Sentences with phrase «energy targets»

To foster sustainable, low - emission development, many countries are establishing ambitious renewable energy targets for their electricity supply.

The report's authors believe clean energy targets by states, cities, and corporations are driving utility efforts to accommodate rapid growth in distributed efforts like rooftop solar and wind, among others.

The European renewable energy target for 2030 — An impact assessment of the electricity sector.

Having adopted a very ambitious Renewable Energy Target of 30 % by 2020.

The Australian Government first introduced a Renewable Energy Target in 2001 to encourage the growth of clean energy technologies.

This is part of an inquiry by the energy and tourism committee, who are assessing the countries green energy targets.

It is a way to clean up what we already have; and we note in the roadmap that we don't see how we achieve global climate / energy targets without it!

Cities are increasingly leveraging their status as large customers to advance clean energy agendas, with the number of cities establishing carbon neutrality or renewable energy targets expanding rapidly in recent years.

He says the state is already on a path to meet the 10 percent renewable energy target required by a 2008 state law.

-LSB-...] space heating and cooling energy targets along with comfort targets ensure that the building fabric has to do the majority of the work.

The dark green lease is one that sets firm energy targets.

That can mean that, early in the process, you're investing meaningful time and energy targeting someone without control over the purse strings.

The timing couldn't be better to adopt a national clean energy target — one that we actually meet this time around.

They certainly have the strongest climate policy, with a renewable energy target of 90 % by 2030.

Equally landlords may wish to set energy targets for tenants within leases themselves, and make sure that a tenant will maintain or improve the energy rating of the building during their occupancy.

History has shown that specific technology policies - feed - in tariffs, mandatory renewable energy targets and directed government programs - are the way to get growth and investment in renewables.

EU law makers ruled that biofuels can compete with food production, contribute to climate change, and put pressure on land use — and so have set a limit on the quantity of biofuels that can be used to meet EU energy targets (at no more than 7 % of transport energy).

Immensely enjoy contact with people from varying backgrounds and possess high energy targeted at working long hours.

But new renewable energy targets from Alberta and Saskatchewan, along with the federal government's interest in getting more clean energy onto the grid, mean that 2015 should be an anomaly, rather than the start of a negative trend.»

Donald Trump is due to appear before the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee inquiry into renewable energy targets on Wednesday April 25.

They enable major power generators to profitably generate electricity in a manner that reduces the overall cost of compliance with mandatory GHG emissions limits and renewable energy targets while also allowing countries to diversify their sources of electricity supply.

Labor has backed down on its hard line on emissions trading and will split the legislation allowing a vote on its renewable energy target as early as this week.

The Government of BC announced its Climate Leadership Plan, highlighting Passive House design and construction as key tool to achieving energy targets in the built environment.

August 28, 2017 / 4:16 AM / 2 days ago From Reuters Reuters Staff SYDNEY (Reuters)-- Australia could adopt a clean energy target by the end of the year, heeding the call of national energy providers and scientists as a means to cut carbon emissions and cap soaring power prices.

The EU will abandon fixed energy targets from 2020.

In the aftermath of Japan's nuclear disaster last month, China officials made known their intent to double the country's solar energy target — from 5 gigawatts (GW) by 2015 to 10 GW by 2015.

Investment stalemate puts renewable energy target at risk The Australian Andrew White 16 -LSB-...]

My own feeling is that by 2030 you had better have almost all of your recoverable fossil fuel resources out of the ground before the adoption of majority percentage renewable energy targets worldwide make your remaining untapped resources worth increasingly less.

Meeting Alberta's renewable energy targets with wind energy would result in over $ 10 billion of investment, creating thousands of construction jobs and hundreds of jobs in operations in maintenance.

Official supporters of a renewable energy target include Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland and Portugal.

Progress on global energy goals slow, but strong gains in countries show promise The world is not on track to meet the global energy targets for 2030 set as part of the Sustainable Development Goals 2 May 2018

It is popular for nuclear critics to suggest that UK energy targets can be met by renewable energies alone.

The linear accelerator uses high energy targeted x-ray beams to treat many types of cancer, including those within the nasal passages and oral cavity, and cancer involving the extremities.

Gary Cook, Senior IT Analyst at Greenpeace International, says, «Facebook has committed to being fully renewably powered, and today's detailed disclosure and announcement of a clean energy target shows that the company means business and wants the world to follow its progress.»

Release of Procurement Framework and Schedule Combined With Legislated Renewable Energy Target Positions Alberta to Attract Significant Interest from (more...)

Setting aside the carbon intensity target, China's INDC's actions and non-fossil energy target lead to GHG emission levels of around 13.6 GtCO2e in 2030.

With a substantial project pipeline, the country is in the box seat to experience a banner year in 2018, with the 2020 Renewable Energy Target now in hand and a new policy taking shape for the period beyond.

There are not a few people out there who think that the Passive House or Passivhaus concept sets an «arbitrary energy target that ignores everything else.»

RET review doesn't reflect what the Government has been saying — Blog — ABC Environment The recent review of the Renewable Energy Target does not reflect the Government's repeated statements in favour of renewable energy.

Ms Wu said «these more aggressive comments and very serious actions» reflected leadership resolve to hit energy targets and prepare the ground to exceed China's pledge to reduce carbon emissions by 40 - 45 per cent by 2020.

Gordon Brown was pressured today to reaffirm the government's commitment to meeting renewable energy targets over the next decade.

Today the Climate Change Authority (CCA) released the final report of its Renewable Energy Target review.

This occupant participation is likely to result in higher energy savings than if the owners have no specific energy targets after the retrofit is complete.