Sentences with phrase «replaced by renewables»

Two - thirds of coal - generated electricity will be replaced by renewables — primarily wind power — while natural gas generation will continue to provide firm base - load reliability.

Meanwhile, as I pointed out elsewhere on this thread, given that Germany has shut down its nuclear power - by political agreement the 20 - 25 % shortfall to be replaced by renewables - Greenpeace and the Greens have the perfect opportunity to show us doubters how that transition will play out in the real world.

The amount of electricity generated by burning coal is shrinking and being replaced by renewables and natural gas.

Grattan Institute energy director Tony Wood said Sunday's and Monday's blackouts and high pricing showed that the state had botched its energy transition program by allowing baseload power sources — such as the Hazelwood power station — to be replaced by renewables, which delivered intermittent power.

The report calls for ageing fossil fuel and nuclear power plants to be replaced by renewable generation when they reach the end of their operational lives.

If the nuclear power plant lifetimes were extended as briefly planned in 2010, the retiring fossil fuel plants could more easily be replaced by renewable energy sources, followed by a replacement of the nuclear plants with renewables as well.

One option is to leave it alone for the next 30 years, at which point it will be replaced by renewable energy.

Even if it is nominally replaced by renewable power, a kilowatt - hour of renewable electricity that replaces lost nuclear electricity is a kilowatt - hour that is not available to displace coal and gas from the grid.»

There, we could find dirty energy power stations (nuclear, coal, oil, gas, hydraulic megacentrals...) according to world productions, which would be removed and replaced by renewable energy (solar, wind, biomass, geothermal...), according to some questions we were asking to people.

Not exact matches

«Although China will be switching over to renewables by 2039, concerns about unhealthy air will be so intense after two decades of respiratory diseases that they could likely pioneer buildings with filtered air, oxygen supplements and artificial light to replace lost sunlight,» said Jacques Gordon, LaSalle's head of global research and strategy.

Designed in collaboration with Foster + Partners, Apple Park replaces 5 million square feet of asphalt and concrete with grassy fields and over 9,000 native and drought - resistant trees, and is powered by 100 percent renewable energy.

Our aim is to replace fossil - based materials by innovating and developing new products and services based on wood and other renewable materials.

The launch of LineoTM by Stora Enso is another important step on the way to replacing fossil - based materials with renewable solutions.

This is done not only by supplying renewable energy from the closed anaerobic reactor, thus reducing or even eliminating reliance on fossil fuels, but also by replacing traditional, open, methane - producing lagoons, and by replacing power - consuming, sludge - producing aerobic WWTPs.

New York could replace the entirety of Indian Point's 2,060 MW of capacity by implementing a clean energy portfolio comprised of 1,030 MW of energy efficiency and 1,030 MW of renewable capacity.1

According to Lester Brown, author of the 2003 book, Plan B (and three subsequent updates) and founder of the non-profit environmental think tank, Earth Policy Institute, the plan is based on replacing the fossil - fuel - based, automobile - centered, throwaway economy with a new economic model powered by abundant sources of renewable energy.

Yohe estimates the cost of achieving a more modest goal of holding warming to roughly 2 degrees C at a cost of 0.5 to 1.5 percent of gross domestic product for the U.S. by 2050, thanks to the expense incurred by, for example, replacing existing coal - fired power plants with renewables or retrofitting them with carbon - capture technology.

The most common definition is that renewable energy is from an energy resource that is replaced rapidly by a natural process such as power generated from the sun or from the wind.

If it is not, coal at power plants could be replaced by natural gas, nuclear power and large - scale renewable energy projects.

Europe's renewable energy targets drive demand for wood pellets Other voices in the forestry sector, including Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, said that wood - based energy is renewable because the wood burned is replaced by other trees that take in carbon dioxide, making the process carbon - neutral.

(They're «renewable» because the amount used is quickly replaced by natural processes.

«The leadership shown by Alberta's government to replace two - thirds of existing coal - fired electricity generation capacity with renewable energy will greatly help the province in achieving its ambitious climate change objectives,» adds Hornung.

Alberta is phasing out all pollution from coal - fired electricity generation (6,300 MW) by 2030 and renewable energy — mostly wind — will replace two thirds of it with renewable energy; expected to drive development of at least 4,000 MW of new wind energy capacity.

Our aim is to replace fossil based materials by innovating and developing new products and services based on wood and other renewable materials.

The opportunity to decarbonize was derailed by the antinukes who made sure the best tool we had, before renewables were any possibility, which could have been used to replace almost all fossil fuel usage in the 60s 70s and 80s when the Keeling curve was still in the low 300s, was kept from being used.

That assumes coal is replaced by a mix of 50 percent renewables and 50 percent natural - gas - fired electricity.

