Sentences with phrase «used coal gas»

So far we have used coal gas and now oil.

Not exact matches

It's easy to see why we should produce our own energy — relying on other countries for oil, natural gas, and coal (the biggest sources used today) can get complicated.

The emergence of low - cost natural gas in the U.S., largely uncovered through fracking techniques, is one of the major reasons that the country has been able to lower its carbon emissions and has started to ween itself off of coal use.

NEW YORK, April 1 - FirstEnergy Corp said late on Saturday its nuclear and coal power plant units filed for bankruptcy court protection as the company looks to restructure, sell assets and win government support to cope with competitors using lower - cost natural gas.

Many utilities can generate power using either coal or natural gas, so if the latter's price gets cheap enough — typically below $ 4.50 per MCF — power companies will make the switch.

Mild winters mean less home heating, lower natural gas prices and therefore lower coal use.

On the supply side, IEA said governments need to develop policies that encourage the spread of offshore wind power, nuclear energy and natural gas, while discouraging the continued use of the most inefficient coal - fired technology.

While Alberta has promised to end coal - fired electricity by 2030, and is building 5,000 megawatts of renewable energy capacity, it will also allow some of those coal units to convert to using inefficient fracked natural gas.

Higher use of oil and gas in transport, heating and industry would lead EON and RWE to export its surplus energy from coal, gas, and nuclear to other European markets that are lagging behind.

From the mid 2000s, the prices for commodities used to produce steel and generate energy — including iron ore, coal and natural gas — rose sharply.

«We can in fact help other parts of the world reduce their greenhouse gas emissions dramatically by providing them with lower - carbon fuels in other parts of the world where they are using very high - carbon fuels like coal.»

This year, for the first time ever, natural gas has surpassed coal in use for power generation in the United States.

These companies are either utilities that significantly use fossil fuels to generate electricity, or are coal and natural gas suppliers.

CCS really amounts to a combined GHG and natural gas hedge which, in a world of really expensive gas, allows you to maintain lower electricity prices than you perhaps otherwise would be able to as you can continue to use relatively cheap and plentiful coal while capturing and storing the emissions.

These forward - looking companies recognize that using natural gas, efficiency, and renewable energy are more profitable than retrofitting coal - fired plants — which are seen as being obsolete, inefficient, and highly polluting.

Despite legitimate concerns about air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, coal use will continue to be significant in the future.

By: Nadine James 16th September 2016 To facilitate the gasification of low - grade fine waste coal that is discarded as a by - product of coal processing, State - owned mineral research council Mintek is developing the concept of direct current (dc) arc plasma gasification, intending to produce a synthesis gas (syngas) that could be used... →

Meanwhile, although China will continue to burn lots of coal, it will begin shifting to gas including by tapping into its own tight gas reserves using new fracking technologies.

These include warm summer weather, which drives up use of air conditioners and electricity, the increased popularity of natural gas (versus coal) among power producers (partly reflecting the low price of the former), and cutbacks in production by some players in the natural - gas industry.

Avista owns a 15 - per - cent - stake in two of the four units at the Colstrip plant in Montana — a major coal - mining state — and plans to use them for electricity production until 2035, said a spokesperson for the company that also operates hydroelectric dams, natural gas and biomass generating plants and wind turbines.

«As the Alberta Electricity System Operator has noted, coal - fired power with carbon capture and storage is a far more expensive option to reduce carbon pollution compared to using natural gas, wind, solar and hydro power.

Methanol production is also experiencing a global resurgence, particularly in China where the finished product — typically extracted from solid waste / biomass, but also from natural gas and coal feedstocks — is widely used in chemical production and industrial processes, as well as in blended vehicle fuel.

Presumably that means divesting from companies that are engaged directly in coal, gas, and oil exploration and production, though not their use.

Preheat a gas gill to high or, if using charcoal, the coals should be glowing.

