Sentences with phrase «emission technology most»

Zero - emission technology most typically involved the vision of coal gasification, in which pollutants would be separated out of the emissions stream prior to combustion, together with carbon capture and sequestration, in which carbon dioxide would be liquified and stored permanently underground.

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The study, published online today in Environmental Science & Technology, provides the most comprehensive set yet of direct measurements of emissions from the distribution system and, with a series of partner studies, is helping to determine the natural gas industry's contribution to U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and to global warming.

They have caused most of the buildup of gases to date, and they have the largest per capita emissions, the greatest wealth and the most technology.

«This is the most efficient way of resolving climate change, not just a tax and not just technology because there's no guarantee emissions go down,» Hochschild continued.

A leader in this quest is German - based automaker DaimlerChrysler, which recently introduced BLUETEC technology — a modular exhaust treatment system that cuts nitrogen oxide and soot output significantly, enabling cars to meet the most stringent U.S. emission standards.

«Due to advanced technology used at U.S. - based coal burning power plants, mandated by the Clean Air Act and the Environmental Protection Agency, most of these nanoparticles and other tiny particles are removed before the final emission of the plant's exhaust gases,» Hochella said.

The findings, published online in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, could lead to more efficient strategies for sampling emissions and fixing the most significant leaks, said Brandt, who is also a senior fellow at Stanford's Precourt Institute for Energy.

But Haszeldine says a similar technology — scrubbing sulphur dioxide pollution from power station emissions — was once dismissed as impossibly expensive, but now runs on most power stations for little extra cost.

But the boxer configuration isn't the most emission friendly, and with Subaru already confirming an electric car for 2021 and its next Forester SUV expected to be offered with a hybrid powertrain, the Japanese firm may be forced to turn to hybrid technology if it's to continue to offer the outright performance expected of its sports saloon.

A fleet of zero - emissions vehicles, most likely Nissan Leafs, will serve as the test bed for the technology, and will allow for a demonstration of remotely controlled transportation, similar to the method in which NASA controls the planetary rovers remotely from a mission control center.

This innovative technology lowers emissions and improves performance, making it our most innovative engine yet.

Designated a PUREDRIVE ™ vehicle, indicating utilization of Nissan's most advanced technologies to promote eco-friendly driving and lower CO2 emissions * # # #

PUREDRIVE will be used on models utilizing Nissan's most advanced technologies to promote eco-friendly driving and lower CO2 emissions *.

VW is is introducing the most fuel efficient versions of the Volkswagen Scirocco and Passat CC which have received the BlueMotion Technology and which also promise a considerable drop in CO2 emissions.

