Sentences with phrase «end use efficiency»

Hall, who wasn't involved in Hughes» study, thinks the EROI for oil sands would fall closer to 1:1 if the tar sands» full life cycle — including transportation, refinement into higher quality products, end use efficiency and environmental costs — was taken into account.

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Economic value of energy efficiency can drive reductions in global CO2 emissions End - use energy efficiency can deliver a third of the CO ₂ savings necessary by 2050 to meet climate goals 17 April 2018

According to Nasdaq, key benefits of the venture include a seamless, end - to - end transactional process for private - company securities; direct access to global payments from Nasdaq's Linq platform using CitiConnect ® for Blockchain and Citi's cross-border, multicurrency payments service; and increased operational efficiency and ease of reconciliation with real - time visibility of payment - transaction activity on the blockchain ledger.

Having processed over 700 transactions in the past 6 months, their use case is an example of a growing trend of crypto companies using proprietary technology in combination with B2B partnerships to create greater efficiencies internally and for end users at scale.

The efficiency we need is to gain maximum end use from minimum degradation of our environment rather than maximum production from minimum labor.

Whether for back - of - the - house or processing line, OSI creates intelligent prep solutions scaled for end - use efficiency and convenience.

The AfDB Vice President stated that it was eager to see improvement in energy efficiency and conservation along the energy value chain to reduce losses - production, transmission, distribution, and end - use inefficiencies.

If China's use of renewable and nuclear energy grows at a plausible rate, and the country captures some of its emissions from coal - burning power stations and keeps making improvements in energy efficiency, by 2050 its total emissions could end up 4 per cent lower than today, says Zhou.

Until recently, the Empa CIGS cells were the most efficient in the world; at the end of October, though, a German research team at the Zentrum für Sonnenenergie - und Wasserstoff - Forschung (ZSW) in Stuttgart presented CIGS cells with an efficiency of 20.8 %, although they use far higher processing temperatures and (rigid) glass as the substrate.

And there is significant danger that any energy efficiency undertaking ends up ultimately increasing energy use.

(C) Cost - effective energy efficiency programs for end - use consumers of electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, or propane, including, where appropriate, programs or mechanisms administered by local governments and entities other than the State.

-- Cost - effective energy efficiency programs for end - use consumers of electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, or propane.

Because I adore efficiency, I would encourage you to use a brown pencil that has a brush on the other end, such as the NYX Micro Brow Pencil.

Centralizing learning material and encouraging knowledge sharing using one platform (such as a Learning Management System) will help to increase efficiency so your employees aren't running into dead ends on SharePoint or clicking through their cluttered email inboxes.

TOKYO — Japanese automaker Mazda Motor will introduce a new engine at the end of 2018 that offers 30 % better fuel efficiency by using pressure, not spark plugs, to ignite fuel.

This mode is designed to sustain the battery's charge through excessively hilly terrain, but some owners have speculated that by using mountain mode for long cruises above 50 mph (the cap of the electric motor's optimum efficiency) and saving the 35 miles of battery power for the low - speed city segments at the beginning and end of a long trip, the driver can get closer to eking maximum efficiency out of the Volt.

Its dual overhead camshafts use variable valve timing on both the intake and exhaust sides to offer better low - speed efficiency with high - end power.

Because it doesn't have to do as much work at the low end of the rev range, the developers were able to use a large turbo and design it for high efficiency.

The Accord PHEV picks up efficiency by using more lightweight aluminum panels, aerodynamic alloy wheels, brake regeneration, an aero - tuned front end, and wind - shaping plastic underbody panels.

Electric and natural gas utilities do not fail to save energy with high efficiency end - use products because it costs too much.

The matching end and coffee tables are a study in clean yet striking modern design, and they do an amazing job with resource efficiency; the end table uses one sheet of 3/4» plywood, and the coffee table uses two sheets.

In short, convergent trends in renewable and distributed power, empowered customers, liberalized markets, transparent pricing, and radical end - use efficiency are building an energy future very different from the past.

-- Although U.S. utilities typically pay ~ $ 0.02 — 0.03 / kWh for efficiency, RMI's empirically grounded Reinventing Fire synthesis showed in detail how to quadruple U.S. electric end - use efficiency at an average cost of ~ $ 0.007 / kWh (2009 $).

-- PV power is scaling faster than cellphones worldwide, and in concert with high end - use efficiency (e.g. LED lighting) has extraordinary potential to reach those with no electricity as well as in peri-urban areas.

