Sentences with phrase «emissions benefits»

It includes guidance for states to prevent GHG regulation from removing the grid emissions benefits of voluntary renewable energy and maintain private investment in emissions - reducing renewable energy.

The result is impressive fuel economy and emission benefits as well as 10 % more power — and a really neat exhaust note.

Using the sun to power the equipment obviously yields big emissions benefits.

The system offers fuel economy and emissions benefits of up to 5 per cent.

Compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), methanol (M85), ethanol (E85), and hydrogen fuels offer emissions benefits over gasoline and have been widely used all over the world since 1990's.

Thus, although fugitive methane emissions reduce the short - term emissions benefit of coal - to - gas switching --- and should be addressed for that reason — they do not limit natural gas's potential as a bridge fuel to a low carbon future.

Cheaper natural gas has pushed out older, less - efficient coal and oil generation; however, the region's increasing overreliance on natural gas will provide few additional emissions benefits and increases risks of price volatility or supply disruption.

«The upstate nuclear plants provide carbon free electricity — 27.6 million megawatt hours of zero - emissions benefits per year.

Low emissions benefit business users, while economy depends on how often you plug the PHEV into the mains

The CAR's Emission Reduction Unit (ERU) Reserve is intended to address the loss of regulatory surplus and grid emissions benefits in the voluntary market.

· The direct emission benefits alone of transitioning to HFC - free systems by the evaluated companies by 2030, would be the equivalent of taking 1.5 million cars off the road for one year.

Again, whilst you are correct in saying that a few changes in fertilizer practices in the US, China and India could yield large agricultural emissions benefits I would not bet on any wholesale (or even small and targeted) changes being made in those three countries any time soon.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's State & Local Climate and Energy program will host a webinar next Tuesday, March 18, on the newly released AVERT (Avoided Emissions and Generation Tool), an open - access tool built by Synapse to allow states and other stakeholders to estimate the hourly emissions benefits of energy efficiency and renewable energy policies and programs.

Over the vehicle's lifetime, however, the global warming emissions benefits of driving on electricity far outweigh the emissions costs of vehicle manufacturing; most EVs «pay back» their production emissions within one or two years of driving, a period that will shorten as electricity grids get cleaner.

The report's conclusions: «However, despite these contrasts, it is clear that purchasing products from Unpackaged does have measurable emissions benefits.

Biofuels» Emissions Benefits Often Overstated Citing the study, Reuters reports that, «The OECD said that if Brazil's ethanol produced from sugar cane cuts greenhouse gas emissions by around 80 %, biofuels from other feedstocks in the United States, the EU or Canada tend to have a far lower environmental benefit.

In addition, a twin - scroll design is more precise, with improved combustion efficiency, reduced turbo lag, leaner air / fuel ratios and more evenly distributed pressure in the exhaust ports, resulting in simultaneous power, efficiency and emissions benefits over a single - scroll type.

In the absence of a clear emissions benefit, wood from whole trees, including pulpwood and forest thinnings, has been excluded from this assessment.

So, although methane leakage reduces the short - term emissions benefit of switching from coal to gas — and should be addressed for that reason — it does not limit natural gas's potential as a bridge fuel to a low - carbon future.

This shift initially reduced greenhouse gas emissions by pushing out less - efficient coal plants, but the region's increasing overreliance on natural gas will provide the region with few additional emissions benefits and increases risks of price volatility and supply disruption.

Available at the end of the summer, the Escape Hybrid combines the fuel economy and emissions benefits of a full hybrid with the room and ability of an SUV.

Basically, the parallel movement of these high - and low - carbon substitutes to oil and gas partially cancels out the emissions benefits and consequences of one or the other.»

Smaller engines usually need to be driven harder therefore reducing any so called economy / emissions benefit

Robertson's comments echo those of a number of other European manufacturers, such as Audi, AMG and Porsche, which have started, or are already working on, electric powertrains to deliver a performance advantage rather than purely an emissions benefit.

For renewable electricity generation in the state of Washington from facilities with a COD of January 1, 2017 or later, additional steps must be taken to ensure that the emissions benefits of voluntary purchases are retained, and Green - e eligibility is preserved.

Those countries that we define as equitable, fall in the same emissions quintile and vulnerability category (for example, low emissions quintile, low vulnerability category), as their emissions benefits are concomitant with their climate change burden.

«On its own natural gas is a clean and affordable transportation fuel but the addition of RNG turbocharges the emissions benefits.

Synapse helps our clients evaluate the impacts of proposed and existing state and federal environmental regulations on the electric and natural gas sectors, develop strategies and clean energy plans to meet climate policy goals across all energy sectors, assess environmental compliance forecasts and assumptions used by utilities in major regulatory filings, and identify the emissions benefits associated with investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Given the attention given to the original Cornell study, their arrival will surely benefit the public policy discussion over the emissions benefits of natural gas.

«Retiring these plants would more than reverse the emissions benefits of all the renewable generation in PJM installed over the past 25 years, and the billions of dollars of historical investments that have supported it,» it said.

Losing these plants, which she noted cost billions of dollars, «would more than reverse the emission benefits of all the renewable generation in PJM installed over the past 25 years.»

Meanwhile, the independent, non-partisan Center for Climate and Energy Solutions has issued a new report outlining how US policymakers can preserve the emission benefits of nuclear energy.

Connecting renewable energy to electric cars is of paramount importance if we want electric mobility to be fully sustainable, and although its newest product is geared toward residential electricity production and not specifically electric vehicle charging, combining Nissan's home solar and storage product with an EV could deliver zero - emissions benefits to both home and vehicle.