Sentences with phrase «intensive energy sources»

My first thought is that adding the cost of a carbon tax to the already higher cost of UFFs will make less carbon - intensive energy sources that much more attractive, encouraging more switching to alternative energy sources.

Thursday morning's session at the Papandreou Foundation's Symi Symposium focused on the «green economy»: how to craft economic policy that both internalizes the costs of a carbon - based economy, and creates incentives to move away from carbon - intensive energy sources.

The economic effect of such a transition involves a move from carbon - intensive energy sources, which require high amounts capital, to renewable sources that require high amounts of labor, so renewable production of hydrogen as an energy storage mechanism ends up boosting employment and economic growth.

Carbon dioxide emissions in Germany may increase by 4 percent annually in response to a moratorium on seven of the country's oldest nuclear power plants, as power generation is shifted from nuclear power, a zero carbon source, to the other carbon - intensive energy sources that currently make up the country's energy supply.

And the most important public good served by the carbon tax would be climate stability, brought about by the consequent reduction in use of carbon fuels and the incentive to invent less carbon - intensive energy sources.

Increasing the supply of renewable energy would allow us to replace carbon - intensive energy sources and significantly reduce US global warming emissions.

Global emission growth patterns are already changing — reflecting the more widespread use of energy - efficient technologies and less carbon - intensive energy sources.

Climate action — meaning, a transformation away from carbon - intensive energy sources to cleaner, renewable sources of energy — should be proportional to scientific certainty and commensurate with the threat.

The call for investors to divest from coal assets, one of the most carbon - intensive energy sources, has been primarily based on the harmful social and environmental outcomes linked with carbon emissions.

In order to decrease carbon emissions, countries essentially only have four options: reducing their population, cutting back economic activity, taking positive steps to increase energy efficient technologies, or expanding the role of less carbon intensive energy sources.

The other two phases focus on shifting toward less GHG - intensive energy sources, including increased use of on - site renewable power, and through

Also, support toward less carbon - intensive energy sources that could be developed domestically — such as biogas — could facilitate a less coal - intensive future.

The great bulk of their investments goes to traditional petroleum resources, including carbon - intensive energy sources like tar sands and natural gas from shale, while alternative investments account for a tiny fraction of their spending.

HP is also shifting toward less GHG - intensive energy sources, including increased use of on - site and off - site renewable power.

Subsidies that reward extraction and use of carbon - intensive energy sources should be eliminated.

Rural India and Africa require huge amounts of development and that development has bog all to do with developed world attempts to move to less carbon - intensive energy sources.

«I commend today's announcement that a growing number of investors are backing a shift away from the most carbon - intensive energy sources and into safe, sustainable energy,» said Ban.

Every year, the company digs hundreds of million of tons of coal out of the ground and sells this carbon - intensive energy source throughout China.

Despite lower - carbon rhetoric, shale gas is still a carbon intensive energy source.»

Not exact matches

A similar wells - to - wheels study released in September by IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates out of Massachusetts found fuels derived from oilsands to be just 6 % more carbon intensive than the average of all oil sources consumed in the U.S.

The energy - intensive mining project, Canada's largest single source of emissions, now emits 68 million tons a year.

Anaerobic benefits Anaerobic digestion facilities have been recognized by the United Nations development program as one of the most useful decentralized sources of energy supply because they are less capital - intensive than are large power plants.

As a result of their efficiency, anaerobic digestion facilities have been recognized by the United Nations Development programmer as one of the most useful decentralized sources of energy supply, as they are less capital - intensive than large power plants.

Anaerobic digestion facilities have been recognised by the United Nations Development programme as one of the most useful decentralised sources of energy supply, as they are less capital - intensive than large power plants.

Ban Plastic Bags: Polyethylene plastic carryout bags are energy intensive and a major source of litter, landfill, and pollution.

