Sentences with phrase «gas as a fuel source»

Driving Goals Ultimately, the road trip is to raise the funds needed to build greater awareness and further the development of hydrogen gas as a fuel source.

To their credit they are exploring options to use this gas as a fuel source next year.

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.

«While we know that gas can play a small part as a bridging fuel as to move to greener sources, the government's decision to sign off upwards of 30GW of new gas simply flies in the face of warnings about the consequences of a «dash for gas» on both consumer bills and legally binding climate targets»

«The economic potential from the Marcellus Shale could provide a badly needed boost to the economy of the Southern Tier and even many environmentalists agree we want to produce more domestic natural gas that reduces the need for environmentally damaging fuel sources such as coal,» his campaign statement said, while adding, «Existing watersheds are sacrosanct, and Andrew Cuomo would not support any drilling that would threaten the state's major sources of drinking water.»

Carbon pollution coming from traditional fuel sources such as coal and gas directly contributes to climate change and is associated with asthma and other lung conditions.

Walter sees the benefits of using methane as an energy source as twofold: «Not only does it prevent a potent greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere by converting it to weaker greenhouse gases — water vapor and carbon dioxide — but using it on - site would also reduce the demand for other fossil - fuel sources.»

Given this promise — in addition to a February 2012 Department of Energy announcement of a $ 30 million competition aimed at finding ways «to harness our abundant supplies of domestic natural gas for vehicles» — Duoba and his colleague have been ramping up vehicle systems analysis and engine research and testing around CNG as a way to wean ourselves off of foreign fuel sources.

By the mid-1800s, coal gas and solid coke had replaced candles, animal oils, and wood as the most important sources of light, heat, and cooking fuel in many European and American cities.

Domestic industries can make it from a range of chemical feedstocks and energy sources (for instance, from renewable, nuclear and fossil - fuel sources), and the nontoxic gas could serve as a virtually pollution - free energy carrier for machines of many kinds.

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.

Compared to cleaner heating sources such as natural gas, these dirty fuels produce high levels of particulate matter, exposure to which is linked to asthma, obesity, developmental delays, and other health problems.

One of the strongest greenhouse gases, methane comes from agriculture and fossil fuel use, as well as natural sources such as microbes in saturated wetland soils.

But unlike many of the industries capitalizing on the low price of natural gas, ammonia producers don't use it primarily as a fuel source.

Should the market demands for hydrogen fuel increase with the introduction of fuel cell electric vehicles, the U.S. will need to produce and store large amounts of cost - effective hydrogen from domestic energy sources, such as natural gas, solar and wind, said Daniel Dedrick, Sandia hydrogen program manager.

Continuing widespread use of coal and low - grade diesel fuel, which also produce fine particles of soot, leaves China's record as the world's largest single source of man - made greenhouse gas emissions unchallenged.

As Jiang explained, the efficiency of coal conversion technologies remains low, and coal - derived liquid fuels or coal - based synthetic gas have lost their price advantage due to falling prices for conventional energy sources.

A host of factors determine the role of electric and hybrid cars in reducing greenhouse gas pollution, such as whether coal is their ultimate fuel source.

Kyoto regulates all sources of carbon dioxide as well as other greenhouse gases, but reliable long - term data by country are available only for carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels (which accounts for about two - thirds of the human contribution to global warming).

«Hydrogen gas has immense potential as a source of sustainable fuel, because it generates no carbon emissions,» said Lawrence Livermore lead author Brandon Wood.

Mining free hydrogen gas as a primary fuel source could change that, but first scientists need to understand where the gas goes after it's produced.

Due to methane gas, as a primary energy source, having a noticeably lower cost than electricity, hydrogen could be a cheaper fuel for vehicles than electricity.

It will focus on catalyst development for four applications: proton exchange membrane fuel cells to convert stored energy in non-fossil fuels into electricity; electrolysers for splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen — a potential clean fuel cell source; syngas, a mixture of CO and H2, which is generated from coal, gas and biomass, and widely used as a key intermediate in the chemical industry; and lithium - air batteries.

The top sources of air pollution are the burning of fossil fuels (such as gas, oil, and coal) and industrial emissions.

A decreased «fuel» supply that takes longer to refill may not sound too flattering for a $ 29,600 - $ 37,000 car (before substantial potential subsidies), but while we're imagining, imagine the Leaf's «fuel» costs maybe one - fifth what you'd pay for gas — an energy source that's getting comparatively more expensive as years go by.

