Sentences with phrase «economically viable»

Why not develop one or more of the storage technologies from your fictional list to the point where they are technically and economically viable and then roll out the wind and solar farms that depend on them?

As a source for ethanol, corn kernels are economically viable only because of high federal subsidies.

So, I guess the question is is this socially equitable, economically viable, and environmentally sound?

100 % renewable energy is technically possible, economically viable, socially imperative and environmentally inevitable.

In contrast, renewables can not supply a substantial proportion of global electricity — let alone global energy needs — so they are not a sustainable or economically viable solution.

«Current and planned energy efficiency policies harness merely a third of the economically viable energy efficiency potential,» he added.

«Moreover, enabled by technology advancements, wind projects are economically viable in a growing number of locations throughout the United States.»

Or considering how much hydrates deposits in the ocean, it seems a future generation could greatly benefit knowing whether mining such deposit is or is not economically viable.

Coal resources are those coal stocks yet to be developed and have at least a 50 % chance to be made economically viable.

When applying sustainable development as a solution for environmental issues, the solutions need to be socially equitable, economically viable, and environmentally sound.»

In the future the transportation of «low - value» goods, things that have low prices per kilogram, over long distances will become less economically viable.

Many materials discarded into the waste stream are not recycled using traditional approaches because it is not technically or economically viable.

The economics means that the oil price will go up as demand exceeds supply and at that point we will turn to less likely sources of oil, such as the tar sands, but eventually we will reach a point where converting coal to the usual oil products, such as chemicals and gasoline, will be a more economically viable route.

In its scenario, 20 % of the decarbonisation options identified are economically viable without consideration of welfare benefits, while the remaining 80 % are economically viable if benefits, such as reduced climate impacts, improved public health, and improved comfort and performance, are considered.

With a carbon tax of $ 15 — 25 / tonne of CO2, for example, many kinds of clean energy projects may be economically viable without additional financial support, so developers will pursue them without further revenue or incentives.

Over the course of decades I am not worrying about the issue as alternate energy sources become economically viable they will be adopted.

Most on the right already think it is economically viable.

Replacing plants that are obsolete or no longer economically viable is another story, but that is only a small part of the total.

It's a # 5,000 investment typically and people do it because they want to, feed - in tariffs do not make micro generation suddenly economically viable.

Eco-Efficient Cements: Potential, Economically Viable Solutions for a Low - CO2, Cement - Based Materials Industry.

Across diverse projects, Meridian brings people together to address complex ocean policy challenges and find culturally and economically viable solutions that safeguard the longevity of our ocean environments and the communities that depend upon them.

Construction of new buildings and refurbishment of existing buildings alike represent the largest potential for technically feasible and economically viable reductions of emissions and of energy consumption, while encouraging the development of new professional skills and generation of significant employment opportunities.

If it really were true that the alternatives are not economically viable, China would not be leading the world in wind and solar investments.

In an apparent first salvo in a public relations campaign to shift blame for the Kemper power plant boondoggle away from himself and corporate management and onto state regulators, Southern Company chief executive officer Tom Fanning admitted that the Kemper plant is not economically viable as a coal - burning power plant.

What is especially notable about the panel's proposal is the statement that renewable energy sources should become «main power sources that are economically viable.»

Minnesota's program (see infographic) is a comprehensive approach that makes developing community solar projects economically viable and — most importantly — that does not cap the development of community solar projects.

The recently awarded projects include 22 solar farms, demonstrating that large - scale solar power is economically viable across the State, three wind projects, and one hydroelectric project.

So if you live in one of the 30 states with net metering and are connected to a public power grid then a Powerwall is not an economically viable solution.

A recent report from NREL concludes offshore wind is likely to be economically viable by the 2020s.

In February 2008, investment banks Morgan Stanley, Citi, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Bank of America announced that any future lending for coal - fired power would be contingent on the utilities demonstrating that the plants would be economically viable with the higher costs associated with future federal restrictions on carbon emissions.

«Paths requiring very rapid emissions cuts,» we are told, «are unlikely to be economically viable.»

So that chastens me as regards CCS: we can't predict with certainty that an economically viable way of burying the stuff won't emerge.

The EGS concept provides the potential to remove the «dry hole» risk associated with conventional geothermal, which require finding existing fractures that contain economically viable flows of naturally occurring hot water.

The study pins great hopes on the ability of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) to reconcile coal's importance as an energy source and its contributions to CO2 emissions, joining OPEC, Midwestern Governors, and BP in hoping CCS will prove to be an economically viable solution for cleaning up fossil fuel emissions.

The project will be a fresh opportunity to prove that CCS can be made economically viable — the closest equivalent project in the US, a coal plant in Mississippi, is a $ 5 billion boondoggle.

The fundamental problem with the current generation of wind turbines is that they are simply incapable of producing electricity at prices that are economically viable and competitive with other sources.

If oil prices rise — other energy sources will be economically viable.

Personally, I do nt believe the Arctic Ocean will be benign enough in the future to make exploration economically viable.

Ecoship, thanks to its whole system design, is bound to be a game - changer in the cruise industry and demonstrate an economically viable transitional model to the de-carbonization of the maritime sector.

Though twice the amount still doesn't make them economically viable - going from 2 Kw / hour average per day to 4 Kw / hours per day, isn't helping much one might imagine, though it's possible it could as high as 6 Kw / hours or higher, making it as good place in the South Western US or most places in Australia.

First, the expansion of capacity must be economically viable without direct government subsidies.

Tidal power is also yet to be proven economically viable on a commercial scale other than in particularly well suited places; it is questionable whether there are such places in SA.

Gas power plants can provide a flexible, low carbon source of backup power, until such time when bulk storage solutions like power to gas are economically viable.

As a roadmap by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) found last summer, the pairing of utility - scale renewables with energy storage serve as an economically viable power solution for such areas, who are typically dependent on expensive fossil fuels for their electricity, and instil a degree of energy security.

The biggest challenge will be to make new technologies economically viable.

So it appears to me that we are left with the choice between two «imperfect» solutions: one that faces immense political opposition today and the other that «buys us the time» to develop a «more perfect» solution: i.e. a technically and economically viable alternate energy source, which does not depend on fossil fuels.

With the climate crisis escalating, no state is better positioned than Washington to demonstrate that the transition to fossil fuel - free electricity powering zero - emission vehicles is technically possible, economically viable, and a key driver for new jobs and economic growth.

Ripe for Retirement: The Case for Closing America's Costliest Coal Plants As many as 353 coal - fired power generators in 31 states — representing up to 59 GW of power capacity — are no longer economically viable compared with cleaner, more affordable energy sources.

«Even if some deposits are not currently economically viable, they probably will be in 50 years from now.

«[The] House of Representatives commits to working constructively, using our tradition of American ingenuity, innovation, and exceptionalism, to create and support economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.»