Sentences with phrase «carbon free electricity»

The European Commission has come up with something similar in its new 2050 Roadmap, which aims to get to virtually carbon free electricity, and an overall cut in emissions of 80 - 95 %, by 2050.

We became mostly carbon neutral, except for our electricity use, and I obsessed on finding ways that we could make carbon free electricity.

This country is at the forefront of implementing a carbon free electricity system by 2040 and our projects definitely support this strategy.

«The fact is that nuclear energy produces 60 percent of the U.S.'s carbon free electricity,» Blee said.

The plan reinforces the Board of Supervisors goal of delivering 100 % carbon free electricity to all San Franciscans.

«To keep global warming below 2 °C, however, virtually carbon free electricity is necessary.

After detailed research, the Committee on Climate Change — the government's independent panel of climate advisors made up of economists, academics, businesses representatives and scientists — found that the cheapest way to meet the UK's climate change targets is to have almost entirely carbon free electricity by 2030.

«The upstate nuclear plants provide carbon free electricity — 27.6 million megawatt hours of zero - emissions benefits per year.

Not exact matches

The advent of fracking — in addition to being the fastest - growing source of emissions in the U.S. — is also cannibalizing what is currently our biggest source of carbon - free electricity.

Straus is committed to a carbon - free business that includes carbon - free electricity, energy efficient LED lighting and efficient cooling equipment.

Moreover, the two reactors at Indian Point produce about one - quarter of the state's carbon - free electricity.

One big benefit of nuclear power generally, and Indian Point specifically, is that all that electricity is generated carbon - free.

Mohl said Cuomo's plan for a clean energy standard that gives nuclear plants extra money for providing carbon - free electricity is a positive development for the nuclear industry.

The incoming Congress has opportunities to: cut federal subsidies for large farms by encouraging a progressive return to sustainable, integrated farming; encourage low - carbon electricity options for generating clean power; implement policies that ensure the Internet remains free and open; and ratify the World Health Organization's recommendations on how to reduce tobacco smoking.

A year ago former vice president Al Gore threw down a gauntlet: to repower America with 100 percent carbon - free electricity within 10 years.

«So as long as you're using renewable electricity and not some kind of brown electricity, that is really the most direct pathway to producing real, carbon - free hydrogen fuel.»

Electricity needs to be made virtually emission - free, through the mass mobilization of solar and nuclear power and the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide from coal - burning power plants.

The free web - based tool takes into account daily driving mileage and grocery and electricity expenses, among other factors, to assign a carbon score, which users can compare to similar households across the 28 largest urban areas in the U.S..

Nuclear power already provides about 12.3 percent of the world's electricity and accounts for two - thirds of the carbon - free power in the European Union.

If this expectation comes true, it will hamper China's hydropower sector, which contributes most of the country's carbon - free electricity.

A promising core strategy seems to be the following: Electricity needs to be made virtually emission - free, through the mass mobilization of solar and nuclear power and the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide from coal - burning power plants.

Researchers have long looked for simple systems to combine protons and electrons to form H2, a carbon - free fuel that can be burned directly to power cars or run through a fuel cell to generate electricity.

We provide value to our utility customers through the reliability and diversity of our supply sources — helping them meet the growing need for clean, affordable, carbon - free electricity.

The system allows us to operate carbon - free electricity generation.

The resulting light will be a bluish hue, which will change the way our cities and towns look at night but it will also be an electricity - free and carbon neutral source of light.

100 % battery power is the ONLY acceptable solution, even when the vehicle being built will be landfill long before we generate all electricity carbon - free.

The right way is to promote more emission - free nuclear power and encourage the investments necessary to produce electricity from coal without releasing carbon into the air.

I am merely trying to set the record straight as to how much (carbon free) electricity we are going to need to replace our current fleet of petroleum powered cars.

So, new nuclear power plants being proposed today are extremely unlikely to even begin producing any «carbon free» electricity for at least ten years, and probably closer to 20 years.

By the time that new nuclear power plants can even begin to generate any «carbon free» electricity, we can build and deploy hundreds of gigawatts of wind and solar generating capacity — and that's with today's mainstream, already commercialized technology, let alone the innovations like thin - film solar that are just beginning to enter the market.

Adding electricity generation from biogas derived from waste and sewage treatment provides an additional input of carbon - free power while consuming a potent greenhouse gas.

Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon - free sources within 10 years.

He calls for the United States to produce all electricity from «carbon - free sources» by 2018.

It's a grand vision for essentially being carbon - free by 2050, Producing electricity from clean generation sources including nuclear, solar, wind, hydro, and with any remaining fossil fuel plants hooked up to carbon capture and storage systems.

The biggest drop was in emissions from coal — which is primarily used to generate electricity — as power plants switched to cheaper natural gas and as the use of carbon - free wind energy more than quadrupled.

Again, technologically possible is different that politically or financially possible — and doesn't really take into account distribution issues (not every place is as ideally suited for solar power as California and Texas, both singled out in the report)-- but even a small percentage of reaching this technologically potential would allow the US to have carbon - free power at current consumption levels, even allowing a generous expansion of electricity usage.

That's a ratio of about 20 % of nameplate capacity for nuclear, or more probably around 40 % by carbon - free electricity supplied.

In 2015, the state set goals of having 50 percent of electricity generated by carbon - free renewables by 2030.

and: «Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon - free sources within 10 years.»

The Compendium concludes that moving towards carbon - free electricity is possible by 2050, while achieving a carbon - free future in the transportation sector will take considerably longer.

When they're burning fuels, no matter how we «Green Wash» them, they're emitting carbon Once you have a «carbon free» electricity supply then using proven technology with either air source or ground source heat pumps is the only way to have «carbon free» space heating and domestic hot water.

We install, own and operate carbon free sources of energy where the policy is supportive or where the electricity grid can handle it.

The audience was similarly made up of likely buyers of emissions credits (Stanwell and other electricity generators), sellers (geothermal and other carbon - free sources) and intermediaries (accounting companies, consulting engineers and so on).

The costs of meeting Japan's pledge are high... In addition, the Japanese government is unlikely to meet its aim to supply 20 — 22 % of electricity from carbon - free nuclear power by 2030; our analysis suggests that 15 % is more likely.

«Pleasant Valley will deploy efficient, cutting edge technology to generate carbon - free electricity while providing meaningful cost savings to Xcel Energy's customers in south - eastern Minnesota,» said Rob Morgan, Chief Development Officer of RES Americas.

In the new economy, many buildings will be all - electric — heated, cooled, and illuminated entirely with carbon - free renewable electricity.

This reduction relies heavily on the shift to plug - in hybrid cars that will run on carbon - free sources of electricity such as wind.

The first phase of the EU ETS — from 2005 to 2007 — drew criticism for not achieving substantial cuts in emissions, excessive allowance price volatility and for resulting in windfall profits for some utility firms that received carbon allowances for free but were able to pass through their full cost to consumers in the form of higher electricity prices.

Since the solar - generated electricity is considered to be carbon - free, the net impact is a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions associated with MIT's greenhouse gas inventory.

Canada, which gets most of its electricity from hydropower and another big chunk from nuclear, already makes 80 percent of its power from carbon - free sources.