Sentences with phrase «much higher energy demand»

«We found that polar bears actually have much higher energy demands than predicted.

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The International Energy Agency, a Paris - based think tank, said in its annual review of long - term megatrends in global energy that soaring electricity demand around the world will ensure that CO2 levels keep rising unless ambitions are ratcheted much hEnergy Agency, a Paris - based think tank, said in its annual review of long - term megatrends in global energy that soaring electricity demand around the world will ensure that CO2 levels keep rising unless ambitions are ratcheted much henergy that soaring electricity demand around the world will ensure that CO2 levels keep rising unless ambitions are ratcheted much higher.

By the 1973 oil supply shock, petroleum provided 50 % of the world's energy; overall demand is much higher today, but oil still represents 35 % of total demand.

Supercapacitors have a much higher energy density than batteries, meaning they can charge and discharge extremely quickly; this is useful to meet quick spikes in electricity demand on the rail system.

A mild hybrid concept, on the other hand, makes even greater demands, thus requiring a high - voltage battery with a much higher level of performance to also supply the electric motor with the energy capacity required for its drive function.

The company explained the iBooster and ESP - hev technology balance the use of the CT6 electric motors to act as generators to slow the vehicle and capture as much kinetic energy as possible during low - demand scenarios, while blending the traditional hydraulic brakes with the motors in high - demand scenarios.

Let consumers and factories face the high marginal costs of carbon, of new energy development etc and let them chose how much energy they really would demand.

For example, nighttime energy demand is much lower than during the day, and yet we waste a great deal of energy from coal and nuclear power plants, which are difficult to power up quickly, and are thus left running at high capacity even when demand is low.

If these customer demands for much higher levels of clean energy hold, they threaten the prudence of investments in new gas plants or upgrades to existing fossil plants.

(Notably, Shell's scenario shows much higher global energy demand in coming decades; growth outruns efficiency.)

In industrialized countries, where national economies are mature and population growth is expected to be relatively low, the demand for energy is projected to grow at the lower rate of 0.9 percent per year, albeit from a much higher starting point.

He questioned the ability of these two sectors to attract the necessary investments as well as the need for as much new nuclear or coal - based capacity as projected, since higher prices are likely to curb demand through better energy efficiency.

Solar can't produce electricity at night, but as we've seen in Germany and Australia it doesn't take a lot of solar capacity to start pushing down electricty prices during the day and that is very bad for the economics of nuclear power as it's a high capital cost, low fuel cost source of energy and reducing output during periods of low demand doesn't do much to reduce costs.

A Breakthrough analysis found that rebound effects as high as 60 percent (the IEA's high - end scenario) will have significant implications for global climate mitigation efforts, requiring as much as 13 percent more clean energy supply by 2035 to meet higher global energy demand — equivalent to the total energy consumption of 19 Australias.

When these five principles work in concert, post-occupancy studies have shown that buildings have much lower energy demand, high indoor air quality, thermal comfort and better acoustics.

The arrival of a new baby or the welcoming of an adopted child, always yields a much higher demand on a parent's energy than was expected.

Homeowners in the energy - producing West saw the value of their properties appreciate at a much higher rate than elsewhere in Canada, reflecting a shortage in supply relative to the booming demand for home ownership, says Royal LePage.