Sentences with phrase «increase investment in energy efficiency»

Increase investment in energy efficiency, renewables and carbon capture and storage technologies while eliminating subsidies for fossil - fuel industries.

He says the country has increased investment in energy efficiency and so - called resiliency programs to help communities adapt to climate change.

Ironically, had these regulations been in place for the last two years, Massachusetts might have seen increased investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy generation that would have mitigated the price spikes we've seen these past two winters by reducing our dependence on natural gas.

The Grid Transformation and Security Act — which promises to lower utility bills, increase investments in energy efficiency and renewables, and restore oversight of electric utility rates in the Commonwealth — requires Virginia's largest utility (Dominion Energy) to consider combined heat and power, or CHP, in its future resource plans.

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- Governments offer myriad tax supports and other policies to help businesses in a wide range of areas, from skills training to capital investment tax credits to export insurance to rebates for increasing energy efficiency.

At the onset of a crisis the consuming countries insist on the need for more market transparency and investment in energy efficiency, whilst putting pressure on exporters (Saudi Arabia in particular) to increase production.

Partnership, if precisely planned and structured, can be a powerful tool not only to keep public company viable but also to address cost and investment challenges, improve efficiency and service quality, increase expertise, attract more rapid and substantial investments in infrastructure and new energy technologies.

The program, which seeks to significantly increase the number of energy efficiency improvements undertaken, will create green jobs by stimulating investment in energy efficiency improvements for residential homes and small commercial, not - for - profit and multifamily buildings.

We have increased our investment in measures to improve the energy efficiency of Scotland's homes which, in addition to making fuel bills cheaper, has also helped to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from housing, consistent with our ambitions to combat climate change.

Instead, his administration has focused on increasing energy efficiency and investments in non-polluting renewables and clean cars.

Global energy - related emissions could peak by 2020 if energy efficiency is improved; the construction of inefficient coal plants is banned; investment in renewables is increased to $ 400 billion in 2030 from $ 270 billion in 2014; methane emissions are cut in oil and gas production and fossil fuel subsidies are phased out by 2030.

Your rejection of the pipeline provides a tremendous opportunity to begin transition away from our dependence on oil, coal and gas and instead increase investments in renewable energies and energy efficiency.

Within this framework, I.F.C. is prioritizing investments in renewable energy around the world: it is tripling its renewable energy and energy efficiency investments over the next three years, supporting improvements in energy efficiency through financial intermediaries, and helping increase efficiencies in transmission and distribution.

«According to the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, a price of $ 35 per ton of carbon that increases to $ 75 by 2030 will raise an average of $ 7 billion annually while aggressively cutting emissions and driving investment in clean energy and energy efficiency.»

In recent years, many states have embraced new energy efficiency policies and as a result, investments in energy efficiency programs have been increasing steadilIn recent years, many states have embraced new energy efficiency policies and as a result, investments in energy efficiency programs have been increasing steadilin energy efficiency programs have been increasing steadily.

The City of Eugene has developed and is implementing strategies include increasing water conservation; increasing investment in the urban forest; removing essential services from the 100 - year flood zone; and increasing energy efficiency to reduce demand for hydroelectricity, a resource that is expected to decline with climate change; conducting a food security assessment

In fact, the recommendations make no pretensions in any way of promoting investment in energy infrastructure that would improve access to clean energy, help developing countries adapt to climate change, increase energy efficiency, or increase mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHGsIn fact, the recommendations make no pretensions in any way of promoting investment in energy infrastructure that would improve access to clean energy, help developing countries adapt to climate change, increase energy efficiency, or increase mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHGsin any way of promoting investment in energy infrastructure that would improve access to clean energy, help developing countries adapt to climate change, increase energy efficiency, or increase mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHGsin energy infrastructure that would improve access to clean energy, help developing countries adapt to climate change, increase energy efficiency, or increase mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHGs).

While more investment in renewable and energy efficiency could lead to greater emissions reductions, this policy is not designed to increase the tax burden of DC residents.

Specifically, investments in low - carbon power would need to more than triple from current levels to $ 730 billion per year in 2035 and investments in energy efficiency would need to increase more than eight times to $ 1.1 trillion per year in 2035.

Yet in order to achieve a low - carbon transition consistent with a 2 °C degree climate pathway, this rate of investment in energy efficiency, renewables and other low - carbon technologies needs to be increased markedly by the mid-2020s.

While these upgrades result in an increase in the initial cost of the house, material use and energy efficiency strategies were examined to offset a portion of the initial cost, and provide a means to pay back the initial investment over time.

The environmental campaign group has also called for the introduction of green taxes across Europe, especially in the transport sector, and for European governments to dramatically increase investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency as well as research and development in these areas.

