Sentences with phrase «requires new power plants»

He said Cuomo's energy plan is centered around imported fracked - gas, which requires new power plants and associated pipelines, compressor stations, and gas storage facilities.

It is now opposing regulations, promised by Obama and proposed in January by the Environmental Protection Agency, that would require new power plants to capture roughly half their CO2.

Guest post by Alec Rawls The upcoming rule:... will require any new power plant to emit no more than 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt of electricity produced.

Not exact matches

When both rules are fully enforced, Bernstein Research estimates that 15 % of coal - fired power plants will be forced to close — unable to meet new safety standards — or will require substantial new investment to remain viable.

The Clean Power Plan was part of an effort that included New York and other states to develop required cuts in emissions from fossil fuel burning power plants in order to combat climate chPower Plan was part of an effort that included New York and other states to develop required cuts in emissions from fossil fuel burning power plants in order to combat climate chpower plants in order to combat climate change.

Though in October 2009 Cameron pledged to introduce rules requiring new power stations to be as clean as a modern gas plant, he reneged on this in November 2010 by allowing new coal plants to pump almost double that level of carbon emissions,

While the Green Party has always opposed the construction of new fossil fuel projects such as the CPV power plant in Orange County, Hawkins said that the recent corruption conviction of Cuomo's former top aide required the state to rescind the permit for the plant.

People initially thought it would require developing and installing new scrubbers at power plants at a cost of billions of dollars.

Another Clean Air Act provision requires large new stationary sources of pollution, such as power plants and factories, to meet pollution limits based on what can be achieved by the «best available control technology,» which ensures continuous improvement over time.

One area that requires scientific expertise is environmental assessment, in which the site that will house the turbines is studied to determine whether drinking water, plants, or animals will be affected by a new wind - power facility.

Desalination plants also require a lot of energy, and building new power plants is difficult because of the state's strict laws to control pollution.

Well before the first 20 - year relicensing period ends, power plant owners will have to know what new components and equipment upgrades will be required to extend the lives of current reactors to 80 years, and how high the costs and regulatory hurdles will be, before deciding whether to take that route or decommission the plants and shutter them, industry officials say.

However, if the same number of vehicles were all charging at 5 p.m. on a beefier, 240 - volt / 30 - amp circuit, the grid would need 160 additional gigawatts of capacity, requiring the construction of 160 new power plants.

It is not a required part of the licensing process for a new nuclear power plant, but aims to verify the acceptability of a design with respect to Canadian nuclear regulatory requirements and expectations.

Prior to 1975, utilities were required to go through a multi-year process to obtain permits from numerous federal, state and local agencies before constructing new power plants.

My back - of - the - envelope takes on warming suggest to me that it can be managed without economic hardship or a serious impact on our way of life, but that the changes required are so massive — new transportation fuels, new power plants, and so forth — that they are far beyond what an individual or local community can achieve, however laudable their intent.

Located just 38 miles north of New York City, should the 2 GW power plant have an accident on the scale of that which took out the Fukushima plant in Japan, other new analysis by NRDC shows that it would be 10 - 100 times more costly — Fukushima is estimated to cost at least $ 60 billion to clean up — requiring the evacuation of millions, should a fallout plume extend southwarNew York City, should the 2 GW power plant have an accident on the scale of that which took out the Fukushima plant in Japan, other new analysis by NRDC shows that it would be 10 - 100 times more costly — Fukushima is estimated to cost at least $ 60 billion to clean up — requiring the evacuation of millions, should a fallout plume extend southwarnew analysis by NRDC shows that it would be 10 - 100 times more costly — Fukushima is estimated to cost at least $ 60 billion to clean up — requiring the evacuation of millions, should a fallout plume extend southwards.

Power generators are turning away from coal for a host of reasons: In some instances natural gas is cheaper; many states are requiring utilities to generate a certain portion of electricity from renewable resources; individual cities (and even an entire Canadian province) have decided to stop purchasing electricity created by burning coal; and new Environmental Protection Agency regulations are making it more expensive and less economical to use coal plants.

This will require large investments in new power plants to meet peak power demand at night, which can not be met with solar PV technology.

Given the nuclear solution requires new reactor designs yet to be built even for demonstration and test purposes, and then the complexities of siting nuclear power plants near the calling water they need while defending them against flood waters makes construction of tested designs take a decade.

So we are back to your «plan B» of «buying more time» by adding new fossil fuel fired power plants when new capacity is required (regardless of what James E. Hansen thinks of this option).

The investment required would not just be in oil fields themselves but also in power plants, pipelines and other industries that capture CO2 from their industrial processes., The economic benefits will also flow to the state and federal governments with an estimated 1.4 trillion in new government revenues.

New electric transmission facilities might be required for some new solar energy power planNew electric transmission facilities might be required for some new solar energy power plannew solar energy power plants.

The limits are so low, in fact, that they essentially require new coal plants to be built with a technology that has yet to be deployed in the power industry: carbon capture and sequestration.

The lawsuit claims that Allegheny undertook many construction projects over the years to extend the operational lifespan of these plants without complying with federal standards that require implementation of best available control technology standards to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions when new sources of power are constructed.

«There's a new sheriff in town,» agrees Salon's Andrew Leonard, pointing out that last week the Obama EPA started its own lawsuit over a coal power plant upgrade in Kansas that allegedly failed to add in required pollution controls.

