Sentences with phrase «fuel reduction targets»

That will depend in large part on the success of the international climate agreement adopted in Paris in December, which calls for keeping warming to 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels — through an array of individual fossil fuel reduction targets.

The H would also meet NASA's 70 % fuel reduction target, as well as the 75 % NOx emission reduction goal.

Not exact matches

This was a step completely outside the global reach of Boeing or the world's airlines: New aircraft fuels that met greenhouse gas reduction targets had to be developed and tested to meet tough aircraft standards.

In 2012 carbon emissions from vehicles on the road accounted for 28 percent of the total fossil - fuel CO2 emissions for the entire country — a sizable chunk to target for reductions.

«Phasing out cars that run on fossil fuels from cities is a good way to kick - start action but despite these headline - grabbing proposals the emission reduction targets in the plan lack ambition,» he added.

Research in JCAP targets the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to oxygenate products (e.g., MeOH, CH4, C2H4) as part of an overall solar fuels scheme.

However, Kia's engineers are targeting a significant reduction in CO2 tailpipe emissions and fuel consumption and a power increase of between 15 to 20 percent for any model which could be equipped with the new powertrain.

-- Targeted energy efficiency measures in buildings, industry and transport account for nearly half the emissions reduction in 2020, with the additional investment required being more than offset by reduced spending on fuel bills.

Furthermore, if you are talking about a 70 % reduction in CO2 emissions over 1990 levels (a reasonable target, but I do look forward to seeing the new IPCC outcomes for different emissions scenarios) then you can still use fossil fuels to meet that 30 % demand.

11/19/17 — Despite its stated goal of dramatically reducing carbon emissions by aggressively pursing clean energy technologies and phasing out fossil fuels, Germany is still burning lots of an especially dirty form of coal and is likely to badly miss its upcoming emission - reduction targets.

The inclusion of such constraints allowed the model to track how those emissions reduction targets (which were largely consistent with President Obama's Copenhagen pledges) might result in fuel switching.

Groups such as the American Institute of Architects (AIA) have endorsed an immediate 50 % reduction in fossil fuel - generated energy and a 10 % reduction target every five years until new and renovated buildings achieve carbon neutrality in 2030.

After the UK general election in May 2010, the Global Warming Policy Foundation began lobbying the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government to stop subsidies for alternatives fuels and encouraged the government to abandon the UK's emissions reductions targets.

Given the need for significant reduction in CO2 output (and the fact that fossil fuels will eventually run out), that leaves a target number for non-fossil energy that the various alternatives must meet over the next 100 years.

Exported fossil fuels don't count against reaching NSW carbon reduction targets, but the climate harm from burning exported gas could potentially wipe out any actual climate benefit of reaching our targets.

20 September, 2017 − New study says immediate reduction of fossil fuels combustion would help achieve the Paris Agreement's global warming target of well below 2 °C.

The study, Impact Assessment of Clean Fuel Standards on the Canadian Economy, states that biofuels could be responsible for as much as 21.3 megatonnes (MT) per year of greenhouse gas emission reductions by 2030 — approximately 70 percent of the 30 MT target set by the federal government.

To keep up with a 2 % annual reduction target in this case might involve other stategies such as hypermiling or eco-driving (i.e. fuel - saving driving techniques), or simply reducing annual mileage accordingly.

New study says immediate reduction of fossil fuels combustion would help achieve the Paris Agreement's global warming target of well below 2 °C.

For example, a country may have an ambitious emission reduction target but its legal framework may continue to give preferential treatment to grid - based large - scale utility energy generation, or subsidies for fossil fuels.

The AB 32 year 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets (year 2020 levels reduced to year 1990 measured levels) could be achieved by primarily addressing electricity generation and industrial sector greenhouse gas emission reduction efforts through increased use of renewable energy, energy efficiency and fuel substitution efforts.

Fifth, implementing emission reduction mandates and targets under each New England state's global warming solutions laws will likely cause economy - wide natural gas use to decrease by 20 percent by 2030, despite recent policies and trends that incentivize fuel - switching to natural gas.

May 10 (UPI)-- A new model tracks oil and gas extraction rates and how they impact the ability of major fossil fuel producers to meet global emission reduction targets.

