Sentences with phrase «carbon generation technologies»

Nuclear power may be necessary, along with other low carbon generation technologies.

Not exact matches

«If Canada is going to move the needle on carbon emissions and develop its cleantech industry, then we need to invest in next generation technologies.

Motivations include concerns about future demand for transport fuels, growth opportunities in low - carbon technologies, and diversifying into power generation to secure demand for natural gas.»

New technologies like smart phones, zero carbon electrical generation and electric vehicles (EV's) are important to keep in mind.

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.

EMR is vital to attracting low - carbon technologies, as there's little doubt that if left alone, the market would veer towards a short - term approach — building more gas generation — at the expense of our long - term environmental and energy security responsibilities.

If the UK is to keep to its environmental commitments then electricity market reform (EMR) needs to quickly facilitate investment in new large scale generation, whilst enabling transition to a low carbon energy system over the next ten years, say the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

The Electric Power Research Institute's report on decarbonizing electricity generation said an «aggressive» push on new technologies could lower 2005 - level carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 41 percent in 2030.

«This means that the mere existence of storage technology, which benefits both renewable and fossil fuel power generation, doesn't necessarily lead to lower carbon emissions from electricity generation.»

Priority areas of focus for this Initiative may include: energy efficiency, smart grid, second - generation biofuels, and clean coal technologies including carbon capture and storage; solar energy and energy efficient building and advanced battery technologies; and sustainable transportation, wind energy, and micro-hydro power.

If today's European carbon prices were applied to the U.S., most utilities would not automatically install new power generation technologies, according to a study by the Electric Power Research Institute.

«The Chinese government has been actively pursuing and supporting a technology development agenda that very quickly allowed China to make a breakthrough in the new generation of various technologies, and carbon capture and storage technology development was at first riding on this wave,» said Ellina Levina, an energy analyst at the International Energy Agency.

Ho said both the U.S. and India are interested in pursuing supercritical carbon dioxide to develop the next generation of concentrating solar power technology because it can reach greater efficiencies with smaller footprints.

The most promising of these options include renewable sources of a variety of types, advanced fossil - fuel technologies that can capture and sequester carbon, and hydrogen - powered fuel cells for vehicle propulsion and dispersed electricity generation.

Build before Memory Runs Out Although individual consumer actions can help, major changes in carbon output will likely require better electricity - generation technologies, retiring much of the coal - fired capacity and replacing it with the most cost - effective combination of modern reactors, renewables and even clean coal.

«While nuclear can be a very large share of global demand and low carbon supply, we're not going to do it, I believe, on the current generation of technology,» said Armond Cohen, executive director of the Clean Air Task Force.

Through our Vehicle, Bioenergy, and Fuel Cell Technologies Offices, EERE advances the development of next - generation technologies to improve plug - in electric and other alternative - fuel vehicles, advanced combustion engine and vehicle efficiency, and produce low - carbon domestic transportation fuels.

For the past decade, governments and utilities have been looking at how carbon capture technologies might be deployed to reduce emission of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, while enabling low - carbon electricity generation.

· Wide - scale deployment of a mix of low - carbon electricity generation technologies, as foreseen in mitigations scenarios such as the IEA's Blue Map Scenarios, helps to stabilize or reduce pollution such as eutrophication, acidification, particulates, photochemical smog, and toxicity.

Based upon the regular 7 Series before Alpina fiddle with it, it uses the BMW 7 Series» carbon core chassis technology to make it 200 pounds lighter than the previous generation Alpina B7 and more than 200 pounds lighter than the M760.

These next - generation vehicles will build on Honda's longstanding portfolio approach to advancing ultra-low carbon technologies for mobility and will include:

In addition to weight reduction measures inherited from the previous - generation NSX - R, the new model employs carbon fiber aerodynamic devices formed using special advanced technologies for even greater weight savings.

Given that a coal - fired electricity generation plant produces about 1 ton of carbon dioxide per megawatt hour, Borenstein estimated that the price of greenhouse gas reductions would have to range from about $ 150 to $ 500 per ton of greenhouse gases to make the current solar PV technology a worthwhile investment when greenhouse gas reductions are considered.

In the absence of being able to make that policy call at this time on dangerous interference, what we're doing as an interim measure is working bottom up to see how aggressive can we be in finding a pathway to low - carbon power generation from coal, because that accounts for more than 50 percent of emissions; how aggressive can we be in transitioning to a much greater diversity of fuel supply than petroleum, and vehicle technology, and that's 20 percent of emissions; and then what can we do much more rapidly to halt deforestation, which is 20 percent of emissions.

We need to avoid getting locked - in to «inferior» technologies, such as «first generation» biofuels, which just a few years ago were considered a slam - dunk carbon - neutral technology / energy source for which the relevant technologies were allegedly both available and scalable.

