Sentences with phrase «emission electricity generation»

This underscores the urgency in developing realistic plans for the rapid deployment of the lowest - GHG - emission electricity generation technologies.

Not exact matches

This is to account for CO2 emissions during the electricity generation process, even if there are no tail - pipe emissions.

Nationally, however, Ontario's efforts to cut the amount of carbon pollution from electricity generation are more than offset by the growth in emissions from the oil sands, which are expected to triple by 2020 from 2005 levels.

The contribution to national GHG emissions from electricity generation in Canada is about a third of what it is in the US.

They do not emit tailpipe pollutants, giving a large reduction of local air pollution, and, can give a significant reduction in total greenhouse gas and other emissions (dependent on the method used for electricity generation).

To meet the 2050 emission target, electricity generation in the UK needs to be 80 % from low carbon power generation by 2030.

Designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation, the CPF first appeared in George Osborne's budget speech in March 2011.

Designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation, the carbon price floor (CPF) first appeared in George Osborne's budget speech in March 2011.

That is roughly 70 times the U.S.'s total carbon emissions from electricity generation in 2009.

EPA is expecting some states to cut emissions by switching to natural gas for electricity generation, according to senior agency officials on a media briefing.

The Electric Power Research Institute's report on decarbonizing electricity generation said an «aggressive» push on new technologies could lower 2005 - level carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 41 percent in 2030.

Consumers account for the largest emissions worldwide, he says: Heating and electricity generation account for about 40 per cent of global CO2 emissions, while transportation accounts for 25 per cent.

Stricter emissions requirements on coal - fired power plants, together with low natural gas prices, have contributed to a recent decline in the use of coal for electricity generation in the United States, she said.

The RGGI program also might not actually curb emissions, because power plants are already emitting less than the proposed cap — due to take effect on January 1, 2009, and based on projections from 2005 — thanks to slower than anticipated growth in electricity generation.

«This means that the mere existence of storage technology, which benefits both renewable and fossil fuel power generation, doesn't necessarily lead to lower carbon emissions from electricity generation.»

The study finds that by 2020, the greenhouse gas emissions intensity of electricity generation in certain areas will have improved by as much as 30 percent over 2010 levels.

Substantively, she said, the covered sectors pull their weight in terms of contributions to climate change: Cement is responsible for fully half of the country's CO2 emissions, and 85 percent of China's electricity generation is coal - fired.

Better still would be electricity from a new generation of emissions - free solar photovoltaic panels.

Li said the study's findings should further spur countries like China and India to cut aerosol emissions so they reduce pollution and thereby increase their solar electricity generation more rapidly, in addition to the already known health benefits.

They made comparisons within the five sectors they studied — power plants, furnaces, exports for electricity generation overseas, buses and cars — and across sectors to see which use of natural gas pays the greatest dividend for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The debate about how to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide often focuses on emissions from generation of electricity and transport.

«Our findings could help significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity generation and agricultural wastes.

Emissions across nearly all sectors grew in 2013, with increased GHG emissions from electricity generation, more vehicle miles traveled on the nation's roadways and greater industrial production, according toEmissions across nearly all sectors grew in 2013, with increased GHG emissions from electricity generation, more vehicle miles traveled on the nation's roadways and greater industrial production, according toemissions from electricity generation, more vehicle miles traveled on the nation's roadways and greater industrial production, according to the EPA.

They are popular during the peak electricity demand hours of between 4 pm and 8 pm (when carbon emissions due to generation on UK National Grid are highest), but watching is particularly popular in the late hours before bedtime.

Pruitt is part of a group of state attorneys general who are suing the EPA over its Clean Power Plan, which seeks to trim greenhouse gas emissions related to electricity generation.

«(I) The Administrator shall determine the amount of fossil fuel - based electricity delivered at retail by each electricity local distribution company, and shall use appropriate emission factors to calculate carbon dioxide emissions associated with the generation of such electricity.

