Sentences with phrase «decarbonisation -lsb-»

«Decarbonisation» was a hot topic at the recent G7 Summit, with a particular emphasis on fast - tracking access to renewable energies in Africa.

As a firm we are passionate about the opportunities created by decarbonisation.

But in recent years, the country has struggled to achieve further reductions in line with its own climate targets, tarnishing its image as poster child of international decarbonisation efforts.

Comprehensive Policy Package for Decarbonisation of the Estonian Electricity Production by 2050.

Broadening the view to cover the whole EU, Power Perspectives 2030, phase 2 of the groundbreaking Roadmap 2050 report from the European Climate Foundation, looks at the key steps to power sector decarbonisation across the EU for the next two decades.

Let's start with the first D: decarbonisation is driven by a powerful combination of policy and market forces.

Younicos CEO Stephen L. Prince ponders the role of energy storage within the three «Ds» revolutionising energy: digitisation, decentralisation and decarbonisation.

Dr Peter put forward the view that renewables, with energy storage as an enabler as «the most important factor of climate protection» but said that the drivers for clean energy and decarbonisation were as much economic and industrial as they are ecological.

It concludes «A surge in gas production and use may prove to be both the cheapest and most effective way to hasten the decarbonisation of the world economy, given the cost and land requirements of most renewables».

Minister tells Climate Home the 2016 UN climate meeting should focus on decarbonisation, finance and adaptation pathways

Well, if you take a step back, it's relatively easy to identify three trends driving the ongoing global reshaping of the energy landscape: decarbonisation, decentralisation and digitisation.

Through regional co-operation, the Nordic countries can achieve a near carbon - neutral energy system by 2050, while contributing to European decarbonisation through the export of clean electricity.

Although this would lead to a short - term gain in carbon emission reductions, it would be to the detriment of the long - term decarbonisation of the UK power sector».

Allowing dirty tar sands to flood into Europe is going to raise emissions - not lower them - and raise the costs of decarbonisation by billions of euros.

The recent cold snap - and the ensuing spike in home heating oil prices - underscores the decarbonisation challenge in Northern Ireland, argues Policy Exchange's Matt Rooney

Called Net Zero Now it both passes the «Ronseal test» and will hopefully provide a valuable resource for businesses and policymakers as they wrestle with the true scale of the decarbonisation challenge.

It is essential to now strongly advocate a global climate emergency response, and to build a national leadership group outside conventional politics to design and implement emergency decarbonisation of the Australian economy.

What remains constant across all calculations, however, is that immediate and widespread decarbonisation is required to achieve this more ambitious target.

Net Zero Now will make the case for full decarbonisation of industrialised economy and explore the immense challenge and opportunities such an ambitious yet essential goal throws up.

But beneath the headlines the Conservative manifesto clearly indicates that the long - running battle within the party is continuing to shift in favour of those who wish to deliver decarbonisation at a considerable pace, primarily through the use of the most cost effective renewables and a new wave of innovative and exciting clean technologies.

However, with those caveats firmly in place, the Conservative manifesto and its broad commitment to decarbonisation has to be appreciated as a welcome step in the right direction for UK politics and policy.

The Labour, Lib Dem, and Green manifestos are, if anything, even more encouraging for the green economy, promising a faster pace of decarbonisation, generally higher levels of investment in clean technologies, and a more responsible approach to curbing fossil fuel investment, most notably through a ban on fracking.

«This report clearly demonstrates that the Energy Community needs redoubled commitment from its members to support the EU's long - term decarbonisation and environmental protection goals,» said Dragana Mileusnic of CAN Europe.

A key challenge for climate policy is, therefore, to find ways to sustain high decarbonisation rates for decades at a time in an economically feasible way.

Emissions scenarios compatible with 1.5 C could also require very high maximum rates of decarbonisation, comparable only with those seen for past emissions during short periods of recession or war.

