Sentences with phrase «natural gas efficiency»

She works in the Policy program and focuses on natural resources including energy efficiency as a mechanism to reduce air pollution, the water - energy nexus, and natural gas efficiency policies and programs.

Electric and natural gas efficiency annual incremental savings were increased to 2.7 % and 1.6 % respectively across all states, and heat pumps were increased to replace 16 % of fossil fuel in residential building heating.

In buildings, electric and natural gas efficiency annual incremental savings goals were increased from the Baseline Scenario to an average of 2.5 % and 1.4 %, respectively across all states; heat pumps replaced fossil fuels for 13 % of residential building heating needs.

Not exact matches

If current estimates are correct that the leakage rate is around 3 percent, then we calculated that switching all coal plants to average - efficiency natural gas plants would have little effect on the power sector's contribution to climate change.

«After substantially improving their cost structures through 2015 and 2016, North American exploration and production (E&P) companies will demonstrate meaningful capital efficiency to the extent the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price is above $ 50 per barrel and the Henry Hub natural gas price is at least $ 3.00 per MMBtu,» Moody's said.

Saving oil and natural gas through efficiency gains and investment in renewables would also generate profit by allowing BC to import less oil from Alberta and to export more of the natural gas it already extracts.

The Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) is a coalition of companies and trade associations from the energy efficiency, natural gas and renewable energy sectors.

Whereas today most British Columbians burn natural gas to heat their homes, 15 years from now many of those furnaces will be replaced by high - efficiency heat pumps — electric units that transfer heat from outside your home to warm the air indoors, and work even when it's much cooler outside.

WGL Energy delivers a full spectrum of energy offerings, including electricity, natural gas, renewable energy, carbon reduction, distributed generation, and energy efficiency solutions provided by WGL Energy Services, Inc., and WGL Energy Systems, Inc..»

The biggest improvements within the Index were in areas related to measures of oil and natural gas sector, such as imports, import expenditures, and oil prices, and to energy efficiency.

These forward - looking companies recognize that using natural gas, efficiency, and renewable energy are more profitable than retrofitting coal - fired plants — which are seen as being obsolete, inefficient, and highly polluting.

The state of Minnesota recognized Faribault Foods» efforts in 2010 with an Xcel Energy Efficiency Award for achieving the largest natural gas reduction in Minnesota.

Instead of investing in pipelines that could lock the state into decades of using natural gas, the «bridge» should be energy efficiency improvements, he said.

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Here in the U.S., our energy programs and policies are leading to increasing contributions from windpower, biofuels, natural gas, in addition to significant advances in energy efficiency in all sectors, and these are contributing to significant greenhouse gas reductions but, I believe those efforts could be significantly increased.

If natural gas — fed turbines could increase efficiency by just another 5 percent, it would save $ 180 billion by 2040 in electricity costs.

The utility will make up that capacity with three new natural gas units that recently came online, as well as through energy efficiency, new solar investments and slower economic growth.

«Other provisions within the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 would push for greater energy efficiency, updates to the energy grid, and a grid storage program; ease the permitting of natural gas pipelines; and permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which provides money for habitat protection.

There are also outstanding questions related to the real - world efficiency gains of natural gas fuels and the life - cycle emissions they produce based on methane leakage in the production process.

Consumption skyrockets even as efficiency improves To clean up its power sector, Singapore has switched from burning oil for electricity to burning natural gas, the cleanest form of fossil fuels.

Low - maintenance, high - efficiency gas turbines are playing an important role in this transition, boosting the economic attractiveness of natural gas - derived electricity.

Simultaneously increasing the efficiency and reducing the emissions of natural gas - powered turbines is a delicate balancing act.

The devices make electricity at an efficiency that can match a large natural gas - based power plant.

(C) Cost - effective energy efficiency programs for end - use consumers of electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, or propane, including, where appropriate, programs or mechanisms administered by local governments and entities other than the State.

-- Cost - effective energy efficiency programs for end - use consumers of electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, or propane.

Energy efficiency — wringing more useful work out of coal, oil, and natural gas — is the fastest and cheapest way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector are achievable over the next two to three decades through a portfolio approach involving the widespread deployment of energy efficiency technologies; renewable energy; coal, natural gas, and biomass with carbon capture and storage; and nuclear technologies.

Leveraging expertise to develop hydrogen - fuel approaches and improve the efficiency of natural gas engines.

Akerson also touted the efficiency benefits of commercial trucks and vans powered by compress natural gas, and called on the Obama Administration to form a commission to evaluate the nation's energy framework every five years for the next three decades.