When ammonia plants first came online in the 1940s, most used water as their source of hydrogen; energy - intensive electrolysis decoupled the hydrogen and oxygen.

Converting poultry waste to solid fuel, a less resource - intensive, renewable energy source is an environmentally superior alternative that also reduces reliance on fossil fuels.»

Wheeler examined International Energy Agency data for 174 countries on investments in six low - carbon power sources (hydro, geothermal, nuclear, biomass, wind and solar) to find the incremental costs of clean power compared to a cheaper, carbon - intensive option like a conventional coal - fired power plant.

In other words, replacing coal with natural gas will not have much benefit until far down the road because building extra infrastructure requires energy which is currently supplied by carbon - intensive sources.

The information I could find on US bioethanol is not encouraging — according to a recent University of Berkley study (see here Source: http://rael.berkeley.edu/EBAMM/FarrellEthanolScience012706.pdf), US bioethanol has 13 % less greenhouse gas emissions than diesel or petrol, because of the energy intensive refining process, the energy input to farming, and fertilizer production and use.

There's the electric SUV approach, which uses as much or more energy than at present, but gets it from less CO2 - intensive sources such as the electric grid.

Having the human waste separated at source and processed on - site would lower costs needed in recovering resources, as treating mixed waste is energy intensive and not cost - effective,» Prof Wang said.

Steelmaking is energy intensive and one of the world's leading industrial sources of greenhouse gases, generating nearly two tonnes of CO2 emissions per tonne of steel produced and accounting for about five per cent of total GHG emissions.

Once green technology (solar and wind energy, and more efficient and low carbon intensive ways of production) becomes more profitable than the alternative (carbon intensive sources of energy, and industries that use them)....

And then there is climate change: Canada's tar sands are significantly higher in greenhouse gas emissions and more energy - and water - intensive than more conventional sources of energy.

[citation needed] Nevertheless, due to very capital intensive production, it is generally not thought that first generation cells will be able to provide energy more cost effective than fossil fuel sources.»

It may be that urban areas and irrigated areas are also heavily fossil fuel intensive, but they'd also be intensive of any other energy source which might replace CO2 generating ones.

Recommended policies and strategies include: (1) establishment of clear energy and climate change adaptation / mitigation policies in Africa; (2) implementation of renewable energy development - inducing policies; (3) creating conducive environments for private - public partnerships in clean energy development; (4) enhancement of broader regional and continental collaboration in energy and climate change policies; (5) accessing existing international funding sources for promoting less carbon - intensive energy technologies; and (6) implementation of energy portfolio diversification.

Electricity generation is energy intensive, and each source leaves its own environmental and ecological footprint.

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«To meet the new standards,» the National Journal says: «states will have to form plans that will limit emissions of ozone - forming pollutants from two major sources: stationary sources such as power plants and factories, and transportation» — which will reduce energy intensive economic activity.

But let's not forget the most CO2 - intensive fossil fuels (coal, tar sands) do still deserve the highest priority — and are hardest hit economically through proper understanding of carbon bubble fossil overinvestment and rising competition from renewable energy sources.]

Finally, latest global emission trends are higher than those anticipated in most IPCC scenarios, largely because of higher economic growth and a shift towards more carbon intensive sources of energy.

In the absence of this project, the tendency shows that fossil fuel - intensive energy generation sources would be used instead.

Cheaper energy sources will displace carbon intensive sources very quickly.

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Current methods of transforming salty sea water into drinkable water are land - and energy - intensive and are often powered by non-renewable sources of energy.

Americans also eat by far the most beef, the most energy intensive food source.

The group estimated that Amazon Web Services gets only 15 percent of its energy from renewables such as wind and solar power, while the rest comes mostly from carbon - intensive sources such as coal - fired power plants.

She noted that about two - thirds of Fortune 100 companies and nearly half of all Fortune 500 companies have made public commitments to shift away from carbon - intensive coal and natural gas to more climate - friendly energy sources.