Sentences with phrase «energy capture technology»

In the north where I live, I truly value my car when it's 7 degrees F. However, the potential of fabricating a new energy capture technology doesn't mean the global warming idea is a Trojan horse.

Of course if anyone brought up the non-CO2eq effects of various energy capturing technologies (for reasons other than just saying something good or bad about the technology?)

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It could even take the form of an investment in carbon capture and storage technology to allow fossil fuels to be part of the future energy mix.

Its members have committed to phasing out coal - burning power plants, supporting clean energy and encouraging carbon capture technology.

But fossil fuels will still serve as a source of energy demand, and so the only way to achieve our goal is through carbon - capture technology.

«Energy efficiency, bioenergy and carbon capture and storage (CCS) are notable examples of where significant potential for technology progress remains, but strong policy signals will be required to trigger the appropriate investments.»

As a Gateway to the Pacific Rim, British Columbian entrepreneurs and innovators — like our hosts today here at General Fusion — are well positioned to capture a larger share of the export market for clean energy and efficiency technologies, services, and expertise.

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.

Another piece of legislation which assigns government funding to research carbon capture and storage technology, the Energy Act, was passed in 2010.

The Fossil Energy R&D program would substantially scale back most activities, including carbon capture and storage pilot projects and R&D on advanced combustion systems, re-focusing exclusively on exploratory technology activities in hopes that industry will take on greater responsibility across the board.

Holbrook's technique could be a big piece of the clean energy puzzle, alongside technologies like carbon - capture and storage, and nuclear, says Steve Wittrig of the Clean Air Task Force, a non-profit organisation based in Boston, who was previously the director of advanced technologies at BP.

The scientists estimate that cold technology could cut the energy consumption and cost of CO2 capture by as much as 30 per cent in one of the «green» coal - fired power stations that the world is currently sniffing at.

FuelCell Energy's project is one of 16 awarded funds from a $ 41 million DOE pot established last year to test advanced capture technologies.

«The model is capturing the fact that you have a lot of low - cost opportunities to reduce coal, from heavy - industry direct use as well as the electric power sector, from facilities using less energy - efficient technology or processes.»

Among the 25 projects authorized by the federal Department of Energy, First Energy plans to install a new carbon capture technology on its R. E. Burger power plant in Ohio and then partner with engineering firm Battelle to test pumping it 7,000 feet beneath the surface.

Carbon capture is an obvious extended use for fuel cells, said Tony Leo, vice president of application engineering and advanced technology development at FuelCell Energy.

Armed with new Department of Energy money, a Connecticut company announced this week it is moving forward with a carbon capture project that it thinks could revolutionize the technology.

The exciting implication is that next - generation wastewater treatment plants could use new technologies, including microbe - powered fuel cells, to capture enough methane, hydrogen, and other fuels from wastewater to generate all the energy they need, and then some.

«There's no co-benefit to doing the carbon capture and storage,» says energy technology expert Kelly Sims Gallagher of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Renewable energy sources, such as the sun and wind, advances in technology to capture and store the carbon created by burning coal, and even the harvesting of uranium's energy will all likely be required.

Simply put, it costs money — and energy — to capture the CO2, ranging from as little as $ 5 a metric ton at natural gas projects such as In Salah to more than $ 90 a metric ton for certain gasification technologies.

«We need to develop technologies to do fossil fuels cleanly,» says Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, perhaps explaining why ARPA - E bankrolled five carbon - capture projects in this initial round.

Today's scientists are scrambling to develop technology to cope with climate change; carbon capture technology, renewable energy and drought - resilient crops are just a few examples.

The President's initiative will empower young men and women to invent and commercialize advanced energy technologies such as efficient and cost effective methods for converting sunlight to electricity and fuel, carbon capture and sequestration, stationary and portable advanced batteries for plug - in electric cars, advanced energy storage concepts that will enable sustained energy supply from solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources, high - efficiency deployment of power across «smart grids,» and carbon neutral commercial and residential buildings.

Chu highlighted the department's biggest new research initiative, a set of eight new Energy Innovation Hubs, each one focused on a different energy - related challenge: solar electricity; fuels produced directly from sunlight; batteries and other kinds of energy storage; carbon capture and storage; new technologies for the electrical grid; efficient buildings; extreme materials; and modeling and simulEnergy Innovation Hubs, each one focused on a different energy - related challenge: solar electricity; fuels produced directly from sunlight; batteries and other kinds of energy storage; carbon capture and storage; new technologies for the electrical grid; efficient buildings; extreme materials; and modeling and simulenergy - related challenge: solar electricity; fuels produced directly from sunlight; batteries and other kinds of energy storage; carbon capture and storage; new technologies for the electrical grid; efficient buildings; extreme materials; and modeling and simulenergy storage; carbon capture and storage; new technologies for the electrical grid; efficient buildings; extreme materials; and modeling and simulation.

Priority areas of focus for this Initiative may include: energy efficiency, smart grid, second - generation biofuels, and clean coal technologies including carbon capture and storage; solar energy and energy efficient building and advanced battery technologies; and sustainable transportation, wind energy, and micro-hydro power.