Posted on 29 June 2015 in Driver Assistance Systems, Engines, Fuel Efficiency, Natural Gas, Transmissions Permalink Comments (2)

Honda Environmental Leadership In addition to producing the FCX Clarity, Honda has deployed numerous technologies to improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions, including those incorporated in the Accord Hybrid, Accord Plug - In Sedan, Honda Fit EV and the Civic Natural Gas.

Honda Environmental Leadership Honda's diverse portfolio of alternative fuel vehicles has included numerous technologies to improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions including the first EV leases in California (1997 Honda EV Plus), the retail introduction of America's first hybrid (1999 Honda Insight), delivery of the first fuel - cell electric vehicle in the U.S. (2002 Honda FCX), five generations of the Civic Natural Gas (first introduced in 1998) and the first gasoline - powered vehicles in the hands of consumers to meet stricter emissions standards.

The other positives — CO2 consumed, not generated — water turned over, not contaminated — air particulates, knocked down — and the highest efficiency energy source, renewable natural gas, made available and so - on and so - on.

Electric and natural gas utilities do not fail to save energy with high efficiency end - use products because it costs too much.

However, the true range of debate is really «coal versus natural gas, solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, improvements in energy efficiency and conservation.»

«If we want to minimise the rape of nature, the best energy solution is increased efficiency, natural gas with carbon capture, and nuclear power.»

A standardized unit of measure, the global warming index (GWI) namely the grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule of fuel delivered to the vehicle (gCO2e / MJ) is to be reported, adjusted, of course, for differences in the in - use energy efficiency of different fuels (e.g., gasoline versus diesel, versus natural gas or hydrogen).

When you compare current electricity and natural gas prices, the same unit of energy will cost you about three times more for electricity so you can expect to pay a little bit more on your utility bill, even with a sizable energy efficiency improvement.

Reason number one why we have to keep burning coal: you can't base a power grid off of efficiency and renewables alone and natural gas is expensive.

In the end, the only way to keep this carbon in the ground is to 1) reduce demand with greatly improved efficiency, and 2) introduce low - carbon alternatives in the transport sector that people actually WANT to drive (e.g., electric vehicles running on power produced with natural gas, renewables or nuclear).

Our analysis shows that energy efficiency is the biggest part of that least - cost solution, and as a result there is no need to rely more heavily on natural gas than would be the case in the absence of the carbon pollution standards we propose.

Even with the logic in driving efficiency, doesn't it still make sense to have an «all of the above» plan in shifting to less - polluting energy options, given how a shift from coal to natural gas — while not perfect by any means — also syncs with environmental goals related to other pollutants (mercury, etc.)?

While part of this drop is from the recession, part of it is also from efficiency gains and from replacing coal with natural gas, wind, solar, and geothermal energy.

An important question that political and climate analysts will be examining is how much bite is in the regulations — meaning how much they would curb emissions beyond what's already happening to cut power plant carbon dioxide thanks to the natural gas boom, the shutdown of old coal - burning plants because of impending mercury - cutting rules (read the valuable Union of Concerned Scientists «Ripe for Retirement» report for more on this), improved energy efficiency and state mandates developing renewable electricity supplies.

Today, API released a new report on investments in greenhouse gas - mitigating measures that illustrates the oil and natural gas industry's leadership in innovating the technologies and efficiencies to keep improving air quality.

A groundbreaking study released by Architecture 2030 this week shows that an investment of just $ 21.6 billion towards building energy efficiency would replace 22.3 conventional coal - fired plants, reduce CO2 emissions by 86.7 MMT, save 204 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 10.7 million barrels of oil, save consumers $ 8.46 billion in energy bills and -LSB-...]

Users can select from a list of 19 different policies and technologies — including energy efficiency, renewable energy, nuclear power, emission control options, and natural gas — to build a compliance scenario for their state.

First, the workshop will discuss ongoing refinements and progress made in the Energy Commission's electricity and natural gas forecasting process designed to improve the measurement of energy efficiency savings incorporated in the forecast.

No / Low Regrets Actions: (1) Fast Mitigation; (2) Renewables following sound engineering economics; (3) Increased use of Natural Gas internationally; (4) ABB's view on Energy Efficiency (supercritical coal); (5) Land / Agricultural Practices; (6) Win / Win Foreign Trade with Developing Countries; (7) Greater R&D.

I believe there are many paths that we can / should follow to responsibly address AGW (I listed 7 areas, such as fast mitigation, natural gas use (LNG), high efficiency coal plants, Renewables, etc).