Here are the official numbers from the EPA 4x2 F - 150 3.5 L V6: 18 City / 25 Highway / 20 Combined 4x4 F - 150 3.5 L V6: 17 City / 23 Highway / 19 Combined 4x2 F - 150 2.7 L V6 EcoBoost: 19 City / 26 Highway / 22 Combined 4x4 F - 150 2.7 L V6 EcoBoost: 18 City / 23 Highway / 20 Combined 4x2 F - 150 5.0 L V8: 15 City / 22 Highway / 18 Combined 4x4 F - 150 5.0 L V8: 15 City / 21 Highway / 17 Combined 4x2 F - 150 3.5 L V6 EcoBoost: 17 City / 24 Highway / 20 Combined 4x4 F - 150 3.5 L V6 EcoBoost: 17 City / 23 Highway / 19 Combined Source: Ford Press Release is on Page 2 FORD»S BLUEPRINT FOR SUSTAINABILITY ADVANCES TO NEXT LEVEL; NEW F - 150 LINEUP INCLUDES HIGHEST EPA - ESTIMATED FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS AMONG GAS - POWERED PICKUPS The new 2015 F - 150 lineup — featuring the toughest, smartest and most capable F - 150s ever — now includes the highest EPA - estimated fuel economy ratings of any full - size gasoline pickup on the market When equipped with available 2.7 - liter EcoBoost ® engine, new F - 150 4x2 has EPA - estimated 19 mpg City, 26 mpg Highway and 22 mpg Combined fuel economy ratings 2015 F - 150 can tow as much as 1,110 pounds more, haul as much as 530 pounds more, has a 5 percent to 16 percent better power - to - weight ratio and new F - 150 EPA fuel economy ratings are 5 to 29 percent better than current models, depending on engine Ford advances to the next level in providing customers with more fuel - efficient vehicles, as the new 2015 F - 150 lineup includes the highest EPA - estimated fuel economy ratings of any gasoline - powered full - size pickup sold in AmerFUEL ECONOMY RATINGS AMONG GAS - POWERED PICKUPS The new 2015 F - 150 lineup — featuring the toughest, smartest and most capable F - 150s ever — now includes the highest EPA - estimated fuel economy ratings of any full - size gasoline pickup on the market When equipped with available 2.7 - liter EcoBoost ® engine, new F - 150 4x2 has EPA - estimated 19 mpg City, 26 mpg Highway and 22 mpg Combined fuel economy ratings 2015 F - 150 can tow as much as 1,110 pounds more, haul as much as 530 pounds more, has a 5 percent to 16 percent better power - to - weight ratio and new F - 150 EPA fuel economy ratings are 5 to 29 percent better than current models, depending on engine Ford advances to the next level in providing customers with more fuel - efficient vehicles, as the new 2015 F - 150 lineup includes the highest EPA - estimated fuel economy ratings of any gasoline - powered full - size pickup sold in Amerfuel economy ratings of any full - size gasoline pickup on the market When equipped with available 2.7 - liter EcoBoost ® engine, new F - 150 4x2 has EPA - estimated 19 mpg City, 26 mpg Highway and 22 mpg Combined fuel economy ratings 2015 F - 150 can tow as much as 1,110 pounds more, haul as much as 530 pounds more, has a 5 percent to 16 percent better power - to - weight ratio and new F - 150 EPA fuel economy ratings are 5 to 29 percent better than current models, depending on engine Ford advances to the next level in providing customers with more fuel - efficient vehicles, as the new 2015 F - 150 lineup includes the highest EPA - estimated fuel economy ratings of any gasoline - powered full - size pickup sold in Amerfuel economy ratings 2015 F - 150 can tow as much as 1,110 pounds more, haul as much as 530 pounds more, has a 5 percent to 16 percent better power - to - weight ratio and new F - 150 EPA fuel economy ratings are 5 to 29 percent better than current models, depending on engine Ford advances to the next level in providing customers with more fuel - efficient vehicles, as the new 2015 F - 150 lineup includes the highest EPA - estimated fuel economy ratings of any gasoline - powered full - size pickup sold in Amerfuel economy ratings are 5 to 29 percent better than current models, depending on engine Ford advances to the next level in providing customers with more fuel - efficient vehicles, as the new 2015 F - 150 lineup includes the highest EPA - estimated fuel economy ratings of any gasoline - powered full - size pickup sold in Amerfuel - efficient vehicles, as the new 2015 F - 150 lineup includes the highest EPA - estimated fuel economy ratings of any gasoline - powered full - size pickup sold in Amerfuel economy ratings of any gasoline - powered full - size pickup sold in America.