They have led efforts to develop «soft» polymer - based, energy - harvesting materials as part of the Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems, a National Science Foundation (NSF) program focused on the development of energy - capture and motion - control technolenergy - harvesting materials as part of the Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems, a National Science Foundation (NSF) program focused on the development of energy - capture and motion - control technolEnergy Harvesting Materials and Systems, a National Science Foundation (NSF) program focused on the development of energy - capture and motion - control technolenergy - capture and motion - control technologies.

Johnson and colleagues in IIASA's Energy Program also examined two additional strategies with this limitation: grandfathering existing plants so that they are exempt from future climate policies, or retrofitting plants with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), a yet unproven technology that would capture greenhouse gas emissions and store them underCapture and Storage (CCS), a yet unproven technology that would capture greenhouse gas emissions and store them undercapture greenhouse gas emissions and store them underground.

The Energy Department may proceed with a «modified» plan to build a prototype coal - burning power plant that would capture and store carbon dioxide as part of new efforts to expand international collaboration on carbon - management technologies, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said today.

In the ARPA - E program alone, four of the 37 funded developing technologies concerned researching more energy - efficient ways to capture the CO2 in a fossil fuel — fired power plant's flue gas.

To cut our emissions, fossil fuels need to be replaced with low - carbon energy sources such as nuclear power and renewables, and fossil fuel power stations need to be fitted with carbon - capture technology.

The SunCatcher solar thermal system, developed by Tessera Solar and built by Stirling Energy Systems at the Sandia National Laboratories» National Solar Thermal Test Facility, captures solar energy at 31.25 percent efficiency, the highest ever achieved by this technEnergy Systems at the Sandia National Laboratories» National Solar Thermal Test Facility, captures solar energy at 31.25 percent efficiency, the highest ever achieved by this technenergy at 31.25 percent efficiency, the highest ever achieved by this technology.

«The Chinese government has been actively pursuing and supporting a technology development agenda that very quickly allowed China to make a breakthrough in the new generation of various technologies, and carbon capture and storage technology development was at first riding on this wave,» said Ellina Levina, an energy analyst at the International Energy Aenergy analyst at the International Energy AEnergy Agency.

Different low carbon technologies from wind or solar energy to fossil carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) differ greatly when it comes to indirect greenhouse gas emissions in their life cycle.

The Department of Energy is aiming to kick - start the technology with a project called FutureGen, a $ 1 billion pilot IGCC plant that will have integrated carbon - capture and storage technology — a true zero - emissions plant.

Carbon capture and nuclear energy falling behind «But clean energy technology is falling short of where it needs to be.

Funding for the encapsulated liquid carbonates work was provided by the Innovative Materials and Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technology program of the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy.

A study in the journal Nature Materials details the creation of a nanowire - based technology that absorbs solar energy at comparable levels to currently available systems while using only 1 percent of the silicon material needed to capture photons.

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Lab are now working on enhancements to the capture process to bring the technologyTechnology Lab are now working on enhancements to the capture process to bring the technologytechnology to scale.

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions will involve developing «a variety» of energy sources, including renewables, nuclear, and fossil fuel technologies with carbon capture and storage, he said in response to a question from an audience member.

«Since the transition away from fossil fuels is likely to take a very long time, we foresee a long - term need to deal with coal - based emissions and, therefore, the sooner we begin to develop [carbon capture and storage] technology, the better,» Austin - based energy policy specialist Scott Anderson of Environmental Defense told a Senate panel earlier this year during a hearing on CCS technology.

Strategies to meet the goal would vary by country and largely rely on advanced technology such as capturing the carbon dioxide spewed by coal - burning power plants; the Bush vision also foresees gasoline alternatives, nuclear power and an international clean technology fund to promote research into carbon - free energy sources.

From the International Energy Agency to the United Nations — sanctioned Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), such carbon capture and storage (CCS), particularly for coal - fired power plants, has been identified as a technology critical to enabling deep, rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has invested more than $ 3 billion since 2001 to fund multiple CCS projects being conducted by seven regional partnerships, including demonstrations of ammonia capture technology at the massive coal - fired Pleasant Prairie power plant in Kenosha County, Wisc., and the R. E. Burger plant in Shadyside, Ohio.

«Carbon capture and renewable energy are two promising technologies, but there are problems,» says Phil De Luna, one of the lead authors of a paper published today in Nature Chemistry.

With air captured CO2 from plants like Climeworks», renewable energy can be efficiently stored by producing synthetic fuels using Power - to - Gas or Power - to - Liquids technology.

The study's authors point to a future with greater reliance on nuclear and renewable energy, reducing emissions through new technologies that capture and store carbon dioxide, and expanding forests to naturally absorb and store carbon.

Substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector are achievable over the next two to three decades through a portfolio approach involving the widespread deployment of energy efficiency technologies; renewable energy; coal, natural gas, and biomass with carbon capture and storage; and nuclear technologies.

The Fossil Energy Research program conducts research on nascent carbon capture and storage technology in addition to oil and gas drilling technology, including fracking.

To capture xenon and krypton, conventional technologies use cryogenic methods in which entire gas streams are brought to a temperature far below where water freezes — such methods are energy intensive and expensive.