Sentences with phrase «capture technology as»

A patent granted to him and Chichilnisky in 2008 described air capture technology as, among other things, «a global thermostat for controlling average temperature of a planet's atmosphere.»
However, the ERCB notes that all operators have committed significant resources towards managing their tailings in accordance with the objectives of Directive 074, made material progress in developing and implementing fines capture technologies as part of their tailings management plans...

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More and more, retailers are employing sophisticated technologies to capture, store and analyze customer behaviors — not just online, but in - store as well.
«The common thread, though, is that they must use new tools and technologies such as cognitive analytics and cloud to capture data regarding people, products, preferences and store facilities — and then leverage that information at a hyperlocal level to provide a more expansive, personalized and effective experience wherever consumers want to shop.»
Elsewhere, digital photography is used to capture and analyze data in thousands of other fields as well, from nature photographers documenting never - before - seen flora and fauna to revolutionaries snapping and sending photos that will spark change, proving that digital photography truly is one of the most important advancements in the history of technology.
But fossil fuels will still serve as a source of energy demand, and so the only way to achieve our goal is through carbon - capture technology.
As the new technology gets better and better, remaining cheaper than the incumbent, it slowly starts to capture the mainstream market, eventually crushing the competition.
This will be an important year for businesses in all industries, as changing technologies continue to capture investors» attention.
Viacom's efforts to introduce new audience metrics that capture viewing on digital outlets, as well as data - driven, digital advertising technologies, have mitigated those declines but have yet to return the advertising business to growth.
While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have tremendous potential value as a medium of exchange, it is the underlying distributed ledger technology, blockchain, which has emerged to truly capture the interest of entrepreneurs, venture capital firms, financial institutions and other corporations.
While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continue to hold tremendous potential value as a medium of exchange, it is the underlying distributed ledger technology, blockchain, which has emerged to truly capture the interest of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, financial institutions and other corporations.
Power generation is all but decarbonised, relying by 2040 on generation from renewables (over 60 %), nuclear power (15 %) as well as a contribution from carbon capture and storage (6 %)-- a technology that plays an equally significant role in cutting emissions from the industry sector.
As a Gateway to the Pacific Rim, British Columbian entrepreneurs and innovators — like our hosts today here at General Fusion — are well positioned to capture a larger share of the export market for clean energy and efficiency technologies, services, and expertise.
This panel delved into «a technology that began as an alternative digital currency that has managed to capture the imaginations of thousands of innovators and investors around the globe.
So what lessons can we draw from the experience of the wind and solar industries as they've become more mainstream to facilitate a faster and broader deployment of carbon capture technology?
There is no need to invest in expensive, potentially dangerous and unproven technologies such as carbon capture and storage or geo - engineering.
As technology has evolved, less seafood demand is being met by wildlife capture.
This new evolving display will be continuously updated to capture the most innovating packaging being produced today as well as exploring cutting - edge technology in packaging innovation.
The KDS Multidisc Roller system from CST Wastewater Solutions — which requires no washwater, while capturing 90 - 99 per cent of solids — is engineered to overcome the limitations of technologies such as screw presses, belt presses and centrifuges typically employed in small - to - medium applications.
«There will be relatively high costs in developing this new nuclear facility but broadly comparable with other low carbon technologies such as offshore wind, and, potentially, carbon capture and storage applied to gas and coal fired power stations.
Advances in motion - capture technology hold enormous potential as a tool for analyzing surveillance video for possible security threats
The conclusions are based on a model accounting for fuel prices, GHG allowances and the payback period of technologies such as combined heat and power and carbon capture and storage.
It also is one of several U.S. proposals that demonstrate a viable financial model for capture technology, as the plant will produce byproducts ranging from CO2 to sulfuric acid worth as much as $ 50 to $ 100 million annually, analysts say.
In releasing its draft rule in 2013 on carbon emissions from new power plants, EPA cited Kemper, along with three other proposed plants, as an example of the viability of CO2 capture technology.
Keeping atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases below 550 ppm, let alone going back to 350 ppm or below, will not only require a massive shift in human society — from industry to diet — but also, most likely, new technologies, such as capturing CO2 directly from the air.
