Sentences with phrase «using natural gas generation»

As renewables like wind and solar approach 30 per cent grid penetration, operators will need to increase the flexibility of their grids using natural gas generation, manage up to 2...

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.

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This gas, composed mostly of methane, can be used as a fuel for power generation (replacing diesel generators), compressed or sold into the natural gas grid.

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

Power generation accounts for 32 percent of U.S. natural - gas use, according to the Energy Information Administration.

Stricter emissions requirements on coal - fired power plants, together with low natural gas prices, have contributed to a recent decline in the use of coal for electricity generation in the United States, she said.

In the United States, the use of natural gas for electricity generation continues to grow.

They made comparisons within the five sectors they studied — power plants, furnaces, exports for electricity generation overseas, buses and cars — and across sectors to see which use of natural gas pays the greatest dividend for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

As electricity use spikes across the country in the summertime when more people use air conditioning, electric power companies turn to more coal and natural gas power plants to help meet the demand, reducing renewables» share of total U.S. power generation, Comstock said.

«Consequently, the [United States] is importing decreasing amounts of these two fossil fuels, while using rising levels of its natural gas for power generation,» the report states.

«With increasing shale gas fracking and many countries» interest in displacing coal generation with natural gas due to the lower greenhouse gas emissions, natural gas use seems well poised to grow,» the report states.

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

This could provide a way to continue to use coal and natural gas for power generation with reduced emissions, an 80 to 90 % cut according to your link.

Natural Gas — Expensive, and best used for peak power generation and vehicle fuel.

Communities must decide whether the carbon - reducing benefit of using natural gas in power generation outweighs the fear of new drilling technologies.

And in Japan, the quick suspension of nuclear power generation after the Fukushima disaster led to more natural gas and oil use, pushing emissions up 1 percent to 336 million tons in 2012.

Increased use of natural gas across the country is the main reason U.S. carbon emissions from power generation are at 25 - year lows.

In California, natural gas - fired capacity is often used to help offset lower levels of generation from hydropower facilities.

The decline in coal - related emissions is due mainly to utilities using less coal for electricity generation as they burned more low - priced natural gas.

And the carbon footprint per mile of driving an electric car declines every time the grid gets cleaner, whether from adding renewable energy sources or replacing a coal - fired generation plant with one using natural gas.

While generators used more natural gas for electricity generation, overall CO2 emissions from natural gas were down because of lower gas heating demand this winter when temperatures were significantly above the historical average for the season.

Clearly, there is more information to be gathered about the environmental impact of extracting natural gas and using it for electricity generation, and I look forward to the conclusion of a currently running EPA study to fill in some of the gaps in our knowledge.

Power sector CO2 emissions declined by 363 million metric tons between 2005 and 2013, due to a decline in coal's generation share and growing use of natural gas and renewables, but the CO2 emissions are projected to change only modestly from 2013 through 2040 in the 3 baseline cases used in this report.

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.

Wider use of natural gas in electricity generation is a key reason.

When the proposed rule is modeled using the HOGR case as the baseline, natural gas plays a larger role in compliance, with the natural gas - fired share of total generation rising to 37 % in 2020 and 44 % in 2030.

The future certainly includes point of use solar, CHP natural gas, and fuel cell power generation.

Compared to coal, the use of natural gas for power generation emits 50 percent fewer emissions of carbon dioxide, and even more substantial reductions in traditional air pollutants.

Last year the Energy Information Administration noted that the «decline in coal - related emissions is due mainly to utilities using less coal for electricity generation as they burned more low - priced natural gas.»

The ad's message is as clear as America's air: Thanks to increasing use of clean, affordable natural gas, U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide from electricity generation — a major source of the greenhouse gas — are at their lowest level in 25 years.

Key factors likely contributing to increased natural gas spot trading in the Marcellus area include: rapid increases in Marcellus shale gas production; direct deliveries of Wyoming gas to the Ohio / Pennsylvania border through the Rockies Express Pipeline; and increased use of natural gas for power generation.

Here we apply such a method using near surface air temperature observations over the 1851 — 2010 period, historical simulations of the response to changing greenhouse gases, aerosols and natural forcings, and simulations of future climate change under the Representative Concentration Pathways from the second generation Canadian Earth System Model (CanESM2).

The fact is that even while production has significantly increased, total criteria air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions have fallen simultaneously, in large part due to industry's commitment to environmental protection and the expanded use of abundant, affordable natural gas in electricity generation.

A U.S. Energy Department study found that liquefied natural gas from the U.S., used for power generation in Asia and Europe, will emit fewer greenhouse gas emissions from a lifecycle perspective than electricity generated by regional coal.

And due primarily to greater use of natural gas, 2016 carbon dioxide emissions from power generation were at nearly 30 - year lows.

Thanks to America's energy revolution, the broad availability of natural gas and its increasing use in the power - generation sector also is playing a significant role, helping to reduce power generation - related emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) to nearly 30 - year lows.

As for emissions, levels of carbon dioxide associated with electricity generation are near 30 - year lows, primarily because of increased use of cleaner - burning natural gas.

Use of local renewable energy resources to displace coal, diesel and natural gas thermal power generation

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) tells us that in 2016, carbon emissions from electricity generation were at their lowest point in nearly 30 years; this is due largely to greater use of natural gas

«From a read of the executive summary, there are recommendations throughout that could affect how natural gas is produced and used, potentially impacting the many benefits it brings to our nation for power generation, transportation, and manufacturing,» said Amy Farrell, ANGA's vice president of market development.

Unlike the growth of natural gas - fired generation, which has largely been market - driven, increased use of nonhydro renewables has largely been driven by a combination of state and federal policies.

U.S. carbon emissions from power generation are now at nearly 30 - year lows due to increased use of natural gas.

Greater use of natural gas in power generation will also reduce NOx, SO2, PM, acid gasses, Hg and non-Hg heavy metal emissions.

Thanks to increased use of natural gas, U.S. energy related emissions of CO2 from power generation are at their lowest point in nearly 30 years.13 The environmental benefits associated with natural gas go well beyond CO2 reductions.

CO2 emissions from power generation in 2016 were near 30 - year lows, in large part due to greater use of natural gas.3 And increased use of natural gas in the power generation sector has helped to reduce total CO2 emissions to their lowest level in nearly 25 years.4 This proves that Americans do not have to make the false choice between utilizing our nation's energy resources and protecting the environment.

Making those assumptions then means that the CO2 reductions directly due to RGGI should be the savings of 76.1 million mmBtu of generation from natural gas specifically and the natural gas emission factor for CO2 should be used for CO2 displacement.

The March 2016 STEO expects that the combination of market forces and government policies will continue to stimulate the use of natural gas and nonhydro renewables for power generation.

First, with or without a new pipeline, existing laws and regulations will cumulatively require New England's use of natural gas for electric generation to decrease by 27 percent by 2023, relative to 2015 levels.

In 2014, researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that the increased use of natural gas combined cycles in power generation has led to 40 percent less nitrogen oxide emissions and 44 percent less sulfur oxides emissions since 1997.

The decline in natural gas use for electric generation indicates that even existing gas pipelines may operate under capacity and that ANE — or other new pipeline infrastructure — will not be needed to supply either electric generators or gas heating customers.