Sentences with phrase «older power plants in»

I remember about 10 years ago when he was governor of Texas when he fought tooth and nail to make sure that the old power plants in Texas that were built during or directly after World War II had no pollution controls because they should be «Grandfathered In» (built before pollution control requirements.)

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Installing enough batteries to make most electrical grids fully reliant on wind power or even to take older natural - gas or coal plants off - line isn't cost effective yet in many regions.

As well, the NIF has postulated that bringing the plants online in the 2030s will have a major impact on reducing carbon emissions as older, coal - producing power plants are then retired.

Brodsky met the 91 - year - old folk singer and environmentalist when he represented him in a successful lawsuit against the nuclear power plant Indian Point.

One came for free, the result of a years - old consent agreement with National Grid as a result of problems with coal - burning power plants in Western N.Y; the other was the result of a $ 4.5 million purchase from a national land trust group.

The Governor outlined his vision for the Energy Highway in his 2012 State of the State Address, calling for «a private - sector funded $ 2 billion «Energy Highway» system that will tap into the generation capacity and renewable energy potential in Upstate and Western NY to bring low - cost power to meet the tremendous energy needs in Downstate New York» and for the repowering of old and dirty plants to stop pollution in urban neighborhoods.

Sequestration, as envisioned in the report, involves capturing the CO2 from coal - fired power plants, compressing it into a liquid and injecting it deep beneath the earth into old oil fields or saline aquifers.

Instead of building a new zero - emission coal - fired power plant in Illinois, the Obama administration will retrofit an old plant instead

«Governments and regulators should exercise great care in permitting any extension of the operating life of the oldest nuclear power plants still in operation that were built to the easier safety standards,» the letter says.

And yet this critical technology found itself confined to small rooms constructed out of plywood buried within a labyrinth at the latest iteration of climate talks in Paris, a handful of enthusiasts, both old and new, talking to each other about roads not taken and humility while zero megawatts of plant - fired power with CO2 capture and storage exist in the world today.

Nuclear power opponents like Jim Warren, executive director of NC Warn in North Carolina, have challenged the NRC's approach to regulating fire risks to wiring that connects vital control systems in old plants.

The study also found that, although transmitting coal power was slightly more effective at reducing air pollution impacts than simply replacing old coal power plants with newer, cleaner ones in the east, both coal scenarios had approximately the same carbon emissions.

Amanda Wright was 10 years old when Unit 4 of the Lenin Nuclear Power Plant in Chernobyl blew apart, creating the worst nuclear accident in history.

While this trio is scouting out an old hydro plant in hopes of finding a power source for the city, they come face to face with the angry apes.

The pack includes: A long colourful display banner A cute display border with pictures of frogs and lily pads A Power Point about the life cycle of the frog - there are two different versions of this for younger / SEN children and older children Display labels with sentences about the different stages of the life cycle 10 question cards to add to add to displays A game to collect the missing parts of the sequence of a frog growing Life cycle posters showing the full life cycle - these are in colour and back and white Picture dominoes game A collection of songs and rhymes about frogs Spinner game - spin the special spinner and collect the missing parts of the life cycle Topic word cards to add to your display Frog jigsaws to cut out and reassemble Large arrows to add to your display to show the life cycle Large display pictures of the different stages of the life cycle of a frog - these are in colour and also black and white Matching pairs game Large pictures of different plants to use when creating a pond display Question worksheet - answer the questions about the life cycle Sequence woksheets in black and white and colour Sequence cards showing the different stages of the life cycle Counting worksheet - count how many tadpoles there are in each pond Wordsearches - 2 different life cycle themed wordsearches Word border sheet in colour and black and white - great for poetry writing or adding to the writing area A life cycle of a frog book to make Fact posters showing pictures and information about the different stages Colour photographs of the frog life cycle and different frogs Frog counting cards up to 10 A fact writing woksheet about frogs Large cute frog pictures and lily pads - great to use for numeracy activities Odd and even frog number line Number maze worksheets - follow the numbers to lead the frog to the lily pad A day in the pond worksheet A number line on frogs Phonemes on tadpoles Size ordering worksheets Frog colour posters An A4 word mat with words and pictures - great to use when writing about the life cycle of a frog Number bingo with cute frog pictures

-- Jonathon Wood looks at some upmarket Hillmans and Humbers — better known as Sunbeam - Talbots / Books For Christmas — The Automobile's guide to the very best of festive old - car reading / Cars In My Life — Chris Gordon concludes his motoring memoirs / Six Of The Best Norman Painting on Morris's first off - roader / Deep South — Michael Worthington - Williams heads off to the land of cotton on the trail of the Hanson / Italian High Performer — Part One of Edward Eve's reassessment of Alfa Romeo's immortal six - cylinder power plant / By Nash To Merano — Mike Bullett and Sandy Burnett report on the recent Alpine Raid by Frazer Nash enthusiasts.

