Sentences with phrase «emission outputs from»

The term harmonization is defined as a procedure whereby emission outputs from the IAMs are adjusted in such a way that emissions in the reference year are equal to some reference data set (with these adjustments extended into the future, in some manner, to assure smooth data sets).

The purchase of a Bagonia and / or Birch has a positive macro effect on our economy and society... it keeps businesses from shutting down, people employed and able to take care of their families, it minimizes carbon emission output from mass transport of products, it reduces space in landfills, empowers people to end the plastic and paper bag plague and encourages people to use bikes as alternative transportation thereby increasing their health and reducing air pollution and the use of fossil fuels.»

Not exact matches

(In 2011, Cenovus Energy let on that output from two of its in situ oilsands projects could meet the standard, which mandates that crude oil imported to the state have lower wells - to - wheels emissions than the average of all crudes sold in the U.S.) «Yes, I think that's feasible,» says George Hoberg, a political scientist at the University of British Columbia who specializes in environmental conflict.

Any reduction in oil sands output from the levels imposed by the emissions cap will create even more surplus pipeline export capacity without the Trans Mountain project.

According to figures from the World Bank, the Chinese economy's carbon intensity — the amount of CO2 emissions relative to the size of economic output — has decreased by almost 70 per cent over the past three decades (see «Peak planet: Carbon dioxide intensity «-RRB-, and a further 20 per cent reduction from current levels is promised by 2020.

The findings will help scientists disentangle inputs and outputs in places like the Amazon rainforest, where there are both big emissions from deforestation and big sinks from photosynthesis.

That's due to a lack of good data on emissions and output from the rest of the sectors.

The process generates copious amounts of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide, while the output of methane — another potent greenhouse gas — from cattle is estimated to generate some 20 percent of overall U.S. methane emissions.

About one - fifth of the emissions reductions needed to cut the global output of greenhouse gases 50 percent by 2050 would have to come from CCS technology at coal - fired power plants, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Natural sources of emissions such as volcanoes can been seen from space and it seems obvious that there output has been neglected in determining the amount of carbon going into the air at an given time.

The Paris targets call for curbing emissions 33 to 35 percent per unit of economic output from 2005 levels by 2030.

The output from these power plants would dwarf any greenhouse gas emission savings from the Kyoto Protocol.

Periods of volcanism can cool the climate (as with the 1991 Pinatubo eruption), methane emissions from increased biological activity can warm the climate, and slight changes in solar output and orbital variations can all have climate effects which are much shorter in duration than the ice age cycles, ranging from less than a decade to a thousand years in duration (the Younger Dryas).

Brain research raises the possibility of a very exotic future (this article assumes that such animals wouldn't be vicious or use their new - found smarts to drive other species to extinction) «Liberated» mice from Italian lab now housed in poor conditions Methane leaks of shale gas may undermine its climate benefits: If methane leak rates are more than 3 percent of output, fracking of shale gas formations may be boosting greenhouse gas emissions rather than lowering them.

The Fuel Stratified Injection (FSI) technology was derived from the Audi Le Mans endurance race cars, and offers improved fuel efficiency as well as an increased power output and cleaner emissions.

The engine has a peak power output of 320hp and a maximum torque of 450Nm, the latter developed from just 1,300 rpm, giving this 7 Series the same performance as the outgoing 740i, but with fuel economy stands at 35.8 mpg with CO2 emissions of 184g / km.

Twinned with the same supercharged 3.0 - litre V6 from the previous car, Porsche claims a total output 410bhp and a somewhat fanciful 91.1 mpg with CO2 emissions of just 71g / km from the high - tech, 2095 kg saloon.

Maximum output is now 85ps (79ps for the outgoing variant) while improvements in fuel consumption from 55.4 mpg to 57.7 mpg on the combined cycle, plus emissions reductions from 119g / km CO2 to 114g / km CO2 make the 1.2 petrol engine one of the most efficient around.

The power output of the petrol - engined BMW 4 Series model variants ranges from 135 kW / 184 hp in the BMW 420i up to 240 kW / 326 hp in the BMW 440i (fuel consumption combined: 7.9 — 5.5 l / 100 km [35.8 — 51.4 mpg imp]; CO2 emissions combined: 185 — 127 g / km).

