Sentences with phrase «report on the coal plant»

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They report that in 2011, Alberta coal power plants produced over 40 megatonnes of CO2: «the same amount produced by roughly half of all cars on the road in Canada today.»

RESOLVED: That Berkshire Hathaway Inc. («Berkshire») establish reasonable, quantitative goals for reduction of greenhouse gas and other air emissions at its energy - generating holdings; and that Berkshire publish a report to shareholders by January 31, 2015 (at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information) on how it will achieve these goals — including possible plans to retrofit or retire existing coal - burning plants at Berkshire - held companies.

The Alberta government received the final report from the independent panel led by University of Alberta economics professor Andrew Leach and announced its plans to phase out coal burning electricity plants, phase in a price on carbon, introduce a limit on overall emissions from the oil sands and introduce an energy efficiency strategy.

If new plants can be built on time and on budget, the risk premium could fall, bringing the price of power from new plants down to 6.6 cents per kilowatt - hour — competitive with gas and coal — the report says.

Beijing has closed the first of four large coal - fired power plants set to be de-commissioned as part of the city's efforts to cut air pollution, official news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday, citing the local planning agency.

«There is no plant that integrates gasification with capture and sequestration,» says physicist Ernest Moniz of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who co-chaired a report on the future of coal.

The story in July on the Texas electrical utility TXU's plans for a heap of coal - burning plants was another great bit of reporting.

There's much more, including on - the - ground reporting from the 750 - megawatt Trianel power plant in Luenena, Germany, which only burns imported coal (Germany is closing down its coal mines).

An important question that political and climate analysts will be examining is how much bite is in the regulations — meaning how much they would curb emissions beyond what's already happening to cut power plant carbon dioxide thanks to the natural gas boom, the shutdown of old coal - burning plants because of impending mercury - cutting rules (read the valuable Union of Concerned Scientists «Ripe for Retirement» report for more on this), improved energy efficiency and state mandates developing renewable electricity supplies.

The Fraser Institute report examined the impact of closing the coal plants on the level of fine particulates, nitrogen oxides and ground - level ozone in Toronto, Hamilton and Ottawa.

In fact, it was such commonplace knowledge that the New York Times reported on its front page that coal's death toll would rise to 56,000 if coal instead of nuclear plants were built.

Today, a fact finding team of five non-governmental organizations (NGOs)-- the Sierra Club, 350.org, Carbon Market Watch, Friends of the Earth U.S. and Pacific Environment — released a scathing report, The U.S. Export - Import Bank's Dirty Dollars, on the rampant human rights abuses at the U.S. Export - Import Bank (Ex-Im) financed Sasan coal - fired power plant and mine in Singrauli, India.

The Department of Energy's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on ways to compensate baseload generation, now under consideration at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, may provide some relief to existing coal plants, but the report notes that the PJM Interconnection compensates plants for reliability through its capacity market and that «has not yet translated into significant revenues for coal - fired generation.»

In subsequent years, the WEO has addressed various facets of the nexus: the WEO Special Report Redrawing the Energy - Climate Map in 2013 looked at energy infrastructure and climate resiliency; while the World Energy Outlook 2015 assessed the impact of water scarcity on coal - fired power plants in India and China as well as water requirements of unconventional gas production.

A series of reports by Friends of the Earth showed that the proposed Long Phu 1 coal plant's climate impact will be worse than claimed and will violate international environmental policies, including restrictions on financing for coal plants abroad.

There was a time when bigger was better on the grid, when large nuclear and coal - fired plants offered economies of scale, says the NRDC report.

... The Truth About Coal, China, and Smog... Environmental extremists, especially those wedded to the CO2 hypothesis for global warming, have repeatedly reported on China's smog and how coal - fired power plants were to blCoal, China, and Smog... Environmental extremists, especially those wedded to the CO2 hypothesis for global warming, have repeatedly reported on China's smog and how coal - fired power plants were to blcoal - fired power plants were to blame.

In its 2010 annual report Peabody notes that the New York Office of the Attorney General Subpoena wrote to Peabody on June 14, 2007 and referred to the company's «plans to build new coal - fired electric generating units,» and stated that the «increase in CO2 emissions from the operation of these units, in combination with Peabody Energy's other coal - fired power plants, will subject Peabody Energy to increased financial, regulatory, and litigation risks.»

In the past two years, officials with the the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) ordered «at least seven coal and gas - fired power plants to keep running as a last resort plan to keep the lights on in case of an emergency,» reports Midwest Energy news.

Rising Tide North America, a loose - knit group of students and workers for nonprofit organizations, posed as phony public relations officials and targeted energy reporters around the world on Monday with e-mails and telephone calls claiming that a legitimate group of 33 businesses and environmental groups, the United States Climate Action Partnership, had agreed to slash emissions, blamed for warming the earth, by 90 percent by 2050 and had called for a moratorium on new coal plants, Reuters reports.

This toolkit serves as a plan of action for NAACP units who want to take action on the findings of the report, particularly on the failing coal fired power plants highlighted in the report.

In a new report from Moody's, and reported on by SNL, the ratings agency predicts that cheap natural gas could lead to another massive wave of coal - fired power plant closures over the next year and a half.

