Sentences with phrase «developed as a renewable energy source»

An article written by Ashlea Jones discusses how wind energy could and should be developed as a renewable energy source in the United States where solar is not an option.

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As Germany looks to move to renewable sources of energy, some innovative ideas are being developed as mining companies rethink their business modelAs Germany looks to move to renewable sources of energy, some innovative ideas are being developed as mining companies rethink their business modelas mining companies rethink their business models.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

«As a developed, industrialised country the UK has to lead the way by ending our dependence on fossil fuels, and investing in clean, renewable sources of energy which we are fortunate enough to be blessed with in the UK,» Christian Aid's senior climate change adviser Alison Doig said.

They won a grant from the Lemelson - MIT Program to develop a lightweight, portable disaster relief shelter, designed to be complete with a water purification system and a renewable energy source to power an LED light, which could be used after disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, or tornadoes to house people who have been displaced.

The «green energy» problem is twofold: 1, develop «carbon - neutral» or renewable energy sources (capture sunlight); 2, convert the energy to a useful form such as high - density liquid fuel.

With a similar goal, Google launched a project in 2007 known as RE < C (Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal)-- which «aimed to develop renewable energy sources that would generate electricity more cheaply than coal - fired power pRenewable Energy Cheaper than Coal)-- which «aimed to develop renewable energy sources that would generate electricity more cheaply than coal - fired power planEnergy Cheaper than Coal)-- which «aimed to develop renewable energy sources that would generate electricity more cheaply than coal - fired power prenewable energy sources that would generate electricity more cheaply than coal - fired power planenergy sources that would generate electricity more cheaply than coal - fired power plants do.

As cities look for ways to source renewable energy, cleanly charge electric vehicles and provide fast, ubiquitous communication networks, New York - based startup Totem has developed something called the Totem to deliver all three.

Were cost - effective CDR solutions available at large scale, however, developing countries could continue to rely on fossil fuel energy sources until the business case for renewable energy improved, so long as CDR were deployed to offset fossil emissions associated with this transition.

And that, in turn, will depend on transmission infrastructure development, as well as market demand, including whether western states seek to develop renewable sources internally, or whether wind and solar developers in New Mexico can find buyers for clean - energy exports.

That's hardly a finding to be celebrated, but it serves as an important reminder that while some renewable energy sources are growing rapidly, fossil fuel consumption is also growing, especially in the developing world — and from a much larger base.

As he discussed in previous years, Nocera's plans for the technology include using it in developing countries as an inexpensive source of renewable energy, which could power individual homeAs he discussed in previous years, Nocera's plans for the technology include using it in developing countries as an inexpensive source of renewable energy, which could power individual homeas an inexpensive source of renewable energy, which could power individual homes.

However, with rising levels of pollution, the government is keen on developing cleaner coal technologies as well as renewable energy sources like solar, tidal, and biomass.

In South America, a continent that has already been working to reduce their emissions due to their location, which is considered to be especially susceptible to the effects of climate change, there is a massive push among governments to continue to develop sources of renewable energy such as hydroelectric, geothermal, and solar.

Perry's beliefs could have consequences for America's fast - growing green - energy industry, as one of the Energy Department's key tasks is to research and develop new technologies to provide renewable energy sources and better energy efficenergy industry, as one of the Energy Department's key tasks is to research and develop new technologies to provide renewable energy sources and better energy efficEnergy Department's key tasks is to research and develop new technologies to provide renewable energy sources and better energy efficenergy sources and better energy efficenergy efficiency.

short answer A bad idea, since (i) they produce CO2 (partly responsible for the rise in global warming), (ii) there is a limited amount of fossil fuel from which we make valuable materials such as lubricants and plastics, (iii) fossil fuel resources are finite, so burning them means we are consuming a resource we can never replace, and (iv) we can actually build new industries and create many new jobs developing renewable sources of energy instead of burning fossil fuels.

The EU climate change targets are crucial, but this is also about increasing the security of energy generation as well as the cheapest and most technologically developed renewable energy source.

Badri criticised the subsidies developed countries offer to promote renewable energy sources such as solar and wind.

But as the full site is developed into the UK's first earth science park that will use renewable energy from solar, wind, hydro, shallow and deep geothermal sources, it should provide a useful benchmark for understanding how solar can fit in with other technologies for an integrated approach to clean energy.

In the developed world, we perceive renewable energy technologies as the means of moving us away from pollution - spewing sources of electricity generation.

Renewable energy sources, such as photovoltaic (PV), wind, hydro, biomass, concentrating solar (CSP) and tidal are developing rapidly, and recent history suggests that the cost of these technologies will reduce the cost of renewable energy oRenewable energy sources, such as photovoltaic (PV), wind, hydro, biomass, concentrating solar (CSP) and tidal are developing rapidly, and recent history suggests that the cost of these technologies will reduce the cost of renewable energy orenewable energy over time.