energy mix Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 13:37:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Removing 7,000 MW of Coal Plants from the Western Grid is Possible https://www.greenoptimistic.com/removing-7000-mw-coal-plants-western-grid-possible-20141007/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/removing-7000-mw-coal-plants-western-grid-possible-20141007/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2014 13:37:32 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=49536 I don’t know if there really is such a thing as clean coal, but based on a study by the Western Electricity Coordinating Council, we can clear 7,000 MW of coal fired power plants from the western grid.  This includes the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia in Canada, all the way down to a […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/removing-7000-mw-coal-plants-western-grid-possible-20141007/feed/ 2 49536 Low-Carbon Hybrid Systems Key to China’s Future Energy Development https://www.greenoptimistic.com/china-low-carbon-hybrid-energy-system-20130210/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/china-low-carbon-hybrid-energy-system-20130210/#respond Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:35:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32983 In order to optimize any future energy development, China should integrate nuclear or renewable energy so that they bring down to a minimum the use of high-carbon energy resources. A recent study published in the first issue for the year of the journal Scientic Sinica Chemica, presents a low-carbon hybrid energy system, which provides a […]

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