Sentences with phrase «carbon intensity as»

«[A] lthough wood has approximately the same carbon intensity as coal (0.027 vs. 0.025 tC GJ − 1 of primary energy -LSB-...]-RRB-, combustion efficiency of wood and wood pellets is lower (Netherlands Enterprise Agency; IEA 2016).

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Most of the improvements in carbon intensity to date have come from efficiencies such as using larger trucks at mine sites, and the returns there are diminishing.

But this transition should not be burdensome; by establishing production metrics for monitoring waste, as well as electricity consumption, gas consumption, waste water intensity and overall carbon emissions, your sites can identify ongoing efficiencies and potential cost savings for your company to support your bottom line.

Carbon intensity, generally defined as carbon produced per unit of gross domestic product, has been falling in developed countries, and some developing countries have pledged to reduce their own levels by as much as 45 percent by the end of the decade.

«The consumption share of GDP has a very different carbon intensity, as a bundle of goods, relative to investment goods, so you automatically get a reduction in carbon intensity from that trajectory,» Karplus says.

India has announced it will cut its carbon emissions intensity of its economy by as much as a quarter from 2005 levels by 2020.

«The main strength of this tool is that it enables us to work with all these variables, such as the presence or absence of rainfall, wind direction, traffic intensity, and levels of ozone, carbon monoxide, and other pollutants.»

The low - carbon fuel standard orders providers to reduce the carbon intensity of their fuels by 10 percent by 2020 through efforts such as blending in biofuels that result in less greenhouse gases emitted when burned.

And while China is still not committed to absolute emissions reductions in global climate negotiations, experts say its «intensity - based» U.N. carbon reduction targets, which are based on improving the relative efficiency of industrial processes, could be as effective as Western - style absolute cuts in emissions.

A research team at Pixar studied the light - absorbing qualities of auto paint, carbon fiber and chrome, as well as the darkness - penetrating intensity and reach of standard and LCD headlights.

Those nations» recent announcements of carbon intensity targets «are just business as usual,» he says, and won't sway lawmakers.

The team studied storm development from the Pliocene era, roughly three million years ago, and chose that time period because it was the last time the Earth had as much carbon dioxide as it does now, and the changes in climate from it can play a major role in storm formation and intensity.

That forward motion is in contrast to China's failure as a nation to reduce carbon intensity — the pollution associated with economic activity — as it promised in the five - year plan that ends next year.

So if we want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lower the carbon intensity of our fuel, energy grasses such as miscanthus and switchgrass are going to result in the biggest reductions, not corn stover.»

More money will buy magnetorheological dampers and carbon - ceramic front rotors, and the Drive Select system lets you personalize traits such as steering effort, throttle response, shift speed, damping calibration, torque split, and exhaust note, the latter varying in intensity from Wagner classicism to Kraftwerk rock to Ramstein Air Force Base.

Standard goodies include a carbon - fiber hood, adaptive high - intensity discharge headlamps and quad exhaust tips so the engine can exhale as easily as it breathes in.

As explained on page 42 of The Rough Guide to Climate Change by Robert Henson, «carbon intensity is a measure of how much fossil fuel it takes to produce a certain amount of economic output.»

Reserves of coal are the largest among all fuels and have the highest carbon intensity, as CO2 emitted per unit energy liberated.

This figure would include the release of terrestial stored carbon from feedback mechanisms such as the thaw of methal hydrates, permafrost, and the increased severity and intensity of wildfires, plus the predicted dieback of the Amazon dues to drying effect.I am an amateur layman, and RealClimate is gracious enough to allow me to post.For me, a 1000 ppm settling point, albeit including the feedback mechanisms, is effective ly game over for the planet as we know it.

This emissions increment is a concern in the present, as current policies in the US and EU aim to reduce the carbon intensity of fuels.

My sense is that they take green tech seriously as a global business sector and a way, internally, to limit coal and oil demand and dependence, but I don't perceive the Chinese taking low carbon seriously as an internal policy goal (if that means a carbon intensity trajectory more than a nudge below what will happen anyway for other reasons).

The CPP specifies intensity rate targets for existing fossil fuel - fired electric generating units operating or under construction as of early 2014, with the stated aim of reducing carbon emissions in the power sector by 30 % from 2005 levels by 2030.

The Estonian proposal to the European Council drops the proposed carbon intensity threshold of 550gCO2 per KWh of electricity for existing plants — known as the «550 proposal» — and would allow them to receive capacity payments (public money to remain available).

For instance, if carbon - intense industries like cement and steel continue to move to China, as is expected, then its -40 % intensity target might be a significant goal in a global context.