Honda's Environmental Leadership Honda has a long history of environmental innovation, including the retail introduction of America's first hybrid (1999 Honda Insight), delivery of the first fuel - cell electric vehicle in the U.S. (2002 Honda FCX) and the first gasoline - powered vehicles in the hands of consumers to meet stricter emissions standards, including the 1996 Honda Civic, the first gasoline Low Emissions Vehicle (LEV); the 1998 Honda Accord, the first gasoline Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle (ULEV); the 2000 Honda Accord, the first gasoline Super Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle (SULEV) in the hands of consumers; the 2001 Civic Natural Gas, the first vehicle to qualify as an Advanced Technology Partial - Zero Emissions Vehicle (AT - PZEV); and, most recently, the 2014 Honda Accord Plug - In, the first Super Ultra-Low Emissions 20 Vehicle (LEV 3 / SULEV 20), now available for lease and sale in California and New Yoemissions standards, including the 1996 Honda Civic, the first gasoline Low Emissions Vehicle (LEV); the 1998 Honda Accord, the first gasoline Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle (ULEV); the 2000 Honda Accord, the first gasoline Super Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle (SULEV) in the hands of consumers; the 2001 Civic Natural Gas, the first vehicle to qualify as an Advanced Technology Partial - Zero Emissions Vehicle (AT - PZEV); and, most recently, the 2014 Honda Accord Plug - In, the first Super Ultra-Low Emissions 20 Vehicle (LEV 3 / SULEV 20), now available for lease and sale in California and New YoEmissions Vehicle (LEV); the 1998 Honda Accord, the first gasoline Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle (ULEV); the 2000 Honda Accord, the first gasoline Super Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle (SULEV) in the hands of consumers; the 2001 Civic Natural Gas, the first vehicle to qualify as an Advanced Technology Partial - Zero Emissions Vehicle (AT - PZEV); and, most recently, the 2014 Honda Accord Plug - In, the first Super Ultra-Low Emissions 20 Vehicle (LEV 3 / SULEV 20), now available for lease and sale in California and New YoEmissions Vehicle (ULEV); the 2000 Honda Accord, the first gasoline Super Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle (SULEV) in the hands of consumers; the 2001 Civic Natural Gas, the first vehicle to qualify as an Advanced Technology Partial - Zero Emissions Vehicle (AT - PZEV); and, most recently, the 2014 Honda Accord Plug - In, the first Super Ultra-Low Emissions 20 Vehicle (LEV 3 / SULEV 20), now available for lease and sale in California and New YoEmissions Vehicle (SULEV) in the hands of consumers; the 2001 Civic Natural Gas, the first vehicle to qualify as an Advanced Technology Partial - Zero Emissions Vehicle (AT - PZEV); and, most recently, the 2014 Honda Accord Plug - In, the first Super Ultra-Low Emissions 20 Vehicle (LEV 3 / SULEV 20), now available for lease and sale in California and New YoEmissions Vehicle (AT - PZEV); and, most recently, the 2014 Honda Accord Plug - In, the first Super Ultra-Low Emissions 20 Vehicle (LEV 3 / SULEV 20), now available for lease and sale in California and New YoEmissions 20 Vehicle (LEV 3 / SULEV 20), now available for lease and sale in California and New York state.

It's also clear which technology Ghosn thinks will be most effective as a zero emission product, who told Katayama:

The stop - start technology that's available on the 130bhp models is of most benefit in an urban setting and reduces CO2 emissions to just 159g / km.

Furthermore, Toyota is celebrating 10 years of commercial success with hybrid technology and the world's most popular low emissions hybrid car, the Toyota Prius.

Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology cuts NOx emissions to very low levels and the new XE has been engineered to meet the most stringent global regulations.

The second diesel model in the range, the BMW 730d, underlines its status as the world's most economical and lowest emission model in the luxury class by a further reduction in both fuel consumption and CO2 emissions as well as optionally available BMW BluePerformance Technology.

Billed as rolling laboratory for the sort of driveline technology Mercedes expects to include on its luxury cars in the not - too - distant future, the big hydrogen - powered car gets an advanced fuel cell that, in theory, is capable of providing it with the performance to beat even the most powerful of today's S - class coupe models, the S600, while endowing it with zero - emission performance.

It is involved in MRI technologies, mass spectrometry, gas chromatography, x-ray, spark - optical emission spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and other things most of us in the investing world have a fringe understanding of at best or heard mentioned by that science nerd we know.

President Bush, in a Rose Garden speech on climate change, challenged the world's biggest (and most polluting) countries to immediately end trade barriers on energy - related technology, beef up a fund to help bring less - polluting energy options to poor countries, and commit to curbing their greenhouse - gas emissions.

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

There are enormous assumptions in most calculations, including the assumption that «carbon negative» technologies, like capturing CO2 from power plants burning biomass, can be done at a scale remotely relevant to the climate problem (to be relevant one needs to be talking in gigatons of avoided CO2 emissions per year — each a billion tons).

A single, large coal plant, if built with the best - available technology, can reduce emissions by the annual equivalent of taking a million cars off the road compared to the subcritical coal - plant technology still prevalent in most countries.

To achieve the Paris ambition, emissions most likely have to peak in the next decade and there is a growing likelihood that negative emissions technologies will be necessary.

Many believe the world won't be able to stop drastic climate change without a technology for curbing emissions from the cheapest, most - carbon intensive fuel.