The 1.3 - litre power plant has also started to feel old and outdated, and in the 89 BHP tune, it suffers from a significant amount of turbo lag as well.

The space in the historic Seaholm Power Plant in downtown Austin, Texas, is four times larger than the old headquarters.

Recent projects include «Not Alone» at Stephen Friedman Gallery, London (2015), «So Sorry» performed at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto (2015); «FECUNDITAS and Creation», for Performa, the New York performance - art festival, New York (2014 and 2009); «Brad Jones - Diptychs» in collaboration with Brandi Twilley at Sargent's Daughters, New York (2014); «Engagement», her iconic waxwork of Prince William, at both Stephen Friedman Gallery and the Saatchi Gallery, London (2011); «The de Pury Diptych» at the Saatchi Gallery, London (2010); «Icons» at the Brooklyn Museum, New York (2010); and «Old - Fashioned» at the LA County Museum of Art, Los Angeles (2010).

The CaixaForum is a restoration and expansion of one of the few examples of industrial architecture in Madrid's historical center, the old power plant Central Eléctrica del Mediodía.

Previous notable exhibitions and performance projects include; «So Sorry» for Power Ball XVII: Appetite for Excess, Power Plant, Toronto, Canada (2015); «FECUNDITAS», a special commission for Performa, New York, USA (2014); «Jew York», Zach Feuer Gallery and Untitled Galleries, New York, USA (2013); «FREE», SCAD Museum of Art, Georgia, USA (2013); «Engagement», Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England (2011); «Incubation», Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA (2011); «Made in Texas», East Gallery of Dallas Contemporary, Texas, USA (2011); «Landscapes» (a site specific exhibition), Fondation Beyeler Summer Night's Gala, Basel, Switzerland (2011); «Nutcrackers» (one night performance event), Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, USA (2011); «Old Fashioned», Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA (2010), «Just Right», Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA (2010); «The de Pury Diptych», Saatchi Gallery, London, England (2010), «Icons», Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA (2010), «Made In Texas», Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, USA (2011), Landscapes, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland (2011), and «Engagement», Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England (2011in Texas», East Gallery of Dallas Contemporary, Texas, USA (2011); «Landscapes» (a site specific exhibition), Fondation Beyeler Summer Night's Gala, Basel, Switzerland (2011); «Nutcrackers» (one night performance event), Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, USA (2011); «Old Fashioned», Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA (2010), «Just Right», Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA (2010); «The de Pury Diptych», Saatchi Gallery, London, England (2010), «Icons», Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA (2010), «Made In Texas», Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, USA (2011), Landscapes, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland (2011), and «Engagement», Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England (2011In Texas», Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, USA (2011), Landscapes, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland (2011), and «Engagement», Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England (2011).

2008 The Rape of the Sabine Women, Smart Museum, University of Chicago 2007 The Rape of the Sabine Women, Hamburger Bahnhof, Contemporary Art Museum, Berlin The Rape of the Sabine Women, IFC Theater, NYC 2006 Videozone 3, Videozone - International Video - Art Biennial, Tel - Aviv 89 seconds at Alcázar, the Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario The Kids are Alright, Gabriel Rolt Gallery, Amsterdam Dresscode, St. Gallen's History and Folklore Museum, St. Gallen The Paper Sculpture Show, CAC — Cincinnai Arts Center, Cincinnati OH Eve Sussman and the Rufus Corporation: 89 seconds at Alcázar, Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia MNCARS, Madrid Infinite Painting — Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Villa Manin Centro d'arte Contemporanea, Udine 89 seconds at Alcázar, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC 2005 89 seconds at Alcázar, Weatherspoon Art Museum, South Carolina Superstars, Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria In the Company of Old Masters, Colnaghi Gallery, London, UK Istanbul Pedestrian Exhibitions 2: Tünel — Karaköy 89 seconds at Alcázar, St. Johannes Evangelist - Kirche, Berlin, Germany 89 seconds at Alcázar, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Ireland On War, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY Velázquez a Capodimonte, Napoli Museo di Capodimonte, Italy 89 seconds at Alcázar, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 89 Seconds at Alcazar, UNION, London Eve Sussman: 89 seconds at Alcázar, Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX 2004 89 seconds at Alcázar, Museu Picasso, Barcelona Re-Installation of the Collection; New Acquisition; Museum of Modern Art, NYC Media Scope Museum of Modern Art, NYC Closed Universes — Williamsburg, New York.

Duke Power and Progress Energy in North Carolina are planning new coal plants, allowing them to shut down older, less efficient and dirtier plants.

There's an under - bias in my numbers due to self consumption at power plants and especially because average emission factors understate emissions from older and smaller (higher heat rate and thus higher emissions) plants that have disproportionately been the ones shut down or not dispatched.

And, new power plants with the various anti-pollution technologies (and / or, in many cases using natural gas instead of coal) are much cleaner than the older plants.