Along those lines, natural gas in China has continued to grow as a fuel source for both power and use in vehicles.

Our study does not address how the magnitude of the source types that we present translate into an overall climate impact for natural gas vs. other fuel types, nor does it address implications for natural gas as a bridge fuel.

An even shorter version is: It is getting warmer; CO2 is a greenhouse gas and so an increase in it will drive warming (logarithmically without feedbacks); we are taking many gigatons of C out of the earth and dumping it into the biosphere as CO2; the increase in CO2 and the change of isotopes in the C are consistent with the source being the fossil fuels we are burning.

With the degree to which the Obama administration has supported the gas industry as a transitional fuel to get away from coal, it is great to see Fox and Gasland II getting this attention and raising the issues related to this source of energy.

The piece effectively, if depressingly, reveals why all of the options for slowing or stopping the buildup of this long - lived greenhouse gas will be nearly impossible to deploy at a scale relevant to the climate challenge as long as conventional burning of abundant carbon - rich fuels — particularly coal — is the cheapest energy source.

The «growing realization of late» that without an economic substitute for fossil fuels as an energy source, greenhouse gas control is doomed is a no brainer moment.

Although many countries are looking toward low - carbon technologies and clean, renewable energy sources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuels are still our primary energy source, as illustrated in BP's «Statistical Review of World Energy 2012».

An anti-Kyoto, Anti-IPCC, anti-regulation lobby group founded and run by Frederick Singer, that has received $ 20,000 from ExxonMobil... as well as having received substantial funds from several other fossil - fuel industry sources including Shell, Unocal, Texaco, Arco, and the American Gas Association (see his sworn affidavit at http://tinyurl.com/2rrqz7; HeatIsOnline at: http://tinyurl.com/yqvozw; and Center for Media and Democracy: http://tinyurl.com/yloyf2).

A low - cost emissions - free source of electricity generation, wind energy will be essential if the province is to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent in 2050 as clean electricity will be needed to substitute for fossil fuels in transportation, industries and buildings.

Higher density sources of fuel such as coal and natural gas utilized in centrally - produced power stations actually improve the environmental footprint of the poorest nations while at the same time lifting people from the scourge of poverty... Developing countries in Asia already burn more than twice the coal that North America does, and that discrepancy will continue to expand... So, downward adjustments to North American coal use will have virtually no effect on global CO2 emissions (or the climate), no matter how sensitive one thinks the climate system might be to the extra CO2 we are putting back into the atmosphere.

The United States in 2040 will be more energy self - sufficient, a net energy exporter and a lower source of energy - related carbon emissions as clean - burning natural gas becomes the dominant fuel for generating electricity.

The campus greenhouse gas reduction plan outlined in the report centers on four key approaches: reducing the overall energy use on campus, reducing the use of fossil fuels in campus buildings and vehicles, increasing the use of renewable energy sources to meet campus needs, and minimizing the release of «fugitive» gases from campus operations such as specialty research gases in laboratory buildings.

This technical document gathers new knowledge about the potential of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) powered shipping in the North American Emission Control Area and identifies the necessary conditions for the successful implementation of LNG as a fuel source for shipping in the region.

Used as a fuel source, it's essentially carbon neutral because photosynthetic organisms survive by metabolizing CO2, a greenhouse gas.

Now hook up with natural gas, both at source and as companion fuel.

During a 10 - year investigation detailed in the latest issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research, Stanford University scientist Mark Jacobson isolated the widespread warming effects from all sources of soot â $» the visible residue of burned wood, crops, oil, biomass and other fuels â $» from the climate impacts caused by greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane.

