Figure 2 shows that electricity net generation from coal-fired power plants declined by an estimated 25 percent between 2007 and 2012.
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In the UK, during 2012, electricity generation from coal-fired power stations actually increased to almost 40% of total production, as the price of gas soared, and gas-fired electricity generation was reduced.
Over this same period of time, electricity net generation from natural gas-fired power plants increased by approximately 35 percent.
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The CCC thinks as do ministers that a big expansion of renewable energy and the construction of carbon-capturing coal plants and new nuclear-power stations is the way to decarbonise electricity generation.
For example, the New York State Public Service Commission includes customers who agree to switch from grid-provided electricity to power provided from onsite generation to receive incentive payments under most DSM programs.
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According to the GE-Arista partnership, GE, the largest maker of power-generation equipment, will join with Arista Power to sell systems that store electricity for commercial customers and release it when demand is at its highest, which would help reduce the cost of electricity.
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Two earlier initiatives, fostering renewable electricity generation at a price cheaper than coal-fired power and promotion of electric vehicles (presumably powered by renewable power) were announced in November (See " Google Goes Green").
Most of those without electricity are in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, where power generation is about a tenth of where it is in other poor areas.
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Wind tends to blow more forcefully and uniformly over the ocean than on land, providing the potential for increased electricity generation and smoother, steadier operation than land-based wind power systems.
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The damage done to Japanese nuclear facilities has given new ammunition to critics of nuclear power, just as the industry and many of its supporters in Washington were hoping for a revival of U.S. nuclear power as an alternative to coal-fired electricity generation.
"We have a once-in-a-generation chance to rebuild our electricity market, rebuild investor confidence, and rebuild our power stations, " Mr Huhne said.
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