Using a charcoal or gas grill, prepare a two - level fire, setting one side to medium heat (if using a charcoal grill, bank all of the coals to one side of the kettle — you should be able to hold your hand five inches above the grate for 3 to 4 seconds; if using a gas grill, set one side to medium heat and leave the other side Using a charcoal or gas grill, prepare a two - level fire, setting one side to medium heat (if using a charcoal grill, bank all of the coals to one side of the kettle — you should be able to hold your hand five inches above the grate for 3 to 4 seconds; if using a gas grill, set one side to medium heat and leave the other side using a charcoal grill, bank all of the coals to one side of the kettle — you should be able to hold your hand five inches above the grate for 3 to 4 seconds; if using a gas grill, set one side to medium heat and leave the other side using a gas grill, set one side to medium heat and leave the other side off).

Hydraulic fracturing, or fraccing, for coal seam gas uses a host of chemicals; however this type of mining operation has operated on organic farms where the farmer and company have been able to negotiate suitable arrangements and not compromised the organic integrity of the property.

Scatter a handful of wood chips over coals if using a charcoal grill, or place in smoker box and place over direct heat if using a gas grill.

If using wood chips: Scatter over coals, if using a charcoal grill; place in a disposable foil pan and set over lit burner, if using a gas grill.

Republicans: Bush withdrew the U.S. from the Kyoto Treaty to reduce greenhouse gases and fossil fuel use (oil, coal).

State regulators have approved a deal that will re-energize a western New York power plant, repowering the Dunkirk power plant using natural gas instead of coal.

The Tompkins County installation has two units that burn coal, and one that uses natural gas or oil depending on the market.

Combination of economic trends and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions and economic trends are conspiring to cut emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy rules are ushering wind and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with coal; and federal air quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.

In fact, much of the overall decrease in energy consumption can be traced to the shift from coal to gas, because modern gas - fired plants may use up to 46 percent less energy to produce the same amount of electricity.»

Natural gas use increased by 3 percent to 28.3 quads while coal use decreased by 12 percent to 15.7 quads.

«Reduced emissions have been due to increased use of natural gas, and the decreased use of coal.

Opponents say cutting use of oil, gas and coal is a more effective way to redirect energy companies

Choosing to use water from one of the world's largest aquifers rather than leaving it in the ground is not irresponsible, says Andrew Stone, executive director of the American Groundwater Trust in Concord, N.H. Like coal or natural gas, groundwater is a valuable resource.

In other words, to get away from fossil fuels requires not just expanding alternatives but also discouraging the use of coal, oil and natural gas.

As an example, I firmly believe that there is great promise in advanced technologies, such as Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS), that can allow us to use our domestic coal and natural gas with greatly reduced carbon emissions.

«A specific difference is that in the near future, the United States can replace its traditional coal [use] by power generation plants using gas, but China can not.

With this kind of steady continuous combustion, it takes 95 days using coal, 124 days using oil, and 161 days using natural gas.

«There are also other important measures to reduce methane emissions from coal mining, municipal waste treatment and gas distribution, for example, as well as black carbon emission reductions through elimination of high - emitting vehicles, use of cleaner biomass cooking and heating stoves, replacement of kerosene wick lamps with LED lamps and other measures,» adds Zbigniew Klimont of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria, who also took part in the study.

We also need to explore alternative fuels with lower greenhouse gas emission profiles, integrate larger amounts or renewable into the electric grid and develop ways to use natural gas and coal in cleaner ways.

Poor nations say wealthy countries got rich using coal, oil and gas and they must be allowed to develop their way out of poverty.

By FRED PEARCE The large enterprises that mine coal and drill for oil and gas face a world increasingly determined to use less of their products.

Instead of piping in natural CO2, it will use the greenhouse gas captured at a coal - fired power plant just completed nearly 100 miles north of here and send it down into the reservoir, pushing oil out and leaving the greenhouse gas deep below, safely locked away from the atmosphere, so it does not add to global warming.

Biofuel producers use the sugars in crops such as corn to create alternative fuel that is more climate friendly than gas or coal.

In their comparative study, called a lifecycle impact assessment, the researchers used Pennsylvania as the point of origin for both shale gas and coal, since both energy sources are abundant in the state.

The world could cut greenhouse emissions by fracking for gas and replacing coal - fired power stations, but using gas to produce power could then lock us into a high - carbon future.

Efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the use of coal in China may run into difficulties getting accurate numbers