Sentences with phrase «developing electricity and gas»

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In a time of a developing energy gap, they have a clear interest and a clear responsibility to help their customers to use less electricity and gas, but the link between the energy companies and fuel poverty is less clear.

Gas power will continue to be absolutely vital for our electricity system - and we will work with industry to develop a new gas generation strategy that draws in investment and secures electricity suppGas power will continue to be absolutely vital for our electricity system - and we will work with industry to develop a new gas generation strategy that draws in investment and secures electricity suppgas generation strategy that draws in investment and secures electricity supply.

That means the world will maintain its voracious appetite for natural gas, according to Exxon Mobil, and continue its heavy reliance on petroleum to meet electricity and transportation sector needs in both developed and developing countries.

Gourdine's companies developed commercial applications for electrogasdynamics, garnering patents for converting natural gas to electricity, desalinating sea water, creating circuit breakers, and for acoustic imaging.

That meant developing cars powered by biodiesel, electricity, natural gas and oil all at the same time, even though predicting a victor among these options is still difficult.

In fact, Germany hopes to develop technology to store excess electricity from renewable resources as gas to be burned later, a scheme known as «power to gas,» according to economist and former German politician Rainer Baake, now director of an energy transition think tank Agora Energiewende.

While the U.S. boom in shale gas helped push the fossil fuel's share of total global energy consumption from 23.8 to 23.9 percent, coal also increased its share, from 29.7 to 29.9 percent, as demand for coal - fired electricity remained strong across much of the developing world, including China and India, and parts of Europe.

Working in his lab in UD's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rosenthal and doctoral student John DiMeglio have developed an inexpensive catalyst that uses the electricity generated from solar energy to convert carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas, into synthetic fuels for powering cars, homes and businesses.

«Saving Steps» aims to encourage children to: • develop understanding of the origins of metals, plastics, electricity, natural gas, water and paper • be aware of concerns for the future such as the depletion of non-renewable resources • know how everyone can make a difference.

These steps include improving procurement of gas and electricity, automatic energy data capture and analysis, awareness programmes in schools to engage staff and pupils, and close liaison with LessEn partner the Carbon Trust, to develop workable energy efficiency strategies.

«Saving Steps» aims to encourage children to: • develop understanding of the origins of metals, plastics, electricity, natural gas, water and paper...

Perhaps it's to be expected that the B - Class has been Mercedes - Benz's vehicle of choice for developing cars powered by alternative fuels, including compressed natural gas, hydrogen fuel cell, and now battery - powered electricity.

An important question that political and climate analysts will be examining is how much bite is in the regulations — meaning how much they would curb emissions beyond what's already happening to cut power plant carbon dioxide thanks to the natural gas boom, the shutdown of old coal - burning plants because of impending mercury - cutting rules (read the valuable Union of Concerned Scientists «Ripe for Retirement» report for more on this), improved energy efficiency and state mandates developing renewable electricity supplies.

In two posts in the last few days on Forbes.com, William Pentland, a writer who is also involved in a business developing such combined heat and power systems (he declares this interest up front), described the Co-op City storm response and, more generally, the merits of the gas distribution system as a means to creating a robust, distributed electricity supply:

The presidents welcomed: (i) a grant from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to the China Power Engineering and Consulting Group Corporation to support a feasibility study for an integrated gasification combined cycle (I.G.C.C.) power plant in China using American technology, (ii) an agreement by Missouri - based Peabody Energy to invest and participate in GreenGen, a project of several major Chinese energy companies to develop a near - zero emissions coal - fired power plant, (iii) an agreement between G.E. and Shenhua Corporation to collaborate on the development and deployment of I.G.C.C. and other clean coal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

There has been some progress: since 2000, the number of people in developing countries with access to clean cooking — principally liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), natural gas and electricity, has grown by 60 %, and the number of people cooking with coal and kerosene has more than halved.

In developing Asia, the share of biomass in the residential sector declines from around 50 % today to 33 % in 2030 as demand for gas and electricity for cooking increases in the New Policies Scenario.

On February 18, 2010, GreatPoint and Peabody announced that the companies would work together to develop coal - to - gas and coal - to - hydrogen plants in and beyond the U.S. [66] The hydrogen could be both used for electricity and sold to industries [66].

After all, the country burns more coal than five years ago, has some of the highest household electricity bills in the developed world and will miss its 2020 greenhouse gas emission targets.

We do not need expensive new natural gas pipelines or to develop counterproductive bailouts to uneconomic fossil fuel generators, which would only raise electricity bills, bring more polluting energy into the region, exacerbate climate change, and slow New England's progress toward a clean, resilient, and fuel secure grid.

Over the longer - term, Japan could increase energy security, and better insulate itself from economic and geologic shocks to its energy system through more aggressively developing its internal renewable energy resources while deepening electricity market and natural gas interconnections with China, South Korea and even Russia.

Developing countries use coal, natural gas, and renewable energy to provide electricity to more of their populations.

We can harness new technology as it develops, but there is no reason to delay implementation of currently available technologies, such as producing electricity with wind and solar power, improving building energy efficiency, and getting better gas mileage in our vehicles.

Energy Commission staff has developed forecasts of electricity and end - user natural gas consumption and peak electricity demand for each major utility planning area within California for the 10 - year period, 2010 - 2020.

At this workshop, the Committee expects the staff and load serving entities (LSEs) to present their 10 - year forecasts of electricity demand and consumption, and, where appropriate, natural gas end - use consumption, including discussion of the methods, data, and assumptions used to develop those forecasts.

Whatever ultimately provides the electricity, gas, diesel, NatGas, hydrogen fuel cell, batteries, supercapacitors, at least the electric motor and drive train parts are fully developed.

The statement further claims the government has invested $ 10 billon in clean energy since 2006, and outlines several intentions to develop regulations on methane, chemicals, nitrogen fertilizers, and the efficiency of electricity sourced from natural gas.

Gowling WLG secured the energy and infrastructure of the year award in recognition of its work helping the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) develop the regulations underpinning the government's # 11bn smart metering programme (which aims to install smart gas and electricity meters in about 30 million domestic and small business premises across Great Britain by the end of 2020).

Questions have also been raised as to whether the shale gas sector needs to be developed, given the province's recent electricity surplus and the availability of U.S. gas.