Sentences with phrase «than the coal generation»

It indicates that nuclear is about 4 orders of magnitude (10,000 times) safer than coal generation.

As Brown reviews, nuclear power is far less of a risk to public health than coal generation, and this difference is magnified when factoring in the health impacts of climate change.

Not exact matches

Perry said that the U.K. was committed to phasing out unabated coal - fire power generation «no later than 2025,» and hoped to inspire others to follow suit.

Second, many states actively favor renewables in electricity generation, and even in places that don't, the word has gotten out that coal combustion is far deadlier to humans than any other electric generation source — including natural gas.

The U.S. generates over 1.7 million megawatt hours from coal - fired power, compared to less than 100,000 megawatt hours in Canada, and U.S. coal generation is expected to remain roughly constant through 2040 absent any new regulations.

While power generation can be shifted to other energy sources rather than coal, it's not so easy to find substitutes for liquid transportation fuels like petrol, diesel fuel, or jet fuel.

Staff reductions in Erie County government, fewer coal - fired power generation, energy conservation projects in county office buildings and other measures allowed the county to meet the Paris accord's 26 percent reduction goal in greenhouse gases more than a decade ahead of schedule, according to an inventory County Executive Marc Poloncarz unveiled.

Staff reductions in Erie County government, fewer coal - fired power generation, energy conservation projects in county office buildings and other measures allowed the county to meet the Paris accord's 26 percent reduction goal in greenhouse gases more than a decade ahead of schedule, according to an inventory Poloncarz unveiled Thursday.

More than 33 gigawatts of coal - fired electricity generation will be retired over the next couple decades, EIA said, pushing up demand for natural gas.

To get as many renewables as possible operating on the grid, these renewables are much different again in characteristic than the current generation mix in that we have primarily base - load plants that are operating over long periods of time that don't vary much, like a coal plant, for example.

More than 100 gigawatts of geothermal power (one tenth of the current U.S. electrical generation) could be developed for $ 1 billion during the next 40 years — at the full cost of one carbon - capturing coal - fired power plant or one - third the cost of a new nuclear generator.

Natural gas might still have an advantage over coal when burned to create electricity, because gas - fired power plants tend to be newer and far more efficient than older facilities that provide the bulk of the country's coal - fired generation.

In the UK, carbon pricing — charging those who emit carbon dioxide — has become much stronger in recent years, making it more profitable for power companies to use natural gas generation rather than coal.

But in the Midwest and South, where coal fuels the bulk of electricity generation, a hybrid produces less CO2 than an electric car.

Currently, India produces about 201 gigawatts of power, with more than half of its electricity generation coming from coal.

In 2017, renewable generation in the UK was three times higher than the output of coal power stations.

December 8, 2017 India's steel industry, like America's, is dominated by electric - based processes November 20, 2017 Link between growth in economic activity and electricity use is changing around the world November 16, 2017 Growth in global energy - related carbon dioxide emissions expected to slow November 8, 2017 EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries October 25, 2017 China leads the growth in projected global natural gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use by 2040

Ontario became the first province in Canada to become coal - free in electricity generation as of 2014, a year earlier than anticipated when Ontario's premier pledged in 2002 to end all coal - fired power in the province.

If all the money wasted on the Iraq war / military had been spent on energy research instead, we might have already achieved cheaper than coal renewable generation.

I myself have been accused of being a paid shill for the coal industry, because I argued that rapidly deploying solar and wind energy technologies, along with efficiency and smart grid technologies, is a much faster and much more cost effective way of reducing GHG emissions from electricity generation than building new nuclear power plants.

Adding coal generation is nothing more than a distraction that will hinder the installation of renewables and reduce the incentive to increase electrical efficiency and conservation.

~ 13 times less than land use changes (3.4 gigatons) ~ 11.5 times less than light - duty vehicles (3.0 gigatons) ~ 5.3 times less than concrete production (1.4 gigatons) ~ 2 dozen 1000 MW coal - fired power plants (2 % of the world's coal - fired electrical generation) Or, roughly the same CO2 emissions as Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Poland or South Africa.

In the absence of being able to make that policy call at this time on dangerous interference, what we're doing as an interim measure is working bottom up to see how aggressive can we be in finding a pathway to low - carbon power generation from coal, because that accounts for more than 50 percent of emissions; how aggressive can we be in transitioning to a much greater diversity of fuel supply than petroleum, and vehicle technology, and that's 20 percent of emissions; and then what can we do much more rapidly to halt deforestation, which is 20 percent of emissions.

Presently a electric car plugged into the grid is only around 40 % efficient overall due to the generation of grid electricity from coal, nuclear and gas mainly (here in the UK) and that makes them a lot less efficient than you say.

