Sentences with phrase «emissions technology end»

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To this end, technologies minimizing carbon emissions from cultivation, harvest, transport and conversion of biomass and, especially, long - term Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) would need to improve worldwide.

Though he didn't specify the reason for this team's continued work on rotaries, Kogai did emphasize that these engineers are working to get the unique engine technology up to snuff in terms of C02 emissions and low - end torque.

WOLFSBURG, Germany / SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- Volkswagen will no longer offer diesel vehicles in the United States, its global brand chief said on Tuesday, ending speculation the company might return to the technology after its emissions scandal fades from memory.

Exemplary fuel consumption and emission levels, rear - wheel drive, high - end suspension technology, innovative equipment features and premium quality have helped these cars establish an exceptional position within the competitive environment.

Boasting higher torque at low RPMs and greater output for smooth top - end power, MIVEC technology mixes together fuel efficiency with sporty performance while minimizing harmful emission.

Initially available for the Range Rover Sport and new Land Rover Discovery SUVs utilizing the new engine, BorgWarner's advanced turbocharging technology features a water - cooled compressor housing, offers improved low - end torque and enhances engine performance and efficiency while contributing to emissions reduction.

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.

If we try to restrain emissions without a fundamentally new set of technologies, we will end up stifling economic growth, including the development prospects for billions of people.

In the end, the strong views of some countries, in particular the reluctance of the US and India to have mandatory emissions reductions targets, coupled with issues surrounding funding and technology flows to developing countries delayed the outcome.

While today's end - use CO2 demand of ~ 100 million tons per year pales in comparison to the 35 billion tons per year of CO2 emissions, these existing end - use markets can provide important opportunities to de-risk technology and stay solvent until carbon regulations and pricing mechanisms improve.

The bottom line from the groundbreaking National Energy Technology Laboratory report I recently cited is that generating baseload electricity with natural gas will end up cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

According to the study, compiled by T2 & Associates for the American Petroleum Institute, «the U.S. - based oil and gas industry invested $ 165.4 billion... in end - use, fuel substitution, non-hydrocarbon, and enabling technologies» that helped reduce emissions.

At the end of the day, supporting breakthrough technologies holds more promise for drastically reducing emissions, reducing oil imports, and potentially boosting economic growth than does just efficiency standards, but the budget debate fails to reflect this reality.

The report notes that this decade is critical in reducing human greenhouse gas emissions, that we have all the technology necessary to do so, and examines the policies of various countries toward that end.

by Tom Tanton, E&E Legal Director of Science and Technology Assessment, and Thomas Del Beccaro As appearing in Forbes In the church of climate change, carbon emissions are a sin and ending the use of fossil fuels our only prayer.

Humans will have to not only stop emitting greenhouse gases by 2085, but also develop technology that will result in negative emissions — the removal of 15 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year by the end of the century — in order to prevent global warming from exceeding 2 °C (3.6 °F), according to a new study.

NRDC favors more economical and environmentally sustainable approaches to reducing both U.S. and global carbon emissions, focusing on the widest possible implementation of end - use energy - efficiency improvements, and on policies to accelerate the commercialization of clean, flexible, renewable energy technologies — and use them to power our vehicles and homes.

At the same time, if emissions reductions are too modest over the coming two decades, it may no longer be possible to reach a goal of 450 ppm CO2eq by the end of the century without large ‐ scale deployment of carbon dioxide removal technologies.

To that end, we are looking forward to continuing our cooperation with the UNECE in demonstrating the role of coal in achieving universal energy access and the importance of low emission coal technologies in meeting climate goals.

«In China, as you go to tighter and tighter climate policies, you continue to reduce pollutant emissions from coal, whereas the US has already reduced a lot of its air pollution from coal through end - of - pipe technologies,» Karplus said.

Accelerating the deployment of renewable energy technology will be the key to making a nontrivial impact on global emissions and resource depletion before the end of this century.

At the end of the session, all the panellists agreed that low emissions technologies including CCS needs urgent action, not just for energy generation but for industrial purposes as well.

To this end, the study team identified technologies that could use the available approved CDM methodologies — many of which have already been applied successfully to projects in other developing regions — to both reduce GHG emissions and support energy development in the region via additional energy supply or more cost - effective use.

So while we'd prefer an end to all coal, technologies to capture and store the carbon emissions from coal plants will just have to help us out in the meantime.

It is because so little energy is being used, and because alternatives are ruled out ab initio (the model contains no nuclear power, and no technology for storing away carbon emissions from fossil fuels; natural gas prices rise strongly and coal plants are retired well before they are clapped out) that the model ends up with such a high percentage of renewables; indeed given the premise it's slightly surprising it doesn't end up with even more.

Going all out on the hard front end emissions reductions provides these reductions when needed most and also means less low carbon technologies need to be implemented as replacements, thereby reducing the carbon expenditures that will be required for the implementation.

Adhering to the Clean Air Act, the State of Alaska, before it could commence construction of a generator near protected land, conducted an extensive review process to identify the best available control technology («BACT») to control emissions, a process which, in the end, undoubtedly cost the state an untold amount of money and time.