Natural gas power emits merely 20% of the carbon monoxide of coal power, 20% of the nitrogen oxides of coal power, less than 1% of the sulfur dioxide of coal power, less than 1% of the particulate matter of coal power and less than 1% of the mercury of coal power.
Coal-fired power plants and coal mines are being shuttered at an unprecedented pace mainly because the price of natural gas has dropped so far that it has made coal power uncompetitive.
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The first action by Climate Camp for Climate Action was at Drax coal power station in 2006, followed by Heathrow airport in 2007 and Kingsnorth coal power station in 2008.
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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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Solar energy proponents want the price of solar electricity to fall so that it could better compete with cheaper power from coal and natural gas power plants.
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Like nuclear power plants, advanced coal power plants can only be sited within about 20 miles of a large body of water to meet cooling needs.
Coal, the cheapest fuel, currently produces America's baseload power: coal-fired plants run constantly to meet basic demand, with natural gas switched on when demand is higher.
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Alongside coal-fired power stations and coal exports, a coal conundrum is growing.
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For the first time in memory TVA got less than half of its power from coal.
With little or no help from EPA, power sector coal consumption is expected to fall 2% this year and 4% next year.
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Last week the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a shocking drop in power sector coal consumption in the first quarter of 2012.
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The oil-equivalent metric represents all forms of energy consumed, including crude oil, nuclear power, coal, natural gas and renewable sources such as hydropower.
Micropower systems have a niche, but some other scheme must be devised to replace the electric energy we now get from nuclear power and coal.
Of course the coal industry can also rely on support from representatives of coal producing states and, to a lesser extent, those representing the 20 states that generate at least 49% of their electric power from coal.
Ayrshire Power withdrew its planning application for a new coal power plant at Hunterston last summer.
Germany's decision to scrap all nuclear power and build more coal-fired power stations can only boost production further.
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Mr Finnie was referring to the application by Ayrshire Power to build a coal-fired power station at the plant in North Ayrshire, during a member's debate on 15 September 2010.
Yet the levelized cost of solar photovoltaic power is more than eight times the levelized cost of coal power.
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It would make it more expensive to burn coal, and very little of California's power comes from coal.
"The reason why it is cheap is that gas power requires lower investments than coal and nuclear power plants, " the head of Statoil's gas division, Rune Bjornson, told BBC News.
The technologies of the 21st century are still largely powered by the dirty coal power of the past, with over half of the companies rated herein relying on coal for between 50 percent and 80 percent of their energy needs.
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If Japan were to phase out its nuclear power fleet, it would likely ramp up production from its natural gas-fired and coal power plants.
If the demise of nuclear does mean the return of King Coal to power, it is unlikely to be German coal.
It has withheld permits for coal mines, tightened pollution controls for power plants that use coal, and is in the process of drafting regulations on greenhouse gases.
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There were no plans, he said, to extend the life of old coal power stations.
Eskom says it risks running out of electricity while it builds two coal power stations.
And to help replace the coal power it will build 200 mw of wind and solar installations.
Because coal power is cheaper than natural gas power, the switch will jack up your utility bills.
The graphic above shows suitability of sites for advanced coal power plants using geologic storage for carbon emissions.
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