Sentences with phrase «carbon energy production»

These subsidies, in my view, represent a gigantic misallocation of resources that could otherwise be put toward more efficient forms of low - carbon energy production and conservation, which carry a tiny fraction of nuclear's risk premium.

The cheapest cleanest, greenest, safest, and most proven form of low - carbon energy production is ruled out, because it interferes with windmills.

Mexico is shifting to long term, low carbon energy production and working toward sustainable development of its resources.

In the Senate, we are working to design a regulatory framework in the form of a cap - and - trade system that will recognize the real costs of continued emission of greenhouse gases and shift development toward low - carbon energy production.

In its latest report, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change makes a strong case for a sharp increase in low - carbon energy production, especially solar and wind, and provides hope that this transformation can occur in time to hold off the worst impacts of global warming.

Government passes climate action legislation to enable the carbon tax, cap and trade, vehicle emissions standards, renewable and low carbon fuel requirements, green community development and low - carbon energy production.

Our Green Deal, Green Investment Bank and our strategy for low - carbon energy production are the first steps in an ambitious programme to meet our pledge to be the greenest government ever.

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And the higher the price of energy and carbon, the greater their impact on steel production costs.

The main subjects in the category this year include disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions, risk management disclosure related to energy production and carbon accounting.

This will be accomplished through a combination of a «cap and trade» carbon pricing system, mandatory vehicle emission standards, and investing in renewable energy production and consumption.

While both governments remain committed to finding new markets for Canada's oil and gas, they have voiced strong support for increasing clean energy production and exports in order to reduce carbon emissions and the impact of fluctuating oil prices on Canada's economy.

In plain terms, we are choosing to penalize our own energy industry with severe financial measures, when other jurisdictions like the U.S. are slashing taxes and red tape, rejecting carbon taxes, and calling for expanded fossil fuel production due to growing global demand.

Others described mitigation potential through carbon capture and storage where carbon dioxide is captured during energy production and then transported to a location where it can be injected deep underground into various geologic formations and through reforestation.

J.J.M. (2008) Dutch (organic) agriculture, carbon sequestration and energy production.

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Our supplier a carbon negative production process convert liquid effluent from their extraction mill into methane gas used to power their facility and sending the extra energy back to the grid.

As well as paper products, James Cropper also manufactures nonwovens from carbon, glass and polymer fibres, which play a key part in production of composites in the automotive, energy and aerospace sectors.

As well as paper products, James Cropper plc also incorporates Technical Fibre Products (TFP), manufacturers of non-woven materials from carbon, glass and polymer fibres, which play a key part in production of composites in the automotive, energy and aerospace sectors.

For specific industry applications with high organic loads, enough biogas can be generated to fully cover a production plant's energy needs and still have a biogas surplus to feed it into power generators and sell electricity to the national grid, often generating carbon credits, where these apply, as well as profit.

One of the United State's newest dairy processing plants features advanced waste water treatment technology that not only radically improves biomass recovery and effluent quality, but also harnesses green energy from waste streams to drive production processes and reduce its carbon footprint.

Icelandic Glacial is the «world's first certified carbon neutral natural spring bottled water for product and operation», and uses 100 % natural green energy to fuel production.

Icelandic Glacial uses 100 % natural green energy to fuel its production delivering a premium bottled water to discerning consumers around the world while maintaining a «net zero» carbon footprint.

Appropriate management practices could increase carbon sinks and energy efficiency improvements and production of energy from crops and residues would result in a further mitigation potential, or a cumulative carbon storage95.

Energy production and reduction in carbon footprints are very important by products of anaerobic treatment.

Smith et al. (1997) calculated a considerable potential increase of soil carbon when manure, straw - recycling, minimal tillage, reforestation and energy - saving plant production are combined.

Increase domestic energy production and thus supply; which was intentionally decreased by Obama administration policy aimed at reducing carbon energy sources.

Much has been made of the need for a decarbonisation target, a measure that, if included in the Energy Bill, would drive investment to slash the carbon intensity of UK electricity production by 2030, bringing with it huge jobs and growth benefits to many corners of the UK.

