Not exact matches
Wheeler examined International Energy
Agency data for 174 countries
on investments in six low - carbon power sources (hydro, geothermal, nuclear,
biomass, wind and solar) to find the incremental costs of clean power compared to a cheaper, carbon - intensive option like a conventional coal - fired power plant.
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on Energy For All: Empowering Poor Through Access To Energy - ADB
-- Based
on the scientific review, the
agencies may, by rule, modify the definition of «renewable
biomass» from Federal lands in sections 211 (o)(1)(I) and 700 of the Clean Air Act and section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 as appropriate to advance the goals of increasing America's energy independence, protecting the environment, and reducing global warming pollution.
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on Kicking up a storm Tags: Asia, Developing country, Environment, Greenhouse gas, Research
He followed up
on that speech by submitting a budget proposal for the Department of Energy (DOE) in February that increased the department's budget by nearly 12 %, with strong funding increases proposed for basic energy sciences, the Advanced Research Projects
Agency — Energy, and expanded technology programs for solar, wind, geothermal, and
biomass energy.
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on Stop Climate Change: Together We Can!
Environmental Protection
Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt recently told a group of forestry executives and students that from now
on the US government would consider burning wood to generate electricity, commonly known as forest or woody
biomass, to be «carbon neutral.»