Sentences with phrase «reliance on coal»

The local consequences of the company's heavy reliance on coal are severe as well.

There are also entrenched interests who have a lot to gain from increased reliance on coal.

Together those facilities will generate 600 MW of clean electricity, reducing the province's reliance on coal power.

Other measures have sought to decrease reliance on coal and other energy sources that produce high levels of carbon pollution.

We think challenges remain for utilities that have greater reliance on coal and nuclear generation.

But the Chinese reliance on coal is most visible in the air.

Nonetheless, the good news is that there is now an active national debate about placing a ceiling on reliance on coal.

The maps below show country - by - country reliance on coal.

A combination of rapid economic growth and heavy reliance on coal will drive this trend.

He says «We have to increase reliance on coal» for reasons that need not be stated.

The National Energy Administration's recent release of a plan putting coal consumption at 3.9 billion metric tons by 2015 is regarded as a measure of China's attempt to reduce reliance on coal.

Update: Financial Risks of Investments in Coal assesses the financial risks of continued reliance on coal for electricity generation.

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.

Minnesota's legislators wanted more renewable power, North Dakota farmers looked forward to the extra income, and environmental groups championed the line for carrying «green power» and cutting reliance on coal.

Because Germany still needs energy, exiting nuclear energy means more reliance on coal.

Coal production ceased finally in the UK in 2015, while the Chinese economy is reducing its heavy reliance on coal production in an attempt to improve on terrible air pollution, especially in major cities.

The UK also had several instances of zero - reliance on coal energy last week, The Guardian reported.

China's voluntary plan to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions does allow emissions to rise until 2030, but it also moves the country away from reliance on coal, and the tangible results have been the cancellation of over 100 new coal - fired plants.

The supplies will help to ease gas shortages in China, the world's second - largest economy, and curb reliance on coal.

Prices for electricity would be 4 percent lower by 2033 with a transition to more wind, solar and hydroelectric power than a persistent reliance on coal and natural gas, according to a report by Calgary - based environmental research firm Pembina Institute and Clean Energy Canada, a Vancouver - based organization that promotes renewable energy.

Such long - term reliance on coal explains one of the Modi's government's least climate friendly policies: supporting its domestic coal industry.

There were many environmental issues — deforestation rates that were higher than Brazil, many communities losing their land to palm oil plantations, and massive pollution and congestion in the main cities and reliance on coal rather than on clean renewable energy like solar.

Dr. Hansen has said for years that growing reliance on coal, far more so than oil, is the biggest threat to the global climate.

Less has been made of the scant impact this is likely to have on the country's emissions of carbon dioxide, given its enduring reliance on coal for most of its electricity.

Bloomberg Philanthropies will invest an additional $ 30m to help reduce US reliance on coal, Michael Bloomberg announced on Wednesday.

Third, China and the United States both have historically high reliance on coal for generating electricity.

Lastly, research toward and potential development of capture and storage solutions and / or coal gasification could accommodate some of Poland's reliance on coal while minimizing its negative externalities, such as CO2 emissions and smog.

Lower reliance on coal for baseload power can also offer opportunities for grid balancing and other technology solutions that are part of the new strategies for E.ON and RWE, as well as EnBW.

Mr. Obama and EPA chief Gina McCarthy are nevertheless determined to slash reliance on coal, even in 20 states that rely on this fuel for half to 95 % of their electricity, potentially crippling their economies.

PJM clarified that increased reliance on coal units during the bomb cyclone was the result of economic dispatch not lack of gas generator availability.

China's reliance on coal as a main source of energy will last for a long time.

India is also the world's fifth largest greenhouse gas emitter, according to the latest reliable information (CAIT 2007), with a heavy reliance on coal power stations, though India's strong economic growth has meant that demand for electricity often outstrips supply, which has reinforced the need for alternative energy sources.

It also leads to a potential tradeoff between air pollution and carbon mitigation objectives: resolving eastern air pollution at the expense of continued reliance on coal - fired power generation in remote regions.

Third, there is a heavy reliance on coal for energy (this doesn't distinguish Guangdong from other provinces in China but is still an important factor in the province's total energy use.)

The Liberals are also launching a task force to come up with ways to help coal workers that will lose their jobs as a result of the decreasing reliance on coal - fired electricity plants.

Even if energy conservation were pursued more aggressively in the state (a perennial opportunity), scratching off New York natural gas and nuclear power would clearly lead to more reliance on coal - generated electricity (or gas extracted in other states unlikely to have the safeguards that are inevitable in environment - minded New York).

As Ohio prepares for a new energy future, it can mitigate the risks of reliance on coal and natural gas by broadening its portfolio to include renewable energy and greater energy efficiency.

At the same time, both Obama and Romney are competing with each other in their advocacy of a greater reliance on coal.

Doing it with increasing reliance on coal is imperiling the world.»

This appears to reflect how the administration, the United States and many other countries remain stuck between a hard place (reliance on coal for cheap electricity) and a soft rock (bituminous coal).

Three - quarters of the $ 2.2 - billion price tag will fall on the shoulders of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, which aren't expected to end their reliance on coal for power until at least 2040.

Premier Wynne recently shared a stage with Al Gore, who gave her kudos for reducing Ontario's reliance on coal - fired power.

«The Clean Energy Jobs and Climate Agenda released today will continue New York's path towards a more sustainable future by reducing harmful carbon emissions, ending New York's reliance on coal, and advancing offshore wind, energy efficiency, and energy storage.

A campaign promise to scale back South Korea's reliance on coal and nuclear power helped Moon Jae - in win the nation's 10 May presidential election.

«I think that this decision represents a clear and powerful recognition of how serious the threat of global warming is and that our reliance on coal for power generation needs to be changed,» says Eric Young, spokesman on global warming at New York City — based environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council.