The Low - Emissions Solutions Conference (LESC) was launched last year at COP22 and is aimed at problem solving, brainstorming, and global co-creation to inform nations about the latest low
emissions technologies for energy, policy, and strategy development.
The study, published today in Nature Climate Change, demonstrates the potential environmental, economic, and energy impacts of negative
emission technologies for addressing climate change.
The challenge aims to spur demand for ZEBs and to bolster the development, adoption, and diffusion of innovative zero
emission technologies for buses and other heavy - duty vehicles.
The World Coal Association has published today a new case study from the Shenhua Group looking at how the company has researched and developed ultra-low non-CO2
emissions technology for its...
The World Coal Association has published today a new case study from the Shenhua Group looking at how the company has researched and developed ultra-low non-CO2
emissions technology for its coal - fuelled power plants.
Not exact matches
Without widespread adoption of this zero -
emission technology, the electric - car industry will remain a niche business and the demand
for Tesla's batteries will never be large enough
for the company to scale in a significant way.
«But I believe nuclear power is a key
technology with environmental considerations; there's no carbon dioxide
emissions and [a nuclear reactor's plant] might last
for 60 to 100 years.»
Geotab
technology can reduce CO2
emissions and improve safety
for drivers.
The coal industry was interested in ensuring that the Paris deal provides a role
for low -
emission coal - fired power plants and financial support
for carbon capture and storage
technology, the officials said.
«The U.K.'s airspace was designed decades ago and doesn't allow us to take advantage of the
technology on board modern aircraft that would raise capacity, and also reduce
emissions and noise
for communities on the ground.»
Getting to an
emission - free future will require a real commitment to research and development,
technology development, and support
for technologies as they enter the market — like ARPA - E, but at an even larger scale.
Both companies are looking to new
technologies to reduce carbon
emissions, including the use of injected solvents to reduce the need
for steam in thermal in situ projects.
Proponents of the private buses say the buses cut
emission levels and congestion, while critics and activists say they are just another example of the
technology industry forcing San Francisco to offer up overly generous policies (including large tax breaks
for companies like Zynga and Twitter).
That's because companies have no incentive to reduce
emissions if it costs them more than paying into the
technology fund
for above - limit GHGs.
For example, Bill and Melinda Gates — and a consortium of other well - known investors — recently launched the $ 2 billion green energy Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund, whose goal is to invest in
technologies to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions by at least half a gigaton.
Zecotek is a photonics
technology company developing high - performance scintillation crystals, photo detectors, positron
emission tomography scanning
technologies, 3D auto - stereoscopic displays, 3D metal printing, and lasers
for applications in...
German engineering giant announces new
technology it claims will cut nitrogen oxide
emissions for diesel cars to a fraction of 2020 limits
Mississauga, Ontario - headquartered Hydrogenics Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation
technology and hydrogen fuel cell systems, today announced that it has received an order valued at C$ 7.8 million to supply fuel cell power systems
for zero -
emission vehicles in China.
Carbon capture and storage,
for example, is a proven but currently expensive
technology that can materially reduce
emissions.
It's essential to extend and expand tax incentives
for carbon capture, update state laws to include CCUS
technology in clean energy standards, and fund continued carbon capture RD&D, among other things, if we are going to reach our
emissions - cutting goals.
Furthermore, they say these developed countries must give them, at bargain rates or
for free, new
technology for emissions control and a transfer of intellectual property rights to any new clean
technology so they can copy the processes and not have to pay to import them from the West.
To meet the permitted limits of these regulations, many manufacturers use state - of - the - art
technology to reduce pentane
emissions (see
for example: The Polystyrene Packaging Council, Polystyrene and Its Raw Material Styrene: Manufacture and Use November 1993; Updated January 1996).
The objectives of the report were to understand the
technology options Australia has at its disposal to meet its
emissions abatement commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement as well as provide new economic opportunities
for Australian industry.
The Low
Emissions Technology Roadmap provides an independent, science - based analysis of the technology options in the energy sector that can help Australia meet its 2030 emissions reduction target and create new opportunities for local
Emissions Technology Roadmap provides an independent, science - based analysis of the technology options in the energy sector that can help Australia meet its 2030 emissions reduction target and create new opportunities for local
Technology Roadmap provides an independent, science - based analysis of the
technology options in the energy sector that can help Australia meet its 2030 emissions reduction target and create new opportunities for local
technology options in the energy sector that can help Australia meet its 2030
emissions reduction target and create new opportunities for local
emissions reduction target and create new opportunities
for local industry.
We partnered with the Department of Environment & Energy to develop a comprehensive analysis of the
technology options available to help Australia meet its
emissions abatement targets and create new opportunities
for Australian industry.
