«The upstate nuclear plants provide carbon free electricity — 27.6 million megawatt hours of zero -
emissions benefits per year.
Not exact matches
To my mind, the main
benefit of Kyoto is not the
emission cuts
per se but the technologies that will be developed in order to make these cuts.
The project should bring numerous environmental
benefits, including reducing carbon dioxide
emissions by 880 to 1111 tonnes
per year, cutting chemical fertiliser use and water consumption by 20 % and increasing carbon sequestration in soil by the same amount.
CO2
emissions of 104g / km mean the Fiesta qualifies for # 20 road tax and it
benefits from strong residuals, with our experts calculating that the Ford will hold on to 44.7
per cent of its value after three years.
Its
Benefit - in - Kind rate is just 19
per cent, but avoid specifying # 1,500 4Matic all - wheel drive unless you really need it as that moves CO2
emissions up to 124g / km (Band D, # 110
per annum) and drops quoted economy to 58.9 mpg.
Still,
emissions of 133g / km mean the Clio is a relatively good value company car — falling into the 25
per cent
Benefit in Kind (BiK) tax band.
The most powerful 2.0 - litre diesel MultiJet II with 168bhp will do less to the gallon, and predicted
emissions of 148g / km of CO2 suggests a
Benefit - in - Kind tax band of 31
per cent.
Benefits of the new engine include outstanding fuel economy with engine stop - start (ESS) technology, low
emissions, quick 0 - 60 miles
per hour (mph) launch performance, and enhanced drivability.
As far as mechanical changes, the 2013 Rolls Royce Phantom
benefits from the introduction of a new 8 - speed automatic transmissions and a new rear differential which according to the British company will help the 6.75 - litre V12 engine lower its consumption figures by 10 percent and reduce
emission from 388 to 347 grams
per Km.
The neo brings significant environmental and operational
benefits — up to 15
per cent savings in fuel burn and CO2
emissions, and a reduced noise footprint of 50
per cent on take - off and landing phase.
Benefits of using the Boeing 787 family includes less fuel consumption as compared to similar aircraft, and reducing environmental impact and CO2
emission by 20
per cent.
«Our A320neo aircraft add value to our company by reducing fuel
per seat mile costs by up to 20
per cent compared to its counterparts and
benefitting the environment by offering quieter operations and reduced
emissions, as well as enhancing our guest experience by providing a more comfortable journey.»
Having said that, i believe that China for example is really experiencing the kind of pollution that US did in the 50 and 60's, and that they are better equipped to move more forcibly and quicker than the US did, one reason is that no rational being would deploy techninology that is outdated,,, they would leapfrog to the newwer technology when building infrastructure... One might be able to argue that it is cheaper and more beneficial for developed to support that... That and the belief i have that they may not, as you point, want to experihence the consumption addiction that US incurred... (Note; the Europeans are substantially less than the US
per capita
emissions, a
benefit of greater foresight — evidence that this is not a «western» problem
The researchers day that Bicing saves around 12.46 lives
per year in the Barcelona population, and that this positive result is corroborated by two different studies - a Dutch study that showed the
benefits of cycling «substantially» outweigh the risks in the Netherlands, and a 2009 study published in the Lancet that showed very real public health
benefits in the UK and India by reducing
emissions and encouraging active transportation.
IGCC plants should
benefit from carbon pricing as they generate more power
per ton of
emission than a less efficient plant.
Multiplying the total budget amounts by the observed
emission reductions dollars
per ton
benefits is all that is necessary to estimate how much CO2e is expected to be reduced.
Its aim is to provide elements for decisions on a policy mix that will optimize carbon
emission reduction (less carbon content
per unit of output) and socioeconomic
benefits with the needed urgency.
When economist Richard Tol did the calculation last year, he found that the private
benefits of consumption that created CO2
emissions were something like $ 411
per ton of CO2 emitted, ten times the Obama Administration's social cost of carbon.
We can avoid a billion tonnes of farming and forestry
emissions and sequester 1 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon
per year — with critical
benefits for — inter alia — food security.
Based on the average annual
emission reductions of the project, this results in monetary
benefits amounting $ 303 USD
per tonne of avoided carbon
emissions.
According to the European Commission, the resulting
benefits of
emission reductions run to between $ 7 and $ 28 billion
per year, including the prevention of 13 000 premature deaths
per annum.
Hitting SunShot goals is also found to reduce sulfur, nitrogen, and particulate
emissions, delivering $ 167 billion in health and environmental
benefits, or 1.4 cents
per kWh of solar, again based on central estimates.
In the near term, HEVs and PHEVs with small battery packs are more robust, offering more air -
emission and oil - displacement
benefits per dollar spent.
[19] An internal Obama administration memorandum on subsidies for renewables recently noted that carbon dioxide
emissions «would have to be valued at nearly $ 130
per ton for CO2 for the climate
benefits to equal the subsidies.»
However, environmentalists point out that the average solar panel system can reduce carbon
emissions by up to nine tons
per year and that, they claim, is the true
benefit.