Sentences with phrase «replace coal fired power station»

Even more importantly, if we replace coal fired power stations with renewable energy, we will greatly reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are one of the main causes of climate change and ocean acidification.

Not exact matches

The world could cut greenhouse emissions by fracking for gas and replacing coal - fired power stations, but using gas to produce power could then lock us into a high - carbon future.

In the short term, new gas - fired power stations can help cut emissions, but only if they replace existing coal - fired power stations rather than nuclear plants or renewable energy sources.

The world could cut greenhouse emissions by fracking for gas and replacing coal - fired power stations, but use of gas could then lock us into a high - carbon future.

be blowing somewhere, then a coal - fired power station could be replaced by wind sources that are 100 % reliable.

Switching to electrified vehicles and replacing existing coal fired power stations may be a good first step.

If we closed down all our coal fired power stations and build nuclear power stations to replace them it would cost us billions and billions of dollars.

Solar thermal power is showing signs of approaching viability as a large scale contributor to the power grid and there are hopes of replacing the coal - fired power stations at Port Augusta with solar thermal.

The ANU's deputy director of sustainable energy systems, Dr Keith Lovegrove, said solar thermal had the potential to replace Australia's ageing coal - fired power stations with solar - powered steam turbines.

And don't forget to make the point that the 10 coal fired power stations are being built to replace the nuclear power plants Germany is being forced to close down by the irrational, extremist, loony greenies:)

We already have a good way of massively reducing our CO2 emissions (far more than even banning aviation altogether would achieve)-- namely replacing coal - and gas - fired power stations with nuclear ones.

Considering that America has 22.1 percent of the world's proven coal reserves, the greatest of any country and enough to last for 381 years at current consumption rates, it is a tragedy that the U.S. can no longer build new, clean, coal - fired power stations to replace its aging fleet of coal plants.Supercritical power plants operate at very high temperatures and pressures, resulting in significantly greater efficiencies than older technologies.

Re the mindset of the «anti-energy crowd», here's an example of this from 2009 — a BBC interview with spokesman Bob Andrews of climate activist group Eastside Climate Action, in which he actually proposes shutting down coal - fired power stations even when there is nothing yet to replace them with.

Meanwhile, the renewable energy lobby, big on promises but short on delivering them, has barely produced enough capacity to replace two coal - fired power stations.

Coal fired power will only be replaced as old power stations are retired or coal becomes too expensive due to export demCoal fired power will only be replaced as old power stations are retired or coal becomes too expensive due to export demcoal becomes too expensive due to export demand.

The UK phased out many of its coal fired power stations during the 1990s and replaced them with natural gas fired power stations.

Short term projections have new Wind farm capacity increasing by +20 GW per year only being able to replace maybe 2 x 5 GWe Coal Fired power stations per year.

Repower Port Augusta is proposing a solar power station to replace the coal - fired power stations.

As for solutions if CO2 is a big problem: I think we should just replace coal - fired power stations with nuclear, and then shift terrestrial transportation first to natural gas and then hydrogen, leaving the fossil fuels for air - travel.