Multiply pounds of carbon dioxide per million
Btu by 0.123706 to get million metric tons (MMT) of carbon per quadrillion (1015) Btu.
From there, it drops from more than 16 quadrillion Btu per year to under 12 quadrillion
Btu by 2050.
In the Reference case, coal generation at existing coal plants is supported by a steady rise in natural gas prices beyond 2020, with annual average spot prices exceeding $ 7.50 per million
Btu by 2040.
EIA predicts «much brighter prospects» for natural gas supply, keeping prices at about $ 8 per million British thermal units by 2030, compared with the International Energy Agency's outlook, which predicts $ 16 per million
Btu by 2030, Gruenspecht said.
Not exact matches
Technically, 1
BTU is the energy is needed to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water
by 1 degree F.
By 2001 every
BTU consumed in ethanol production generated 67 percent more energy, when coproducts like distillers» grains are taken into account.
It sees coal as remaining dominant in the electricity generation sector: global consumption will rise
by 1.3 percent a year — from 147 quadrillion British thermal units of energy in 2010 to 180 quadrillion
Btu in 2020 to 220 quadrillion
Btu in 2040.
1,200 - 1,800 Energy requirements, in
Btu, to transport a passenger one mile
by high - speed rail, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The US Energy Information Administration's (EIA's) International Energy Outlook 2013 (IEO2013) projects that world energy consumption will grow
by 56 % between 2010 and 2040, from 524 quadrillion British thermal units (
Btu) to 820 quadrillion
Btu.
This is evident
by the decline in bituminous coal being burned in the U.S. for electricity and the increasing share of coal production and consumption coming from the lower
btu sub-bituminous and lignite coal.
Unlike charter schools, however, pilot schools remain part of the Boston school district and their teachers are
BTU members covered
by most contract provisions related to pay and seniority.
Pilot school teachers are part of the Boston Teachers Union (
BTU), with pay, benefits, and working hours determined
by the district - wide
BTU contract.
Now, Massachusetts legislators are trying to curb this sort of behavior
by requiring SuperPACs like the one used
by BTU and AFT to report their donors more frequently and in text on television advertisements.
Boston Magazine reports on widespread support for Logan workers wished to be represented
by SEIU,... Read more about
BTU Stands with Logan Airport Workers Preparing for Strike
We have also developed a mobile app specifically for building reps. Reps can earn points
by helping
BTU reach new members.
A gallon of ethanol has a lower energy content than a gallon of gasoline (as measured
by BTU content).
eg in the second graph showing 125 Quad
BTU — «Renewables are expected to be the fastest - growing energy source, with consumption increasing
by an average 2.3 % per year between 2015 and 2040.
He surprised me
by suggesting that BD isn't really the way to fly considering its high cost; in terms of dollars relative to regular diesel (including the federal bio-subsidy), lower
BTU, and especially displacement of agricultural land to production of fuel crops.
After Republicans had rejected a
BTU tax and repeatedly rejected the innovation agenda (contrary to Nisbet's claim that this was the obvious non-polarizing strategy to pursue), enviros moved to «compromise»
by embracing the Republican - invented, business - friendly strategy of cap - and - trade, as I lay out here....
ECR International's freewatt MCHP system uses heat generated
by a reciprocating Honda engine to produce 12,000
BTU / hr of heat while simultaneously co-generating 1.2 kW of electric power for a home or building up to 5,000 kWh per year!
Marathon's ecopower MCHP system harnesses the heat generated
by a reciprocating engine to deliver more than 40,000
BTU / hr of heat while simultaneously co-generating as much as 4.7 kW of electric power to the building.
By comparison, «renewable» and «sustainable» corn - based ethanol requires 2,510 to 29,100 gallons per million
Btu of usable energy — and biodiesel from soybeans consumes an astounding and unsustainable 14,000 to 75,000 gallons of water per million
Btu!
The United States faces a vexing challenge in switching from conventional to clean sources to generate electricity: How do we replace fossil fuel when natural gas costs $ 4 per million
BTU and demand for electricity is expected to increase
by over 20 %
by 2035?
Btu per cubic foot: The total heating value, expressed in
Btu, produced
by the combustion, at constant pressure, of the amount of the gas that would occupy a volume of 1 cubic foot at a temperature of 60 degrees F if saturated with water vapor and under a pressure equivalent to that of 30 inches of mercury at 32 degrees F and under standard gravitational force (980.665 cm.
Early in his presidency, Bill Clinton was forced
by members of his own party in Congress to scrap a proposed modest «
BTU tax» on transportation and heating fuels, as a device to encourage conservation.
By adopting zero - emission vehicles (ZEVs) and improving mobility options, the Northeast can reduce fossil fuel consumption for transportation by 22 %, or 426 trillion BTU, by 203
By adopting zero - emission vehicles (ZEVs) and improving mobility options, the Northeast can reduce fossil fuel consumption for transportation
by 22 %, or 426 trillion BTU, by 203
by 22 %, or 426 trillion
BTU,
by 203
by 2030.
Increased efficiency and electric heat pumps can reduce fossil fuels consumed in buildings 25 %, or
by more than 440 trillion
BTU,
by 2030.
By adopting zero - emission vehicles (ZEVs) and improving mobility options, New England can reduce fossil fuel consumption for transportation by more than 20 %, or 190 trillion BTU, by 203
By adopting zero - emission vehicles (ZEVs) and improving mobility options, New England can reduce fossil fuel consumption for transportation
by more than 20 %, or 190 trillion BTU, by 203
by more than 20 %, or 190 trillion
BTU,
by 203
by 2030.
Kentucky's Cardinal coal mine alone produces 75 % of the
Btu energy generated
by all the wind turbines and solar panels in the USA, Power Hungry author Robert Bryce calculates.