Without new efficiency measures, end - use consumption in 2040 would be 40 % higher.

Similar to space heating, these gains were likely moderated by increases in efficiency of cooling equipment and improved building shells, but air conditioning was not the only end use that was higher in newer homes.

For this analysis, the end - use sector models determine results of incremental demand - side energy efficiency activities by U.S. Census division (Figure 2) and then map the savings to Electricity Market Module regions.

Eligible activities under the Mid-South module include: 1) removal of rice straw from the field after harvest, 2) early drainage at the end of the growing season, 3) intermittent flooding during the growing season, and 4) increased water and / or energy use efficiency, achieved through measures including but not limited to: convert contour levees to precision or zero grade; use of side inlet / poly piping systems; use of more efficient diesel pumps; switch from diesel to electric pumps; use of soil moisture sensors to tailor flood to water needs.

The Model Rule contains language that eliminates two offset categories, the «SF6 Offset Category (XX - 10.5 (b)-RRB-» and the «End - Use Energy Efficiency Offsets Category (XX - 10.5 (d)-RRB-,» and updates and retains three categories that some States may continue to implement.

(Sec. 133) Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations establishing a program to distribute allowances to Indian tribes on a competitive basis for: (1) cost - effective energy efficiency programs for end - use consumers of electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, or propane; and (2) deployment of technologies to generate electricity from renewable energy resources.

This study evaluates the implications of using end - use energy efficiency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector.

-- Cost - effective energy efficiency programs for end - use consumers of electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, or propane.

(3) energy efficiency technologies in residential, commercial, and industrial applications, including end - use efficiency in buildings; and

Those practical implications create a strong justification for a rule that incentivizes states and power plants to take advantage of end - use energy efficiency resources.

Incorporating end - use energy efficiency into a 111 (d) rulemaking will reduce the costs of complying with other federal air regulations, helping to ensure that the power sector maintains reliability and that electricity prices remain affordable.

One of the greatest opportunities that flexibility can allow is end - use energy efficiency.

There are a number of unsettled legal questions with regard to how end - use efficiency may be incorporated into a 111 (d) rulemaking, but in many cases there are clear and practical implications of one approach over another.

ACEEE's latest report, Trailblazing Without the Smog: Incorporating Energy Efficiency into Greenhouse Gas Limits for Existing Power Plants, makes a number of recommendations regarding how these regulations should be structured so that the benefits of end - use energy efficiency areEfficiency into Greenhouse Gas Limits for Existing Power Plants, makes a number of recommendations regarding how these regulations should be structured so that the benefits of end - use energy efficiency areefficiency are realized.

End - use energy efficiency avoids the need to generate electricity, eliminating greenhouse gases as well as other pollutants such as mercury and sulfur.

Moderator: Bill in DC asks — In your analysis, what data and assumptions did you make regarding energy efficiency potential in the end - use and power generation sectors, and what cost assumptions did you make for those resources?

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.

Energy use in the sector results from end ‐ user demand for higher ‐ quality energy carriers such as electricity, but also the relatively low average global efficiency of energy conversion and delivery processes.

Well - functioning and managed T&D systems are needed to bring renewables onto the grid and increase efficiency in both the delivery and end use of energy (i.e., through smart - grid technologies)(IPCC 2014).

JODI InterEnerStat Oslo group on energy statistics G20: Energy End - Use Data and Energy Efficiency Metrics Initiative

End - use energy efficiency also includes avoided transport demand (e.g. through remote communication).

This is in part due to efficiency improvements, which will be led by advances in individual end - uses, such as lighting, variable speed motors, and more efficient internal combustion engine vehicles, as well as a shift from non-electric to more - efficient electric technologies, the report says.

Meanwhile, if the end - use mix ultimately includes more vehicle charging and heating applications, seasonal low temperatures drive heating demand and reduce the efficiency of EVs.

The vast majority of states already take advantage of some end - use energy efficiency programs and policies, and all states have vast untapped reserves of this resource.

That is made up from increased efficiency in fuel and electricity end use, which saves 38 %, end use fuel switching, which saves 15 % and power generation improvement and fuel switching, which saves 5 %.

There are various types of technologies that can play significant roles in mitigating climate change, including energy efficiency improvements throughout the energy system (especially at the end use side); solar, wind, nuclear fission and fusion and geothermal, biomass and clean fossil technologies, including carbon capture and storage; energy from waste; hydrogen production from non-fossil energy sources and fuel cells (Pacala and Socolow, 2004; IEA, 2006b).