Sentences with phrase «replacing nuclear plants»

Over the last half decade or so it has become increasingly difficult for so - called environmentalists to advocate replacing nuclear plants while also campaigning for action on climate change.

Even as they write blog posts claiming to oppose replacing nuclear plants with fossil fuels, the Sierra Club, NRDC and EDF are all supporting the replacement of Indian Point in New York, Diablo Canyon in California, and nuclear plants in Ohio, with natural gas.

Sierra Club has long advocated replacing nuclear plants with coal, natural gas, and renewables, from California to Ohio, a strategy it continues to employ today.

Increase premature deaths from air pollution by replacing nuclear plants instead of coal plants with natural gas;

Germany has followed Japan in replacing its nuclear plants with fossil fuels.

«The experts testified that New York has the resources to replace these nuclear plants; now the decision makers need the will to make it happen,» said Assemblymember James Brennan, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions.

1 TIM WOOLF ET AL., SYNAPSE ENERGY ECONOMICS, INC., INDIAN POINT REPLACEMENT ANALYSIS: A CLEAN ENERGY ROADMAP: A PROPOSAL FOR REPLACING THE NUCLEAR PLANT WITH CLEAN, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY RESOURCES 1 - 2 (Oct. 2012), available at http://www.riverkeeper.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Synapse-Indian-Point-Replacement-Study-10-11.pdf

What makes EP's investigation even more significant is the crucial role Brown played in legitimizing anti-scientific anti-nuclear ideology, and creating the anti-nuclear movement — one which has replaced nuclear plants with fossil fuels (under the guise of renewable energy promotion) in Germany, Vermont, Japan, Taiwan, and other nations around the world.

However the Ethics report is more cautious and says that, although renewables like wind and solar, can and should be ramped up rapidly, Germany also needed an extra 10GW to replace the nuclear plants.

«You can not, based on the laws of physics — forget the laws of Congress — replace those nuclear plants with more wind,» he said.

Not exact matches

The country's nuclear power plants have been shuttered with only part of the capacity replaced by wind and solar.

In Southern California, a company called Advanced Microgrid Solutions is spearheading a project that involves replacing the energy that was once provided by a large (now decommissioned) nuclear power plant with a series of solar arrays and batteries that AMS can turn on and off based on when the prices for conventional energy are low and when there's the most demand.

There will also be a move to renewables, but they can't replace the output of an oil well or a nuclear plant.

Those plants are aging, and if we replace them with new nuclear plants they would struggle to compete against the shrinking costs of wind and solar.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)-- The U.S. Department of Energy said Wednesday that it is entering negotiations with General Electric's nuclear division on a proposal to replace an aging uranium enrichment plant in Kentucky with a new facility.

I (David) have been thinking of ways to connect them (and with them I mean Isac) to the power grid so that they (he) could replace a nuclear power plant or two.

Tony Blair has given the strongest hint yet that the government will be replacing Britain's ageing nuclear power plants.

A report commissioned by two environmental groups shows that low - carbon options will be ready to replace the more than 2,000 megawatts of power lost by the closure of New York's Indian Point nuclear power plant in four years.

New York's Indian Point nuclear power plant has just completed replacing about a third of Unit 3's baffle bolts.

The state is working on «multiple fronts» to close and replace the Indian Point nuclear plant, state energy czar Richard Kauffman said — a direct acknowledgement that the Cuomo administration is actively trying to shutter the Westchester County facility.

Paving the way for Indian Point's termination, the state Legislature last month passed legislation making it easier to site new nuclear plants, which conceivably might be needed to replace power lost by Indian Point's closure.

Many of the same warnings Mario Cuomo heard in the 1980s about Shoreham are the same ones his son hears today from supporters of Indian Point: Closing a nuclear plant will result in blackouts, a less reliable electric grid and increased air pollution as fossil fuels are burned to replace the lost emissions - free nuclear power; customers could face higher bills; more than 1,000 jobs will be lost, and tax revenue for schools and towns will dissipate.

