Sentences with phrase «vast coal supplies»

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Part of the reason for the lock - in is the vast infrastructure dedicated to sustaining the supply of coal, oil and gas.

Endowed with vast reserves in the Thar lignite field and facing a severe energy shortage, Pakistan is betting on domestic and imported coal for electricity supply in the coming years.

The 99.33 % of wind power output that went AWOL for hours (at various times, 3 days straight) was, instead, all supplied by conventional generators; the vast bulk of which came from coal and gas plants, with the balance coming from hydro.

The multiplier effect will help to shape electricity markets in areas where direct demand from RE100 members is low but supply chains are vast, and where coal still features strongly in national growth plans.

Specifically, it was tapping into the United States» vast shale gas resources that led to the supply glut, which in turn pushed natural gas prices low enough to compete against coal.