The price of coal has gone up and Europe is faced with an energy gap.
This is to fill the energy gap from closing a number of coal and nuclear power stations over the next two decades, and to meet the government's carbon dioxide emissions targets.
Yet the prime minister is said to believe this is the only way to fill the looming energy gap and he has been preparing the ground for a debate on the issue for many months.
While this development may not directly help solar and wind firms across Southern Europe, it will likely give ammunition to local companies willing to fill that energy gap and help France reach EU-backed sustainability goals of 20 percent by 2020.
In the next decade meeting our existing renewables and efficiency targets would safely close any "energy gap" we might face and cut emissions, while leaving plenty of potential to expand clean energy solutions like wind, tidal and solar even further later.
Other options for filling the energy gap would include making greater use of the large number of small generators that the National Grid can call on in time of shortage, and extending the use of contracts that allow the grid to interrupt supply to industrial customers at peak periods.
For example, during the winter, the Judith Gap Energy Center in Wheatland County, Mont.
There is also an obvious generational gap in energy levels: whereas 70% of the grandparents were over 50 years old, the study found, 70% of the children were 11 or younger.
This gap in energy consumption between developed and developing economies will continue to drive growth in the global energy sector and GE by virtue of its strong presence in this sector will continue to benefit from this growth.
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It also means that places like North Dakota can produce a lot of wind energy but can't deliver it to communities that want it, leading to a gap between how much clean energy we are using and how much we could be using.
There is a large funding gap in providing energy access for the poor which has not been properly addressed by existing financial mechanisms and institutions.
Although efficiency may explain a recent leveling of this trend, the penetration rate of building solutions has been insufficient to offset the sheer energy demand, highlighting a gap between actual and theoretical impact.
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The existing set of technology companies have taken us part of the way there, but bridging that gap will require energy tech companies that take these exciting new technologies from the lab to the living room.
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This will leave a big gap in the UK's energy supply, and this needs to be filled.
What really matters to create a new clean energy economy and stimulate private investment in the near-term are policy regimes that employ direct and targeted public investments to cover the cost gap between higher-cost clean energy and fossil fuels.
But the quality gap has shrunk as mobile device GPUs have become more energy efficient.
Wind is a good energy source but it's intermittent - we can fill that gap.
The gap between the concept and the reality of net zero energy buildings seems largely a result of the shortcomings of most net-zero energy strategies.
"As we move to these more new advanced energy saving measures and new policies, there's a definite funding gap, " said Miranda Cumberbatch.
With oil becoming a scarcer resource every day, and no chance of plugging that gap through unconventional plays, Hummel thinks investors should move into energy service companies as well.
"The reforms we are making to the electricity market through the Energy Bill and through our gas generation strategy are aimed at plugging this gap in order to keep the lights on, " he added.
The number is notable for a country criticized for its environmental record while trying to bridge a wide income gap between urban dwellers and rural residents who lack access to modern energy services.
It is also an "enabler" for renewable energy, providing a source of electricity that can step in to fill the gap when the wind is not blowing or the sun is not shining.
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The category includes petroleum, natural gas liquids, ethanol, biodiesel, coal-to-liquids and gas-to-liquids, and as you can see, the gap narrows between liquids and coal, but coal remains the second energy source to power the world.
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Chinese production will fill much of any global aluminum output gap, but support nevertheless will come from a lack of cheap energy and environmental and political issues, including the time it takes to build a smelter in Western nations, Vazquez said.
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There are five companies on the list that are particularly intriguing: American Electric Power (an electric utility), Exxon Mobil (integrated oil), Gap (apparel), Kimberly-Clark (consumer products) and NextEra Energy (renewable energy).
So imagine if, in say 20 years time, British Energy's nuclear reactors reach the end of their lives but there are no replacements to fill the gap.
Just look at the some of the clothing retailers, like the Gap or Talbots, and how their margins have been squeezed recently by increasing costs in wages, energy and raw materials.
When it comes to creating jobs, closing the opportunity gap, and leaving something better for our future generations, few areas hold as much promise as clean energy.
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