However, at least two of the state's nuclear reactors are in danger of closing within the next few years and would significantly increase air pollution because they would be replaced by fossil - fuel burning power plants in the near future.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Entergy Corp. says it is actively seeking to hire new employees at the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in Oswego County, replacing those who left after the company announced plans to close in January 2017.

It's hoped that energy generated from the project could, in part, replace the closure of the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County.

The government's energy review is due to report back this summer, but Tony Blair has already made clear he believes replacing Britain's ageing nuclear power plants is a vital part of the future energy mix, along with renewables and energy efficiency.

The 650 - megawatt CPV plant in Orange County has already received a series of approvals from the Cuomo administration over the years, and is viewed by officials as key if the governor is to realize his long - term goal of shutting down the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County and replacing the energy it generates with other sources.

Sen. Terrence Murphy may launch an investigation into the Cuomo administration's agreement with Entergy to close the Indian Point nuclear plant unless questions he has about the deal are answered, including how local governments will replace the tax revenue they'll lose once the facility closes.

Replacing the power from the three upstate nuclear plants would require about 2,700 onshore wind turbines.

Entergy Corp. said it would replace some liner bolts at its Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan, N.Y.

Entergy Corp. says it is actively seeking to hire new employees at the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in Oswego County, replacing those who left after the company announced plans to close in January 2017.

ALBANY — The state is working on «multiple fronts» to close and replace the Indian Point nuclear plant, state energy czar Richard Kauffman said, in a notably direct acknowledgement that the Cuomo administration is actively trying to shutter the Westchester County facility.

Wind and solar energy will become major sources of power in New York — just in time to replace the 30 percent of the region's energy supplied by the Indian Point nuclear plant, which is closing.

They said if the plants close, the nuclear energy would be replaced by fossil fuels.

ALBANY — State Sen. Terrence Murphy says he may launch an investigation into the Cuomo administration's agreement with Entergy to close the Indian Point nuclear plant unless questions he has about the deal are answered, including how local governments will replace the tax revenue they'll lose once the facility closes.

Peculiarities of the electricity system in New York State, including its unusual independent status, would make it difficult and expensive to replace electricity from the Indian Point nuclear power plant if Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo succeeds in shutting it down, experts on the grid warn.

The plant's power production increased by about 27 percent, replacing about a quarter of the missing nuclear energy.

A deal is struck to close California's last nuclear power plant, replacing the lost electricity through renewables and energy efficiency

Ultimately, the replacement of old, highly polluting coal - fired power plants by nuclear reactors is essentially no different from deciding, after putting sentimental considerations aside, to replace your inexpensive and reliable — but obsolete — 1983 Olds Omega with a 2007 Toyota Camry or BMW 3 Series sedan.

Part of the reason is obvious: It needs the expertise to improve and maintain the nation's nuclear weapons stockpiles, and it needs people to replace the first generation of nuclear plant operators and engineers, many of whom are now retiring.

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.

London insists it needs new nuclear power plants to replace aging ones, but is also granting extended operating permits to those older units

Moscow's intentions, announced this month by Armen Abagyan head of the All - Russia Institute for the Operation of Nuclear Power Stations, contrast starkly with Ukraine's decision this week to close its remaining reactors at Chernobyl and replace them with gas - fired plants.

To speed things up further, NuScale is initially marketing its micro nukes in bundles of 12 set up to replace existing nuclear power plants — which means that the company will not have to wait for approval of specific sites, since the go - ahead will already be in place.

If you replace these power plants with modern, safe nuclear reactors you could do a lot of [pollution reduction] quickly.»

Does it makes sense to replace old coal - fired power plants with new natural gas power plants today, as a bridge to a longer - term transition toward near zero - emission energy generation technologies such as solar, wind, or nuclear power?

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

Here, it's not war, nuclear holocaust or even a hostile invasion that threatens the end of humanity; instead, it's a strange, plant - based species that quietly and effectively replaces the inhabitants of San Francisco with identical pod people.

Ageing nuclear power stations and coal power plants need to be replaced by lower carbon forms of power.

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.