What is the average emissions intensity of natural gas

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Texas generated 40% of its electricity from coal in 2015

Question 1: In 2015, Texas generated 89 TWh of total electricity. The coal fired capacity for texas was 6000 MW. What is the average capacity factor of the coal-fired plant in 2015. Here, the average capacity factor is defined as the percentage of time the plant is run.

Question 2: The emission intensity for the generation of electricity is 700 g CO2/kWh. Whats the total emissions from this sector in g CO2

Question 3: 50% of the electricity was from natural gas. The average emissions intensity for coal-fired plants is 2.6 g CO2/kWh, what is the average emissions intensity of natural gas fired plants?

Question 4: In 2020, the government set a goal of 30% of its electricity from renewables. Determine the total emissions from this sector in g CO2 and the emissions intensity. Assume the remainder comes from natural gas (70%) and the average emissions from natural gas fired plants remains constant and emissions from renewables is negligible to total emissions. The total electricity demand is expected to grow 15% over this period.

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