The proposal lumps gas turbines and coal boilers into the same source category, and it holds coal power plants to a CO2 performance standard that nearly all natural gas combined cycle plants and exactly zero commercial coal power plants can meet.
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Coal is the dominant energy source for generating electricity in China, with Coal-fired power plants account for nearly three quarters of electricity produced in China, and the most intense demand is along the coast in Eastern Chinese provinces.
But in the short term, at least, coal will remain a key source of energy for the U.S. mainly because the cost of running coal and natural gas power plants remains comparable.
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While solar is a far less polluting energy source than coal or natural gas, many panel makers are nevertheless grappling with a hazardous waste problem.
Currently, there is no cheaper energy source than coal.
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For several years now, the company has taken an active role in lobbying for more government spending and stronger regulations to compel a move away from using coal as the largest source of our electricity generation.
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Importantly, the EIA projects that over the lifetime of newly constructed power plants going into operation in the year 2016, natural gas power will be 33% less expensive than what is currently the least expensive power source, coal.
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In particular, coal plants are the largest source of mercury pollution in the Great Lakes.
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And we know for a fact that coal plants are the major source of greenhouse gas emissions.
China is already investing billions of dollars to substitute hydropower (which counts as a renewable energy source) for coal and gas in electricity generation.
The category includes petroleum, natural gas liquids, ethanol, biodiesel, coal-to-liquids and gas-to-liquids, and as you can see, the gap narrows between liquids and coal, but coal remains the second energy source to power the world.
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They generate electricity from coal and wind, but their largest source is natural gas.
The biggest reason for this extraordinary development is our move away from the dirtiest energy source on the planet: coal.
And, by promising to capture 90% of its carbon, SCS Energy can get away with burning the cheapest but dirtiest source of baseload fuel (coal) in the most expensive retail electricity market in the country.
To help us reach that goal, we are working hard to maximize our opportunities related to shale exploration and drilling, electricity generation and distribution, continued development of renewable energy and alternative fuels as well as a continued support for coal, which will remain a vital source of energy for Ohio.
Coal will continue to be the dominant electric source for as far in to the yawning tunnel of the foreseeable future as we can see.
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Coal-fired power plants are a big source of particle pollution.
Among them: an agreement for the United States to assist China in improving its "clean coal technology" at its growing number of coal-fired power plans, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.
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While methane is a cleaner source of energy than oil or coal when burnt, on its own it is an unusually powerful heat-trapping agent -- perhaps 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
Blending of local and imported coal would have increased costs for power producers which source the fuel from the state-run monopoly supplier.
Imported non-subsidised coal is the second-most cost-effective source of electricity in Europe.
But should he proceed with regulations to control pollution from existing coal-fired power plants, the single largest source of carbon pollution, those regulations probably will contribute to shuttering facilities already struggling to compete with cheap natural gas.
Make no mistake, coal is the most abundant, cheapest and dirtiest fuel source in the United States, and because of its prevalence, it will remain the largest component of the nation's fuel mix.
There are a few sites like Goodreads and Indie Reader that offer alternatives to the untrustworthy online review, but for the ordinary reader, there is no single source available to sort the diamonds from the coal.
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We have enough coal for the next 50 years until we have a new energy source altogether.
Higher prices are needed to induce consumers and businesses to use less energy (the source of most greenhouse gases) and switch to fuels (from coal to natural gas) that have lower emissions.
Coal provides some 60% of its power output, and its second-cheapest source after hydropower (which is 10% of total output).
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Not everyone is convinced that wind-power is the most reliant route to clean, renewable carbon-free energy, and it is concerning that Britain is relying on a power source that must be backed up by more constant technologies such as nuclear, coal, or gas, because the wind blows inconsistently, as is its nature.
In the wake of the 70s oil crisis, Selby was touted an assured source of energy for the UK. It was forecast that 10 million tons of coal a year would be dug there for 40 years.
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Equally important, there has been a huge influx of cheap coal from the US, where the discovery of shale gas has provided an even cheaper alternative energy source.
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