«We see tremendous potential
for helping California reach its ambitious
emissions - reduction goals through partnering with restaurants to adopt energy - saving
technologies.»
The Secretary of State
for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Davey, is arguing that airport expansion may not lead to higher carbon
emissions - given new
technology and more efficient planes.
«
technology - driven, market - based solutions that will decrease
emissions, reduce excess greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, increase energy efficiency, mitigate the impact of climate change where it occurs, and maximize any ancillary benefits climate change might offer
for the economy.»
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For me it is not a matter of just trying to clean up an engine's exhaust
emissions or introduce new vehicle
technology.
Some observers quietly worry that, under Trump, a new focus on climate engineering could become part of a justification
for delaying government action to curb carbon
emissions, with the reasoning that geoengineering
technologies could later be used to remove carbon from the atmosphere, or prevent the warming effects of solar radiation.
«It's proven itself as a
technology, and it has the credentials to compete with policymakers and customers that want to drive a car that's good
for the environment and low in carbon dioxide
emissions.»
But there are
technology options on the horizon that might allow
for future coal - fired power plants to avoid the average
emissions of more than four million metric tons of carbon dioxide every year per plant.
«Nuclear is the major base load — producing energy source that could reduce greenhouse - gas
emissions,» says Kathryn McCarthy, INL's deputy director
for nuclear science and
technology.
The aim of this study carried out by UPM researchers with the collaboration of Institute
for Animal Science and
Technology of UPV was to influence the ingredients of pig diet to modify the composition of slurry used as manures and to assess the possible variations on N2O
emissions.
When EPA sets limits
for tailpipe
emissions from vehicles, it considers what could be achieved with new
technology, not just the
technology already on the market.
If any of these
technologies is implemented on the scale required to significantly reduce carbon
emissions, demand
for certain rare earth elements will almost inevitably exceed current supply — and quite probably known reserves.
«If economics is the sole focus, then less expensive
technologies that require significant amounts of energy
for their manufacture, maintenance and replacement might win out — even if they ultimately increase greenhouse gas
emissions and negate the long - term benefits of implementing wind and solar power.»
A national push to curb greenhouse gas
emissions and promote clean energy
technologies is creating an unusual business challenge
for electric utilities
«A low - CO2 fuel will help us to address that remaining portion of the pie,» says David Daggett,
technology leader
for energy and
emissions at Boeing.
Instead, the Administration's plans
for energy conservation and using energy sources with less CO2
emission will help in the short - term, he said; down the road, a new National Climate Change
Technology Initiative will help develop cutting - edge
technologies such as fuel cells and carbon dioxide sequestration, Bush said.
The
technology can reduce heating expenses by 10 to 20 percent, with a commensurate drop in greenhouse - gas
emissions, according to a spokesman
for Carrier, which makes furnaces and air conditioners.
What proved possible included an extension of the Kyoto Protocol
for a period of either five or seven years (excluding Canada, Japan and Russia but adding nitrogen trifluoride, used in semiconductor manufacture, to the list of gases covered — CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, perfluorocarbons), a Green Climate Fund to help low - income countries cope (albeit without any actual funds yet), an Adaptation Committee to coordinate such efforts globally, rules
for a global program to reduce deforestation and how to monitor such deforestation, and a Climate
Technology Center that will help launch projects to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.
«The CO2
emissions related to China's exports are large not just because they export a lot of stuff or because they specialize in energy - demanding industries, but because their manufacturing
technologies are less advanced and they rely primarily on coal
for energy,» said co-author Klaus Hubacek, a University of Maryland professor of geographical sciences.
The project will provide grants
for development of «breakthrough»
technologies in areas such as reduction of foreign oil consumption and energy - related
emissions, and improvements in energy - efficiency.
A key question
for policymakers is, which transportation
technology cuts total
emissions at the lowest cost — batteries or fuel cells?
A researcher is about to test a
technology that he says could be a breakthrough
for curbing greenhouse gas
emissions from coal plants, natural gas generators and other industrial facilities.
Researchers at Chalmers University of
Technology and SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden studied a range of measures
for cutting food - related
emissions.
Within the European Union, CCS is considered a key
technology for reducing greenhouse gas
emissions.
Panelist David Keith, an energy and
technology policy analyst at Harvard, says that cloud seeding or similar strategies are no substitute
for cutting
emissions but may prove to be the quickest way to deliver relief from climate change to the world's poorest people.
In a report last year, the Global CCS Institute found that
technologies reusing captured CO2 could play a role in controlling
emissions in some markets, even if their global potential
for controlling the greenhouse gas is small.