Sentences with phrase «developed clean fuels»

The Government of Canada will consult with provinces and territories, Indigenous peoples, industries, and non-governmental organizations to develop a clean fuel standard.
The Government of Canada will consult with provinces and territories, Indigenous peoples, industries, and non-governmental organizations to develop a clean fuel standard.

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We are also investing in this field ourselves: one of our airlines, Virgin Australia, is working in partnership with Dynamotive Energy Systems and Renewable Oil to develop an alternative jet fuel that will enable our global aircraft fleet to transition to clean energy.
Last year, the federal government announced it would develop a policy that aims to cut more carbon pollution than any other in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, by promoting the production and use of cleaner fuels in vehicles, buildings and industry.
Previously, Andrew founded a clean - tech start - up developing innovative fuel cell technologies for grid - scale energy storage.
The investment team has extensive experience in all aspects of clean infrastructure investing, including evaluating energy markets, projects and technologies; developing and financing domestic and international power generation, fuels, wastewater management, and distributed generation facilities; founding and managing renewable energy companies;
The marine fuel market burns four million barrels a day — and he hopes to make this cleaner with the low - sulphur fuels developed by Field Upgrading.
Think about it: First Solar is developing technology to create clean, renewable power from the sun that is cost competitive with fossil fuels.
Meanwhile, they stand to make billions more by keeping us hooked on increasingly expensive fossil fuels — instead of developing UK clean energy and energy saving measures needed to secure power supplies, cut emissions, and stabilise fuel bills in the long - run.
That path, according to a briefing book released in conjunction with Cuomo's budget, includes a directive to state regulators to work with NYISO to «develop a regulatory framework that will ensure system reliability while facilitating repowering to cleaner fuel or closure.»
«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.
The Clean Power Plan was part of an effort that included New York and other states to develop required cuts in emissions from fossil fuel burning power plants in order to combat climate change.
In a major blow to the government's plans to develop «clean» coal technology (where fossil fuels are burnt and the emissions stored underground), the company have postponed the project.
The final budget legislation included a repeal provisions in ECL Section 19 - 0319 mandating the state to develop a centrally fueled fleet «clean vehicle» program.
«With the offer by Exelon to provide a fuel bridge, Entergy has nothing to lose by joining with other stakeholders and the state to develop a clean energy standard, the resolution of which will occur well before their decision needs to be made to refuel the plant,» Denn said.
The $ 100 billion a year was supposed to help developing countries adapt to changes being wrought by climate change, and to help them bypass fossil fueled development in favor of cleaner alternatives.
Hydrogen seems to be an excellent and clean energy vector, and catalysis is expected to be at the core of the new developing technologies for the production, storage, and burning of hydrogen in fuel cells.
We also need to explore alternative fuels with lower greenhouse gas emission profiles, integrate larger amounts or renewable into the electric grid and develop ways to use natural gas and coal in cleaner ways.
«The need for clean, safe sources of power in remote areas, especially in developing nations, makes hydrogen the perfect fuel choice.»
And she mentioned a new joint program with the Department of Energy on clean energy education aimed at «increasing public awareness» of the need to develop low - carbon fuels.
A Stanford University research lab has developed new technologies to tackle two of the world's biggest energy challenges — clean fuel for transportation and grid - scale energy storage.
But by putting the targets into law and mandating a set of regulations — including requiring 35 percent of the country's electricity to come from clean sources by 2024; establishing a voluntary carbon market; developing incentives to promote renewable energy; phasing out fossil fuel subsidies; and forcing companies in the largest carbon polluting sectors to report their emissions — they said the results could be groundbreaking.
«We need to develop the technologies that enable us to use our fossil fuels in a clean way,» Secretary of Energy Steven Chu told ScientificAmerican.com at the conference.
The commission's new research funding program, which will run from 2014 to 2020 under the name Horizon 2020, will continue three existing JTIs: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen, which aims to develop clean technologies for energy transport and storage; Clean Sky, for the development of cleaner aircraft; and the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), a JTI aimed at speeding up drug developclean technologies for energy transport and storage; Clean Sky, for the development of cleaner aircraft; and the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), a JTI aimed at speeding up drug developClean Sky, for the development of cleaner aircraft; and the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), a JTI aimed at speeding up drug development.
But fossil fuel advocates note that DOE support has been critical to industry advances, including developing the technology behind fracking, offshore drilling, and cleaner - burning coal and natural gas power plants.
BY Ron KotrbaCanada's wood pellet industry stands patiently ready to deliver domestic supply as a federal Clean Fuel Standard and complementary support mechanisms develop.
Prior to joining at the DOE JGI, Dr. Yoshikuni was a co-founder and Chief Science Officer at a clean technology start - up, Bio Architecture Lab, Inc. where his significant achievement was using synthetic biology to develop the first microbial platform technologies enabling to unlock the potential of macroalgae as highly environmentally sustainable and cost - effective biomass for the production of renewable fuels and chemicals.
