Not exact matches
Will governments, investors and
green - minded consumers, who put their faith in the sun's power to help wean us off our fossil -
fuel addiction, back away from another
technology that promised too much — in jobs and profits as much as in renewable energy — and failed to deliver?
If a climate coalition reduces its emissions, world prices change and nonparticipants typically emit more; they may also extract the dirtiest type of fossil
fuel and invest too little in
green technology.
CST Wastewater Solutions Managing Director Mr Mike Bambridge will be on hand to discuss these latest wastewater and
green energy
technologies that not only clean wastewater to top world standards, but also extract biogas to substitute for fossil
fuel in boilers and to generate electricity.
CCN is embarking on an environmental initiative that will see it use
technology from international
green energy leader Global Water Engineering to harvest biogas (methane) energy from waste water to replace fossil
fuels and provide reliable base load energy while simultaneously achieving much cleaner effluent.
The
technologies it distributes have won local and global awards, including recently the IChemE global
green energy award for the RAPTOR ™ system from wastewater treatment and
green energy authority Global Water Engineering (GWE) for
technology which replaces fossil
fuels.
«This world - class
technology — which can be applied globally by all community - minded companies with organic waste and wastewater streams — produces both
green energy to supplant fossil
fuel needs as well as delivering high quality treated wastewater to safeguard community water standards.
The anaerobic wastewater biogas
technologies — which extract methane to generate
green electricity or to
fuel boilers and other factory equipment — are particularly applicable to food, beverage and agribusiness companies, or any industry that has a biological waste stream or wastewater with high organic carbon or COD (chemical oxygen demand) of natural origin that can be broken down into biogas by anaerobic bacteria.
Anaerobic
technology is particularly applicable to countries suffering drought, where treated waste water not only provides
green energy to substitute for fossil
fuels emitting climate change gases, but also processes waste streams to high recycling standards.
This initiative will create numerous jobs and move our region into the 21st century by working with
green technologies that reduce our reliance on the combustion of fossil
fuels.»
New battery
technologies are going to be more and more important as we wean ourselves off fossil
fuels and adopt
greener energy sources.
A Solution In Motion No matter how fast and guilt - free this Audi feels, revolutions aren't guaranteed and they don't happen overnight: A lot of the
technology that is required to scale up the production of
green fuel is still in development, and
green fuels in general need statutory mandates to attain popular use.
It turns out they are indispensable for a range of urgently needed
green energy
technologies such as wind turbine generators, low - energy lighting,
fuel cells, rechargeable batteries, magnetic refrigeration and hydrogen storage.
Emerging
technologies could make the internal combustion engine substantially more
fuel - efficient, even as
green vehicles make inroads
It's a pairing of the
technology that could be employed to clean up coal - fired power plants with
green plants serving as
fuel after sucking in CO2.
Toyota's
fuel - sipping sedan has become iconic for gasoline — electric hybrid
technology, so much so that the model seems to cast a
green aura over the world's largest car company.
That's why SOFCs can be tallied as
green technology, even if their use of hydrocarbon
fuels entails releases of carbon dioxide.
If commercialized, the advance could make this
green technology a more viable alternative to fossil
fuels in the coming years.
Because platinum is at the center of many clean energy and
green chemicals production
technologies, such as
fuel cells, catalytic converters, and value - added chemicals from bio-renewable feedstocks, the new, less expensive platinum - copper catalysts could facilitate broader adoption of such environmentally friendly devices and processes, she added.
Sundrop
Fuels, Inc., a gasification - based drop - in advanced biofuels company, finalized a licensing agreement to use ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company's methanol - to - gasoline (MTG)
technology to be incorporated into a «
green gasoline» production facility.
The joint venture sees AvantiGas, national supplier of LPG, and Duncan Renewables, award - winning experts in the provision of renewable energy
technologies, collaborate to help customers navigate towards
greener fuel solutions.
They use computer diagnostic equipment to fix cars, and learn the
green technologies of hybrid vehicles and hydrogen
fuel cells.
Honda's so - called
Green Wave
technology aims to promote safety and better
fuel economy by providing the driver with directions on how to drive.
Green technology and
fuel efficiency will take center stage on the stands of most automakers at the show.
4WD 3.5 L V6 Flex
Fuel Ti - VCT Awards: * NACTOY North American Truck of the Year *
Green Car Journal
Green Car
Technology Award * 2015 KBB.com Brand Image Awards Based on 2017 EPA mileage ratings.
At the same time, the judges picked Land Rover's all - new Range Sport as the «Best Utility Vehicle» in the show because its all - new design and technological innovation, while Cadillac's new ELR plug - in electric vehicle was tapped as «Best
Green Technology Vehicle» for its outstanding design and superb
fuel economy.
If all of that
fuel - economy
technology wasn't enough, the 2012 Civic Hybrid features a color - coded economy indicator in its instrument cluster that glows
green when you're driving economically and blue when not, and an Econ button that tunes the climate control systems, engine characteristics, and throttle response curve to help you optimize your driving style.
The RAV4 Hybrid adds
green technology to your weekend adventure, sporting better
fuel economy in the same stylish RAV4 body we've come to know and love.
Under the PURE DRIVE label, Nissan manufactures an extended line - up of environmentally friendly, internal combustion engine vehicles offering class - leading
fuel efficiency supported by advanced
green technologies.
