Sentences with phrase «fuels technologies businesses»

The Refining Solutions segment consist of the heavy oil upgrading and clean fuels technologies businesses delivering a portfolio of catalyst solutions that apply to the entire refinery process.

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The Small Business Administration has invested more than $ 1.5 million in fuel - cell technology innovation.

During my visit, I'm not allowed inside the two buildings where Bombardier is developing its Learjet 85 and Global 7000 and 8000 business jets, product lines that will use new composite - construction technology to reduce weight and improve fuel efficiency.

The majority of the fuel - cell industry is rooted in the Northeast, but fuel - cell businesses there have only been cooperating for the past decade or so, says Joel M. Rinebold, director of energy initiatives at the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, the East Hartford, Conn. - based organization that oversees the cluster.

For example, generating efficient, renewable energy is a priority of the federal government, so businesses involving Cogeneration (using one fuel to simultaneously produce heat and electricity) or renewable energy technologies will find more government grant opportunities than others.

Fueled by web - based tools that speed up the application process, a new paradigm for evaluating credit worthiness, and the ability to leverage technology to help them determine eligibility (often in under an hour), these lenders may approve business loans that might be overlooked by traditional banks, and can typically do it in much less time than their traditional counterparts.

The technology giant reported the strongest holiday quarter sales growth in eight years, fuelled by its dominance in e-commerce and a push into new businesses such as advertising.

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This phenomenon is fueled by the advent of social networking technologies that enable buyers to interact with selling businesses and peer buyers.

11: 20 AM — 12:00 PM Executive Panel: Technology Innovation: At the Heart of Business Transformation Business transformation is being fueled by emerging technologies that can support changing customer preferences.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The remaining funds went towards two companies aimed at reducing humanity's dependence on fossil fuels and so counteracting the problem of climate change: Tesla Motors ($ 70m), a luxury electric car manufacturer that has since expanded to provide energy to homes and businesses through battery technology; and SolarCity ($ 10m) which seeks to offer a cleaner and more affordable energy solution.

Fuelled by cutting - edge beverage and food technology, in - depth channel experience and intimate knowledge of our customers» businesses, we create custom, on - trend taste experiences to drive business growth.

Our convenience solutions are fueled by cutting - edge beverage and food technology, in - depth channel experience, detailed consumer insights and an intimate knowledge of our customers» business needs.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Judy Patrick of the Daily Gazette about GE's newest startup, a fuel cell business that will operate from the Saratoga Technology and Energy Park in Malta and the high cost of school supplies.

The bill language also proposes changes to the Internal Revenue Service code that would terminate fossil fuel subsidies, extend renewable electricity production tax credits for wind - generated electricity and permanently extend a business energy investment tax credit for solar or wind energy technologies.

The model produces different jobs and growth projections for a business - as - usual scenario with no technology breakthroughs or major new policies, and then generates different outcomes by factoring in new policies such as a national clean energy standards such as proposed by President Obama; increases in corporate average fuel economy standards; tougher environmental controls on coal - fired power generators; extended investment and production tax credits for clean energy sources and an expanded federal energy loan guarantee program.

Through their control over transport and logistics operations, companies have the power to make deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, but business leaders are being wary as they select from a wide array of alternative fuels and technologies.

«Maybe we can have the best of both worlds: a price on carbon to create an innovative environment for clean technology in California and keep businesses within state lines and not cause an adverse impact on consumers through radically higher prices for transportation fuels or electricity.»

David Rutledge, an engineering professor at the California Institute of Technology who studies world coal production, said the IPCC's «business as usual» scenario is unrealistic because it essentially assumes that growth of fossil fuels like coal will continue apace, which is unlikely.

Valence has already modified a Prius... Marc Kohler, business development manager for Valence's vehicle systems program, says the major automakers appear to be acting disinterested, but it's not the full picture... «Publicly they have to say one thing, but R&D guys are actively researching it,» says Kohler, pointing out that high oil prices, national security issues, the fact that the technology is available, and the slow progress of fuel - cell cars has created an ideal environment for pursuing plug - in hybrids.

RICHLAND, Wash. — A team from Washington State University Tri-Cities whose business plan is to commercialize a WSU - patented jet fuel technology has advanced to the University of Washington Business Plan Competition's «sweet 16»business plan is to commercialize a WSU - patented jet fuel technology has advanced to the University of Washington Business Plan Competition's «sweet 16»Business Plan Competition's «sweet 16» round.

AvantiRenewables provides customers with flexible and tailored lower carbon fuel choices and one of its first offerings uses biomass technology to deliver heating and hot water for businesses.

