Sentences with phrase «of global electricity production»

In electric lighting alone, which uses 19 % of global electricity production, IEA analysis concludes that energy needs could be reduced by 38 % if the least - cost technologies were adopted — at no loss of service to consumers.

In the near future, as older power stations are taken off - line, nuclear's share of global electricity production will fall precipitously unless new plants are built.

[4] This corresponds to 8 % of global electricity production in the same year (22,740 TWh).

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Fossil fuel - based electricity production is responsible for about 38 percent of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions — CO2 pollution being the major cause of global climate change.

Carbon dioxide emissions pathways defined in, or derived from, the original set of Representative Concentration pathways (RCPs), for the global total carbon dioxide emissions as well as for the carbon dioxide emissions attributable to U.S. electricity production.

GCAM reference scenario results showing a global GDP and population drivers, b global primary energy consumption by fuel source, c global electricity production by technology, and d global allocation of land among major land cover and land use categories

Going forward, we will promote fuel - switching from coal to gas for electricity production and encourage the development of a global market for gas.

The last two made 18 percent of the world's 2009 electricity (while nuclear made 13 percent, reversing their 2000 shares)-- and made over 90 percent of the 2007 to 2008 increase in global electricity production.

Electricity output from solar PVs is approaching 1 % of total global electricity production, according Electricity output from solar PVs is approaching 1 % of total global electricity production, according electricity production, according to the IEA.

Cost advantages of hydropower based electricity generation and the substitution of fossil fuel based power production in an attempt to reduce carbon emission is expected to drive global hydropower market demand.

While total output from low carbon technologies, such as hydro, wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and nuclear power, has continued to grow, their share of global primary energy supply has remained relatively constant; fossil fuels have maintained their dominance and carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) has yet to be applied to electricity production at scale.

When asked by The Daily Called News Foundation why the EPA continues futile global warming policies and only encourages some forms of electricity production that don't produce CO2 the panel said that this was due to the agency's quirks.

Emerging countries are building a large number of hydroelectric facilities and global production of electricity from hydropower will double over the next couple of decades as they come online.

Over the vehicle's lifetime, however, the global warming emissions benefits of driving on electricity far outweigh the emissions costs of vehicle manufacturing; most EVs «pay back» their production emissions within one or two years of driving, a period that will shorten as electricity grids get cleaner.

Using the latest data about how electricity is generated around the country, as well as crunching the numbers on the energy and materials required to build the batteries that power electric cars, UCS analysts examined all global warming emissions created during an electric car's lifetime — from its production and years of driving to its eventual retirement.

In order to estimate the revenues of the industries that were involved in fossil fuel production, transportation, refining, and electricity generation, I used the Fortune Global 500 list of the largest publicly - traded companies in 2008 (published in 2009).

While the SE4All objectives do not explicitly address climate change, it is clear that sustainable energy is a prerequisite for reducing greenhouse gas emissions: 80 % of human carbon dioxide emissions come from the global energy system, including transportation, buildings, industry, and electricity, heat, and fuel production.