Sentences with phrase «of global energy supply»

It ensures the security of our global energy supply over the coming years and provides the affordable energy on which growth and jobs depend.

At present, 80 % of the global energy supply is provided by fossil fuels.

Under the IEA scenario, the share of the global energy supply provided by low - carbon sources would more than triple to 70 % in 2050.

Renewable energy's share of the global energy supply has increased from 7 % by 2004 to over 8 % by 2009 and 2010 (excluding traditional biofuels such as fuelwood and charcoal).

As a share of global energy supply, nuclear power has actually contracted since 1993, and not just because of high - profile setbacks like the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan.

«However, it will be decades before they take a major share of the global energy supply.»

The section on economic growth and free trade contains a short paragraph devoted to enhancing energy security, pledging «to expand the sources and types of global energy supplied, especially in the Western Hemisphere, Africa, and the Caspian region.»

While sectoral economic transitions are largely outside the domain and impact of energy policy, and deindustrialization is hardly a global strategy for rapid decarbonization, it appears that history presents at least one replicable strategy to accelerate the pace of decarbonization: the directed decarbonization of global energy supplies via the state - led development and deployment of scalable zero - carbon energy technologies.

«We are truly witnessing a changing of the guard of global energy suppliers,» BP Chief Economist Spencer Dale said in a presentation.

Not exact matches

The acceptance of the notion that global oil demand will peak within a generation is mind - blowing given that, just a decade ago, the chatter in the energy world was about a coming peak in oil supply.

The U.S. Department of Energy estimated «technically recoverable» shale oil resources of 345 billion barrels in 42 countries it surveyed, or 10 percent of global crude supplies.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

Meanwhile, the world's nearly 8 billion people and $ 80 trillion economy depend on hydrocarbons to supply over 80 % of global energy; oil fuels 98 % of transportation.

We supply most of the energy and food consumed at home, providing a cushion against swings in global commodity prices.

The global energy market is undergoing significant change — from the development of technologies that are dramatically increasing the energy supply to the emergence of alternative energy sources — creating the potential to reshape economies and industries.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that an average of 800,000 barrels per day in production were taken offline last month, contributing greatly to May's having the highest monthly level of unplanned global oil supply disruptions since the agency began tracking such data in 2011.

May 2, 2018 Global Energy Metals Releases Part Three in the Visual Capitalist Series on The Rise of Tesla Highlighting the Reliance on Sourcing Supply of Cobalt and other Raw Materials to Meet its Future Vision

Description: Global Energy Metals (TSX - V: GEMC, OTCQB: GBLEF, FSE: 5GE1) is focused on offering security of supply of cobalt, a critical material to the growing rechargeable battery market, by building a diversified global portfolio of cobalt assets including project stakes, projects, and other supply soGlobal Energy Metals (TSX - V: GEMC, OTCQB: GBLEF, FSE: 5GE1) is focused on offering security of supply of cobalt, a critical material to the growing rechargeable battery market, by building a diversified global portfolio of cobalt assets including project stakes, projects, and other supply soglobal portfolio of cobalt assets including project stakes, projects, and other supply sources.

Canada is an important global energy producer and the largest supplier of energy products to the United States.

«Any hiccup in U.S. refined product exports is highly disruptive to the supply chain given the dependency of nations like Mexico and other Latin American countries on the U.S.,» Michael Tran, director of global energy strategy at RBC Capital Markets, told Reuters.

This sea is also a major shipping route, the disruption of which would interrupt vital supply lines of energy, food and other trade with serious impacts on the regional and global economies.

Federal - Mogul is one of the leading global suppliers of components, accessories, and systems to the automotive, small engine, heavy - duty, marine, railroad, agricultural, off - road, aerospace, and energy markets.

I'm somewhat disinclined to believe that the current gold price is due strictly to excess supply with discussion of price manipulation always looming, but the general thesis remains that until these global excesses are mopped up, successful commodity investing will involve focus on a narrow subset of raw materials — in our case the Energy Metals.

Fast forward 6 months and the global energy market is in a state of flux with oil prices having declined approximately 50 % due to robust and unexpected supply growth.

As India modernizes, its middle class grows, and the nation assumes its new role in the global economy, energy supply will have to keep up with the pace of growth.

It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.

To assist with adoption of the technology in Australia, In Australia, CST Wastewater Solutions is partnering with national energy groups and global electricity generator suppliers to tailor Build, Own Operate and Maintain (BOOM) partnerships.

Diageo Baileys Global Supply, the Dublin - based international drinks producer, is achieving significant savings on its energy bill following its adoption of the new energy management standard EN 16001.

AMIC's Robert Barker said energy, in terms of costs and reliability of supply, was a key factor in the ability of Australia's processing sector to maintain a competitive position in the global meat trade.

As Roger Short of the University of Melbourne writes in the introduction, «The inexorable increase in human numbers is exhausting conventional energy supplies, accelerating environmental pollution and global warming, and providing an increasing number of failed states where civil unrest prevails,» among other faults.

