Not exact matches
Instead of a world dominated
by renewable sources of power like wind and solar — as people concerned about the dangers of climate change would hope — PE execs see gas, oil and even coal as a substantial component of electricity and
fuel sources in 2039, according to recent interviews conducted
by CNBC.com on the future of energy as part of CNBC's 25th anniversary.
As he prodded the prime minister, Nye, best known as the host of the 1990s PBS show «Bill Nye the Science Guy,» and more recently for the Netflix series «Bill Nye Saves the World,» cited a study
by a group called The Solutions Project that concluded Canada could live entirely without fossil
fuels if it fully embraced
renewable energy
sources.
Nikola plans to process its own hydrogen
fuel at each station with on - site solar power, wind power or
by buying electricity created through
renewable sources such as hydropower.
Other environmental policies include promoting smarter energy use through the ecoEnergy Initiative; a Chemical Management Plan to regulate chemicals harmful to human health and the environment; $ 1.5 billion over seven years for the production of
renewable fuels; a commitment to ensure that 90 percent of Canadian electricity needs are generated through non-emitting
sources by 2020; and additional government funding to acquire and preserve ecologically sensitive lands.
Goal:
By 2050, Canada must be overwhelmingly powered by clean and renewable energy sources — wind, solar, water, biomass, and the heat of the Earth — instead of fossil fuel
By 2050, Canada must be overwhelmingly powered
by clean and renewable energy sources — wind, solar, water, biomass, and the heat of the Earth — instead of fossil fuel
by clean and
renewable energy
sources — wind, solar, water, biomass, and the heat of the Earth — instead of fossil
fuels.
In her first major environmental proposal, Nixon called on New York State to commit to 100 percent
renewable energy
sources by 2050 — a benchmark that has been something of a Holy Grail for activists concerned about the warming of the planet as a result of the burning of fossil
fuels.
«As a developed, industrialised country the UK has to lead the way
by ending our dependence on fossil
fuels, and investing in clean,
renewable sources of energy which we are fortunate enough to be blessed with in the UK,» Christian Aid's senior climate change adviser Alison Doig said.
And he argued the nuclear plants» output is needed as a bridge
fuel to help the state reach a goal of half of all New York's power coming from
renewable sources by 2030.
At the time of the agreement, Cuomo and the commission argued that the nuclear plants provide a clean bridge
fuel while reaching the state's goal of getting 50 percent of its power from
renewable sources by 2030.
The letter amounts to a defense of the Cuomo - backed Clean Energy Standard which is aimed at having half of the state's energy come from
renewable sources of
fuel by 2030.
Having the Belleayre, Gore and Whiteface ski centers join The Climate Reality Project's «I Am Snow 100 %» program is in line with Cuomo's Clean Energy Standard, which requires that half of all electricity used in New York come from
renewable sources, rather than fossil
fuels,
by 2030, the governor's office said in a press release.
David Tillman, a spokesman for Exelon, which operates the Nine Mile Nuclear Power Station, said the company has offered to provide Fitzpatrick's
fuel at cost so it can remain open while state officials work out the plan for how to achieve Gov. Andrew Cuomo's goal to get 50 percent of state energy from
renewable sources by 2030.
The federal courthouse was also the scene of a midday protest
by opponents of the CPV plant, who view it as a corrupt artifact of the nation's ongoing dependence on fossil
fuels as opposed to
renewable sources.
The wind energy industry, where Britain could be a world leader, has been thrown into disarray
by a published letter to Cameron calling on him to withdraw subsidies to
renewable sources of energy and stick with nuclear and fossil
fuels,
But I could imagine a day when the entire energy mix is
fueled by renewable energy
sources, and then all of the hydrocarbon products — consumable plastics, the
fuels that you need for long - term energy storage and heating your home in the winter — all of that could be derived from CO2 conversion.
By harnessing energy from the sun — «this handy fusion reactor in the sky,» he called it last night — getting enough
renewable energy on the power grid and smoothing out energy generation and use between peak and off - peak hours, the nation and planet can shift away from fossil
fuels» dominance as a power
source, he told the crowd.
Previously, researchers have produced hydrogen gas in microbial - powered, batterylike
fuel cells, but only when they supplemented the energy produced
by the bacteria with electrical energy from external
sources — such as that obtained from
renewable sources or burning fossil
fuels, says Bruce Logan, an environmental engineer at Pennsylvania State University, University Park.
Electric power generated
by renewable energy
sources causes substantially less pollution than energy generated from fossil
fuels, the report says.
And if plant life really does hold the building blocks for
renewable fuels, it would seem that we are literally surrounded
by potential energy
sources everywhere green grows.
According to Lester Brown, author of the 2003 book, Plan B (and three subsequent updates) and founder of the non-profit environmental think tank, Earth Policy Institute, the plan is based on replacing the fossil -
fuel - based, automobile - centered, throwaway economy with a new economic model powered
by abundant
sources of
renewable energy.
The technology could also supply a
source of
renewable jet
fuel required
by recent European Union aviation emission regulations.
But
by putting the targets into law and mandating a set of regulations — including requiring 35 percent of the country's electricity to come from clean
sources by 2024; establishing a voluntary carbon market; developing incentives to promote
renewable energy; phasing out fossil
fuel subsidies; and forcing companies in the largest carbon polluting sectors to report their emissions — they said the results could be groundbreaking.
Europe depends heavily on wood - based
fuels to meet its goal of
sourcing 20 percent of its power from
renewable sources by 2020.
The completed project will not be commercialized anytime soon, but it does represent an important milestone in the push for a clean - energy economy,
fueled by renewable energy
sources, such as solar power.