It's primarily about reducing fuel consumption - they're also targeting a 30 per cent reduction.

Under IPCC carbon accounting conventions, exported fossil fuels don't «count» against states / territories meeting their carbon reduction targets.

Exporting fossil fuels puts us all at greater climate risk despite flying under the carbon reduction target radar.

Thursday the European Parliament's Industry and Energy Committee said it would push a plan calling for a 5 percent share of renewables in transport fuel by 2015 and a 10 percent target by 2020, a reduction from the 20 percent target set forth in March 2007.

«This hike in new coal power capacity highlights the urgent need for the EU to move to a 30 % greenhouse gas reduction target for 2020, to introduce an Emissions Performance Standard, and to end decades of subsidies for new coal build and its fuel,» says the EWEA report.

(IEA, 2012) Even if natural gas is a short - term bridge fuel, delay in investing in non-fossil fuel technologies may make it impossible to meet the emissions reductions targets needed to prevent dangerous climate change.

State of New Mexico Executive Order 2006 - 001 Energy - Efficient Green Building Standards for State Buildings (pdf) January 2006 New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson issued an executive order requiring that all new state buildings and major renovations meet The 2030 Challenge 50 percent reduction target for fossil - fuel energy consumption.

They will lock Europe into fossil fuel use, jeopardise emissions reduction targets and prevent investments in genuine solutions — like the development of community renewable energy resources, and energy savings projects.

First, a fuel economy standard is shown to be at least six to fourteen times less cost effective than a price instrument (fuel tax) when targeting an identical reduction in cumulative gasoline use.

Section 433 of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act commits new construction and major renovation of U.S. federal buildings to follow the 2030 Challenge targets for the reduction of fossil fuel consumption — the same targets adopted by 70 % of the top 20 architecture, engineering, and planning firms in the U.S., as well as the AIA, ASHRAE, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, many state and local governments, and numerous other professional organizations.

Instead, litigants could challenge the authorization of particular fossil fuel development projects or even the constellation of government actions over the past several decades which has left Canada unable to meet its own GHG reduction targets.

The AIA +2030 Online Series helps design professionals create buildings that meet the energy efficiency targets of the 2030 Challenge, offering strategies to reach a minimum of a 70 % reduction in building energy consumption and fossil fuel greenhouse gas emissions today, increasing to carbon neutral for new building designs by 2030.

But Sutley says that the Department of Defense, with numerous programs to shift to greener fuels and reduce oil dependence, has set one of the most aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets government - wide: 34 percent by 2020.

«This approach targets reductions achieved at a sectoral level — for example in renewable energy, energy efficiency, fuel switching and other areas — and is a key complement to more traditional CDM projects as a way to mobilize capital, scale up reductions and deliver benefits to households and small and medium enterprises.»

A simple method to determine if fossil fuel producers are on track to meet global emission reduction targets has been developed by University of Queensland researchers.

Targeted fuel reduction treatments can help reduce risk to residential communities and restore landscapes affected by past fire suppression, but can not overcome the increasing trend in acreage burned.

Without substantial replacement of needed energy by renewables your targets would result in a massive reduction in heating and cooking fuels, no clothing, no transportation, and not enough agriculture to support 7 billion people.

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.

Currently, if an energy company supplies more than 150,000 dual fuel customers it had to adhere to green energy obligations, including Carbon Emissions Reduction Target and the Community Energy Saving Programme.

Federal Center South is targeting an ENERGY STAR score of 100 and, with a design EUI of 24 kBtu / sf / yr, achieves a 75 % reduction in the fossil fuel energy over a typical office building in Seattle.

For example, in 2010 it was predicted that cleaner air from an emissions reduction target of 30 per cent by 2020 in the European Union would deliver savings worth 80 billion euros a year due to reductions in the incidence of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases (associated with air pollution from burning fossil fuels).»

«I spend a quarter of my fuel, I have a better, healthier, more comfortable living environment, and we don't add to government fines for failing to meet our carbon reduction targets.

In a press release issued Thursday, the Friends of Science state that if plans proceed to move our country away from carbon - intensive fuel sources like oil and coal, «Canada would have to be completely shut down in order to reach the emissions reduction targets, leaving millions of Canadians unemployed.»