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Neva-duh
Cheaper to power Nevada with renewables than coal, says consultancy |
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26 Nov 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 2:57 PM on 26 Nov 2007 Nevada will end up with costlier power if it goes ahead with plans to build three new coal plants instead of relying on renewables, says a study from an independent economic consultancy. Higher construction costs and an inevitable tax on emissions will drive up costs of the black rock in the not-so-long run, according to ECONorthwest. The conclusions will surely get the thumbs up from d ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Nevada, news, renewable energy, Utah (all these topics) |
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Two Paths Diverged in the Desert ...
Battle between coal and renewables plays out in Nevada |
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11 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Two Paths Diverged in the Desert ... Battle between coal and renewables plays out in Nevada A drama in the small Nevada town of Gerlach is a harbinger of things to come for communities around the U.S. On one side is Sempra Energy, which wants to build a coal-fired power plant that would generate enough energy for 1.5 million households and pipe it west to California and up to the Pacific Northwest. On the oth ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Nevada, news, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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