Sentences with phrase «energy policy side»

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«Over the coming years, energy producers must recognize that demand - side management policies in developed countries like the United States are going to be an influential trend acting on their businesses.»

On the supply side, IEA said governments need to develop policies that encourage the spread of offshore wind power, nuclear energy and natural gas, while discouraging the continued use of the most inefficient coal - fired technology.

On the economic and business side, emphasis was put on the importance of being part of single European home market with access to over 250 million people for British business, industry, jobs, and future prosperity; greater bargaining strength in matters related to issues such as energy and trade negotiations; and the ability to take advantage of the Common Agricultural Policy with the price stability and guaranteed food supplies that it brought with it.

In a congressional district that encompasses cash - strapped, potentially gas - rich Sullivan County, New York City's watershed, eco-sensitive communities like Woodstock and various rural areas on the east side of the Hudson River, incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson and challenger Sean Eldridge are on the campaign trail seeking to define their own, and their opponent's, positions on climate change, energy policy and perhaps most critically fracking.

Continue reading «Labour sides with the energy industry and Conservatives side with the energy consumer in hopeful shift of policy»»

Policy instruments promoting bioenergy demand interact to various degrees with both renewable energy and forest policies, while supply side instruments, as well as implementation aspects, interact most closely with forest policies.

On one side of the question are policy experts like National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn and George David Banks, a special assistant to the president for international energy and environment, who caution that a departure from the globally popular deal could complicate Trump's efforts on trade and security issues.

As pioneers, we all have summoned the extra energy required to climb mountains, but if long - term improvements are to be made, we need to have policies that will make life sustainable on the other side.

Whether or not the backers are directly linked to the oil industry, they reflect how the fight over energy policy remains highly polarized, well financed (on both sides), and — so far — has resulted in few policies that oil markets or the climate system are likely to notice any time soon.

-- A growing number of affordable, long - range electric vehicles coming on the market — Ongoing policy - making commitment to those vehicles, even from a post-Brexit conservative UK government (the future is a little less certain on this side of the pond)-- Low cost, large - scale renewables and wide - spread energy storage — A wider range of non-car transportation options, including affordable, high - quality e-bikes — Internal combustion engines shall henceforth forever be known as the Suck - Squeeze - Bang - Fart engine

Finally, on the policy side, if there's evidence that existing technology is inadequate to affordably decarbonize a growing global energy system on a scale that would matter to the climate, and it's clear that we've utterly disinvested in energy research for decades, it's my job to write that, as I did in 2006, and repeat it on the blog as much as necessary.

Is it completely coincidental that EVERY progressive policy related to energy / climate change has the obvious side effect, if not the stated objective, of RAISING the cost of energy and / or REDUCING its supply?

The Chairman of the Board of GE did not sit on his right side of President Reagan and tell him how to deal with energy issues that would benefit his company and dictating policy that effects us as well as other americans.

Debates on policy issues around climate and energy often feature opposing sides talking past each other.

-- In addition to the policy under paragraph (1), it is the policy of the United States that regional electric grid planning to meet these objectives should result from an open, inclusive and transparent process, taking into account all significant demand - side and supply - side options, including energy efficiency, distributed generation, renewable energy and zero - carbon electricity generation technologies, smart - grid technologies and practices, demand response, electricity storage, voltage regulation technologies, high capacity conductors with at least 25 percent greater efficiency than traditional ACSR (aluminum stranded conductors steel reinforced) conductors, superconductor technologies, underground transmission technologies, and new conventional electric transmission capacity and corridors.

Later on in the opinion piece, Lomborg states that climate «alarmism has encouraged the pursuit of a one - sided climate policy of trying to cut carbon emissions by subsidizing wind farms and solar panels,» referring to renewable energy policies and technology as «expensive, feel - good measures that will have an imperceptible climate impact.»

Rather than use industry data or assumptions, they compare two policy scenarios («side cases») from the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2012.