The report is a joint production of NAACP, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO), the Indigenous Environmental Network and lead author and researcher Adrian Wilson, and will serve as a launching point for NAACP's campaign to address the issue of the pollution from coal fired power plants and disparate impacts on communities of color.

Moles whacked About a month ago Eli reported on attempts to force construction of coal powered electrical generating plants in Kansas.

And for those of you who aren't in Tennessee but who live reasonably close to a coal plant or know people who do, Environmental Health News has a list of over 100 news stories from around the country, a significant number of which are regional papers reporting on the risk of similar collapses in their communities.

The Obama administration should not depend on so - called «clean - coal» technology to roll out its climate - change rules for power plants, according to a new report released Tuesday that was done in consultation with the White House.

From 2016 to 2017, newly completed coal plants dropped by 41 per cent while construction of new plants dropped by 73 per cent worldwide, according to a report by Greenpeace, the Sierra Club and CoalSwarm, released on Thursday.

«The efficiency of converting coal into electricity matters: more efficient power plants use less fuel and emit less climate - damaging carbon dioxide,» wrote the authors of the International Energy Agency report on measuring coal plant performance.

Drawing on the Global Coal Plant Tracker, they released their annual «Boom and Bust» report on the global coal pipelCoal Plant Tracker, they released their annual «Boom and Bust» report on the global coal pipelcoal pipeline.

«Texas Decision Could Double Wind Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2002).

Consequently, the research report calls for action: (1) to reform electricity markets so that low cost renewables are dispatched first; (2) to extend robust moratoriums on new coal power plants; (3) to cap longer - term coal consumption and emissions in the power sector in the context of carbon markets.

«Santee Cooper will use the large reserve capacity to... reduce its reliance on coal - fired power plants,» South Carolina's The State reported last week.

A new report from Friends of the Earth and Taxpayers for Common Sense sounds the alarm on a lame duck tax deal that could send billions in subsidies to Southern Company's long - troubled Kemper coal plant in De Kalb, Mississippi.

The report's authors point out that recent increases in emissions from the EU's coal - fired power sector are not due to more coal - fuelled facilities coming on stream, but rather because existing plants are running at full capacity.

Even with much decreased numbers, the report says sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from coal power plants will «continue to take a significant toll on the health and longevity of millions of Americans.»

According to the 2010 report, «Impact of EPA Rules on Power Markets,» by Credit Suisse, tougher federal air pollution rules that will be coming in the next few years could prompt electricity companies to close as many as 1 in every 5 coal - burning power plants in America, primarily facilities more than 40 years old that lack emissions controls.

A new report naming the 30 energy plants pumping out most greenhouse gases in the European Union shows that coal - fired facilities are undermining Europe's long - term targets on emissions reduction.

LONDON, 22 July, 2014 − It's not the sort of league table that anyone is proud of leading, but a new report on the European Union's power sector lists the EU's 30 most polluting energy plants — all powered by coal.

A March 2011 report by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), «Fossilized Thinking: The World Bank, Eskom, and the Real Cost of Coal» examined the economics underlying the World Bank's $ 3 billion loan for the Eskom plant, evaluating whether the Bank adequately considered the project's impacts on human health and the environment and the likely economic costs of these impacts.

In addition to calling on high income countries to stop building new, unabated coal - fired power plants immediately and accelerate the retirement of their existing plants, the report also calls on middle income countries to limit new coal - fired power plants and begin retiring their existing fleet by 2025.

The truth is the U.S. doesn't need nuclear reactors and coal plants to keep the lights on — the Department of Energy's own grid reliability report confirmed that.

Background: The UNESCO monitoring mission report represents the conclusion of a fact - finding mission that UNESCO World Heritage Committee officials conducted in March to investigate the impacts of the Rampal coal plant and other coal - powered plants on the Sundarbans, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.

The dynamic policy environment suggests China is trying to work out how to avoid wasting half a trillion dollars on unneeded coal plants,» said Matthew Gray, senior analyst and author of the report.

However the report concluded the lower prices «may drive out coal - and oil - fired generators and nuclear plants dependent on these revenues.»

From the Daily Caller: Coal - fired power plants kept the lights on for millions of Americans during January's bomb cyclone, according to an Energy Department report warning future plant retirements could imperil grid security.

The German consultancy Urgewald reported in July 2017 on plans over the next decade by Chinese companies to build more than 700 coal power plants around the world, at a pace described as «frenzied.»

A MAJOR electricity retailer has announced a $ 130 - a-year price hike and blamed closing coal - fire power plants, among other factors, as some government MPs dig in their heels on the Finkel report.

As Christine's report on a successful megabattery demonstration in Germany shows, there is huge interest in developing viable energy storage solutions to both ease the introduction of intermittent wind and solar onto the grid, decrease the need for coal plants to cycle their production inefficiently and improve overall grid resilience.

The United States Export - Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) voted on Wednesday to seek a final review of a $ 900m loan for a controversial 3,960 MW coal - fired power plant in India, reports Pacific Environment, a San Francisco - based environmental group.

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