Sentences with phrase «renewables against nuclear power»
«It is wrong to pit renewables against nuclear power.
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In 2016, Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo directed the New York Public Service Commission to consider ratepayer - financed subsidies similar to those for renewable sources to keep nuclear power stations profitable in the competition against natural gas.
But against the backdrop of the decade - long nuclear contests, the FIT system (as established by the EEG in 1991) that obligated supply companies to purchase wind, solar, and biomass power and then pass costs to consumers was fueling tremendous growth of renewables.
But in what may be the most worrisome development in the combat against climate change, renewables are helping to push nuclear power, the main source of zero - carbon electricity in the United States, into bankruptcy.
Renewables are now a talking point against nuclear power.
Development of small to medium reactors (SMRs), is regarded as crucial to the future of the nuclear industry as it struggles to remain competitive against the rapidly falling cost of renewable wind and solar power.
If you've been paying attention to the power markets in recent years, you know that merchant coal and nuclear power plants are struggling to compete against natural gas - fired generation and renewable
In a worrisome development in the combat against climate change, renewables are helping to push nuclear power, the main source of zero - carbon electricity in the United States, into bankruptcy, writes Eduardo Porter in the New York Times [more]
ALL of you have the same agenda, to promote carbon fuels and nuclear power, against our advance into renewables.
A frequent argument against renewable sources of electricity is that they are much too expensive to compete with nuclear or fossil fuel power plants.
The situation is a clear example of what may await the rest of the country if we have get a climate bill passed, Many environmentalists are against nuclear power because of waste problems, safety issues, and the idea that money spent on nuclear is better spent on renewables like wind and solar.