Communities must decide whether the carbon - reducing benefit of using natural gas in power generation outweighs the fear of new drilling technologies.

But without a substantial boost in basic research and development and large - scale demonstration projects related to technologies like mass energy storage, capturing and storing carbon dioxide, grid management and a new generation of nuclear plants, it's hard to see timely progress.

This proven technology has helped shift more electricity generation to natural gas, which emits less nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, mercury and more than 50 percent less carbon dioxide than coal.

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.

The bill will help fund research, development, implementation and deployment of new, low - carbon technologies and upgrades for the manufacturing facilities that will produce the next generation of greener vehicles.

The UK government announced on Friday how it expects to phase out coal generation by 2025 — by making it impossible for plants to generate without as - yet unproven carbon capture and storage technology.

Investing in super and ultra-supercritical technologies in India remains a cost - effective carbon abatement alternative compared to investment in other generation technologies.

Offshore wind is a rising force, but remains for the moment a relatively marginal one at 0.2 % of global electricity generation; wind and other marine technologies face stiff competition from a range of onshore options, including other low - carbon sources of generation.

C. Technically, it is still possible to solve the climate problem, but there are two essential requirements: (1) a simple across - the - board (all fossil fuels) rising carbon fee [2] collected from fossil fuel companies at the domestic source (mine or port of entry), not a carbon price «scheme,» and the money must go to the public, not to government coffers, otherwise the public will not allow the fee to rise as needed for phase - over to clean energy, (2) honest government support for, rather than strangulation of, RD&D (research, development and demonstration) of clean energy technologies, including advanced generation, safe nuclear power.

Fossil fuel plant needs to transition into the role of backup to low emissions generation and the market emergent de-facto carbon price increasing intermittency brings to a fossil fuel dominated grid needs to be used intelligently as the incentive it is to drive time shifting of demand, efficiency and investment in emerging storage technologies.

The increasing use of coal for power generation in ASEAN countries will lead to widespread construction of coal - fired power plants, which, without the use of the best available cleaner coal technology (CCT), would result in increased greenhouse gas and carbon dioxide emissions.

Electricity markets are undergoing massive transformation, as the push for low - carbon power generation shifts the industry towards high investment in renewables and other new technologies even as demand stagnates or declines in many countries.

When breakthrough technologies for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide are commercially deployed and demonstrated to be effective, coal - fired electricity will strengthen its leading role in new electricity generation both in the United States and, perhaps more importantly, around the globe — especially in regions that desperately need a secure and plentiful source of affordable electricity.»

(Sec. 115) Amends the CAA to require the EPA Administrator to promulgate regulations providing for the distribution of emission allowances (established by this Act) that are allocated to support the commercial deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies in electric power generation and industrial operations.

There was no mention of carbon capture technology in the RFI, something the administration has previously touted as a way to help coal - fired power generation remain viable, and which has bipartisan support in Congress.

Accept that carbon emissions should be taxed to level the energy - generation playing field with other technologies.

Still, we are cautiously optimistic that carbon capture and storage could represent one of the most important next - generation low - carbon technologies.

-- In addition to the policy under paragraph (1), it is the policy of the United States that regional electric grid planning to meet these objectives should result from an open, inclusive and transparent process, taking into account all significant demand - side and supply - side options, including energy efficiency, distributed generation, renewable energy and zero - carbon electricity generation technologies, smart - grid technologies and practices, demand response, electricity storage, voltage regulation technologies, high capacity conductors with at least 25 percent greater efficiency than traditional ACSR (aluminum stranded conductors steel reinforced) conductors, superconductor technologies, underground transmission technologies, and new conventional electric transmission capacity and corridors.

However, G20 countries are also the key driver of low - carbon technology deployment, holding 98 % of global installed wind power generation, 96 % of solar PV and 94 % of nuclear power capacity.

The company has also been measuring its operational carbon for nearly two decades and seeking ways to reduce impacts through focused property management, use of energy efficient technologies, and the purchase (and more recently generation) of renewable electricity.

In terms of carbon emissions, new technology coal is still around 30 per cent higher than LNG but much lower than conventional coal powered generation.

«Our research shows a transition to a reliable, low - carbon, electrical generation and transmission system can be accomplished with commercially available technology and within 15 years,» said Alexander MacDonald, co-lead author and recently retired director of NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) in Boulder.

Addressing climate - change risk also means developing future technologies — from advanced carbon capture and storage to next - generation biofuels.

Japan, led by Hitachi Power, has developed ultra-supercritical pressure coal - fired power generation technologies, which convert more of the energy in coal into power, slash pollution and reduce carbon emissions.

These include how best to promote the deployment of technologies that are unambiguously aligned with 2 °C scenarios, how to put in place the conditions that foster alignment with such scenarios, whether and how to deploy energy - supply technologies that remain controversial, and how to manage the risk of technologies that lock in high carbon energy generation for long time periods.