Sentences with phrase «of natural gas generators»

I read that Trump's recent trip to China concluded with trade deals which included GE's sale of natural gas generators to China, a bunch of them.

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This gas, composed mostly of methane, can be used as a fuel for power generation (replacing diesel generators), compressed or sold into the natural gas grid.

As cheap natural gas squeezes the margins of nuclear generators, there's only one company currently building reactors in the country — Southern Co., at its Vogtle plant in Georgia.

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.

Because there's not enough natural gas to power the generators that are supposed to replace some of Indian Point's capacity, expect electric rates to go through the roof.

One result of these experiments was that a company donated a large electricity generator that operated on natural gas.

NuScale claims it will be able to produce power at about seven to nine cents per kilowatt - hour — roughly the same as big nuclear plants, only a few cents more than the cheapest modern natural gas — fired or coal - fired plants, and one - third the cost of a typical diesel generator.

The state's powerful natural gas producers have mounted a campaign inside ERCOT to compel wind generators to share the costs of meeting reserve requirements — the generation that has to be on hand to serve demand when wind isn't blowing — and of maintaining a stable transmission network.

The report, «Beyond Renewable Portfolio Standards: An Assessment of Regional Supply and Demand Conditions Affecting the Future of Renewable Energy in the West,» compares the cost of renewable electricity generation (without federal subsidy) from the West's most productive renewable energy resource areas — including any needed transmission and integration costs — with the cost of energy from a new natural gas - fired generator built near the customers it serves.

We even house a natural gas - powered backup generator in case of power outages and a high - tech ICU to monitor critical patients at all times.

Thousands of small generators, including rooftop solar panels and facilities that extract energy from garbage or sewage, could feed into the system, replacing or complementing big coal, nuclear or natural gas plants, they say.

Increasing use of existing natural gas - fired capacity and lower use of existing coal - fired generators

Power generators are turning away from coal for a host of reasons: In some instances natural gas is cheaper; many states are requiring utilities to generate a certain portion of electricity from renewable resources; individual cities (and even an entire Canadian province) have decided to stop purchasing electricity created by burning coal; and new Environmental Protection Agency regulations are making it more expensive and less economical to use coal plants.

Of the country's 6,000 coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, wind, and solar electric - generating facilities, a small sub-group of mostly coal - fired power generators produces more than its share of the nation's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions compared with the electricity it produces, the report founOf the country's 6,000 coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, wind, and solar electric - generating facilities, a small sub-group of mostly coal - fired power generators produces more than its share of the nation's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions compared with the electricity it produces, the report founof mostly coal - fired power generators produces more than its share of the nation's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions compared with the electricity it produces, the report founof the nation's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions compared with the electricity it produces, the report found.

By necessity, conventional firm capacity generators: nuclear, biomass, natural gas, hydropower, etc. will remain the primary suppliers of electricity to the New England grid well into the future.

A sign of a true «all - of - the - above» energy policy, one Dallas energy firm is using a solar generator to power oil and natural gas rigs in West Texas.

While generators used more natural gas for electricity generation, overall CO2 emissions from natural gas were down because of lower gas heating demand this winter when temperatures were significantly above the historical average for the season.

The plants join a series of generators recently stricken by financial pressure primarily by competition from cheap natural gas, expanding renewable capacity, and lethargic power demand growth.

Recently, with natural gas prices declining and coal prices rising, dispatching natural gas generators in some parts of the country has become increasingly competitive with running coal generators.

Most of the current generators run on diesel but gas engines could run on natural gas, biomethane, syngas or a few industrial waste gases.

At the end of 2010, natural gas - fired generators constituted 39 % of the Nation's total electric generation capacity of 1,042 gigawatts (GW).

«Lower natural gas prices have effectively driven down wholesale power prices for all generators, regardless of whether they are using natural gas, coal, nuclear power or renewable resources to generate their electricity.»

Generation fueled by natural gas and petroleum supplemented the baseload generators during peak and intermediate periods of demand.

One advantage of CSP is that at night or on extremely cloudy days, the conventional generators can be run on natural gas or petroleum, allowing the plant to continue to generate power when the sun is not shining.

The amount of electricity from coal - fired power plants hit a record low while that from natural gas generators hit a record high.

