Power Plant Emissions Articles
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The implications of efficient electrical appliances for CO2 mitigation and power generation: the case of Nepal
This study assesses the potential of selected efficient electrical appliances for CO2 mitigation and reduced power generation in Nepal, from the technical as well as national, utility and user perspectives. The study shows that entire amount of CO2 emission (about 1 million tons) could be avoided by the selected efficient appliances during 1996-2010 from the technical, national and utility ...
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Electricity still hot
Latest federal projections reveal that our passion isn’t cooling for large air-conditioned homes and electric gadgets. US households have increased their electricity use by 23% over the past decade, and consumption will grow another 20% by 2030, according Annual Energy Outlook 2009, released March 31 by the Energy Information Administration. ...
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A long year in the life of the US coal industry
With concerns about climate change mounting, the era of coal-fired electricity generation in the United States may be coming to a close. In early 2007, a US Department of Energy report listed 151 coal-fired power plants in the planning stages in the United States. But during 2007, 59 proposed plants were either refused licenses by state governments or quietly abandoned. In addition, close to 50 ...
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Maryland and the Electron-Hungry Mob
Governments remain in power as long as the people have enough food, or so the old adage goes. But in today’s appliance-driven society, political longevity may depend as much on giving us our daily share of electrons. So it is little surprise that government leaders in Maryland are looking hard for ways to ward off a possible power shortage. Without quick action, the state could face ...
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Demands on thermal power plants in the liberalised energy market
In the liberalised energy market, a diversified set ("mix") of power plants will be needed. By investigating present and anticipated future criteria in detail, available technologies and outlines of further development are identified and discussed. Among them, concepts for efficiency-optimised base load plants as well as units with an improved cycling operation capability are both attributed to a ...
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World energy projections to 2030
This paper provides a description of the international energy projections elaborated with the POLES energy model for the purpose of analysing, in other papers of this issue, the impacts of technological change at world level and to 2030. Section 2 describes the key exogenous hypotheses on population and economic growth used for this projection, as well as the main resulting changes for the world ...
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Full-energy-chain greenhouse-gas emissions: a comparison between nuclear power, hydropower, solar power and wind power
Fair comparison of the climate impacts from different energy sources can be made only by accounting for the emissions of all relevant greenhouse gases (GHGs) from the full energy chain (FENCH) of the energy sources. FENCH-GHG emission factors of most of the non-fossil fuel energies are lower than those of the fossil fuels that are in the range of 500-1200 g CO2/kW h(e). The improvement rates ...
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An Introduction to the Topic: Controlling Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants
Untitled Document Mercury is a hazardous air pollutant (HAP) that circulates around the globe for a year before depositing back to earth. Mercury emissions from electric power generation sources were estimated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to be 48 t/yr, constituting the single largest anthropogenic source of mercury in the United ...
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