If the government balks at requiring a few hundred power plants to install rudimentary emission controls, how can thousands of farms or crores of motorists be expected to accept new regulations?

The call for tenders specifies the total amount of capacity required, the time lines for capacity establishment, the fuel options as defined in the Government's power plant establishment plan, the type of plant (base load, load following, peaking capacity), possible transmission constraints that have to be taken into account, and in certain cases a price cap, i.e. maximum average price that the new plant can be expected to earn throughout its economic life.

The centrepiece of the policy is a new regulation requiring power plants to cut emissions 30 per cent by 2030, known as the clean power plan.

These tests include making sure that the project is not legally required to be done by law — for example, if a city has said that all new power plants had to come from wind turbines, carbon offset financing would not be allowed to be applied for such a project.

China and India are building new coal - fueled power plants every week, and neither they nor any of the real «developing countries» are required to commit to «binding targets» for lower carbon dioxide emissions.

Under the landmark new rule, Washington businesses such as power plants, petroleum refiners and manufacturers of metal and cement, which are collectively responsible for two - thirds of carbon pollution in the state, are required to cap and reduce emissions starting in 2017.

Electrolysis is expensive, and could require building new power plants.

Specifically, McCarthy and the Air Office over which she presides gave Congress and the electric power sector false assurances that the EPA's greenhouse gas regulations would not require utilities planning to build new coal - fired power plants to «fuel switch» to natural gas.

Moreover, the rule requires fuel switching, proposing a new source performance standard (NSPS)-- 1,000 lbs CO2 / MWh — that nearly all new NGCC plants already meet (77 FR 22396) and exactly zero commercial coal power plants can meet.

[McCarthy continues:] However, it is important to note that under the proposed carbon pollution standard for new power plants, companies would not be required to build natural gas combined cycle units; they would be required to meet a standard of 1000 lbs / MWh, which can be met either through the use of natural gas or by burning coal along with carbon capture and storage [CCS].

The logical error associated with using this statement to defend new fossil fuel infrastructure like fracking wells and bitumen sands pipelines (as well as new fossil fuel vehicles or power plants) is so obvious that it may seem unnecessary to state, but the quip is so popular among those trying to delay adequate action on climate change that it requires a quick rebuttal.

The order will require the Interior Department to lift a moratorium on the sale of new coal leases on federal land, and compel a review of regulations designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

This runs smack into another one of the «building blocks» of the new EPA proposal, which is to require natural gas - fired power plants to increase their efficiency by running much closer to the peak of their capacity.

Specifically, the executive order directs the EPA to not only rewrite the Clean Power Plan, but to also rewrite the new source performance standards (NSPS) for coal - fired power plants that required state of the art air pollution control technologies on any newly constructed coal plPower Plan, but to also rewrite the new source performance standards (NSPS) for coal - fired power plants that required state of the art air pollution control technologies on any newly constructed coal plpower plants that required state of the art air pollution control technologies on any newly constructed coal plants.

But while India's power demand will double over the next decade, its draft National Electricity Plan (NEP) calls for rising demand to be met with 275 gigawatts (GW) total renewable energy capacity by 2027, without requiring new coal plants beyond those already under construction.

Energy and Environment: Repudiate the Paris Climate Agreement Defund the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Overturn or at Least Defund the EPA's Clean Power Plan Repeal the EPA's Purloined Power to Legislate Climate Policy Repeal the EPA's Carbon Dioxide Standards for New Fossil - Fuel Power Plants Oppose Carbon Taxes Prohibit Use of Social Cost of Carbon as a Justification for Regulating Emissions Freeze and Sunset the Renewable Fuel Standard Require all Agencies to Meet Rigorous Scientific Standards Address Unaccountable Environmental Research Programs

The Myth Of Killer Mercury — The Environmental Protection Agency recently issued 946 pages of new rules requiring that U.S. power plants sharply reduce their (already low) emissions of mercury and other air pollutants.

AB 32, California's nation - leading greenhouse gas emissions reductions law, and the state's Renewable Energy Standard (RES), requiring state utilities to obtain one - third of their power from renewable sources by 2020, will not only drive the growth of renewables capacity, Hertel said, but also necessitate new natural gas - burning power plants or result in serious power supply problems.

Starting in April 2017, the Clean Energy Standard requires all six New York investor - owned utilities and other energy suppliers to pay for the intrinsic value of carbon - free emissions from nuclear power plants by purchasing Zero - Emission Credits.

Emma Penrod Salt Lake Tribune 9/12/2017 A federal plan that would have required Rocky Mountain Power to install new pollution controls at two coal - fired power plants is now on hold indefiniPower to install new pollution controls at two coal - fired power plants is now on hold indefinipower plants is now on hold indefinitely.

That's sort of like requiring that people spend carbon tax revenue to subsidize new coal - fired power plants.

Romney opposes EPA's new regulations requiring cuts in mercury and other air toxics from coal - fired power plants, alleging alongside other Republicans that they are too aggressive and will harm the economy.

The Environmental Protection Agency ruled that new power plants are not required to install technology to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, rejecting an argument from environmental groups.

Academic research has shown that for the UK to meet the emissions reductions targets implied by the 2008 Climate Change Act would require an effort the equivalent of 30 new nuclear power plants by 2015, just to get part way to the target.