The current downward trend in coal - fired generation began in 2007, when increased U.S. production of natural gas (particularly from shale) led to a sustained downward shift in natural gas spot prices and increased generation from natural gas - fired generators.

This is because power prices often reflect the operating costs of marginal natural gas generators, and natural gas fuel prices are keenly sensitive to winter weather (colder temperatures mean more gas burned for space heating).

Environmentally, U.S. energy - related carbon dioxide emissions in 2015 were 12 percent below 2005 levels, mainly due to the increased use of natural gas by power generators.

I employ a variety of alternative specifications to further explore geographic heterogeneity in causal effects on different generators across the PJM region and interrogate the impact of using price time series from different natural gas trading hubs.

In addition to purchasing renewable electricity and green natural gas for the event, GHG emissions associated with the use of diesel generators and event vehicles (i.e. shuttle buses and courtesy vehicles) will be neutralized through the purchase and retirement of high quality carbon offsets, helping to ensure event operations are carbon neutral.

CaISO has developed a report on the topic, including a plan to ensure reliability, for example by upping procurement of regulation and ramping services, coordinating with other generators in advance of the eclipse, increasing coordination with gas system operators to ensure sufficient natural gas supply, and other actions.

Although renewables such as wind and solar accounted for 98 % of the 2 GW added so far this year (based on data for January and February), EIA expects about 21 GW of natural gas - fired generators will come online in 2018.

Electricity generators have chosen natural gas for its affordability and reliability, often replacing coal - fired power plants and emitting up to 56 percent less greenhouse gases than coal for the same amount of electricity.

Every single generator that is not already slated for retirement was found to compare unfavorably with the price of existing natural gas.

New England is over 50 percent dependent on natural gas for its electricity generation and needs dependable sources of natural gas to keep both its residential customers and its electricity generators supplied with natural gas.

Coal rose by 63 %, natural gas fuelled generators by 20 %, nuclear by 5.3 %, and various kinds of oil and, critically, duel fuel generators by 26 %.

Traditional grids invented by Thomas Edison draw supplies from a handful of generators fueled mostly by coal, nuclear and natural gas plants, which can run around the clock.

CO is far more toxic to handle than natural gas and syngas generators, while they can be made portable, are big and messy as they produce copious amounts of wood ash.

It is not unusual for the output of natural gas - fired generators to drop during the spring water run off season in the Pacific Northwest.

While the Clean Power Plan is a key driver of this increase in natural gas and renewable generation, EIA made significant downward revisions to both the projected cost of natural gas (as a fuel) and the projected capital cost of natural gas, wind, and solar generators in this year's edition of the AEO.

Natural gas prices have dropped significantly this winter, leading the generators in some states (such as Ohio and Pennsylvania) to significantly increase the share of natural gas - fired geneNatural gas prices have dropped significantly this winter, leading the generators in some states (such as Ohio and Pennsylvania) to significantly increase the share of natural gas - fired genenatural gas - fired generation.

After analyzing the costs of retrofitting existing coal plants with stricter pollution controls, the coalition proposed replacing several aging coal plants with natural gas generators.

In the first half of last year, for example, 165 new power generators were added in 33 states, but among the 10 states with the bulk of new generating capacity, «most of the new capacity uses natural gas or renewable energy,» the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported.

Baseload power (i.e. coal and nuclear) interests that are being edged out by more competitive natural gas power generators are increasingly relying on the powerful emotion of fear to draw policymaker support for their struggling assets.

In addition, Bullfrog Power's generators will put green natural gas onto the national pipeline system to match the amount of natural gas used at the 2015 RBC Canadian Open.

The winter of 2012 - 13 saw spikes in wholesale electricity prices in New England and New York as demand for natural gas from both electric generators and natural gas distribution companies taxed the capacity to bring natural gas into these markets.

Lower natural gas prices and regional environmental initiatives are leading natural gas - fired generators to provide a greater portion of the electricity in the northeastern United States.

Lawrence Berkeley and Argonne National Laboratories examine the growth of solar, wind and natural gas power plant operations on wholesale power markets and the impact on nuclear and coal generators.

Since the Brown ranch is not connected to the grid, the microgrid includes backup in the form of a 24 - kWh natural gas generator to keep the power flowing when sunlight is scarce.

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.