December 8, 2017 India's steel industry, like America's, is dominated by electric - based processes November 20, 2017 Link between growth in economic activity and electricity use is changing around the world November 16, 2017 Growth in global energy - related carbon dioxide emissions expected to slow November 8, 2017 EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries October 25, 2017 China leads the growth in projected global natural gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use by 2040

For the past decade, governments and utilities have been looking at how carbon capture technologies might be deployed to reduce emission of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, while enabling low - carbon electricity generation.

But, Oregon's adoption of an aggressive target for renewable electricity generation necessarily implies a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from what would otherwise have been the case.

Plug - in hybrids benefit from the more efficient use of fossil fuels in electricity generation even now and so have lower emissions than internal combustion engine cars, and if they get their juice from renewables, emissions would be very low indeed.

Earlier this year, the Department of Energy and Climate Change released a report outlining the benefits to schools of going solar, including reduced electricity bills, revenue generation, reducing CO2 emissions, as well as improved education and engagement.

I myself have been accused of being a paid shill for the coal industry, because I argued that rapidly deploying solar and wind energy technologies, along with efficiency and smart grid technologies, is a much faster and much more cost effective way of reducing GHG emissions from electricity generation than building new nuclear power plants.

If I understand the above calculation correctly, it would seem that, in the electricity sector, we could mostly concentrate on meeting additional demand with efficiency and carbon neutral generation (and avoid some of the fights associated with replacing existing coal generation plants); but if we need to reduce emissions by 80 % by 2050, then I am not sure whether this makes sense.

Scientists say electricity generation is responsible for one - quarter of the world's total CO2 emissions — the main cause of global warming — and U.S. power plants account for fully 25 percent of the emissions generated by the power sector worldwide.

Fossil fuel emissions, especially electricity generation, transportation, and some influence from deforestation.

> I think that your comments have a bit of «begging the question» about them, in suggesting that the necessity of expanding nuclear power to reduce GHG emissions from electricity generation is an established fact, upon which any «debate» about addressing AGW must be based — rather than an unproven assertion to be argued.

I have often imposed on the moderators» patience by noting the rapid growth of solar and wind energy for electricity generation, which for me gives rise to optimism that we can eliminate GHG emissions from that sector much more quickly than many people believe.

Whatever else may be said about nuclear, it is not a «short term» solution for reducing GHG emissions from electricity generation.

What about hydropower, which is billed as a sustainable form of electricity generation because it produces far fewer greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuels?

Automobiles will by then almost certainly be battery powered, and we have the technology now to eliminate most emission from electricity generation and heating.

And the state's entire electricity - generation capacity would have to be doubled, while simultaneously being replaced with emissions - free generation.

It examines questions about the safety and costs of nuclear power relative to coal and other choices for electricity generation, along with the risk of proliferation of nuclear weapons and emissions of greenhouse gases relative to other energy sources.

But, as the Keeling Curve shows, these processes are not capable of keeping up with fossil fuel emissions from the electricity generation and transportation sectors.

When the rooftop solar generation is entirely used to offset on - site electricity consumption, then the home has virtually no impact on the grid, reducing the home's climate change emissions.

Cases with higher or lower world energy prices, represented by oil prices, have relatively little direct impact on power - sector emissions, as petroleum provides a small fraction of U.S. electricity generation.

Three - quarters of new electricity generation through 2040 will come from clean energy, and the sector's emissions will peak by 2026, a new BNEF forecast says.

Although U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with electricity generation have fallen from the 2005 level, they are projected to increase in the coming decades, based on analysis in EIA's Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015) that reflects current laws and regulations, and therefore does not include proposed rules such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan.

In 2013, CO2 emissions from electricity generation accounted for 38 % of the total energy - related CO2 emitted.

Even ignoring the impacts on forests, harvest and transportation and looking only at the emissions coming from smokestacks, wood releases around 50 % more CO2 per megawatt of electricity generation than coal!

After taking these existing environmental regulations into account, the projections for electricity generation and its resulting emissions are primarily determined by the available capacity and relative operating costs of the different technologies.