Sentences with phrase «of natural gas»

We also pointed out how a rise in electricity generation from renewables this year has been accompanied by record - setting use of natural gas in the power sector.

If you expect a heat wave — or a cold snap — you can anticipate some movement in the price of natural gas in the short - term.

A carbon tax is likely to increase the use of natural gas in the electricity sector because natural gas is the less carbon - intensive fossil fuel.

The second is what having a large, cheap supply of natural gas means for the energy sector.

Rising sea levels are caused by global warming which results from the production of natural gases such as carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

The oil sands now consume 600 million cubic feet of natural gas per day — enough to heat 3.2 million Canadian homes.

And they'll continue doing so because industry wants to capture as much of the primary component of natural gas as possible, for delivery to consumers.

CO2 emissions from power generation are projected to decrease by as much as 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, based on the continued increased use of natural gas for power generation.

We determine the cost allocations of those natural gas pipelines.

With the possibility of even higher costs of natural gas in the future, natural gas - fired plants may be used increasingly as a backup for wind - generated electricity.

This workshop will discuss factors that affect the price of natural gas as well as the potential impacts on natural gas markets from government regulation of carbon emissions.

Given that development of natural gas supplies is a long - lived, highly - expensive undertaking, cost - sharing can create large economic efficiencies.

Also the production of the oil sands results in extraction of the natural gas as well.

«This is an immense reserve of natural gas, but it is 70 % CO2,» or carbon dioxide, the main driver of climate change.

It is one of the country's major producers of natural gas, oil and agricultural products but it has a number of major cities.

Of primary concern is the potentially damaging impact of natural gas drilling on water resources.

Many recent studies about the emissions impact of natural gas focus on methane leakage during production.

The key factors, they found, are power plant efficiency and, in the case of natural gas plants, methane leakage during the supply process.

[74] There are concerns that these changes may be reversed if exports of natural gas increase.

The study found that about 2.7 percent of all natural gas delivered to the city is emitted into the atmosphere, more than double the official state estimate of about 1.1 percent.

Further confirmation of the environmental benefits of natural gas came recently from one of our nation's leading national laboratories.

The economic effects described by the study «make expansion of the natural gas industry look less helpful than ever,» he said.

There are lots of natural gas powered vehicles in the world, and an infrastructure of distribution.

Get exclusive analysis, data and research to help you plan for the rapidly changing future of natural gas - fired and coal - powered energy generation.

This last may be somewhat difficult since the advent of the widespread use of fracking has greatly lowered the price of natural gas by bringing huge new supplies to market.

The share of natural gas in electricity markets is expected to be relatively flat providing a little over 20 percent of global generation through the forecast period.

The remaining natural gas resources can supply over 200 years of natural gas at current demand levels.

About half of the cost is due to increased consumption of natural gas that will be the side - effect of cracking down on coal.

Existing estimates, based on 30 year old data, place it perhaps a three year supply of oil and two years of natural gas at current consumption rates.

As it melts, one cubic meter of gas hydrate will release 164 cubic meters of natural gas.

Learn about the climate risks of natural gas leaks from drilling sites, processing plants, storage facilities, and pipelines.

Private as well as corporate clients of energy suppliers can use our climate neutral gas to offset their unavoidable emissions resulting from the combustion of natural gas within their heating systems.

The chart shows that the average utilization of natural gas combined - cycle power plants has increased across hours of the day.

Officials addressed the construction of a natural gas pipeline near the plant, expected to be completed by year's end.

Industry data indicates it costs between $ 10 - 20 million to operate a fracking rig that will produce $ 6 - 15 million worth of natural gas in the well's lifetime.

It gets two or three times as much electric energy out of their natural gas, or whatever fuel, as we typically manage with our central power plant system.

Currently, the energy needed to meet peaks in demand is stored in the form of natural gas and coal.

Single - point failures of natural gas infrastructure can hamper methane emission control strategies designed to mitigate climate change.

Let's construct a solar and geothermal power plant, instead of a natural gas power plant.

However, when used for domestic heating of water, the greenhouse gas footprint of natural gas is at least two - times larger than that of using modern electric - driven heat pumps.

These kinds of leaks from production and transportation of natural gas resources have been well documented.

Most of the natural gas - fired capacity additions from the 1950s through the 1970s were steam turbines — some of these were dual - fired units capable of burning natural gas and oil.

A key issue in considering the decision has been the potential climate effects of natural gas versus coal.

There are also outstanding questions related to the real - world efficiency gains of natural gas fuels and the life - cycle emissions they produce based on methane leakage in the production process.