The goal of this study was to strike a careful balance between the contradictory needs for efficient energy conversion and chemically sensitive electronic components to develop a viable system of artificial photosynthesis to generate clean fuel.
Sasol and General Electric (GE: NYSE)'s GE Power & Water have together developed new technology that will clean waste water from Fischer - Tropsch plants used to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals, while also providing biogas as a by - product for power generation.
The EMS (Earth and Mineral Science) Energy Institute at Penn State has developed a conceptual novel process configuration for producing clean middle - distillate fuels from coal with some algal input with minimal emissions.
Aizenberg's team is currently focusing on developing next - generation catalysts for a number of applications — from clean air technologies and catalytic converters to advanced electrodes for catalytic fuel cells — hoping to test their designs soon in real world systems.
The five year grant will support the development of Bretschger's BioElectrochemical Sanitation Technology (BEST), which uses microbial fuel cells (MFCs) to clean wastewater and improve sanitation and water accessibility in developing world applications.
The MacGuffin is a clean - burning fuel developed by Richard Branson analogue Miles Axelrod (Eddie Izzard, sounding an awful lot like Bill Hader's Branson), who has decided to test the stuff in a series of races set in Tokyo, Rome, and London.
Chemical engineers are involved in developing things we use daily including cleaning supplies, fuels, and medicines.
«These new standards are another step in our work to develop a new generation of clean, fuel - efficient American vehicles that will improve our environment and strengthen our economy,» EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson said.
Cummins, Inc. will develop and demonstrate a highly efficient and clean diesel engine, an advanced waste heat recovery system, an aerodynamic Peterbilt tractor and trailer combination, and a solid oxide fuel cell auxiliary power unit to reduce engine idling.
Federal - Mogul develops advanced high - temperature gasket technology to support cleaner, more fuel - efficient engines
Hyundai Motor Group has succesfully developed a core fuel cell electric vehicle part, accelerating its efforts to develop and commercialize clean cars,...
«Eco-minded drivers looking for a new «green» vehicle with low CO2 emissions don't have to look further than the fun - to - drive and fuel - efficient Accord Hybrid,» said Steven Center, vice president of the Environmental Business Development Office at American Honda Motor Co., Inc. «Recognition from the trusted editors at Kelley Blue Book is proof positive of the progress Honda has made developing increasingly cleaner vehicles over the last 40 years.»
Alongside its development of exhaust gas cleaning technology, Honda also plans to address other technical challenges in developing clean diesel engines, such as handling diesel fuels with different cetane numbers (a problem in some markets) and meeting US On - Board Diagnostic System requirements.
Once lauded as the future of clean transportation and energy storage in a variety of other applications, hydrogen - based fuel cell systems have a great many barriers to adoption, one of which is lack of hydrogen infrastructure, and the other is the need to develop hydrogen production sources that aren't fossil fuel - based or that require more energy to produce than can be released in the fuel cell.
One opportunity was unmentioned in Kerry's speech and this post: the chance for the United States to help India develop its shale gas, an energy source that India is keen on tapping and that is cleaner than other fossil fuel choices.
Likewise, the federal government should marshal resources on the scale of the Manhattan Project to develop clean energy sources and wean the world off fossil fuels.
For instance, fossil fuel companies, such as Koch Industries and Peabody Energy, worked through ALEC to develop state - based legislation opposing federal standards on clean air and climate change.
It took about one percent of the world economy to develop the modern infrastructure of clean water and indoor plumbing; that's roughly what will be required to get rid of «another kind of human waste» — carbon dioxide emissions from burning fuels.
In a climate discourse dominated by targets and carbon caps, Gates has provided a refreshing and clear - eyed look at the first - order importance of direct public investment to develop clean, affordable technologies to replace fossil fuels on a global scale.
«In the process, we will put Americans to work in new jobs that pay well and can't be outsourced — jobs building solar panels and wind turbines; constructing fuel - efficient cars and buildings; and developing the new energy technologies that will lead to even more jobs, more savings, and a cleaner, safer planet in the bargain,» Obama said Thursday in a speech at George Mason University.
More than 30 states have adopted such standards, requiring or encouraging their power companies to diversify their fuel supply, develop local resources and local industries, and clean up the environment.
-- In accordance with subparagraph (B), the team shall provide technical, programmatic, and financial assistance to each utility of each affiliated island, and the government of each affiliated island, as appropriate, to develop and implement an energy Action Plan for each affiliated island to reduce the reliance of each affiliated island on imported fossil fuels through increased efficiency and use of indigenous clean - energy resources.
It just needs to delay the fossil fuel juggernaut, to create some time and space for clean energy to develop and continue falling in cost, to create some time and space for Congress to get its shit together.
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