With the BBC appearing to take the side of the Met Office by seeking to force the government to give honest answers, untold harm will likely befall Prime Minister Cameron's global warming policies on energy, taxation and the environment.

All in all, a number of U.S. fossil - fuel development and export policy positions suggest an administration that is attempting to straddle climate and energy policy in such a way that it wins support on the progressive side for having a proactive domestic climate policy while, in effect, failing to challenge the obstacle to climate change mitigation posed by corporate energy interests and their global ambitions.

Similarly, on the demand — or customer — side, the idea is that Californians, buildings, appliances and electric vehicles create an intricate, synergetic web that can be made more efficient and flexible with customer education and empowerment, customer - focused energy pricing policies and demand - response programs (which allows customers to voluntarily reduce peak electricity use in response to a signal from their electric utilities and receive a payment for doing so).

Energy policies are also biased towards the supply side and there is a clear need for policy - makers to take into account the energy demand in their long - term energy stratEnergy policies are also biased towards the supply side and there is a clear need for policy - makers to take into account the energy demand in their long - term energy stratenergy demand in their long - term energy stratenergy strategies.

As a postscript I would like to make a few comments about the other side of the alleged dangerous climate change coin, our energy policy, in particular the much maligned fossil fuels; coal, oil, and natural gas.

Once the thorn in the side of Western governments, the organisation was now operating as a de-facto PR consultancy, lending the Tories» energy policies the appearance of legitimacy.

But when it comes to the other side of the equation, which is not how much systems generate but the economic value of the energy generated — which is dependent on local policy makers» decisions 15 — 20 years into the future — it's not possible know what that's going to be for any net - metered system.

On the challenging side, energy is delivered within a regulatory environment and mere humans are making a series of policy decisions; politicians and regulators are motivated by different political agendas.

CFACT energy policy advisor Marita Noon reveals how Hillary Clinton has positioned herself on both sides of the fracking issue — but her campaign for President emphasizes an end to all uses of fossil fuels and a total reliance on so - called «renewable» energy.

The International Conference on Fossil Fuel Supply and Climate Policy explores the many opportunities for, and challenges of, these supply - side strategies for limiting coal, oil, and gas, recognizing that many countries rely on fossil fuel extraction and trade for their energy security, economic development, and political influence.

Climate policy - makers, both at the domestic and international levels, have focused almost exclusively on curtailing demand for fossil fuels energy, with scant attention, until recently, to the supply side.

Energy policy should be better balanced towards demand side and energy efficEnergy policy should be better balanced towards demand side and energy efficenergy efficiency.

On the other side, wind power, which use to more than double solar's new installed capacity each year before 2011, has been slowing down in Europe, the U.S. and China, in good part because of lack of clarity on energy policy.

After a quick scan through the 343 reactions on this article, I would say that about half of the contributions «agree» with Beck's nonsense (for many contributions it is not that easy to say what side they are on, because the discussion quickly wanders off to wind power, China's energy policy, etc)

On Apple's side, Lisa Jackson, who serves as Apple's vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, but is best known as the former head of the EPA, said: «We're excited by the potential of ocean energy to someday serve as a source of clean power for the data centre we are building in Athenry, County Galway.

What's happening is people are agreeing «that the cost of inaction is on the high side and the cost of action is affordable,» said Joseph Romm, a policy analyst at the liberal think - tank Center for American Progress, energy business consultant and trained physicist.

On the funding side, investment is needed rising to about $ 15 - 20 billion each year for energy efficiency deployment programs and policies in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors.

A stringent but flexible policy that counts demand - side energy efficiency towards compliance yields the greatest health benefits of the three scenarios analysed.

«Even though it's a renewable source of energy, people should keep the greenhouse gas side of the picture in mind when making planning and policy decisions regarding dams.»

The firm originally created the policy in 1999 to provide more leisure time for staff, though apparently, one unexpected side benefit has been increased energy savings.