Sentences with phrase «building energy sources»

They have been developed to take into account the transition of building energy sources from fossil sources to renewable energy.

Unless, of course, we build energy sources that do not emit carbon dioxide.

Not exact matches

Sonnen makes solar batteries designed to supply homes with an independent source of energy, similar to the Powerwall systems built by Tesla.

A bolder bet is Shell's effort to build solar farms near gas - fired power plants, constructing hybrid generating systems that allow Shell to do what amounts to new - energy arbitrage: tap different energy sources at different times and in different amounts to maximize profits.

As Switzerland and Germany opt out of a nuclear future, however, doubling down an unpopular, highly politicized energy source looks increasingly expensive, as EDF must build ever - more political risk into the price tag.

Instead, the focus has been on making more loans to energy companies and building stronger relationships with clients so that when volumes pick up, more of the activity will go to Morgan Stanley, the sources said.

(If you use slave labour to build a wind turbine, is that an ethical source of energy?)

Environmentalists were left sputtering Friday while pro-pipeline forces in Congress and industry insisted that this should leave no doubt that the pipeline can be built safely and provide for jobs and a fresh source of North American energy.

Elliott built up most of its position in Energy Future's debt after Texas regulators rejected NextEra's offer earlier this year, causing bond prices to crash, the sources said.

Description: Global Energy Metals (TSX - V: GEMC, OTCQB: GBLEF, FSE: 5GE1) is focused on offering security of supply of cobalt, a critical material to the growing rechargeable battery market, by building a diversified global portfolio of cobalt assets including project stakes, projects, and other supply sources.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

«Energy markets are changing, with lower cost solar panels, improvements in geothermal, and advances in building energy efficiency giving us new alternatives for job creating, non-emitting sources of power,» said HEnergy markets are changing, with lower cost solar panels, improvements in geothermal, and advances in building energy efficiency giving us new alternatives for job creating, non-emitting sources of power,» said Henergy efficiency giving us new alternatives for job creating, non-emitting sources of power,» said Horgan.

Atlantic Sand Assessment Project — To help coastal communities recover from Hurricane Sandy, promote resilient coastal systems, and help build a national offshore sand inventory, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) sponsored offshore surveys to identify new sources of sand in federal waters from Miami, Florida to Massachusetts in 2015 and several site specific surveys in 2016 and 2017.

Lower cost solar panels, improvements in geothermal and wind, and advances in building energy efficiency are giving us new alternatives to create as many or more high - quality jobs using non-emitting sources of power.

A good idea, but please build one and carefully measure the power output, the reliability, the cost, the safety and the effects on the environment and when you have the numbers compare them with similar numbers obtained for other sources of energy.

Scientists have researched a critical point --- > physical building blocks of the universe have gradually vanished; that is, atoms and quarks no longer seem solid at all but are actually clouds of energy, which in turn disappear into the void that seems to be the source of creation.

The physical building blocks of the universe have gradually vanished; that is, atoms and quarks no longer seem solid at all but are actually clouds of energy, which in turn disappear into the void that seems to be the source of creation.

It's also a source of bone - building magnesium and phosphorus, immune - boosting iron and B vitamins such as niacin and B6 that help convert your food into energy.

First of all: Every Vertical Farm is different and Construction and Operation costs depend on city location, availability, technology used, local laws and Policy, energy source, climate, type of building and many other variables.

Massachusetts helps cities and towns that adopt the Green Communities Act maximize energy efficiency in public buildings, generate clean energy from renewable sources, and manage rising energy costs with grants and other assistance.

Turns out, $ 750 million worth of State money is going to SolarCity to build solar panels, which will presumably be in high demand as the nation transfers away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy sources.

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If built, the Farm could help the State meet its objective that New York obtain 45 percent of its electricity through improved energy efficiency and renewable sources.

Representing a smattering of different environmental advocacy groups from around the state, about 250 protesters held signs calling on officials and lawmakers to prohibit any more natural gas pipelines being built in New York, to stop the construction of a proposed liquid natural gas storage facility next to Seneca Lake, and to shift the state's energy production to greener fuel sources....

The loop would run underground, and provide steam to heat downtown buildings from several sources including the city's waste - to - energy plant.