Humanity must become aware of the urgent need to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources to avoid the catastrophic scenario of using coal as an energy source as well as to replace the current model of development for sustainable development, which, by reverse logistics, with the reuse, recovery and recycling of materials, thus reaching the so - called closed production cycle, could delay the exhaustion of natural resources of the planet Earth.

AQA Chapter 10 (Sustainable Development) In this lesson students will learn: - the difference between finite and renewable - what sustainable development is Keywords: Finite Renewable Plastic Natural Resource Sustainable Objectives: Give examples of natural products replaced by synthetics Give examples of products replaced by agricultural products Distinguish between finite and renewable renewable - what sustainable development is Keywords: Finite Renewable Plastic Natural Resource Sustainable Objectives: Give examples of natural products replaced by synthetics Give examples of products replaced by agricultural products Distinguish between finite and renewable Renewable Plastic Natural Resource Sustainable Objectives: Give examples of natural products replaced by synthetics Give examples of products replaced by agricultural products Distinguish between finite and renewable renewable resources

That coal gas fired power plants must be shut down by 2050 and replaced with whatever works, from nuclear, hydro, renewable, energy efficiency, and massive demand reductions across the board.

In order to replace these industries, which are some of the biggest in the World, there is probably only one yearly renewable source of energy which can meet the global energy need, replace the cotton, provide paper and on the same time clean the atmosphere by discharging it of carbon dioxide and replacing it with oxygen.

1) Reduce fossil fuel use by replacing energy needs with as many feasible renewables as current technology allows.

Therefore it has become urgent and compelling to develop policies so that in the coming years the emission of carbon dioxide and other highly polluting gases is reduced drastically, for instance by replacing fossil fuels and by developing renewable energy sources.

The letter notes that PG&E's proposal — endorsed by anti-nuclear groups NRDC and Sierra Club, which are invested in renewable energy and fossil fuel companies that could benefit from Diablo Canyon's closure — would not replace Diablo Canyon with power from clean energy sources.

If we make the switch and rely on renewable sources of energy like the sun, we can save billions of dollars by avoiding not only the costs of replacing these plants, but also the increasingly higher costs of climate change in areas like healthcare expenses and damage from extreme weather.

The IPCC's claim as to the world's ability to replace most of the fossil fuel energy with renewable sources by the mid-century is nothing but a hollow statement based on wishful thinking.

The last 10 years have seen coal being replaced by cheaper and cleaner energy sources, like renewables and natural gas.

The CO2 Scorecard report, by contrast, examined changes in electricity at the regional level using data from grid operators, which showed researchers greater detail about where natural gas had replaced coal or renewables; where renewables replaced coal; and where electricity consumption simply declined because of reduced demand.

The hybrid system implemented, which includes a 4 - MW battery system combined with 4.5 MW of wind energy and 1 MW of PV solar power, has enabled up to 100 % renewable power penetration and dramatically decreased the levelized cost of energy for the island by replacing around two - thirds of fossil fuel - based generation with cheap renewable energy.

This is particularly relevant for power systems where the peak load is expected to increase at the same time as conventional power plants to be replaced by intermittent renewable power generation.

India is taking the lead in creating a country powered by renewable energy by replacing expensive imported coal with affordable solar power in just four years» time.

Their primary objective is to close coal power plants in the United States, including at least one - third of the country's more than 500 coal plants by 2020, and to replace them with renewable energy sources.

Backing out fossil fuels begins with the electricity sector, where the development of 5,153 gigawatts of new renewable generating capacity by 2020, over half of it from wind, would be more than enough to replace all the coal and oil and 70 percent of the natural gas now used to generate electricity.

Together, replacing fossil fuels in electricity generation with renewable sources of energy, switching to plug - in hybrid cars, going to all - electric railways, banning deforestation, and sequestering carbon by planting trees and improving soil management will drop carbon dioxide emissions in 2020 more than 80 percent below today's levels.

Replacing fossil fuels with renewable sources of energy for generating electricity and heat will reduce carbon emissions in 2020 by more than 3.1 billion tons.

And on May 25, Break Free, a day of coordinated action across Africa will show how the Lamu fight is emblematic of a larger movement brewing, rejecting coal and ensuring it's replaced by alternative, renewable solutions that can address energy and financial poverty and build more resilient communities.

The hole left by the failure of contracts - for - closure should be replaced with a new policy to close coal - fired power plants and replace them with renewable energy.

Coal, which once supplied about half the nation's electricity, has dropped to 40 percent as it has been replaced by booming supplies of natural gas and renewable sources such as wind and solar.

In our lifetime, we could see use of fossil fuels significantly reduced by replacing them with renewables.

Several generation resources are also fully permitted and readily available to come online by 2021, after the plant's closure, including clean, renewable hydropower able to replace up to 1,000 megawatts of power.

Maximizing the use of renewable sources of energy like wind in replacing the power generated by coal produces greenhouse gas reductions that are not only immediate, but sustainable over the long term.