As I've explained, there are in effect many buyers and many sellers in CO2E pricing, even if there is a government - enforced standard of delivering equal share equitably to all sellers per capita as there are different carbon intensities of essentially the same energy: electricity need not be produced from fossil fuels, and where it is, the fossil fuels may be less carbon intensive natural gas, or enriched through geothermal or solar hydrotreating to become less carbon intensive, or the CO2 emissions can be directly sequestered or used in coproduction to reduce net influx of COAs I've explained, there are in effect many buyers and many sellers in CO2E pricing, even if there is a government - enforced standard of delivering equal share equitably to all sellers per capita as there are different carbon intensities of essentially the same energy: electricity need not be produced from fossil fuels, and where it is, the fossil fuels may be less carbon intensive natural gas, or enriched through geothermal or solar hydrotreating to become less carbon intensive, or the CO2 emissions can be directly sequestered or used in coproduction to reduce net influx of COas there are different carbon intensities of essentially the same energy: electricity need not be produced from fossil fuels, and where it is, the fossil fuels may be less carbon intensive natural gas, or enriched through geothermal or solar hydrotreating to become less carbon intensive, or the CO2 emissions can be directly sequestered or used in coproduction to reduce net influx of CO2.

I generally find lye + heat effective, though some think pyrolysis more economically efficient than saponification, as it sequesters the carbon and produces both fertilizer and low CO2E - intensity fuels, whereas the former only leads to soap and ashes.

«If «business as usual» is no progress in carbon intensity reduction, which is very unlikely, then 40 percent is quite big.

China's carbon emissions have been increasing ever faster as they have repeatedly reduced the carbon intensity of their economy.

Even as China's emissions continue to rise, the IEA points out that the nation has cut its carbon intensity (carbon emissions linked to GDP) by 15 percent since 2005.

As the last major economy to submit a target for a global climate pact, India is pledging to reduce the intensity of its carbon emissions and boost the share of electricity produced from sources other than fossil fuels to...

The carbon intensity of other big economies has been falling as well, although absolute emissions remain higher than they were in 1990.

These commitments are usually based on carbon - intensity targets, which the countries regard as being in their national self - interest.

China's energy intensity target is perennially referred to by Chinese negotiators in international talks, but also regularly mistaken by the foreign press as some carbon emissions reduction target.

[1] The Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 defines «clean» electricity as «electricity generated at a facility placed in service after 1991 using renewable energy, qualified renewable biomass, natural gas, hydropower, nuclear power, or qualified waste - to - energy; and electricity generated at a facility placed in service after enactment that uses qualified combined heat and power (CHP), [which] generates electricity with a carbon - intensity lower than 0.82 metric tons per megawatt - hour (the equivalent of new supercritical coal), or [electricity generated] as a result of qualified efficiency improvements or capacity additions at existing nuclear or hydropower facilities -LSB-; or] electricity generated at a facility that captures and stores its carbon dioxide emissions.»

The carbon - intensity of American energy supply improved significantly, however, and is responsible for the remaining 453 million tons of emission reductions relative to business - as - usual.

And while China is still not committed to absolute emissions reductions in global climate negotiations, experts say its «intensity - based» U.N. carbon reduction targets, which are based on improving the relative efficiency of industrial processes, could be as effective as Western - style absolute cuts in emissions.

In the United States, the Bush administration's «Clear Skies» proposal requires a decline in carbon emissions per unit of economic output (known as carbon intensity), but not overall carbon emissions.

«This record is the first evidence that carbon dioxide may be linked with environmental changes, such as changes in the terrestrial ecosystem, distribution of ice, sea level and monsoon intensity.»

Beyond 2030, regional carbon prices increase, including for countries that previously had no climate policies, and progressively converge at a speed that depends on their per capita income; on average, the world GHG intensity over 2030 - 2050 decreases at the same rate as for 2020 - 2030.

Thus, when it came time for Romm to criticize a rather technical piece on the rising carbon intensity of the global economy that appeared in the journal Nature — which we discussed in our last post — he attacked it, not as inaccurate or incorrect, but rather as Republican.

As for India's carbon intensity reduction target, this is seen by some analysts as unambitious and easily achieveAs for India's carbon intensity reduction target, this is seen by some analysts as unambitious and easily achieveas unambitious and easily achieved.

Fuel carbon intensity: Switching to lower carbon fuels and energy carriers is technically feasible, such as by using sustainably produced b / h3iofuels or electricity and hydrogen when produced using renewable energy or other low ‐ carbon technologies.

Other key variables such as per capita emissions, energy and carbon intensity of the economy (tonnes C per dollar of real GDP), and cumulative emissions are also displayed.

China has said it will try to voluntarily reduce its emissions of carbon dioxide per unit of economic growth — a measure known as «carbon intensity» — by 40 to 45 percent by 2020, compared with 2005 levels.

As climate impacts continue to roll in with greater intensity, the risk that most fossil carbon will become worthless grows ever more real.

The key parameters are population, per capita GDP (GDP / population), energy intensity, and carbon intensity of the energy supply — also know as the factors in the Kaya Identity.

Using the residential sector as an example — the 1.3 % increase in electricity consumed between 2015 and 2016 was offset by a decline in carbon intensity of the electricity supply -LRB--4.5 %)-- yields a total of 3.2 % (not shown in the table).

Options from Climate Works, on the other hand, range from continuing carbon intensity improvements — at a negative cost — to relatively low cost land use options and high cost energy changes — such as solar power.

Will China include its 40 - 45 % carbon intensity reduction target, as you affirm?

When China announced its carbon intensity targets (see previous post «China to adopt «binding» goal to reduce CO2 emissions per unit GDP by 40 to 45 % of 2005 levels by 2020 «-RRB-, it was careful to make clear that it was an «autonomous action» (some translated this as «voluntary action»).