Sentences with phrase «energy imports»

Besides being economically attractive, wood energy is a strategic option for increased energy security, particularly in countries that have large forest areas and that depend on energy imports.

More than half of energy imports are crude oil.

In the last two years, for the first time, the value of U.S. energy exports to Mexico (mainly petroleum products) has been greater than the value of energy imports from Mexico (mostly crude oil).

With Asia's rapidly growing need for energy imports in the early 2000s, Canada hoped to reduce its almost 100 % reliance on the United...

While fossil fuels will account for most of the increased energy supply, renewable sources of energy will also gain importance, as a result of concerns over high fossil fuel prices, increasing greenhouse gas emissions and energy import dependence.

«GDP goes up because the fee and dividend provides a boost to consumer spending, reducing demand for fossil fuels does not have a significant impact on American employment and reduces energy imports from abroad, and the border adjustment means American firms are on a level playing field when it comes to competing on the world market.»

Abe also said Japan may increase energy imports from the United States.

The figures for GD Product don't contain the effects of import prices, like crude oil and other energy imports, and thus they portray a stronger economy.

Feed - in tariffs on fossil energy imports to the United States would surely end up reducing demand for fossil fuels as more and more renewable capacity became available — which is exactly what you would want to see happen if you are serious about slowing the rate of global warming.

As such, the country is promoting efforts to decommission fossil fuel based power plants and break its dependence on energy imports by building ever more PV systems and not strangling the market.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Last July, U.S. President Donald Trump stood beside his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, in Warsaw and promised to help wean the nation off Russian energy imports.

Amazingly, despite Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline earlier this year, far more Canadians chose him, too, when asked who would encourage energy imports from Canada.

Economists had expected a deficit of $ 2 billion for 2018's second month, and are blaming the large deficit on an increase in energy imports which hit their highest level since November 2014 (the country saw imports in crude oil and refined petroleum products grow 15.4 % and 24.1 % respectively).

«Restricting energy imports won't help to cut energy use in Europe.

The reason, according to the report, was that Denmark had increased its burning of coal and decreased the amount of renewable energy it imported.

From a proposed border tariff that could affect energy imports and exports, to recent approvals for new oil pipelines and an early rollback of regulations on coal production, the Trump administration is likely to usher in significant changes in energy policy.

«We found that the INDCs will also have benefits beyond climate mitigation — they will help countries to reduce local air pollution and curb growing energy imports in the EU, Japan and China,» says Jessica Jewell, researcher at the the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).

China started introducing energy efficiency measures in the 1980s to minimize energy imports as the economy expanded rapidly.

The Brattle report finds that the language in the Clean Power Plan (CPP) provides minimal guidance on the actions U.S. states must take to ensure they create the conditions required to make use of clean energy imports from Canada within their State Implementation Plans and related energy policies.

Enhancement of energy security by diversifying energy imports and fuels, implementing energy efficiency action plans, and building up oil and natural gas stocks and oil emergency plans;

This port could become, in essence, China's «Houston,» ie a huge energy import and export port.

A Pan-Asian Energy Infrastructure can help China better manage both its domestic energy needs and those of its neighbors and trading partners through energy imports and exports.

Sometime in the mid-2020s, U.S. energy officials project, two key lines measuring energy imports and exports will cross, and the United States will have achieved something quite special — the advent of an era in which America is a net energy exporter.

The chief goal of the proposal is to target fossil fuel energy imports / exports in order to provide a mechanism for pushing us into sustainable renewable energy sources and hopefully consumption reduction and efficiency as well.

The EU's current 27 % by 2030 targets for energy efficiency and renewables are at odds with key findings from the European Commission's own research which show higher targets will bring major savings on health costs, reduce dependency on energy imports and significantly increase GDP.

The Alliance to Save Energy's National Commission on Energy Efficiency Policy last week proposed a set of efficiency steps for buildings, industry, and transportation that it concluded would reduce U.S. carbon - dioxide emissions by one third, while cutting household energy costs, reducing energy imports, and increasing GDP.

While fossil fuels will remain an important source of energy, renewable energies will also gain importance, as a result of concerns over high fossil fuel prices, increasing greenhouse gas emissions and energy import dependence.

With Asia's rapidly growing need for energy imports in the early 2000s, Canada hoped to reduce its almost 100 % reliance on the United States as an export market for oil and natural gas by expanding to Asia.

In practical terms, some odd coalitions can form for specific policies between people who are worried about energy supply or the impact of energy imports on the U.S. economy and people who are worried about climate.

If Connecticut loses Millstone, it will rely substantially on natural gas and energy imported from other parts of New England to meet its needs.

But Japan is also more dependent on energy imports than any other industrialized nation.

She mentioned that, despite the shale - oil boom, the U.S. would continue to need energy imports «for a very long time.»

Energy imports from the Gulf region cost too much for this indebted nation.

Last year alone, the value of U.S. energy exports to Mexico ($ 20 billion) was more than double the value of its energy imports from Mexico ($ 8.7 billion).

They could respond with sanctions and tariffs of their own, possibly targeted towards either energy imports or foodstuffs.

Secondly, there would be benefits associated with lower EU energy imports, as a 2 °C scenario would lead to a substantial reduction in net energy imports in the EU.

Despite rapid growth in domestic fossil fuel production and renewable energy generation, the U.S. continues to depend on energy imports.

Since joining the administration in 2009 he has focused on ensuring that federal policies are supported by sound science while working to create science and technology jobs; strengthen science, engineering, and math education; reduce reliance on energy imports; mitigate climate change; and support the application of biomedical science and information technology to help all Americans live healthy and connected lives.

And it won't be the Chinese who are principally interested in cutting their energy imports and exporting current generation clean energy, not developing technology to save the planet.

«Yet, even in this alternative scenario, energy imports and emissions would still be higher in 2030 than today and would still be growing.»

Increasing Europe's energy security by diversifying sources of energy imports and uniting Europe's negotiating power in talks with non-EU countries.

Dynamic efficiency gains in the nation's model energy code can mean billions of dollars in utility bill savings for home and commercial building owners / occupants, more stable electricity grids, reduced reliance on energy imports and fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

This position completely ignores the $ 400 billion the EU is spending every year on energy imports, and the overwhelming scientific consensus that the huge majority of fossil fuels, including gas, will need to remain in the ground if we are to avoid the worst effects of climate change.

Dependence on energy imports is another key factor in determining the extent to which renewables and bioenergy are likely to be promoted.

Moving off fossil fuels and onto renewables, in combination with strong energy efficiency measures, will cut emissions and reduce our over-dependence on energy imports.