Sentences with phrase «existing fuel infrastructure»

Demonstration of the key technological components for solar aviation «drop - in» fuel production that enables the use of existing fuel infrastructure, fuel system, and aircraft engine, while eliminating the logistical requirements of biofuels, hydrogen, or other alternative fuels.

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Sure, that doesn't sound that exciting compared to a zero - emission electric car — until you consider that this new fuel doesn't require new car factories, new fueling infrastructure, or the turnover of our existing fleet of vehicles, all of which are expensive, massively polluting ventures.

Supporting a rail system powered by hydrogen fuel cells, for example, would require an entirely new infrastructure because hydrogen, being a small molecule, would leak through existing pipelines.

The issue for fuels like ours will not be existing infrastructure.

After mixing with petroleum - derived fuels, the blend - stock does not require modifications to the existing distribution infrastructure.

The study examined fuel savings from 16 emerging transportation technologies, such as adaptive cruise control, eco-navigation, wireless communications to improve the efficiency of existing transportation infrastructure, such as traffic light synchronization.

CAAFI favors «drop - in» fuels that work within existing infrastructures — that is, they are interchangeable with fossil fuels and require no alterations to aircraft or airports.

Established by the Energy Department's Fuel Cell Technologies Office in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure Research and Station Technology (H2FIRST) project will draw on existing and emerging core capabilities at the national labs and aim to reduce the cost and time of new fueling station construction and improve the stations» availability and reliaFueling Infrastructure Research and Station Technology (H2FIRST) project will draw on existing and emerging core capabilities at the national labs and aim to reduce the cost and time of new fueling station construction and improve the stations» availability and reliafueling station construction and improve the stations» availability and reliability.

Because lipids from Y. lipolytica have chemical properties similar to those of diesel fuel, they can be readily used as biodiesel using current vehicles and existing infrastructure at gas stations.

The main hardware in the existing research infrastructure at IFE Hynor is found in a process room for testing and development of high temperature hydrogen production and solid oxide fuel cell technology (SOFC), including a Dual Bubbling Fluidized Bed reactor prototype (DBFB) for continuous hydrogen production by sorption - enhanced reforming (SER) of methane with an integrated process for CO2 - capture.

«It can be used in existing engines and transported in existing pipelines,» whereas some current biofuels, such as ethanol, do not fit as well into today's commercial fuel infrastructure, he said.

It will be available in California beginning in September 2018 where significant vouchers for fuel cell vehicles and infrastructure exist.

It deals directly with the problem (the fossil fuel emissions), can be integrated easily into existing energy infrastructure and can along with a portfolio of non-fossil solutions, deliver stabilisation levela at or below 550ppm - provided we start now in earnest.

In 2010, Davis et al [background] quantified an important component of socio - economic inertia by estimating the future emissions expected from all existing fossil fuel - burning infrastructure worldwide, naming these «committed» emissions.

In 2013, far from bringing in new, clean sources, 90 % went to upgrade existing fossil fuel infrastructure.

The realistic opportunities for increasing supply of transportation fuel soon suggest that government policies should encourage the commercialization of alternative fuels that can be used in the existing infrastructure: cellulosic ethanol and biodiesel / renewable diesel.

To have an impact on our vulnerabilities within the next decade or two, any competitor of oil - derived fuels will need to be compatible with the existing energy infrastructure and require only modest additions or amendments to it.

If successful, this initiative could augment the world's transportation fuel supply with existing infrastructure while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Encourage the commercialization of alternative transportation fuels that can be available soon, are compatible with existing infrastructure, and can be derived from waste or otherwise produced cheaply.

The best part is these fuels are drop - in replacements for gas and diesel requiring no modification to existing distribution and end - use infrastructure.

While equally necessary, closing existing fossil fuel activity would be much harder and take longer, involving transition programs for workers and possible compensation claims from affected corporations, and requiring rapid roll - out of replacement renewable energy infrastructure.

Given that existing fossil fuel operations already exceed the carbon budget left to avoid catastrophic, irreversible changes to our climate, there is no justification for new fossil fuel infrastructure, especially on the scale of the Southern Gas Corridor.

First, they allow for a «full steam ahead» policy for infrastructure for transporting, storing, and using existing fossil fuels.

Another advantage is that plug - ins fit easily into the existing infrastructure, unlike cars fueled by hydrogen.

387 ppmv now means what, 1.5 C of temperature rise overall, add in the existing fossil fuel infrastructure and you might be hitting around 2C.

A fairly broad set of potential expenditures exists for these funds, including: conservation, efficiency, eligible renewable energy, low carbon fuel advancement, renewable natural gas, electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, EV sales incentives, demand response, transmission and distribution systems to support smart and distributed grids, and others.

* 1 Skyla Wagstaff (Animal Justice Party) platform includes: AJP has clear Key Objectives surrounding renewable energy including to rapidly transform to a carbon free energy infrastructure, prohibiting any fossil fuel expansion, and a carbon tax on both coal and animal agriculture industries to pay for clean energy solutions, sustainable plant - based food agricultural systems, education and the protection of existing forests and marine habitats.

But if existing combustion power plants could be adapted to use metal powder instead of coal or other fossil fuels, then much of the existing power generating infrastructure could be used, and power generation could continue to be in the same places it is now, using the same grid as is currently supplying electricity.

Little existing infrastructure to accommodate hydrogen fuel.

All exploited from the ethanol waste products of an existing fuel and feed infrastructure.

Until new vehicle technologies and fuels are commercialized, petroleum will continue to be the primary fuel source for California's vehicles, and the state must enhance and expand the existing petroleum infrastructure, particularly at in - state marine ports, while at the same time working to develop an alternative fuel infrastructure.

But cutting emissions from transportation poses unique challenges, because cars and trucks are owned by individuals with diverse needs, who are constrained by existing infrastructure and limited fuel options.

The state should modernize and upgrade the existing infrastructure to accommodate alternative and renewable fuels and vehicle technologies as they are developed and to address petroleum infrastructure needs to preserve past investments and to expand throughput capacity in the state.

Also, renewable energy infrastructure like bloated wind turbines can't exist without fossil fuels and «100 % renewable energy» claims are recklessly optimistic.

-- Daniel Nocera But even that price, which does not include the cost of the fuel cell that would be needed to convert hydrogen back to electricity, is not low enough to displace existing energy infrastructure, Nocera says.

PFIs must cease by 2020 direct, indirect, ancillary infrastructure and policy support for upstream and downstream fossil fuels, GHG - intensive projects, nuclear, large bioenergy and hydropower when more cost - effective and less damaging alternatives exist; All PFI investments must meet strict environmental and social development criteria and be assessed through a pro-poor, inclusive, climate - resilient and gender - responsive lens;

Therein lies the caveat: the infrastructure does not yet exist for many people to get the necessary hydrogen fuel to make the fuel cell go.

That might sound like an exaggeration, but since we can't substitute fossil fuel use nearly that quickly, it'd basically involve shutting down our existing infrastructure and moving to a non-powered economy without time to prepare and react.

Biofuels can quickly become a staple of a low - carbon fuel diet because they integrate well with the existing fuel distribution infrastructure and offer potentially abundant domestic supplies with significant opportunities for growth, the report says.

But if existing zero - carbon technologies can not affordably be scaled up to meet current and projected global energy needs, how likely is it that technologies either not yet invented or as yet prohibitively expensive can affordably replace the world's fossil - fuel infrastructure?