Sentences with phrase «policies on coal plants»

There are echoes here of the World Bank's struggles to evolve its policies on coal plants with global warming in mind.

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Obama had introduced a raft of regulations intended to slash emissions of carbon dioxide blamed for climate change, a policy course that accelerated the retirement of older coal - fired power plants and bolstered the nascent solar and wind sectors, which depend heavily on weather conditions for their power output.

Green groups have lobbied Stefanik to help retain the funding for the program, and have fretted about the Trump administration's rollbacks on environmental policies, including pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Accord and Pruitt's decision to repeal the Clean Power Plan, an Obama - era policy designed to curb greenhouse gas emissions from coal - fired power plants.

Instead, they argue that Australia should base its climate policy on a carbon budget that sets an upper limit on the country's total emissions between now and 2050, institute a cap - and - trade scheme, consider closing selected coal - fired power plants, and ramp up renewable energy.

The Clean Power Plan was one of the main federal policies encouraging states to develop renewable energy instead of relying mainly on coal - fired power plants.

He also says governments in Africa and Latin America are getting in the way of off - grid solutions to their people's energy difficulties through corruption, policies that discourage entrepreneurism like tariffs on solar lamps, and a general prejudice in favor of the large coal - and gas - fired power plants they see as drivers of developed - country wealth.

What the authors would like to see is the prospect of limited and expensive coal get a serious consideration; currently, most energy policy decisions, such as a focus on carbon capture and storage for coal plants, assume that coal will remain cheap enough to compensate for its added costs.

«The methodology can not be used to infer anything about the direct impacts of specific policies, such as power plant emissions limits or renewable portfolio standards, or the effect that changes in relative prices may have on fuel choice, such as the impact of the change in supply or price of natural gas or renewables may have had on the competitiveness of coal.

But his prescription was different than those of Mr. Barnes and Dr. Hansen, focusing instead on an aggressive policy to deploy new energy technologies for electricity and transportation and a quick phaseout of traditional coal - burning power plants.

FRANKFURT, Aug 6 (Reuters)- Germany utilities are heaping pressure on the government before September polls to soften green policies that are hurting their profits, with one company hinting it could even move gas or coal plants to countries where it can still make money.

Because German law requires renewable energy to be used first on the German grid, when Germany exports excess electricity to its European neighbors it primarily comes from coal plants... «If you want to use fluctuating renewable power, you have to upgrade the grids across Europe,» says Daniel Genz, a policy adviser with Vattenfall.

A series of reports by Friends of the Earth showed that the proposed Long Phu 1 coal plant's climate impact will be worse than claimed and will violate international environmental policies, including restrictions on financing for coal plants abroad.

However, in the wake of federal policies aimed to halt the climate progress, such as increased support for baseload coal - fired plants and tariffs on solar panels, non-federal climate leadership will need to increase policy interventions to maintain the momentum.

2013 Goldman Prize recipient Kimberly Wasserman commented on the policy, «While it's great to hear about the presidential memorandum to work on completing the carbon pollution standards for new and existing coal power plants, it sorely lacks a specific timeline for moving forward to make this plan a reality.

They should never be used to set or justify policies, laws or regulations — such as what the Environmental Protection Agency is about to impose on CO2 emissions from coal - fired power plants.

Democrats and Republicans had, in the course of a few short months, effectively switched policy positions on energy, with Democrats voting to hand trillions in new subsidies to coal - burning utilities and power plants while gutting Clean Air Act restrictions on the construction of coal - fired power plants, and Republicans, long - standing coal boosters, voting against a pro-coal bill.

«Texas Decision Could Double Wind Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2002).

«The methodology can not be used to infer anything about the direct impacts of specific policies, such as power plant emissions limits or renewable portfolio standards, or the effect that changes in relative prices may have on fuel choice, such as the impact of the change in supply or price of natural gas or renewables may have had on the competitiveness of coal.

With Australia facing a policy crisis over energy security and the winding back of reliance on coal, construction of new coal - fired power plants was increasing in at least 35 countries, according to data analysis supplied to the Nationals by the federal parliamentary library.

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Editor's note: On January 8, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected the Department of Energy's proposed policy of guaranteeing the profits of coal and nuclear power plants in parts of the US.

Without forward - looking policies, coal plant closings could result in some states becoming overly reliant on natural gas.

The companies have criticized the Obama administration for waging a so - called «war on coal,» arguing that the president's policies to curb emissions from power plants are harming energy companies and their customers.

On Tuesday, President Trump signed a sweeping executive order to roll back a number of climate change policies, including plans to curb greenhouse pollution from coal - fired power plants.

In that chamber, the ascendant Republican leadership, from Kentucky's Mitch McConnell on down, are opposed to President Obama's climate policies — starting with the EPA's clampdown on carbon emissions from coal plants, and extending to his hopes that the U.S. will join Europe in leading the rest of the world to a new climate treaty.

The dynamic policy environment suggests China is trying to work out how to avoid wasting half a trillion dollars on unneeded coal plants,» said Matthew Gray, senior analyst and author of the report.

Given unfavourable market conditions, the decision over whether to keep coal plants running at a loss is complicated by two separate policies designed to keep the lights on.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry has directed his department to conduct a wide - ranging study of the U.S. electric grid, with a particular emphasis on recent coal and nuclear plant closures and whether environmental policies may be driving them.

Giles Dickson, head of environmental policies and global advocacy for Alstom in Paris, said countries with no limits on coal plant financing would move in to replace those who can not provide export credits.

Flannery was highly critical of Australian energy policies, and some of his positions on global warming were controversial, including his insistence that nuclear energy be considered as an alternative to coal - fired power plants in populous areas without renewable sources of energy.

New England has become increasingly reliant on natural gas and renewable energy, stemming from state and federal policies to shutter coal and oil power plants.