If the energy efficiency level of the other 49 states were raised to that of New York, the most energy-efficient state, the energy saved would be sufficient to close 80 percent of the country's coal-fired power plants.
The study, which appears in the July 2011 issue of the journal Water, Air & Soil Pollution, reports that measurable amounts of the mercury emitted by coal-fired power plants are deposited in local soil and subsequently enters regional watersheds, contaminating fish and making them unsafe for human consumption.
With the convergence of increased renewable energy generation, tougher anti-pollution laws coming from the EPA and cheap natural gas, CLF saw an unprecedented opportunity to exploit the vulnerabilities of the region's aging fleet of coal-fired power plants, five of which are 50 years old or more.
IN A REPORT COMPILED in early 2007, the Department of Energy listed 151 coal-fired power plants in the planning stages and talked about a resurgence in coal-fired electricity.
Davies, unlike the Commission in its January 2008 proposal, calls for mandatory CCS from 2015 for new coal power stations.aThe UK Liberal further wants ministers to state whether or not they are prepared to allow conventional coal-fired power stations to continue being brought online after 2022.
(MHI) and E.ON Energie AG will jointly test technology for recovering carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue-gas emissions from a coal-fired power generation plant in Germany.
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