With Washington's large utilities required to generate 15 percent of their energy from
renewable sources by 2020 and federal mandates requiring 30 percent of gasoline to come from alternative
fuels, demand for bioenergy solutions will continue to climb.
Humanity must become aware of the urgent need to replace fossil
fuels with
renewable energy
sources to avoid the catastrophic scenario of using coal as an energy
source as well as to replace the current model of development for sustainable development, which,
by reverse logistics, with the reuse, recovery and recycling of materials, thus reaching the so - called closed production cycle, could delay the exhaustion of natural resources of the planet Earth.
Compare with: «
Renewables are the fastest growing
fuel source, quadrupling over the next 20 years, supported
by continuing gains in competitiveness» (to 2035) https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/pdf/energy-economics/energy-outlook-2017/bp-energy-outlook-2017.pdf
Since the majority of utility - supplied electricity comes from fossil
fuel sources and is
by no means «carbon neutral» your strategy needs to include a
source of
renewable energy.
We can't burn fossil
fuels they are too dirty, can't use
renewable sources as they might effect tomorrow's spotted owl and anything left is owned
by some whacked out dictator in the 3rd world.
The graph above charts the contributions played
by improved efficiency and adoption of
renewable electricity
sources as well as hydrogen
fuel cells (with the hydrogen generated with
renewable energy).
Therefore it has become urgent and compelling to develop policies so that in the coming years the emission of carbon dioxide and other highly polluting gases is reduced drastically, for instance
by replacing fossil
fuels and
by developing
renewable energy
sources.
Most auto makers agree that
fuel - cell cars powered
by hydrogen produced with
renewable energy
sources are the end game since they would rely on no fossil
fuels and emit only pure water.
The world's great forests are part of the climate machinery, and more than 195 nations agreed in Paris in 2015 to take steps to contain climate change, both
by managing the way they used land and
by switching from fossil
fuels to
renewable sources of energy.
The letter notes that PG&E's proposal — endorsed
by anti-nuclear groups NRDC and Sierra Club, which are invested in
renewable energy and fossil
fuel companies that could benefit from Diablo Canyon's closure — would not replace Diablo Canyon with power from clean energy
sources.
The IPCC's claim as to the world's ability to replace most of the fossil
fuel energy with
renewable sources by the mid-century is nothing but a hollow statement based on wishful thinking.
to take steps to contain climate change, both
by managing the way they used land and
by switching from fossil
fuels to
renewable sources of energy.
Instead, Sierra Club Canada advocates a sensible mix of solutions, involving the highest possible level of energy efficiency
by North American households and businesses alike, the deployment of
renewable sources such as wind and solar power, and a widespread shift to new, innovative technologies like hybrid and
fuel cells to move people and goods around.
And there's even more progress:
By 2030, the provincial government plans to
source 30 percent of its electricity from
renewable sources and even phase out another dirty
fuel: coal.
Reducing emissions of climate - active gases and particulates from large Diesel engines for ship propulsion systems and stationary power supply
by the application of
fuels from
renewable sources
This is perhaps of little surprise when we consider the World Economic Forum's finding that unsubsidized
renewables were the cheapest
source of electricity in 30 countries last year, or that IRENA has estimated
renewables will be consistently cheaper than fossil
fuels by 2020.
First, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
by helping developing countries switch from high - polluting fossil
fuels to wind, solar and other
renewable sources of energy.
By doing so, it helps maintain the state's status quo of having below average grid interconnection rules and incentivizing centralized, fossil
fuel - based power generation over
renewable sources.
The plan also calls for a focus on advancing alternative
fuel sources by MIT's vehicles, potentially adding to rooftop solar panels, and possibly adding new purchases of off - campus
renewable energy similar to the existing agreement for the Summit Farms solar plant in North Carolina, which was made possible
by the commitment from MIT and its partners.
Together, replacing fossil
fuels in electricity generation with
renewable sources of energy, switching to plug - in hybrid cars, going to all - electric railways, banning deforestation, and sequestering carbon
by planting trees and improving soil management will drop carbon dioxide emissions in 2020 more than 80 percent below today's levels.
Replacing fossil
fuels with
renewable sources of energy for generating electricity and heat will reduce carbon emissions in 2020
by more than 3.1 billion tons.
To decrease Monoglia's dependency on such
fuels and to reduce the environmental impact of the Mongolian energy sector, the government has set an ambitious objective:
By 2020, clean energy from
renewable sources is supposed to reach twenty to twenty - five percent of the Mongolian energy mix.
However, in absolute terms both energy demand and the share being met
by fossil
fuel are growing faster since 1990 than the growth in new
renewable energy
sources, which is accelerating, but not yet fast enough to curb the increasing global CO2 trend.
I don't want to further crash your little dance, but comments
by Liu Qi on CCTV (国家能源局 : 新能源发展规划将择机出台, http://www.china5e.com/newenergy/newenergynews.aspx?newsid=f7cd6f2d-ae97-4b0e-982e-93d8fcc87300&classid=%u65b0%u80fd%u6e90) indicate that the package will be split between
renewables and «scientific transition» of traditional
sources of energy (clean coal, alternative
fuels, improved transmission, etc.).
But the CPP guidelines could be followed only
by changing the power
sources themselves, from coal to natural gas, and from fossil
fuels altogether to
renewables such as wind and solar.
While Lord Browne's vision is not exactly popular in Congress, Senators John Kerry and Jim Jeffords have proposed harvesting 20 percent of U.S. energy from
renewable sources by 2020, while Kerry and John McCain crossed party lines to together push for higher
fuel - efficiency standards.