Floating islands covered with native plants serve as «biodiversity «life rafts»» for aquatic species, while aerial sculptures give hawks, owls, and eagles a safe place to roost and nest «in areas where taking off and landing on older power poles may result in electrocution, or areas where human disturbance may make nesting difficult.»

In Aspen, Colo., old school enviros who helped create the wilderness movement are fighting pitched battles against other environmentalists who support a 1 megawatt microhydro plant that would generate 8 % of the city's power.

Every night an old coal train chugs in to central Beijing to deliver its load to the Guohua power plant, one of the city's oldest power stations now surrounded by glitzy malls and towering apartment blocks.

An important question that political and climate analysts will be examining is how much bite is in the regulations — meaning how much they would curb emissions beyond what's already happening to cut power plant carbon dioxide thanks to the natural gas boom, the shutdown of old coal - burning plants because of impending mercury - cutting rules (read the valuable Union of Concerned Scientists «Ripe for Retirement» report for more on this), improved energy efficiency and state mandates developing renewable electricity supplies.

While the United States is shutting down old coal - fired power plants and not building new ones, Europe — also because of the commitment in Germany to get out of nuclear power — is moving back to coal.

As an aside, I'd love to see an increase in the small - scale harnessing of hydo - electricity by Power Companies, or by anyone else — there's such an older small Pacific Power plant right up the road from me which has a small dam about 1200 ′ higher, actually located in a Wilderness Area — the original Wilderness boundaries were expanded a little.

Thousands of coal workers marched in Berlin last month to protest against plans to slap a levy on the oldest and most polluting power plants, which unions say could put 100,000 jobs at risk.

There is absolutely no way that a nuclear power plant could be secretly built on the old Durban airport site, as some people on some Alice in Wonderland flight of fantasy have claimed.

«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.

The three power plants at issue in the litigation - the Armstrong, Hatfield's Ferry and Mitchell plants - are older, coal - fired generation units.

The one thing so far that unifies the energy industry is its opposition to the Jeffords emissions bill in its current form, mainly because it stipulates that old power plants install the latest technology to clean up emissions within five years.

At power plants, combustion of coal produces a medley of air pollutants, especially in older plants that lack modern emissions control equipment.

In addition, many older plants supply electricity to small towns with stagnant power demands, giving little incentive for utilities to invest in a newer modeIn addition, many older plants supply electricity to small towns with stagnant power demands, giving little incentive for utilities to invest in a newer modein a newer model.

6/6/16 — As global agreements are putting pressure on the United States to reduce emissions of climate - changing greenhouse gases, some state and federal officials are looking for ways to help nuclear power plants, especially older ones, remain operating in the face of financial pressures.

Some countries in ASEAN, particularly Thailand, have been embarking on CCTs by retiring their old conventional coal power plants and replacing them with ultra-supercritical coal power plants.

When the Clean Air Act was written in 1970, the bill's author, Edmund Muskie, had exempted existing power plants from the new pollution limits — he figured the older plants would get retired soon anyway.

Nuclear power plants, especially standardized modular ones that don't have the inherent problems of the older «built - to - spec» versions, are part of the solution, but only in the shorter term of the next few decades.

Finally, coal fired power plants in Minnesota, owned by Minnesota Power (the oldest of which is from l9l7 and all of which are over 50 years old) are seeking new coal contracts for a mine on the Northern Cheyenne reservation (Otter Creek) to be operated by Arch power plants in Minnesota, owned by Minnesota Power (the oldest of which is from l9l7 and all of which are over 50 years old) are seeking new coal contracts for a mine on the Northern Cheyenne reservation (Otter Creek) to be operated by Arch Power (the oldest of which is from l9l7 and all of which are over 50 years old) are seeking new coal contracts for a mine on the Northern Cheyenne reservation (Otter Creek) to be operated by Arch Coal.

BNEF expects the nation's coal - power capacity in 2040 will be about half of what it is now after older plants come offline and are replaced by cheaper and less - polluting sources such as gas and renewables.

We are looking at what other states have done too to learn from them,» said Wasserman, won the Goldman Prize for her role in shutting down two of Chicago's oldest and dirtiest coal fired power plants.

Some environmental organizations came out quickly in opposition to the Lugar plan, saying that its emissions reductions were not adequate to address climate change and that it permitted old coal - burning power plants to continue to operate indefinitely.

Similarly, emission reductions in the UK power sector were largely driven by the retirement of old, inefficient coal plant during the 1990s, through sulphur regulations which meant plant owners were faced with the choice of either retrofitting stock or retiring it (Eyre, 2001).

For example, official policy in the UK still envisages up to fifty industrial plants and power stations using CCS being linked to CO2 pipelines which would inject the gas into old oil and gas wells, removing it from the atmosphere for ever.

He urged, «Make sure that the Public Utility Commissions do not allow irrational investments in upgrading 50 - year - old coal - fired power plants.»

Scores of old, inefficient coal - fired power plants were already expected to close as a result of other air pollution regulations — with gas fired plants popping up in their place.