Sentences with phrase «significant nuclear electricity»

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With more wind power, new nuclear plants, carbon capture and storage, and increased efficiency, electricity industry group says significant greenhouse gas reductions possible

I am not an expert, just an ordinary citizen who has followed energy issues for 40 years; but for what it's worth, I think that nuclear and coal - with - CCS are neither necessary (since we can get all the electricity we need, and more, from renewables) nor effective (since nuclear will take too long to build up to the point where it makes any significant contribution, and working CCS doesn't exist and is unlikely to exist for decades).

And again, my position is that (1) nuclear power is not needed, since we can get all the electricity we need, and more, from renewables; (2) nuclear can not possibly be expanded enough, quickly enough to have any significant impact on reducing GHG emissions in the time frame that's needed, while renewables can be (and already are); and (3) resources invested in expanding nuclear power would be far more effectively invested in renewables and / or efficiency, and the opportunity costs of nuclear therefore mean that putting resources into nuclear power hinders rather than helps the effort to quickly reduce CO2 emissions from generating electricity.

Nuclear Power is the ONLY form of significant quantities of reliable electricity that does not produce emissions such as CO2.

But we believe the nuclear option should be retained, precisely because it is an important carbonfree source of power that can potentially make a significant contribution to future electricity supply.

If in the future carbon dioxide emissions carry a significant «price,» however, nuclear energy could be an important — indeed vital — option for generating electricity.

Perhaps most significant, hydrogen - powered electricity is now competitive with nuclear, LNG and coal in carbon and risk - adjusted terms (ie against nuclear).

A report released this week by The Brattle Group says that if four nuclear power plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania are allowed to retire early it will cause «substantially higher emissions of CO2 and other pollutants» and that there will be «a significant increase in electricity prices» not only in the two states, but also -LSB-...]

Conclusion: nuclear is the least cost way to make significant reductions in the emissions intensity of electricity.

A significant piece of Germany's energy mix, nuclear supplies 12 % of German energy and one - quarter of its electricity generation.

Given these changes, the nuclear sector will require significant additional resources as well as close monitoring by the authorities to oversee safety, financial balance and impact on competition in the electricity market.

As one Guardian reader points out, part of the low CO2 figures for Eurostar must presumably be due to a significant proportion of French electricity being supplied nuclear power.

The results should emerge soon, but in its evidence to the Select Committee, Scottish and Southern Electricity plc said that, while shale gas was a viable if relatively small option for the UK (compared to the US), «there is a concern that with limited capital for investment in the energy industry, significant development of policy incentives to encourage development of shale gas resources in the UK, alongside uncontrolled growth in gas - fired generation could decrease investor certainty on UK policy direction towards renewables, CCS and / or nuclear.

The significant scale up in the electricity provided by renewable energy to phase out Germany's nuclear power sector while meeting its climate goals is illustrated by the two figures below.