And it continues to pursue research into alternative fuels and technologies that can further reduce the carbon intensity of energy applications across a variety of sectors, including electricity production and transportation.

(Worse, use of ethanol instead of gasoline does little to reduce net carbon emissions once the energy - intensive full cycle of ethanol production — including the energy - intensive fertilizer and transport needs — is taken into account.)

«Global deployment of advanced natural gas production technology could double or triple the global natural gas production by 2050, but greenhouse gas emissions will continue to grow in the absence of climate policies that promote lower carbon energy sources.»

Total annual production emissions, averaged over five years, would equal about 100 grams of carbon dioxide per megajoule — which is 7 percent greater than gasoline emissions and 62 grams above the 60 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions as required by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act.

«All of the syngas goes into heat or energy production,» Synfuels chemist Ed Peterson says, and the company cuts down on cost by using such by - products to make energy and employing components built with cheaper steel alloyed with carbon as well as easy to maintain low pressures.

OLEDs (where the O denotes they are organic, or carbon - based) are among the most energy efficient of these devices, but they generally have higher production costs due to the laborious fabrication processes needed to arrange them properly.

The country's carbon dioxide emissions likely fell 3 percent last year thanks to its shrinking manufacturing production, declining coal consumption and booming renewable energy installation, Greenpeace said in a newly published analysis.

Other important factors include population density, the carbon - intensity of electricity production, energy prices and weather.

«When it comes to life cycle greenhouse gas emissions, wind and solar energy provide a much better greenhouse gas balance than fossil - based low carbon technologies, because they do not require additional energy for the production and transport of fuels, and the technologies themselves can be produced to a large extend with decarbonized electricity,» states Edgar Hertwich, an industrial ecologist from Yale University who co-authored the study.

Mike Hightower, a senior researcher at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, cautions that reducing carbon emissions, while crucial, is just one part of the energy equation: Virtually every time you lower the carbon footprint in industrial energy production, he says, «you end up with a bigger water footprint.»

Analyses revealed that, compared with activated carbon, production of the hybrid material consumed less energy («embodied energy») while leaving a much lower carbon footprint.

«Forests in the United States are robust and sustainably managed, and climate science has consistently and clearly documented the carbon benefits of utilizing forest biomass for energy production,» Senator Susan Collins (R — ME), said on the Senate floor on 3 February, a day after lawmakers approved her amendment adding the wood - burning provision to the energy bill.

The researchers also found that — among their hundreds of production scenarios — organic ones were more energy - intensive on average, producing more carbon dioxide than conventional production.

Just as in algae biofuel production on land, the floating OMEGA bags use water, solar energy and carbon dioxide — which in this case is absorbed through the plastic membrane — to produce sugar that algae metabolize into lipids.

However, the high - temperature process for making cement is more energy - and carbon - intensive than the production of asphalt from petroleum.

Use of wood - based material will lower energy consumption at the production stage, as well as reducing the products» carbon footprint.

Researchers monitored the mice's energy expenditure by measuring oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production, and tracked the rodents» movements during the day and at night.

D.M. Ginosar, L.M. Petkovic, K.C. Burch, «Commercial activated carbon for the catalytic production of hydrogen via the sulfur - iodine thermochemical water splitting cycle,» International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36, 8908 - 8914, 2011.

The center conducts research on the production of liquid transportation fuels via artificial photosynthesis, which utilizes solar energy, water and carbon dioxide, DOE said Tuesday.

An algae production system also needs energy to pump water, carbon - dioxide and nutrients while removing wastes.

The California Energy Commission is seeking proposals to provide funding for the development of new, California - based biofuel production facilities that can sustainably produce low carbon transportation fuels.

Why It Matters: Understanding how carbon dioxide molecules behave is basic science needed by the energy sector to facilitate carbon sequestration and fuel production.

Currently, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy funds research and development of low - carbon hydrogen production pathways, and by establishing HydroGEN, the DOE intends to accelerate innovation with the assistance of the national laboratories.