In 2005, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projected that U.S. buildings would be consuming approximately 57 quadrillion
Btu (Quads) of energy
by the year 2030 — a 17 - Quad increase from 2005 consumption.
British thermal unit (s)(
Btu): The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound of liquid water
by 1 degree Fahrenheit at the temperature at which water has its greatest density (approximately 39 degrees Fahrenheit).
In 1994 they went out on a limb and voted for an energy tax (known as the
Btu tax) pushed
by then - Vice President Al Gore and President Bill Clinton's White House only to see the Senate reject such a measure.
From a peak of $ 10.54 per million
btu (mbtu) in July 2008, the spot price of gas at the well - head had fallen to less than $ 2 / mbtu
by April 2012.
Our NZE passive house in northern NJ (PHIUS project 1054) is heated and cooled
by two 12k
BTU Mitsubishi ductless Mr. Slim HyperHeat minisplits, with one on the first floor and one on the second.
This chart from EIA data shows the change in annual U.S. energy consumption
by fuel source over the past decade, as measured in quadrillion
Btu:
The 1500
BTU / day heat loss would cool 50 gallons of water
by (1500
BTU / day) / -LRB-(50 gal)(8.3 lb / gal)(1
BTU / lb - F)-RRB- = 4 F a day from heat loss through the bottom and sides.
We can calculate the carbon pollution from these lease sales
by looking at the tons of coal in each lease, the energy content of the coal in each lease (in
BTU / lb), and the amount of carbon pollution released per
BTU, which varies depending upon the type of coal.
Incidentally, how would the net
btu's / acre achieved
by ethanol production (if any) compare to the
btu's / acre that could be achieved
by using solar cells to electrolyze water during sun hours, then burning the hydrogen and oxygen in a conventional steam plant 24/7 at a rate slightly less than the average rate of O2 / H2 production?
Over the past few years, the price of natural gas has been below $ 3.00, actually below $ 2.50 per million
BTU during 2016, which has put considerable pressure on both coal - fired and nuclear power pants to compete... especially with the effect of preferential dispatching used
by RTO / ISO organizations.
Because the vast majority (96.5 %) of this coal is from mines in Wyoming, these average results will most closely reflect those coal leases, which are sub-bituminous coal, with relatively low
BTU values between 8501 and 9011, and as noted above, expected
by the Interior Department to be mined between 2015 and 2030.
According to the US Department of Energy (Energy Information Administration), the world consumption of energy in all of its forms (barrels of petroleum, cubic meters of natural gas, watts of hydro power, etc.) is projected to reach 678 quadrillion
Btu (or 715 exajoules)
by 2030 — a 44 % increase over 2008 levels (levels for 1980 were 283 quadrillion
Btu and we stand at around 500 quadrillion
Btu today in 2009).
This water heater manufactured
by Sanden in Japan offers best - in - class efficiency and noise performance, a stainless steel tank (43 or 83 gallons), and a Gen3 4.5 kw / 15, 800
Btu / h heat pump.
But wait, electricity from nuclear or wind is 2 - 3 times more useful than coal on a
BTU basis, x2 more useful than natural gas, so it makes more sense to compare proportion of electricity generated from renewables and nuclear (ie low carbon energy) with whats generated
by coal and NG.
They expect energy intensity, as measured
by thousand
BTU per 2005 dollar in GDP to drop from 6.79 to 3.99 between now and 2040.
According to the US Department of Energy (Energy Information Administration), the world consumption of energy in all of its forms (barrels of petroleum, cubic meters of natural gas, watts of hydro power, etc.) is projected to reach 678 quadrillion
Btu (or 7.15 exajoules)
by 2030 - a 44 % increase over 2008 levels (levels for 1980 were 283 quadrillion
Btu and we stand at around 500 quadrillion
Btu today).
Emissivity and absorptivity Gray body L metres 10 100 120 120 Nominal gas temp deg C 20 20 20 20 Emissive power entire spectrum 119.8 119.8 119.8 119.8
Btu / hft ^ 2 Absorption
by H2O of land IR L m 39.9 75.9 76.3 76.3
Btu / hft ^ 2 Total absorbable energy in bands 76.4 76.4 76.4 76.4
Btu / hft ^ 2 Energy absorbed
by gas 39.9 75.9 76.3 76.3
Btu / hft ^ 2 Energy remaining after L m 36.5 0.4 0.0 0.0
Btu / hft ^ 2
Emissivity and absorptivity Gray body L metres 10 1000 2000 3600 Nominal gas temp deg C «C4» 20 20 20 20 Emissive power entire spectrum 119.8 119.8 119.8 119.8
Btu / hft ^ 2 Absorption
by CO2 of land IR L m 4.9 20.1 23.6 24.4
Btu / hft ^ 2 Total absorbable energy in bands 24.4 24.4 24.4 24.4
Btu / hft ^ 2 Energy absorbed
by gas 4.9 20.1 23.6 24.4
Btu / hft ^ 2 Energy remaining after L m 19.5 4.2 0.8 0.0
Btu / hft ^ 2
At the end of the day, they expect energy intensity, as measured
by thousand
BTU per 2005 dollar in GDP to drop from 6.79 to 3.99 between now and 2040.
The (arithmetic) average emission factors obtained from the individual samples (assuming complete combustion)(Table FE4)(10) confirm the long - recognized finding that anthracite emits the largest amount of carbon dioxide per million
Btu, followed
by lignite, subbituminous coal, and bituminous coal.
5Potential carbon dioxide emissions can be calculated
by use of the following formula: percent carbon ÷
Btu per pound x 36,670 = pounds (lbs) of carbon dioxide per million (106)
Btu.