The scientists estimate that cold technology could cut the energy consumption and cost of CO2 capture by as much as 30 per cent in one of the «green» coal - fired power stations that the world is currently sniffing at.
This is because most of today's CO2 capture technologies separate it out as a gas.
This will require building a liquid CO2 infrastructure comparable to the national highway system as well as assessing which coal - burning technologies work best with which carbon capture technologies.
As an example, I firmly believe that there is great promise in advanced technologies, such as Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS), that can allow us to use our domestic coal and natural gas with greatly reduced carbon emissionAs an example, I firmly believe that there is great promise in advanced technologies, such as Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS), that can allow us to use our domestic coal and natural gas with greatly reduced carbon emissionas Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS), that can allow us to use our domestic coal and natural gas with greatly reduced carbon emissions.
Motion - capture technology has created realistic non-humans, such as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and the Na» vi in Avatar.
In order to get technologies, such as integrated gasification and combined cycle coal power plants with carbon capture and storage, into the economic mainstream, a carbon price is needed.
«The model is capturing the fact that you have a lot of low - cost opportunities to reduce coal, from heavy - industry direct use as well as the electric power sector, from facilities using less energy - efficient technology or processes.»
Brain imaging and eye - tracking technology simultaneously captured the brain activity and eye movements of the participants as they memorized and remembered the pictures.
As technologies to capture carbon improve, some are already thinking about what we will do with all that CO2.
Coal companies should take a proactive strategy and talk about solutions, such as carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) technology, Reavey said.
«Carbon capture and storage is seen as essential technology if the UK is to meet its climate change targets,» says lead author Professor Mike Bickle, Director of the Cambridge Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage at the University of Camcapture and storage is seen as essential technology if the UK is to meet its climate change targets,» says lead author Professor Mike Bickle, Director of the Cambridge Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage at the University of CamCapture and Storage at the University of Cambridge.
A key assumption is that technology breakthroughs can be made in solar, nuclear, wind and geothermal power, as well as in carbon capture and sequestration and electric vehicle batteries.
Renewable energy sources, such as the sun and wind, advances in technology to capture and store the carbon created by burning coal, and even the harvesting of uranium's energy will all likely be required.
Simply put, it costs money — and energy — to capture the CO2, ranging from as little as $ 5 a metric ton at natural gas projects such as In Salah to more than $ 90 a metric ton for certain gasification technologies.
These details tell researchers about the heterogeneity of tumors, which is essential for developing appropriate research and drug protocols that can navigate all the inherent complexity of not just the anatomy and physiology being imaged but also how imaging technologies intersect to capture as much information as possible.
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.
The convention's definition of geoengineering includes any technology that reduces solar heating of the Earth or increases carbon capture from the atmosphere — though carbon - capture and storage projects can go ahead as long as the carbon comes direct from industrial emissions.
They have led efforts to develop «soft» polymer - based, energy - harvesting materials as part of the Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems, a National Science Foundation (NSF) program focused on the development of energy - capture and motion - control technologies.
With recent advances in technology, psychologists today are now able capture daily life as it is lived.
The Energy Department may proceed with a «modified» plan to build a prototype coal - burning power plant that would capture and store carbon dioxide as part of new efforts to expand international collaboration on carbon - management technologies, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said today.
«We need to capture photons and prevent heat transfer to make this technology as efficient as possible,» he says.
Company founder Ren Ng developed the technology as a graduate student at Stanford University, where researchers first captured light fields more than 15 years ago using hundreds of cameras linked to a supercomputer.
To cut our emissions, fossil fuels need to be replaced with low - carbon energy sources such as nuclear power and renewables, and fossil fuel power stations need to be fitted with carbon - capture technology.
«It is quite remarkable that clay can capture as much CO2 as other materials that are being investigated,» says Jon Otto Fossum, professor at the Department of Physics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
It remains unclear whether the U.S. and China will continue cooperating to develop the technology that Cloud Peak's CEO mentioned, known as carbon capture and storage, which might reduce or even eliminate CO2 pollution.
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