Sentences with phrase «relative fuel prices»

Coal and natural gas generation shares over the past decade have been responsive to changes in relative fuel prices.

The oil - fired (liquid - fired) generators are only used minimally today, due to a combination of high relative fuel prices, air pollution restrictions, and the low efficiencies of the older steam turbines and newer internal combustion units.

Changes in relative fuel prices.

Power - sector CO2 emissions are influenced by a number of factors not directly affected by environmental policies, such as macroeconomic growth levels and relative fuel prices.

Generators» use of petroleum is much more responsive to relative fuel price changes.

Not exact matches

NEW YORK Prices for jet fuel have strengthened relative to diesel and gasoline prices and should keep climbing on strong demand for air travel fueled by global economic growth, analystsPrices for jet fuel have strengthened relative to diesel and gasoline prices and should keep climbing on strong demand for air travel fueled by global economic growth, analystsprices and should keep climbing on strong demand for air travel fueled by global economic growth, analysts said.

NEW YORK, April 12 Prices for jet fuel have strengthened relative to diesel and gasoline prices and should keep climbing on strong demand for air travel fueled by global economic growth, analystsPrices for jet fuel have strengthened relative to diesel and gasoline prices and should keep climbing on strong demand for air travel fueled by global economic growth, analystsprices and should keep climbing on strong demand for air travel fueled by global economic growth, analysts said.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Prices for jet fuel have strengthened relative to diesel and gasoline prices and should keep climbing on strong demand for air travel fueled by global economic growth, analystsPrices for jet fuel have strengthened relative to diesel and gasoline prices and should keep climbing on strong demand for air travel fueled by global economic growth, analystsprices and should keep climbing on strong demand for air travel fueled by global economic growth, analysts said.

The long - run trend indicates that demand for smaller, more fuel - efficient cars has increased relative to demand for light trucks because of rising gasoline prices.

«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.

There is considerable debate regarding CAFE's influence relative to, for example, fuel prices and consumer preferences, and regarding the broad impacts of CAFE.

Other surprises include the Chevrolet Colorado pickup (strictly for its bodystyle, relative size on this list, and fuel economy) and the Mini Cooper hardtop (for its starting price, which is the priciest of the ten).

We'd hope things like fuel efficiency (currently 36 mpg combined) will improve relative to its rivals, and that pricing doesn't increase much over the $ 12,500 MSRP for the 2014 model.

Prices can vary based on relative location, distance from interest points, general demand for fuel, to the current political climate.

Fortunately, the relative added costs of today's renewable technologies are quite reasonable, especially if one factors in the subsidies that exist for fossil fuels and if we price carbon commensurate with the costs of its environmental damage.

(09/13/2012) The European Union may cap the use of crop - based biofuels over fears they can drive up food prices and aren't effective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions relative to conventional fuels, reports Reuters.

According to NREL calculations, Helman noted, if a future gas price of $ 4.50 per MMBTU is assumed, a relative fuel savings benefit of CSP with TES over PV is about 0.5 cents per kilowatt - hour.

EIA's study indicates that for the United States as a whole, a 10 % increase in the ratio of the delivered fuel price of coal to the delivered price of natural gas leads to a 1.4 % increase in the use of natural gas relative to coal.

Several factors, especially changes in relative fossil fuel prices, have influenced the mix of energy sources used.

And as the price of fossil fuels increases, solar power will become more cost effective relative to traditional sources of energy.

My understanding is that the allowance price is so small relative to the fuel price differential that it was inconsequential.

Is there a way to calculate the value of the long term availability of nuclear, it's fuel availability, fuel price stability relative to fossil fuels, low carbon emissions, and steady supply of power?

(3) Right now, tar sands derived fuel contributes to lower prices in the Midwest as it is too expensive to get it to world markets and thus there is actually a glut of supply in the much of the nation relative to world markets.

«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.

However, the relative use of biofuels declined in China and India where high rates of economic growth outpaced the impacts of rising fossil fuel prices.

The model results indicate that for the United States as a whole, a 10 - percent increase in the ratio of the delivered fuel price of coal to the delivered price of natural gas leads to a 1.4 - percent increase in the use of natural gas relative to coal.

On the other hand, carbon taxes and the resulting relative rises in fossil fuel prices will induce reductions in carbon emission rates on the supply side.

It would be more relative to the cheaper fuel, but if you're going to the gas tank and you have one price for the dirty stuff and one price, considerably lower, for the cleaner stuff, my guess is that everyone is going to go with the cleaner stuff, if they can.

Developers and economists alike say condo prices, up 21 per cent in a year according to the Toronto Real Estate Board, can not keep rising at such a pace, in part because it was their relative affordability compared to single - family homes that fueled the boom in the first place.