Sentences with phrase «plant costs look»

However, tight coal markets due to infrastructure constraints and soaring pulverized coal plant costs look too much like past «binges» that have benefited neither consumers nor the environment.

Not exact matches

NEW YORK, April 1 - FirstEnergy Corp said late on Saturday its nuclear and coal power plant units filed for bankruptcy court protection as the company looks to restructure, sell assets and win government support to cope with competitors using lower - cost natural gas.

«They're not just responsible for quality and controlling cost but looking for new business and thinking of new things the plant could do,» says Ivey's Boothe, who has studied Linamar's management practices.

The effect of the tariffs on the cost of imported solar panels makes it more difficult to compete with other sources of power like wind, or even makes fossil - fuel plants look attractive again, Mr. Freeman said.

Now she's taking a position in the City, so it looks like we're planting ourselves here, despite the cost.

Critics gripe that New York taxpayers are footing $ 750 million in construction and equipment costs of the plant, whose prospects for profitability look doubtful without the help of further government subsidies.

Molinaro said he, too, would look to increase recycling efforts in the county but would try to find ways to make the burn plant more efficient and cost - effective.

«Gasification looks today to be the lowest - cost option with carbon capture [but] there is no plant that integrates gasification with capture and sequestration.»

Mattson said the added safety measures likely to result from a more demanding look at nuclear plant vulnerabilities should not impose unreasonable costs on most plants.

«So the plants didn't have to pay the physiological cost of making these leaves, and they resorted back to normal - looking leaves,» Burns says.

The possibility of a series of new reactors is a stunning turnaround for the industry, which bankrupted some of its customers in the 1980s because of huge cost overruns and which looked so bad in the early 1990s that some completed plants were shut down after only a few years of operation.

This hasn't come at the cost of style — in fact, the Ibiza now looks a lot more planted, thanks mostly to its 9 cm wider bodywork.

You don't need to look far to find plants that benefit your health, taste delicious, and — best of all — cost virtually nothing.

I am not against nuclear, but looking at the plants currently under construction and their escalating cost and slipping schedules, I have pretty much lost faith in the nuclear industry to make any noticeable contribution towards solving this problem.

Looking at the numbers, it seems the cost of a new coal plant is somewhere in the $ 1.5 - $ 2 per Watt, and then you need to pay for coal.

Cost is part of that — a coal plant may be ugly, but if it saves hundreds of millions of dollars over alternatives, that money looks awfully tempting to anybody.

After rapping through some of the energy issues we're facing — the high cost of current oil production methods, the ridiculous talking points around the Keystone XL, and pollution from coal power plants (highlighting China)-- the rapping crew takes a very brief look at Elon Musk's electric vehicle and solar solutions (but with the main focus being that he is on Mars dressed like Iron Man), then gives a satirical presentation of Richard Branson's asteroid mining plans.

A closer look at those few specific actionable proposals, which have been made to date (Hansen et al. shutdown of US coal - fired plants, US plan for carbon capture and storage outlined on an earlier thread here by Rutt Bridges) reveal that they would achieve essentially no change in our climate at an exorbitant cost.

If people look at a gas plant and see a low cost capital investment, they are only looking at a small portion of the overall cost because someone else had to invest the capital into the fuel delivery system that moves the vapor from the deposit to the plant.

If she has her way, and utilities need to shut down their coal - fueled power plants and replace them with renewable facilities, we know the costs will be considerably higher — which some believe to be a worthwhile trade - off — but, what will that really look like?

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

Students and Administration look toward a clean energy future for Ohio University Two days ago, the Ohio University administration announced its intent to cancel plans for a brand new gas plant that would have cost the university upwards of $ 75 - 100 million and locked the university into a 50 - year contract with the natural gas industry.

Comparing it to other generation it would be good to know maintenance costs, output, availability and all the other things planners look at when studying power plant additions as well as projections as to how the technology might improve.

If you're looking to reduce carbon emissions from power plants, cost - effectively, coal is the place to look.

RenewableEnergyWorld.com took a look at the numbers and found that solar panels installed on residential rooftops in Los Angeles as part of the Open Neighborhoods community solar program will generate a cheaper cost per kilowatt - hour of electricity delivered than the most cost - effective, utility - scale concentrating solar power plant in the world.

Yes back of the envelope often look good without the fine detail, factor in the number of plants - your cost estimates seem cheap i thought it was about 1 bill per plant - extra power generation, the rest of the infastructure, land etc and your numbers wouldn't add up.

At a cost of $ 34.26 per ton (per the EIA's 2006 figures), you're looking at $ 34.26 million a year, or about $ 685 million over the course of 20 years (the average life most power plants, both renewable and non-renewable are given as a base measurement), assuming no price increase over the next two decades... which is not a safe assumption to make.

An alternate way to estimate reductions is to look at the incremental cost of a particular carbon - abating technology, e.g. building an IGCC coal plant and sequestering instead of building a pulverized coal plant.

As DTE, Michigan's largest utility, laudably looks to transition away from its historic overreliance on coal - fired power plants, it has regrettably turned its eye towards natural gas, figuring it can keep building large — and expensive — power plants that look good on its balance sheets while saddling ratepayers with the costs.

I am looking for an exceptional opportunity for professional growth at the plant management level in a manufacturing environment in Kentucky or Southeast where I can make a positive difference by leading a team to improve manufacturing systems and processes; set a vision of success and apply my skills which I have used to increased profitability and reduced cost for other companies.