The EU6 compliant diesel is available with two power outputs — 150PS and 180PS, delivering fuel economy of up to 57.7 mpg (20.43 kpl) and CO2 emissions from 129g / km.

The modern diesel powerplant assures both clean emissions as well as maximum power output from as little fuel as possible.

Power for the basic Corolla sedan came from the same 1.6 - liter engine used in the sixth - generation car (output was 105 hp, except in California, Massachusetts and New York, where it was rated for just 100 due to more stringent emissions requirements), but a new 1.8 - liter, DOHC, 16 - valve four making 115 horsepower was offered in the ritzier Corolla DX and LE models.

PHEV delivers an output of 404PS, and CO2 emissions from 64g / km, using the combination of an advanced 2.0 litre 300PS Si4 Ingenium petrol engine and a high capacity 85kW electric motor.

Carried over from the existing model, it receives a range of modifications for its application in the all - new Optima, resulting in greater power output and torque, and reduced emissions.

This clean - running engine meets LEV3 - AT - PZEV (SULEV30) / Interim Tier3 Bin30 emission standards, while contributing to the Accord Hybrid's total system output of 212 HP, an 8.2 % increase from the first - generation i - MMD's output of 196 horsepower.

These engines span the power output range from 100 kW / 136 hp to 150 kW / 204 hp; fuel consumption and CO2 emissions in all the new four - cylinder diesel engines have been reduced to just 5.3 litres per 100 kilometres and 139 grams per kilometre respectively (NEDC combined fuel consumption).

In the MINI Countryman Plug - In Hybrid model (fuel consumption combined: 2.3 - 2.1 l / 100 km, combined power consumption: 14.0 - 13.2 kWh / 100 km combined with CO2 emissions from fuel: 52 - 49 g / km), the combination of an internal combustion engine with an electric drive provides a system output of 165 kW / 224 hp and an intelligent hybrid - specific all - wheel drive system.

This clean - running engine meets LEV3 - AT - PZEV (SULEV30) / Interim Tier3 Bin30 emission standards, while contributing to the Accord Hybrid's total system output of 212 HP, an 8.2 percent increase from the first - generation i - MMD's output of 196 horsepower.

No output or acceleration figures have been announced for the revised CR - Z, but Honda promises more power from both the 1.5 - litre petrol engine and electric motor «without compromising fuel economy or increasing exhaust emissions».

BMW 335i: In - line six - cylinder TwinPower Turbo petrol engine Capacity: 2979cc Max output: 225kW from 5800 — 6000rpm Max torque: 400Nm from 1200 — 5000rpm Acceleration 0 - 100 km / h: 5.5 s Top speed: 250km / h Fuel consumption (to EU Comb Cycle): 7.2 l / 100 km CO2 emissions to EU standard: 169 g / km

BMW 320i: In - line four - cylinder TwinPower Turbo petrol engine Capacity: 1997cc Max output: 135kW at 5000rpm Max torque: 270Nm from 1250 — 4500rpm Acceleration 0 - 100 km / h: 7.6 s Top speed: 233km / h Fuel consumption (to EU Comb Cycle): 6.0 l / 100 km CO2 emissions to EU standard: 141g / km

The engine produces 74kW and 133Nm, which is reduced from the output of 79kW and 135Nm for the same powerplant in the previous model, but the new engine is now compliant with the Euro 5 emissions standard, and both peak power and torque occur slightly lower in the rev range for the new model.

An extensive line - up of three -, four - and six - cylinder engines is available for the BMW 2 Series Coupe and BMW 2 Series Convertible, producing outputs from 100 kW / 136 hp to 250 kW / 340 hp (fuel consumption combined: 8.3 — 3.8 l / 100 km [34.0 — 74.3 mpg imp]; CO2 emissions combined: 189 — 101 g / km) *.

While extracting a total system output of 185 kW / 252 hp from its duo of power units, the BMW 330e returns average fuel consumption (combined) of 2.1 — 1.9 litres / 100 km (134.5 — 148.7 mpg imp) and CO2 emissions (combined) of 49 — 44 g / km (in the EU test cycle).