He also said, «The agreement and the decisions surrounding it needs to be a long term development plan providing the policies, pathways and finance for triggering a peaking of global emissions in 10 years» time followed by a deep, decarbonisation of the global economy by the second half of the century — a development plan that crucially also supports the growth as well as the climate ambitions of developing countries.»

«They introduced us to the methods — the Sectoral Decarbonisation Approach and the 3 % Solution — that helped us to shape and validate our initial thinking,» she adds.

However, if we could achieve decarbonisation of the world economy at around 5 % pa, at low cost, the problems would be resolved.

Speaking at the World Nuclear Exhibition on 28 June 2016, Dr Birol said nuclear energy was at a crossroads, both in terms of the role it can play in the broader energy mix, and in global efforts towards decarbonisation of the electicity system along with a greater role for renewables.

Decarbonisation will just happen.

Decarbonisation as rapidly as is cost effective.

The Forum closed with an inspiring speech from David Hochchild, Commissioner of the California Energy Commission who outlined California's efforts of decarbonisation, explaining its plans to expand renewable energy integration and to aggressively pursue further deployment of electric vehicles.

Decarbonisation rate function — This is given little attention by carbon tax advocates.

Deep decarbonisation can only mean one thing — deep reduction of human population.

Four key inputs are needed (IMO): 1) climate sensitivity, 2) damage function, 3) decarbonisation rate function, and 4) probability that the proposed policy will achieve the expected outcomes.

Nestle, Danone, Mars, and Unilever issue joint statement urging Trump administration to retain Clean Power Plan or come up with alternative decarbonisation strategy

For the energy sector, this is likely to mean the complete decarbonisation of the energy system.

On the other hand, other lukewarmers may well agree that we should continue with the decarbonisation programme that is already started in many enlightened countries and localities.

Yet much of the policy discussion is focused on implementing carbon taxes or cap and trade schemes, with an often - unstated expectation that the technologies exist to achieve decarbonisation, or will emerge more or less spontaneously.

Therefore, the Paper advocates a radical reframing — an inverting — of approach: accepting that decarbonisation will only be achieved successfully as a benefit contingent upon other goals which are politically attractive and relentlessly pragmatic.

Session 3 - Integrating new technologies to achieve electricity sector decarbonisation: the role of renewables, demand response, transmission, and storage

Perhaps such silence shows the influence of UKIP, which has spent some of the last 12 months arguing against the science of climate change and calling for an end to the UK's decarbonisation plans.

These scenarios do not reflect the huge potential for reducing fossil fuel demand in accordance with decarbonisation pathways.

That's more than the # 1,100 billion it was initially reported Paterson's would say the UK's decarbonisation policies cost.

• Energy and Climate Change, Marco Baroni, Senior Energy Analyst, IEA • Coming challenges for Europe in meeting decarbonisation objectives, Geoff Blanford, Program Manager, EPRI and Ifo Institute • Resource adequacy forecasts to 2030 under different scenarios, Jean Verseille, Board member, ENTSO - E • Power plant retirements and mothballing, Tomas Björnsson, Head of Business Strategy, Vattenfall

The paper applies a Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE)[1] sensitivity analysis across three scenarios: the 2016 reference case scenario, an updated 2016 scenario and a 2020 2 ˚C pathway setting, where investment decisions take into account decarbonisation trends.

Instead, she revealed: it «is about the decarbonisation of the economy» — which means ending the use of fossil fuels, such as natural gas, oil, and coal.

Prof Nick Eyre highlighted that in the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report, mitigation efforts to reduce energy demand made up 50 % of decarbonisation pathways, with a focus on energy efficiency and the electrification of transport and space heating using existing and emerging technologies.

The Climate Change Act is exactly the opposite way that we should think about decarbonisation.

Challenging AGW on the Eve of Destruction Guest essay by Uli Weber, Geophysicist, Germany Since the G7 - summit at Elmau Castle (2015) and the climate summit COP21 in Paris (2015) the declared political aim of all governments of the world is a global decarbonisation until the year 2100 to save our planet from anthropogenic global warming -LSB-...]