Barriers for low - income customers to energy efficiency and weatherization investments, including those in disadvantaged communities, as well as recommendations on how to increase access to energy efficiency and weatherization investments to low - income customers This study was conducted by the Energy Commission and was adopted December 14,energy efficiency and weatherization investments, including those in disadvantaged communities, as well as recommendations on how to increase access to energy efficiency and weatherization investments to low - income customers This study was conducted by the Energy Commission and was adopted December 14,energy efficiency and weatherization investments to low - income customers This study was conducted by the Energy Commission and was adopted December 14,Energy Commission and was adopted December 14, 2016.

While it does not necesarily follow from this, it is not illogical to assume that recent increases in oil and gas prices have had a greater effect on US than European demand, particularly since, with historically lower energy prices, the US has not made many of the lower - hanging efficiency investments that have already been made in Europe.

Investment in energy efficiency in the building, transport, and industry sector would need to increase by several hundred billion USD per year from 2010 2029.

The agreement commits Kentucky Power to increase energy - efficiency investments over the next five years, from $ 3 million this year to $ 4 million in 2014, $ 5 million in 2015, and $ 6 million per year from 2016 to 2018.

One of the nation's most respected resource economists, Dr. Thomas M. Power, just released a new white paper showing that coal exports to China will increase that country's coal burning and pollution, and decrease investments in energy efficiency.

The International Energy Agency estimates that global investment in energy efficiency was $ 221 billion in 2015, an increase of 6 percent from 2014 and 60 percent greater than investment in conventional power generEnergy Agency estimates that global investment in energy efficiency was $ 221 billion in 2015, an increase of 6 percent from 2014 and 60 percent greater than investment in conventional power generenergy efficiency was $ 221 billion in 2015, an increase of 6 percent from 2014 and 60 percent greater than investment in conventional power generation.

Rather than engage the climate policy proposals I and others have put forward — like substituting prizes for subsidies, reducing regulatory barriers for alternative energies, increasing industry's carbon efficiency, and promoting efficiency gains in developing nations where such investments are most cost effective — they attack a straw man of «conservative orthodoxy that global warming can be overcome by private companies operating in free markets with little or no help from the government.»

In a report launched at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, they also say that increasing cumulative energy system investment by 30 % to 2050, favouring renewable energy and energy efficiency, could create over 11 million additional energy sector jobs, completely offsetting job losses in fossil fuelIn a report launched at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, they also say that increasing cumulative energy system investment by 30 % to 2050, favouring renewable energy and energy efficiency, could create over 11 million additional energy sector jobs, completely offsetting job losses in fossil Energy Transition Dialogue, they also say that increasing cumulative energy system investment by 30 % to 2050, favouring renewable energy and energy efficiency, could create over 11 million additional energy sector jobs, completely offsetting job losses in fossil energy system investment by 30 % to 2050, favouring renewable energy and energy efficiency, could create over 11 million additional energy sector jobs, completely offsetting job losses in fossil energy and energy efficiency, could create over 11 million additional energy sector jobs, completely offsetting job losses in fossil energy efficiency, could create over 11 million additional energy sector jobs, completely offsetting job losses in fossil energy sector jobs, completely offsetting job losses in fossil fuelin fossil fuels.

These reports can serve as a guide for developing new low - income programs and increasing investments in low - income energy efficiency.

She will provide a snapshot of energy burdens faced by vulnerable communities across the country, and highlight programs and policies to increase energy efficiency investments in low - income communities.

An immediate investment in HFC - free refrigeration technologies will allow Costco to be a climate leader while increasing their revenue in the long - run through energy efficiency gains.

This aims to remove barriers to energy efficiency and conservation (information, technical, financial, institutional); to enhance energy efficiency in SMEs, and enable investments in energy efficiency, to reduce CO2 emissions; to promote industrial high quality products at lower costs; to increase the institutional capability to implement energy efficiency projects.

The so called Renewable Energy technologies such as Wind and Solar even if further refined and made more efficient, sought after efficiency increases that are now running into the problems of ever diminishing returns for the investments needed to raise those levels of efficiency, are now just one of the limiting factors in the hope of the so called Renewable Energy systems ever replacing today's base load coal, gas, oil, nuclear powered generators.

Despite a global recession the green economy is booming, with renewable technologies, energy efficiency and investment in innovation increasing wherever you look.

We are increasing investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency.

There is tremendous opportunity to solve both our environmental and our economic challenges through investment in green jobs and projects that increase energy efficiency and lower utility bills and transportation bills.

Evaluating the benefits of DG, including avoided transmission and distribution investments, improved reliability for customers and the grid in general, reduced environmental impacts, increased efficiency of energy use, and reduced costs of energy services

Increasing investment in high - performance buildings, creating a strong economy built on sustainability and financial longevity, and removing the unwarranted stigma of risk attached to investing in energy efficiency are all very real possibilities.