In Issues, a pioneer in geoengineering has laid out the framework for a comprehensive US research plan, saying it should be part of a coherent climate policy agenda that includes vigorous support for climate science, increases efforts to cut emissions, helps the most vulnerable populations to adapt, develops negative emission technologies, and renews a commitment to growing international governance on climate matters.

Donna Spangler, a spokeswoman for the Department of Environmental Quality, stressed that when the state first ordered emission cuts, it required technology that was the most reasonable at the time.

Based on the most up - to - date, peer - reviewed literature on emissions modelling, economics, policies and technologies, today's report reveals how governments, industry and the general public could together reduce the energy and carbon intensity of the global economy despite growing incomes and population levels.

Investors need long run signals to develop new low - cost, lower - emitting technologies, which will be essential to drive abatement in the developing world, where emissions are projected to grow the most.

Most UN climate projections already anticipate that the world will develop and use «negative - emissions technologies» at some point in the future — that is, some technology that can scrub carbon from the air.

Cassandra Kubes, from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), spoke of the potential to save many lives by cleaning the air — not by total transformation of the energy supply, but simply by choosing the latest and most efficient technologies to reduce polluted fossil fuel emissions.

A transparent price on emissions incentivizes low carbon consumer and business choices, accelerates the commercialization of low - carbon technologies — and is the most efficient way to fight climate change.

In all its scenarios, the IEA notes coal's continuous importance, that's why the WCA is urging countries using coal to do so with the cleanest and most efficient low emission coal technologies available.

Despite many improvements, the available technologies are currently limited, placing the EU's unrealistic emissions reduction requirements out of reach for even the most advanced plants.»

Transportation is the largest source of emissions in the Northeast and traditionally the most difficult emissions sector to address, but rapidly evolving technology offers deep reduction potential.

Although the burning of fossil fuels generates most of the potential emissions from most reserves, emissions from production and processing operations (known as «upstream emissions») can also be important, depending on the reserve type and technologies used.

CCS, which includes technologies to strip carbon dioxide from the flue gases of power plants, would allow continued output by eliminating most carbon emissions.

About 75 % of our electricity is baseload, so baseload (coal) is what is most important to replace with a low emissions electricity generating technology.

A recent report from maritime organisation Lloyds Register and UMAS, setting out the different options for zero emissions vessels by 2030, similarly showed the most suitable technology would be different for different types of ship.

Nuclear power accounts for 63 percent of non-CO2 emitting power sources in the U.S., and is «the most cost - effective zero - emission technology,» according to The Economist.

In the wake of the IPCC's 5th Assessment Report, in which most of the integrated assessment models that hold temperatures to below 2C contemplate large - scale use of such technologies, and the Paris Agreement's call for balancing emissions and sinks, these technologies are increasingly part of the climate response conversation.

President Obama's Climate Action Plan (CAP) directs the EPA to use its authority through its Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program to encourage private sector investment in low - emissions technology by identifying and approving climate - friendly chemicals while prohibiting certain uses of the most harmful chemical alternatives.

The beauty of the Carbon Tax (or Carbon Tax Shift, as some would rather say) is that in empowers and inspires the mass of people, those who in the aggregate contribute the most to greenhousing the climate, are the best able to cut emissions by lifestyle adaptation and ingenuity without resorting to expensive Jetson - style technology (most of which needs much development, to be paid for by somebody else of course).

*** The most astonishing thing about Alan Finkel's report on Australia's electricity market calamity, is that the only stand - alone, CO2 emissions free generation source — nuclear power — barely rates a mention and gets dismissed as if it were some far fetched technology used by aliens.

The biology of ground just reverts to penalty per nitrogen, yet the technology of modern farming removes most of the Nitrogen emissions as does the reformulation of the fertilizer.

But, Anderson writes, most assume either an ability to travel back in time (to prevent emissions that have already happened) or the successful and large - scale adoption of technologies to remove carbon from the atmosphere that do not yet exist in a scalable form.

Even under the most effective policy implementation and optimistic technology and forest sink scenarios, we expect US emissions to be 23 % below 2005 levels that year — leaving a 220 - 350 million metric ton gap.