29 mpg) on the combined cycle and produces 189g / km of CO2 emissions on the European cycle.

If you step up to the UX 250h, you'll get an Atkinson Cycle version of the 2.0 - liter gas engine found in the UX 200 with a hybrid system that generates a combined 176 horsepower and has a 38 combined MPG rating.

This hybrid combines a state - of - the - art lithium - ion battery and electric motor with a 2.0 L Atkinson - cycled 1.4 gas engine.

Year: 2017 Make: Toyota Model: RAV4 Hybrid Trim: XLE Engine: 2.5 L Atkinson - Cycle 16 - Valve DOHC with Dual VVT - i Four - Cylinder, Two 650V Electric Motors Driveline: CVT, AWD Horsepower @ RPM: 150 @ 5,700 (Gas), 105 kW (Front Electric Motor), 50 kW (Rear Electric Motor), 194 (Combined Output) Torque @ RPM: 152 @ 4,400 (Gas) Fuel Economy: City / Highway / Combined - 34/30/32 Curb Weight: 3,925 lbs Location of Manufacture: Obu, Aichi, Japan Base Price: $ 29,030 As Tested Price: $ 31,965 (Includes $ 940.00 Destination Charge)

Disclaimer: Hyundai Provided the Ioniq, Insurance, and One Tank of Gas Year: 2017 Make: Hyundai Model: Ioniq Trim: SEL Engine: 1.6 L GDI Atkinson Cycle Four - Cylinder, Electric Motor Driveline: Six - Speed Dual - Clutch Transmission, Front - Wheel Drive Horsepower @ RPM: 104 @ 5,700 (Gas), 43 @ 0 (Electric), 139 (Combined) Torque @ RPM: 109 @ 4,000 (Gas), 125 @ 0 (Electric) Fuel Economy: City / Highway / Combined - 55/54/55 Curb Weight: 3,031 lbs Location of Manufacture: Ulsan, South Korea Base Price: $ 23,950 As Tested Price: $ 25,910 (Includes $ 835.00 Destination Charge) Options: Tech Package - $ 1,000.00 Carpeted Floor Mats - $ 125.00 View full article

All Prius Prime models combine the same front - drive layout, an 8.8 - kWh, 265 - pound lithium - ion battery pack with an EPA range of 25 miles, two electric motor - generators, and the «bridled fury» of a 95 - hp 1.8 - liter Atkinson - cycle inline - four gas engine (descriptor courtesy of Car and Driver).

Combined with a cooling Exhaust Gas Recirculation system, the adoption of the Atkinson cycle offers significant gains in fuel efficiency and the reduction of emissions.

Besides petrol, the 2011 Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible can also run on gas or E85 bioethanol fuel, but whatever it is, saving the environment won't happen in this kind of car that returns an average of 15.5 mpg (combined cycle).

Abstract: The principle of an electro - hydraulic servo - driven control valve used to regulate mixed - gas pressure in combined cycle power plant is introduced.

I'm imagining a late season hurricane's 16 - foot storm surge combined with a full moon high tide / low tide cycle destabilizing the methane clathrates offshore of New Jersey, lightning setting the gas afire, and a storm moving inland pouring boiling water and boullabaise on the refineries....

Substitution through increased utilization of existing combined cycle natural gas power plants provides a relatively low - cost, short - term opportunity to reduce U.S. power sector carbon dioxide emissions by up to 20 percent, while also reducing emissions of criteria pollutants and mercury.

The presidents welcomed: (i) a grant from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to the China Power Engineering and Consulting Group Corporation to support a feasibility study for an integrated gasification combined cycle (I.G.C.C.) power plant in China using American technology, (ii) an agreement by Missouri - based Peabody Energy to invest and participate in GreenGen, a project of several major Chinese energy companies to develop a near - zero emissions coal - fired power plant, (iii) an agreement between G.E. and Shenhua Corporation to collaborate on the development and deployment of I.G.C.C. and other clean coal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

That project would include the closure of DEP's existing 379 MW Asheville 1 and 2 coal units and construction of about 752 MW of natural gas - fired generation (two 280 MW combined cycle units proposed to commence operations in 2019 and an optional 192 MW combustion turbine unit proposed to commence operations in 2023).

For example, the EPA pretends that natural gas combined cycle — a type of power plant — is a «control option» and «system of emission reduction» that has been «adequately demonstrated» for coal - fired power plants.

The power sector added a significant amount of new natural gas - fired generating capacity over the last decade, much of which was in the form of efficient combined - cycle units.

The NRDC cites the «2016 State of the Market» report by PJM, the largest grid operator in North America, as showing that «new entrant natural gas - fired combined cycle plants, combustion turbine plants, and solar are economical, but that new coal and nuclear plants are not.»

To avoid over-estimation, electricity reference prices were capped at the levelised cost of a combined - cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant.

It combines representations of the global economy, energy systems, agriculture and land use, with representation of terrestrial and ocean carbon cycles, a suite of coupled gas - cycle, climate, and ice - melt models.

The economics of increased natural gas generation and expanded renewable electricity capacity vary regionally, the key determinants being: 1) the natural gas supply and combined cycle utilization rates by region; and 2) the potential for penetration of renewable generation in regions including states that have no (or low) renewable portfolio standards.

The three ALEC members received a total of $ 9,514 from the oil and gas industry in the 2008 and 2010 election cycles in campaign money combined, and the four of them together received $ 13,814 in campaign cash from the oil and gas industry, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics» FollowTheMoney.org.

Producing synthetic gas and using though a combined cycle operation should put Kemper ahead of other coal units.

According to the Cricket Valley web site this is a proposed 1,000 megawatt (MW) combined - cycle, natural gas - fired generating plant in Dover, NY that is expected to be on line by the first quarter of 2020.

The solar numbers pale in comparison to the more than 4,600 MW of new natural gas combined - cycle plants Dominion has been building just in this decade.

Newer generating plants are regulated under a different section of the Clean Air Act, under standards that new combined - cycle gas plants can easily meet.

The Cricket Valley Energy Center is a 1,000 megawatt combined - cycle, natural gas fired generating plant that has just started construction and is expected to be on - line the first quarter of 2020.

«Wind power is an extraordinarily expensive and inefficient way of reducing CO2 emissions when compared with the option of investing in efficient and flexible gas combined - cycle plans,» he concludes.

Since the publication of my original post on this topic I realized that there were two natural gas fired combined cycle electric generating units in development and not just the one I thought.

* On page 88 of the IRP, Dominion provides it own capacity factor forecasts: solar 25 %, combined cycle gas 70 %, gas combustion turbines 10 %, nuclear 96 %, onshore wind 42 %, offshore wind 42 %.

(Remember that solar farms generate electricity at about 20 - 25 % of «nameplate» capacity on average, while combined - cycle gas plants nationally average 50 - 60 %, and can achieve 70 % or higher.

As a whole, average utilization of the Nation's fleet of natural gas combined - cycle gas has been increasing over the past six years.

Performance Analysis of an Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Power Plant with Gas Turbine Inlet Air Cooling System