1 Executive Summary 2 Scope of the Report 3 The Case for Hydrogen 3.1 The Drive for Clean Energy 3.2 The Uniqueness of Hydrogen 3.3 Hydrogen's Safety Record 4 Hydrogen Fuel Cells 4.1 Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell 4.2 Fuel Cells and Batteries 4.3 Fuel Cell Systems Durability 4.4 Fuel Cell Vehicles 5 Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure 5.1 Hydrogen Station Hardware 5.2 Hydrogen Compression and Storage 5.3 Hydrogen Fueling 5.4 Hydrogen Station Capacity 6 Hydrogen Fueling Station Types 6.1 Retail vs. Non-Retail Stations 6.1.1 Retail Hydrogen Stations 6.1.2 Non-Retail Hydrogen Stations 6.2 Mobile Hydrogen Stations 6.2.1 Honda's Smart Hydrogen Station 6.2.2 Nel Hydrogen's RotoLyzer 6.2.3 Others 7 Hydrogen Fueling Protocols 7.1 SAE J2601 7.2 Related Standards 7.3 Fueling Protocols vs. Vehicle Charging 7.4 SAE J2601 vs. SAE J1772 7.5 Ionic Compression 8 Hydrogen Station Rollout Strategy 8.1 Traditional Approaches 8.2 Current Approach 8.3 Factors Impacting Rollouts 8.4 Production and Distribution Scenarios 8.5 Reliability Issues 9 Sources of Hydrogen 9.1 Fossil Fuels 9.2 Renewable Sources 10 Methods of Hydrogen Production 10.1 Production from Non-Renewable Sources 10.1.1 Steam Reforming of Natural Gas 10.1.2 Coal Gasification 10.2 Production from Renewable Sources 10.2.1 Electrolysis 10.2.2 Biomass Gasification 11 Hydrogen Production Scenarios 11.1 Centralized Hydrogen Production 11.2 On - Site Hydrogen Production 11.2.1 On - site Electrolysis 11.2.2 On - Site Steam Methane Reforming 12 Hydrogen Delivery 12.1 Hydrogen Tube Trailers 12.2 Tanker Trucks 12.3 Pipeline Delivery 12.4 Railcars and Barges 13 Hydrogen Stations Cost Factors 13.1 Capital Expenditures 13.2 Operating Expenditures 14 Hydrogen Station Deployments 14.1 Asia - Pacific 14.1.1 Japan 14.1.2 Korea 14.1.3 China 14.1.4 Rest of Asia - Pacific 14.2 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 14.2.1 Germany 14.2.2 The U.K. 14.2.3 Nordic Region 14.2.4 Rest of EMEA 14.3 Americas 14.3.1 U.S. West Coast 14.3.2 U.S. East Coast 14.3.3 Canada 14.3.4 Latin America 15 Selected Vendors 15.1 Air Liquide 15.2 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 15.3 Ballard Power Systems 15.4 FirstElement Fuel Inc. 15.5 FuelCell Energy, Inc. 15.6 Hydrogenics Corporation 15.7 The Linde Group 15.8 Nel Hydrogen 15.9 Nuvera Fuel Cells 15.10 Praxair 15.11 Proton OnSite / SunHydro 15.11.1 Proton Onsite 15.11.2 SunHydro 16 Market Forecasts 16.1 Overview 16.2 Global Hydrogen Station Market 16.2.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.2.2 Hydrogen Stations Capacity 16.2.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 16.3 Asia - Pacific Hydrogen Station Market 16.3.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.3.2 Hydrogen Stations Capacity 16.3.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 16.4 Europe, Middle East and Africa 16.4.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.4.2 Hydrogen Station Capacity 16.4.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 16.5 Americas 16.5.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.5.2 Hydrogen Station Capacity 16.5.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 17 Conclusions 17.1 Hydrogen as a Fuel 17.2 Rollout of Fuel Cell Vehicles 17.3 Hydrogen Station Deployments 17.4 Funding Requirements 17.5 Customer Experience 17.6 Other Findings

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.

This evidence includes multiple finger - print and attribution studies, strong correlations between fossil fuel use and increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, carbon isotope evidence that is supports that elevated carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere are from fossil sources, and model predictions that best fit actual observed greenhouse gas concentrations that support human activities as the source of atmospheric concentrations.

This technical document gathers new knowledge about the potential of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) powered shipping in the North American Emission Control Area and identify the necessary conditions for the successful implementation of LNG as a fuel source for shipping in the region.

Finally, it should be noted that socioeconomic hypotheses associated with the lower emission trajectories (such as the one commented upon by Tim Worstall) imply a greatly increased use of nuclear and fossil fuels, especially cooal and natural gas, and the share of renewable sources reaching much less than the «80 %» claimed by the recent «renewable energy» IPCC report.

Railways are working on a transition away from diesel - powered locomotives to alternative fuel sources such as liquefied natural gas (LNG), but the pace is slow.

Getting greenhouse gas emissions to 60 percent below the 1990 level will require four types of measures: aggressive energy efficiency, aggressive electrification, decarbonizing electricity (such as by using renewable energy sources) and decarbonizing the remaining fuel supply (such as by using biofuels).

Moreover, in a world where fossil fuel resources are shrinking every year, and where the extraction of «residual» sources such as deepwater oil, tar sands and shale gas come with great environmental and safety risks, bioenergy production can also contribute to national energy security.