Sentences with phrase «potential of alternative fuel»

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Furthermore, efforts at oil giant Royal Dutch Shell RDS.A, +0.62 % to move beyond fossil fuels into low - carbon energy is as much driven by the growth potential of alternative energy markets as a concern for global warming.

Potential uses include alternative forms of building materials, low - carbon transportation fuels and entirely new products.

«Alternative fuels offer the potential, if not to lower the price [of petroleum - derived fuels], at least to provide a hedge in the future against their future growth or, put differently, their volatility,» says technologist Douglas Kirkpatrick, DARPA's program manager for alternative fueAlternative fuels offer the potential, if not to lower the price [of petroleum - derived fuels], at least to provide a hedge in the future against their future growth or, put differently, their volatility,» says technologist Douglas Kirkpatrick, DARPA's program manager for alternative fuealternative fuels efforts.

«This investigation helped in bridging the gap between hydrochar being considered as a potential energy source toward the development of an alternative renewable fuel,» Gross explains.

In his remarks, Holdren was also bullish on the potential of alternative energy sources to replace fossil fuels.

While we are disappointed with DOE's decision to exclude Holtec from the award, we remain confident that our reactor, the SMR - 160, has the greatest potential to triumph in a global marketplace because it is designed to meet the highest expectations of safety and is uniquely engineered to compete economically with other sources of alternative energy in the evolving era of cheap fossil fuels.

They examine the costs and the potential for greenhouse gas reduction through deployment of advanced technology and alternative fuels and propose strategies to motivate consumers to buy fuel efficient and alternative fuel vehicles, including heavy duty trucks.

So on one alternative that gets outsized attention for the potential it provides (recycling restaurant cooking oil (WVO) as auto fuel) perhaps the best use of this fuel is in large city bus fleets.

Solar power has lots of potential as an alternative to fossil fuels, but some of the things we use it for make more sense than others: From solar - powered food carts, airplanes, and vending machines to solar - powered dog sweaters and beehives, read on to see which innovations are truly bright ideas — and which ones are a little dim.

Data from the new TML study quantify for the first time the potential of such an integrated approach for the period 2014 - 2020 as follows: 6 per cent reduction for vehicle - related measures across the entire fleet; 2.5 per cent reduction through alternative fuels; and 13 per cent reduction through operations.

It also identifies the importance of biomass as a potential alternative to fossil fuels, and of many other petrochemicals depending on local resources and community needs.

Fuel cells are important enabling technology for the hydrogen economy and have the potential to revolutionize the way we power our nation, offering cleaner, more - efficient alternatives to the combustion of gasoline and other fossil fuels.

«That's a future potential,» Barry Prentice, a professor of supply chain management at the University of Manitoba's I.H. Asper School of Business, says of the alternative fuels.

It is clear that both technical and market obstacles remain to realizing the potential benefits of all of the advanced vehicle technologies or alternative fuels we will be discussing.

Bill Dotzler, a state senator who helped the TPC gain the necessary initial funding, is hopeful about their potential: «You almost get a trifecta with this — you clean the streams, you provide habitat for pheasants and other wildlife and you produce an alternative fuel... It's not going to be the whole answer, but I think burning the native plants could be an important part of the whole puzzle.»