Students in the intervention group were enrolled in programs of study / career pathways, many offered as wall - to - wall career academies in subject areas ranging from the health sciences, engineering technology, and alternative fuels to automotive technology, business and marketing, and culinary and hospitality.

Driven by simple economics and political correctness, businesses like FedEx, UPS, and the United States Postal Service (USPS) are developing fuel - saving technologies to deliver packages to your doorstep.

So much industrial capacity was added to the global economy in this China - driven, debt - fueled, technology - enhanced business cycle that it is taking a long time for demand to recover to capacity - clearing levels.

They also refine, market, and distribute transportation fuels and lubricants; manufacture and sell petrochemicals and additives; generate power and produce geothermal energy; as well as develop and deploy technologies that enhance business value.

«We believe Sabre's technology will help fuel the growth of Virgin Australia's business by providing new solutions that differentiate them and provide new marketing capabilities with their airline partners,» said Hugh Jones, president of Sabre Airline Solutions.

And these investments will help businesses develop new technologies that vehicle makers can use to meet higher fuel efficiency standards.

Solar has become a mainstream technology that Massachusetts residents, businesses, and institutions can own and operate; a technology that produces local clean energy, saves money, and lightens the electric burden on the utility grid while reducing the use of fossil fuels» said William Stillinger, President of SEBANE.

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.

Previous Carbon Tracker research has shown how the rapid growth of clean technologies is undermining the business case for fossil fuel investment irrespective of climate targets.

Australia can exit the fossil fuel business and instead export renewable energy technologies to the world.

Carbon Tracker believes that fossil fuel management are overly focused on demand and price scenarios that assume business as usual and so there may be a risk assessment «gap» between a management's view of the future and that which would result from action on climate change, technology developments and changing economic assumptions.

We can build more large scale fossil fueled power plants and continue business - as - usual or invest in renewable and more decentralized energy technologies.

J&D also note that by transitioning to more efficient technologies (for example, battery electric vehicles over the internal combustion engine, electric heat pumps for homes, and solar thermal energy with storage to provide baseload power rather than fossil fuels and nuclear) we can actually reduce global power production by 30 % compared to business - as - usual.

These sources of energy and efficiency technologies are in many cases cheaper than fossils, have steep cost curves, produce a positive ROI for businesses and consumers, are anti-inflationary because they don't use a commodity fuel or consume less fuel, have the ability to decentralize and stabilize energy supply.

And intellectual property law is often poorly suited to protecting important advances, including demonstration of the commercial viability of well understood but heretofore undeployed technologies, or innovative business models that bring down the cost of deploying fuel and energy - saving technologies.

In the case of CCS, this provides cover for the notion that we can can continue to exploit fossil fuels in a business - as - usual manner, because we will be one day bailed out by technology.

In that capacity, he helped manage the largest program in the world for working with businesses to develop and use advanced transportation and clean energy technologies — $ 1 billion aimed at energy efficiency, hybrid vehicles, electric batteries, hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, renewable energy, distributed generation, and biofuels.

Business representatives attending the conference said this was an important signal that investments in green technology would be a safe bet, and anyone with investments in coal, in particular, and other fossil fuels in general would be sensible to get their money out as quickly as possible.

But in a speech to a Greenpeace Business Conference in London last October, Ford said the days of such engines were numbered, after a 100 - year reign, and that they will be replaced by clean fuel cell technology.

So, I will continue to advocate containment of refrigerants used in HVAC and support continued reduction of pollutants from fossil fuel power plants and better applications of a mix of HVAC technologies to comfortably heat and cool homes and businesses at lower costs of operation.

Tackling climate change will not be successful by selecting certain technologies whilst carrying on a business - as - usual approach to fossil fuel extraction and high - carbon lifestyles.

Maya has used her skills in business development, sales and logistics, project management, budgeting and negotiation to promote fuel efficient technologies.

Renewables and associated storage, transport and digital technologies are so rapidly disrupting whole industries» business models they are pushing the fossil fuel industry towards inevitable collapse.

Although this technology shows great promise, many in the fields of life sciences and business have cautioned that there is no way yet of ascertaining when and whether biofuels will overtake traditional fossil fuels.

In the nineties he invented fuel saving technologies, and learned the hard way, as many have, that «enthusiasm isn't a good substitute for business sense and certainly isn't conducive to good science.»

Although KPMG found that 75 percent of companies have yet to provide investors an analysis of the business value at risk from environmental impacts, as companies become more aware of their exposure to climate - related risks, the demand for fossil fuel declines and cheap renewable energy technologies emerge, they will need to prepare.

Clean energy technologies and other business strategies that advance energy efficiency, decrease dependence on fossil fuels, and mitigate the effects of climate change are the way forward.