Nevertheless, the demand side grows fastly with booming population growth and urbanization, while the supply side is more endangered with increasing water scarcity due to global change, limited phosphorus reserves and vast amounts of energy required for nitrogen production.

This exhaustive yet accessible look at the global energy supply weighs the future of fossil fuels and carefully considers the alternatives.

With oil prices soaring and concerns about global warming and climate change growing, the pressure is on to find new ways of managing the current and future energy supply.

The researchers assessed the impact of diet change on global water resources over four scenarios, where the meat consumption was gradually reduced while diet recommendations in terms of energy supply, proteins and fat were followed.

Holtec International is a global turnkey supplier of equipment and systems for the Nuclear, Solar, Geothermal, and Fossil Power Generation sectors of the energy industry.

James A. Edmonds • Member, IPCC Steering Committee on «New Integrated Scenarios» (2006 - present) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Framing Issues,» IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Global, Regional, and National Costs and Ancillary Benefits of Mitigation,» IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Decision - Making Frameworks,» IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group III, Summary for Policy Makers, IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group II, «Energy Supply Mitigation Options,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group II, «Mitigation: Cross-Sectoral and Other Issues,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Estimating the Costs of Mitigating Greenhouse Gases,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «A Review of Mitigation Cost Studies,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Integrated Assessment of Climate Change: An Overview and Comparison of Approaches and Results,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, IPCC Special Report, Climate Change 1994: Radiative Forcing of Climate Change and An Evaluation of the IPCC IS92 Emission Scenarios (1994) • Lead Author, IPCC Special Report, Climate Change 1992: The Supplementary Report to the IPCC Scientific Assessment (1992) • Major contributor, IPCC First Assessment Report, Working Group III, Response Strategies Working Group (1991).

This seminar, intended for students from all academic majors, will examine the evolution of energy supply, energy demand and the global energy system as a whole, from the rise of photosynthesis to the development of agriculture, the Industrial revolution, and the modern, carbon - constrained world.

They do particularly pick on processed meats, but in terms of global crises: «There is a... tsunami brewing, namely, we are seeing the confluence of growing constraints on water, energy, and food [supplies] combined with the rapid shift toward greater consumption of all animal source foods,» which, they note, are «inefficient, wasteful, and polluting.»

** CLIMATE CHANGE LESSON ** Included in the lesson package is: The teacher version of the PowerPoint The student version of the PowerPoint Three videos embedded in the PowerPoint Student lesson handout In order, the lesson covers: Weather vs. Climate Earth's energy supply The atmosphere Greenhouse gases The greenhouse effect Enhanced greenhouse effect The role of the carbon cycle Effects of global warming Historic climate change Climate proxies What you can do The student version contains multiple blanks that need to be filled in throughout the lesson.

In other words, fearing high gasoline prices, tight energy supplies and global warming, a significant number of people have an unsavory opinion of big sport - utilities, such as the Ford Expedition and Chevrolet Suburban.

It includes not only traditional energy companies, but also firms that are «energy - intensive» end users of energy who have the potential to benefit from the abundance of U.S. supply as well as growing global demand for energy.

Lewitt focuses on conventions of support and shelter, of energy and infrastructure, in the context of the surplus matter that is up - cycled into the built environment: a process by which the material byproducts of global energy production is itself magically accounted for as a stock of supplies.

That's one reason I wrote a Science Times article this week describing three books speaking from the middle on the twin challenges of supplying energy to a fast - growing global population and limiting risks from human - driven climate change.

But I think we have to expect that the Paris agreement will evolve as the seriousness of our global predicament grows on the public (and on the corporations and governing bodies that have such an undue influence in energy supply matters.)

«Thanks to abundant supplies and insatiable demand for power from emerging markets, coal met nearly half of the rise in global energy demand during the first decade of the 21st Century,» said IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven.

Global warming and energy supply isn't really that big a problem if we just let a few billion people die off and the rest live without most of their modern conveniences.

Localization will help solve required transitions from high fossil fuel and nuclear energy costs and global problems created by Peak Oil.This will be done by moving quickly to mass public and commercial use of economic and greener energy supplies from solar, wind, hydro and geothermal energy sources.

On that front, no one has better articulated the blunt reality of more than doubling the global energy supply (even with efficiency improvements) while deeply cutting emissions of greenhouse gases than Martin Hoffert of New York University and various colleagues.

-- Clarifying what this small group of countries can do to help forge a new global climate agreement in Copenhagen in December, — Working out specific partnerships to propel advances toward «transformational technologies» that could supply abundant energy to a growing human population without overheating the planet.

The result is a suite of 160 clean and neat «what if» scenarios, but very little (at least if the summary reflects what's coming in the full 900 - page report at the end of the month) on how the more aggressive scenarios for cleaning up the global energy supply might actually be achieved in the real world of competing and conflicting national, corporate and personal interests.