Sentences with phrase «into commercial fuel»

In addition to the known reserves, there are significant resources that, through technological advances and the willingness of society to pay more for them, may be converted into commercial fuels in the future.

Not exact matches

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.

Selective hydrogenation is the key to producing valuable chemicals, for example, turning triple - bonded hydrocarbons called alkynes selectively into double - bonded alkenes — starting materials for the synthesis of plastics, fuels and other commercial products.

Ultimately, this facility may be able to convert as much as 1,000 metric tons of biomass per day into liquid fuel; the goal is to build a commercial - scale facility that would churn out 50 million gallons (189.2 million liters) of transportation fuels per year.

Another company ready to make the leap into commercial scale production of algae fuel is Sapphire Energy, which operates a 2,200 acre algae farm in New Mexico where oil is harvested across 70 open ponds and refined on site.

Commercial - scale efforts have existed for over a hundred years that convert corn, sugar cane and other plant - based substances into a wide array of products, ranging from fuel such as corn - based ethanol to ingredients in many consumer goods, such as soap and detergents.

Nuclear Electric expects to finish loading uranium dioxide fuel into Britain's first commercial pressurised - water reactor this week.

Longtime oil refiners UOP have a new refining process that turns plant oils into jet fuel — that has, in turn, been used to power everything from a commercial jet to an F / A -18, dubbed the «Green Hornet.»

The government has already spent about $ 4 billion on the project, Scott noted, which is supposed to help convert 34 metric tons of weapons - grade plutonium from the former Soviet Union and elsewhere into fuel pellets for commercial reactors.

An additional benefit is that PRISM's solution turns plutonium into low carbon electricity, eliminating the commercial risks of finding willing buyers of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel on the commercial market.

Currently, major research has gone into hydrogen - fueled cars, but the challenge of storing and transporting gas remains a major hurdle to commercial - scale use.

Through a multi-step process in Russia, the bomb - grade uranium material was converted into a different chemical form and then diluted into low enriched uranium suitable for use in fabricating commercial nuclear power reactor fuel.

Yes, nanotechnology is becoming ubiquitous in our daily lives and has found its way into many commercial products, for example, strong, lightweight materials for better fuel economy; targeted drug delivery for safer and more effective cancer treatments; clean, accessible drinking water around the world; superfast computers with vast amounts of storage; self - cleaning surfaces; wearable health monitors; more efficient solar panels; safer food through packaging and monitoring; regrowth of skin, bone, and nerve cells for better medical outcomes; smart windows that lighten or darken to conserve energy; and nanotechnology - enabled concrete that dries more quickly and has sensors to detect stress or corrosion at the nanoscale in roads, bridges, and buildings.

Throughout its history, Centrus has been committed to the reduction of Cold War nuclear arsenals through the recycling of highly enriched uranium from nuclear warheads into low - enriched uranium to be used in fuel for commercial nuclear power plants.

«It can be used in existing engines and transported in existing pipelines,» whereas some current biofuels, such as ethanol, do not fit as well into today's commercial fuel infrastructure, he said.

Available in electric, dual fuel or gas, these ovens / ranges offer the same features as bigger commercial - style models but it will actually fit into smaller kitchens.

Just been looking up the sources for commercial CO2 and here is a short exerpt from google: «The most common operations from which commercially - produced carbon dioxide is recovered are industrial plants which produce hydrogen or ammonia from natural gas, coal, or other hydrocarbon feedstock, and large - volume fermentation operations in which plant products are made into ethanol for human consumption, automotive fuel or industrial use.

Here in Michigan, you're actually a step ahead of the game with your first - ever commercial cellulosic ethanol plant, which will lead the way by turning wood into clean - burning fuel.

It points to the current use of this process at a Conagra turkey processing facility in Carthage, Missouri, where a «20 million commercial - scale facility» is beginning to convert turkey offal into «a variety of useful products, from fertilizer to low - sulfur diesel fuel» at a potential average cost of «about 72 cents per gallon.»

EPA can integrate regulation of transportation fuels (and residential and commercial natural gas) into a Section 115 program:

Bloomberg Businessweek explains more clearly than EPA does why the agency had to back - peddle so furiously: «The Environmental Protection Agency proposed requiring less cellulosic ethanol to be blended into gasoline next year than sought under U.S. law because production of the alternative fuel hasn't reached commercial scale.»

Mandating the use of renewable fuels has, thus far, been a failed experiment; the lack of commercial - scale cellulosic biofuels plants in the U.S. has left it unclear if even a drop of cellulosic biofuel was blended into the fuel supply in 2011.

He said that instead Shell would focus its remaining renewable energy investments on biofuels, where it is conducting research into second generation fuels, so far with little commercial success.

Electricity generators typically use steam turbines to transform energy from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal into electricity that can be used for residential, commercial, industrial, or transportation purposes.

In recent years, the production of ethanol — a proven vehicle fuel — from cellulosic biomass, such as cereal straw or wood, has moved into the commercial demonstration phase.

Complaints of abuse of power in an economically uneven playing field fuels the necessity to inject natural justice into commercial contract and dealings — a path that is heavily resisted and avoided in the past.