The administration has argued that preserving nuclear facilities for about a decade will allow New York to build out wind farms and solar arrays while maintaining the largest source of carbon - free energy in New York.

The new investigation is focused on the multimillion - dollar contracts awarded to build facilities for high - tech, drug - development and clean - energy businesses, a source familiar with the probe told The Post.

From this vast collection of genes, Venter hopes to build microbes that can produce hydrogen gas or be an efficient source of solar energy.

For example, firms that directly purchase clean energy, either by installing renewable energy systems atop office buildings or arenas, or signing power purchase agreements with a renewable energy producer, are much closer to the actual clean energy source than those who buy RECs, critics contend.

Robert Rathbun Wilson harbored dreams of helping create an intense and beneficial new source of energy from the most elemental building blocks of matter.

At the House markup yesterday, Representative Nita Lowey (D — NY), the top Democrat on the full appropriations committee, decried the proposed cut, arguing that clean energy sources are needed to help avoid the build - up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

«Instead, we need to become more energy - efficient, build more efficient cars and trucks, and also produce a greater share of our electricity from renewable sources like wind, especially in a state like Kansas.»

After all, building hydropower will also enable the proliferation of intermittent renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar.

And if plant life really does hold the building blocks for renewable fuels, it would seem that we are literally surrounded by potential energy sources everywhere green grows.

The cells, which can be processed to be transparent or in shades ranging from light green to brown, could be used to make building windows, smartphone screens, car sunroofs and other surfaces into sources of sustainable energy.

Let's remember that 80 percent or so of total energy use will come from a small number of types of sources: electricity production (40 percent), vehicles (25 percent), heavy industries including cement, petrochemicals, refining, and steel (10 percent), and heating of buildings (10 percent).

he wanted to power new york wirelessly was one of his lifetime goals, along with building a flying machine that could be powered from a ground source of energy, i do believe he could have done this if given the time and people not stolen most of his ideas and people thinking hes crazy..

The President's initiative will empower young men and women to invent and commercialize advanced energy technologies such as efficient and cost effective methods for converting sunlight to electricity and fuel, carbon capture and sequestration, stationary and portable advanced batteries for plug - in electric cars, advanced energy storage concepts that will enable sustained energy supply from solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources, high - efficiency deployment of power across «smart grids,» and carbon neutral commercial and residential buildings.

«Because the contributions are in kind and members are not obliged to tell us what it cost them, we will never have a detailed cost of ITER,» Claessens said, adding that participants will likely have to wait until 2027 before they figure out for certain whether this is a game - changing energy source or just the most expensive way to boil water ever built.

«Quarks» may be source of quasars» energy — The mysterious nuclear particles called «quarks,» which have not yet been detected but might nevertheless be basic building blocks of the atom's core, could be the source of the tremendous energy generated by the puzzling star - like objects known as quasars....

In addition to water, the rover will look for organic carbon — from which life could be built — and molecules that could serve as an energy source.

To build on the mission's success, the team is considering a new observing strategy that would task the LAT to make deeper exposures of the central region of the Milky Way, a realm packed with pulsars and other high - energy sources.

I built a work that exploits the phenomenon of sonoluminescence, in which extremely high pressure sound waves in liquids create tiny sources of electromagnetic energy.

With more than 70 percent of China's energy coming from coal, a power source that contributes heavily to air pollution and global warming, the nation's bad or good energy practices in buildings will be reflected in the color of the sky and the temperature of the Earth.

And the birth of small, modular nuclear reactors — which can be built at lower cost and produce no greenhouse gas emissions — could play a significant role in helping to balance energy outflows from renewable sources.

If the developers of these projects can show that these renewable energy sources would never have been built without offset money, then the carbon emissions saved by the new plants can be sold as offsets.

If two - thirds of Fortune 100 companies want to buy electricity generated by off - site renewable energy sources this year, why hasn't more capacity been built?

With dedicated programs for increasing recycling, conserving energy and water, sourcing greener beans, using sustainable building techniques and materials in new stores, and offsetting carbon emissions, Starbucks has worked hard to set a green example.

The country doubled down on its nuclear bet after the oil crisis in 1973, convinced of the acute need for energy security built on a domestic source.

ITER aims to prove that nuclear fusion is a viable source of energy, and the United States has agreed to build 9 % of the reactor's hardware, regardless of the cost.