More than half of India's power - generation capacity of 205 gigawatts is coal - based, and Coal India Ltd., the world's biggest coal producer, is unable to produce enough owing to delays in getting environmental clearances for mincoal - based, and Coal India Ltd., the world's biggest coal producer, is unable to produce enough owing to delays in getting environmental clearances for minCoal India Ltd., the world's biggest coal producer, is unable to produce enough owing to delays in getting environmental clearances for mincoal producer, is unable to produce enough owing to delays in getting environmental clearances for mining.

So what kind of electric generation technology could end up cheaper than coal - fired generation is today?

This proven technology has helped shift more electricity generation to natural gas, which emits less nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, mercury and more than 50 percent less carbon dioxide than coal.

According to the 2005 Environment Canada Air Pollution Emissions Inventory, residential wood - burning fireplaces, dust from unpaved roads and meat cooking are larger contributors to fine particulate emissions than coal - fired generation.

Even ignoring the impacts on forests, harvest and transportation and looking only at the emissions coming from smokestacks, wood releases around 50 % more CO2 per megawatt of electricity generation than coal!

«The study seems an outlier in saying that when «all known costs» are considered, the average U.S. cost of producing electricity from established coal - fired plants is far less than new wind - power generation,»

Nuclear is still a factor of 600 safer than the main alternative, coal, and still much safer than all other electricity generation technologies (on a fully life cycle basis).

As the government floats the prospect of help for cleaner - coal power stations and attacks Labor for committing too strongly to renewables, Shorten will say that to achieve the ALP's 50 % target much more private investment in renewable generation and technology will be needed than the amount required to get to the legislated Renewable Energy Target (RET).

But the competitive landscape is formidable, not just due to coal but also to renewables, which in some countries become a cheaper form of new power generation than gas by the mid-2020s, pushing gas - fired plants towards a balancing rather than a baseload role.

«The study seems an outlier in saying that when «all known costs» are considered, the average U.S. cost of producing electricity from established coal - fired plants is far less than new wind - power generation,» PolitiFact found.

Decarbonizing the world's electricity supply,... would deliver a little less than half the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions necessary by 2035 to limit the eventual increase in global temperatures to two degrees Celsius,... The carbon intensity of electricity has increased by 6 % since 1990, largely due to growing use of coal for power generation in emerging economies, it said.

The average operating heat rate for gas - fired power plants is about 21 % lower than coal - fired electric generation facilities, creating less CO2 emissions.

«[Howarth et al.'s] analysis is seriously flawed in that they significantly overestimate the fugitive emissions associated with unconventional gas extraction, undervalue the contribution of «green technologies» to reducing those emissions to a level approaching that of conventional gas, base their comparison between gas and coal on heat rather than electricity generation (almost the sole use of coal), and assume a time interval over which to compute the relative climate impact of gas compared to coal that does not capture the contrast between the long residence time of CO2 and the short residence time of methane in the atmosphere.»

In 2011, coal dropped to its lowest level of power generation in more than a decade, according to the U.S. government's independent Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Their study found that preproduction emissions «are not substantial contributors to the life cycle estimates» — making Marcellus Shale gas essentially the same as conventional natural gas, which emits about 50 percent fewer emissions than coal when used for power generation.

The smallest subsidies on a per unit basis were for coal, natural gas and petroleum liquids, and municipal solid waste, all at less than $ 0.45 per megawatthour of generation.»

Paul Loeffelman, director of Corporate External Affairs for utility giant American Electric Power, states that the EPA's regulations will force more than 50 gigawatts of coal generation — about 300 power plants — to be retired by 2016.

According to Alex Morgan, lead North American wind analyst for Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), analysis completed for BNEF's New Energy Outlook 2017 found that wind energy generation will be cheaper than existing coal - fired sources by 2025 and cheaper than existing gas - fired generation by 2027.

«In light of recent rhetoric, observers could have expected a stronger move from the government, that would utilise the market to remove coal generation as soon as possible rather than handing it another lifeline,» he said.

New wind power is now cheaper per megawatt - hour than new coal - or gas - fired electricity generation, but renewable energy still needs subsidies to compete with existing generators.

In India, the third - largest coal consumer in the world, coal - fired power generation increased by 3.3 % in 2015, which is considerably lower than the 11 % growth of 2014, mostly due to lower demand growth.»

For example, with the higher - EROI sources — hydro, wind, and coal — other considerations like generation intermittency and regulatory environments become more important than the amount of energy needed to get a return, Inman tells Carbon Brief.

In 2016, coal - fired and nuclear power each contributed a bit over a third of the electricity, followed by natural gas generation, which provided a little more than a quarter of the load.

Renewables are expected to cover more than 60 % of the increase in world electricity generation over the medium term, rapidly closing the gap with coal.

Almost a third of these companies, however, have a coal share of power generation, which is less than 50 %.

The reason both countries, who have large readily available coal reserves are so heavily reliant on fossil fueled electricity generation is because, without carbon pricing, it's slightly cheaper than nuclear power.