Sentences with phrase «average emission intensity»

«Since the marginal unit typically has higher - than - average emission intensity, a [carbon adder] increases the incentive for energy efficiency, providing the largest efficiency incentive in hours when carbon emissions are highest.»

Whether mostly nuclear or most renewables are likely to reduce the average emissions intensity of the electricity generation fleet fastest.

Not exact matches

2: Our Changing Climate, Key Message 5).2 Regional climate models (RCMs) using the same emissions scenario also project increased spring precipitation (9 % in 2041 - 2062 relative to 1979 - 2000) and decreased summer precipitation (by an average of about 8 % in 2041 - 2062 relative to 1979 - 2000) particularly in the southern portions of the Midwest.12 Increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation are projected across the entire region in both GCM and RCM simulations (Figure 18.6), and these increases are generally larger than the projected changes in average precipitation.12, 2

-- Where it is not possible to determine the precise electricity emissions intensity factor for an entity using the methodology in clause (i), the person selling electricity shall use the monthly average data reported by the Energy Information Administration or collected and reported by the Administrator for the utility serving the entity to determine the electricity emissions intensity factor.

Assuming average CO2 emissions intensity of 0.8 t / MWh, electricity generation with coal would contribute about 15 Gt CO2 in 2055.

Our calculations are based on the average provincial CO2e emissions intensity in Canada.

The carbon intensity of production, a measure of CO2 emissions per unit of GDP, dropped by just 0.7 per cent in 2009, well below the long term average of 1.7 per cent per year.

Energy intensity added 16 MMmt of CO2 emissions, falling at a rate of 1.4 %, compared with the higher 2005 — 15 annual average decline of 1.7 % per year.

The frequency and intensity of forest fires in the region have been increasing along with rising temperatures.5, 7,13 An average of around 9.9 million acres (4 million hectares) of boreal forest burned annually in Russia from 1975 to 2005 — and that rate more than doubled in the 1990s.15 One of West Siberia's largest forest fires on record occurred in 2003, claiming some 47 million acres (20 million hectares) of land7, 15 and emitting heat - trapping emissions equal to the total cuts in emissions the European Union pledged under the Kyoto Protocol.2, 7,16 Higher temperatures and thawing permafrost are probably contributing to the rising frequency and severity of forest fires in West Siberia.5, 7,14

Even the U.S. State Department recognized oil sands innovation in its evaluation of the Keystone XL pipeline project: «Oil sands mining projects have reduced greenhouse gas emissions intensity by an average of 39 percent between 1990 and 2008 and are working toward further reductions,» the final Environmental Impact Statement concluded.

note 67, p. 115; CO2 emissions calculated using Gavin M. Mudd, «Resource Consumption Intensity and the Sustainability of Gold Mining,» 2nd International Conference on Sustainability Engineering and Science, Auckland, New Zealand, 20 — 23 February 2007; USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries, electronic database at minerals.usgs.gov/products/index.html, updated January 2007; EPA, Emission Facts: Average Annual Emissions and Fuel Consumption for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks (Washington, DC: Apremissions calculated using Gavin M. Mudd, «Resource Consumption Intensity and the Sustainability of Gold Mining,» 2nd International Conference on Sustainability Engineering and Science, Auckland, New Zealand, 20 — 23 February 2007; USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries, electronic database at minerals.usgs.gov/products/index.html, updated January 2007; EPA, Emission Facts: Average Annual Emissions and Fuel Consumption for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks (Washington, DC: AprEmissions and Fuel Consumption for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks (Washington, DC: April 2000).

The Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) adopted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) earlier this year (earlier post) requires a 10 % reduction in the average greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of the state's transportation fuels by 2020.