Honda views
fuel cells as the ultimate zero - emissions vehicle technology and the Clarity Fuel Cell offers green early adopters the latest technology to be on the forefront of «what's next.&ra
fuel cells as the ultimate zero - emissions vehicle
technology and the Clarity
Fuel Cell offers green early adopters the latest technology to be on the forefront of «what's next.&ra
Fuel Cell offers
green early adopters the latest
technology to be on the forefront of «what's next.»
Honda Clarity
Fuel Cell Honda views fuel cells as the ultimate zero - emissions vehicle technology and the Clarity Fuel Cell offers green early adopters the latest technology to be on the forefront of «what's next.&ra
Fuel Cell Honda views
fuel cells as the ultimate zero - emissions vehicle technology and the Clarity Fuel Cell offers green early adopters the latest technology to be on the forefront of «what's next.&ra
fuel cells as the ultimate zero - emissions vehicle
technology and the Clarity
Fuel Cell offers green early adopters the latest technology to be on the forefront of «what's next.&ra
Fuel Cell offers
green early adopters the latest
technology to be on the forefront of «what's next.»
Using the beautiful body that is the A7 as a guinea pig for hydrogen
fuel - cell
technology, Audi is showing that it has a
green conscience.
Named International Engine of the Year in 2004,
Green Engine of the Year and Best
Fuel Economy Engine of the Year for the fifth consecutive year in 2008, Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive ® represents the ultimate synergy of high
technology and environmentally - conscientious forward thinking in powertrain design.
Reduced the park's overall
fuel consumption with Michelin's industry - leading
green tire
technologies
The innovative
technology known as «Torque Multiplication» was first designed to gain greater
fuel efficiency and support our global need for «cleaner,
greener cars».
More from The Guardian: «Sarah Evans, vice-president for communications at the X Prize Foundation, said that the foundation would bring together experts in the aviation and
green technology sectors, including representatives from the Federal Aviation Authority's commercial aviation alternative
fuel initiative, to hammer out the exact details of the competition, with the aim of announcing final plans in summer next year.
And it certainly would end any chance of a lot of
green technologies ever being adapted (solar panels, biodiesal, and hydrogen
fuel cells in particular).
The current fossil
fuel energy pricing reality along with new exploration and production
technology is providing an economic basis for an immediate, practical transition and conversion to
greener energy supplies of wind, solar, geothermal and hydropower.
When they're burning
fuels, no matter how we «
Green Wash» them, they're emitting carbon Once you have a «carbon free» electricity supply then using proven
technology with either air source or ground source heat pumps is the only way to have «carbon free» space heating and domestic hot water.
This is one in a series of short videos where Carbon Tracker compares some of the key findings of its latest report» Expect the Unexpected — The Disruptive Power of Low - carbon
Technology», produced in partnership with Grantham Institute at Imperial College London, with recent news form the fossil
fuel and
green energy industries.
In recent years, Harvard faculty members have made many vital contributions in this area, such as creating an artificial leaf that mimics photosynthesis, designing new chemical processes to reduce fossil
fuel dependence, developing new battery
technologies, envisioning the future of
green buildings and cities, proposing carbon pricing models, and helping to shape progress on international climate agreements, US energy policy, and strategies to reduce emissions in China.
bearing in mind that only a small percentage of earths population have access to electricity, if we enabled all under developed countries in the world with fossil
fuel electricity and heating systems, we would likely have to cover every sq inch of farmland in trees to combat climate change.rather than outright fighting the building of wind turbines (that in future times can be repaired at a fraction of the impact and pollution of replacing them) we should be putting pressure on the manufacturers of these systems and
technologies to invest more in finding
green solutions to using the polluting chemicals in the construction of turbines.
From puchases of locally produced and sustainable products and
fuel efficient vehicles to a commitment to renewable energy and
green building design, public institutions often put their sizable purchasing power to work to create demand for responsible, sustainable, and often cutting edge products and
technologies.
The quest for clean
technologies to replace fossil
fuels will receive a huge boost today, with the Paris launch of two multi-billion dollar coalitions to drive research and development in
green energy.
RAC is calling on the government to invest more in rail infrastructure and
technology to reduce
fuel emissions, and recommends that revenues collected from carbon pricing programs be directed to rail, similar to what the Quebec government has done with its
Green Fund.
«Supporting climate policy base on some sort of cap and trade, assistance,
green technology which contributes to solving our fossil
fuel dependence only makes sense if the costs are less than the benefits, otherwise it is a lose - lose proposition»
Says the report: «Increasingly, worldwide regulations are leaving fossil
fuel investments as stranded assets with pension funds heeding the call to divest from fossil
fuels and invest in
green technologies.
China currently supplies 97 % of the so - called Rare Earths - metal elements which are vital to
green technologies like electric cars,
fuel cells or wind turbines, not to mention iPhones, plasma screens, and myriads of other consumer goods.
Primus
Green Energy Inc., an alternative
fuel company that converts natural gas and other feedstocks directly into drop - in transportation
fuels and solvents (earlier post), announced that its patent application covering its STG + liquid
fuel synthesis
technology has been allowed by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
«all of these
green technologies are highly capital intensive» indeed & the «
fuel» is free, although this was not mentioned..
If these limits did not exist and there really could be a tipping point beyond which these
green technologies would mercilessly sweep aside fossil
fuels for good, I'd be all for it.