Five punchy, refined and economical engines will be available from launch, developing outputs ranging from 105 kW / 143 hp in the BMW 418d Gran Coupe (fuel consumption urban / extra - urban / combined: 5.4 / 4.0 / 4.5 l / 100 km [52.3 / 70.6 / 62.8 mpg imp]; CO2 emissions combined: 119 g / km) to 225 kW / 306 hp in the BMW 435i Gran Coupe (fuel consumption urban / extra - urban / combined: 11.4 / 6.2 / 8.1 l / 100 km (24.8 / 45.6 / 34.9 mpg imp); CO2 emissions combined: 189 g / km).

Across the portfolio, Hilton Worldwide has a made a five - year commitment, from 2009 to 2014, to reduce energy consumption by 20 percent, CO2 emissions by 20 percent, waste output by 20 percent and water consumption by 10 percent.

Recall that in their 2001 Third Assessment Report, the IPCC gives a range of temperature increase between 1990 and 2100 of 1.4 and 5.8 ºC based upon the simulated output from 7 different climate models run under 35 different emissions scenarios — each of which the IPCC claimed as having an equal probability of occurrence.

However, peak oil means a double whammy — it reducec GHG emissions from oil, however, there is the danger, that we switch to coal - to - liquids, gas - to - liquids, tar sands and oil shales, just because increases in energy efficiency, solar and wind output are not enough to counter population increase, decrease in oil availability, and increase in total energy consumption...

Emissions of the main human - generated greenhouse gas are surely tracking the reversal in electricity output, given that the vast majority of the country's electricity comes from burning coal.

A great illustration of the difference between what I try to do and most blog output can be seen in the latest of a string of critiques of my recent posts on methane emissions from the Arctic at a climate blog called Idiot Tracker.

The number of ERCs each NGCC can produce is based on a complex combination of factors, including how much better the NGCC unit's emission rate is compared to the national fossil steam emission performance rate, the distribution of the total possible incremental generation across all NGCC units, and the total net energy output from the NGCC unit in the year for which ERCs are being calculated.

The study also found that both BTL - RC - CCS (biomass - to - liquids, with recycling of unconverted syngas to maximize FTL output and CCS) and cellulosic ethanol with CCS (EtOH - CCS) have negative GHGI emission values that can be exploited to offset GHG missions from difficult to decarbonize energy sources such as transportation fuels derived from crude oil.

Aircraft emissions used a time changing pattern from the QUANTIFY B2i emissions scenario (Lee et al. 2010), as the overall pathway for this scenario closely matched the GCAM model output.

Harnessing alternative sources of energy not only reduces the output of carbon emissions, but also helps military bases reduce their vulnerability to energy disruptions from the local power grid.

There are serious long - term risks associated with rising greenhouse gas emissions, ranging from ocean acidification to sea - level rise to decreasing agricultural output.

This site — more than any other has taught me what I can trust — the physics (although absorption gets far to much attention relate to emission and convection)-- and what I can't trust (interpretation of output from models) and some paleoclimatology,

In Europe, CO2 emissions from industries regulated by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) increased in 2010 by 3 %, which is substantially lower than the rebound in output, after an exceptional decline of CO2 emissions of 11.8 %emissions from industries regulated by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) increased in 2010 by 3 %, which is substantially lower than the rebound in output, after an exceptional decline of CO2 emissions of 11.8 %Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) increased in 2010 by 3 %, which is substantially lower than the rebound in output, after an exceptional decline of CO2 emissions of 11.8 %emissions of 11.8 % in 2009.

The models currently assume a generally static global energy budget with relatively little internal system variability so that measurable changes in the various input and output components can only occur from external forcing agents such as changes in the CO2 content of the air caused by human emissions or perhaps temporary after effects from volcanic eruptions, meteorite strikes or significant changes in solar power output.

Further, due to growing output, total emissions from the oil sands continue to increase despite the reduced CI; total upstream emissions were roughly 65 MtCO2e, or 9 % of Canada's emissions, in 2010.

-- The term «emissions» includes direct emissions from fuel combustion, process emissions, and indirect emissions from the generation of electricity, steam, and hydrogen used to produce the output of a petroleum refinery or the petroleum refinery sector.