Sentences with phrase «on electricity emissions»

But few studies have examined the specific effects of climate on electricity emissions and air quality.

Not exact matches

As with carbon dioxide emission rankings, less developed nations tend to score better on electricity consumption because access to electrical power is not as widely available.

The main reason the US ranks so poorly on carbon dioxide emissions is because its per - person consumption rate of electricity is so high; all of that energy comes primarily from fossil fuels.

Huawei is building smart cities, and cleaner cities, that have helped many countries save on electricity, cut down costs, cut down on repairs, make the infrastructure more secure and emit cleaner emissions.

Newer SAGD plants such as Connacher Oil and Gas's Great Divide have managed to nearly eliminate fresh water use — they use non-potable water from aquifers and recycle it — and reduce GHG emissions by about 20 % compared to the industry average through more efficient burning of natural gas, cogeneration of electricity and reduced heat loss on the steam's journey underground.

Depending on the source, electricity can be renewable and emissions - free, in addition to which the company claims its process may be the most cost - effective out there, coming in at about $ 10 a barrel in operating costs and $ 10,000 per flowing barrel in capital costs.

NDP environment critic Peter Tabuns welcomed the import of more clean power from Quebec, but said the impact on consumers» electricity bills and the actual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the agreement will be minuscule.

Other downstream implications of CCS or other policy will depend on how they affect the relative price of electricity... and more expensive emissions reductions will make electricity more expensive than it needs to be, thereby limiting potential uptake of electrification.

They do not emit tailpipe pollutants, giving a large reduction of local air pollution, and, can give a significant reduction in total greenhouse gas and other emissions (dependent on the method used for electricity generation).

It currently offers futures and options contracts on coal, crude oil, refined products, electricity, emissions, liquified natural gas, natural gas, natural gas liquids and petrochemicals offered on its ICE Futures US, ICE Futures Europe, ICE Futures Singapore, ICE OTC platform, ICE Endex and Trayport markets.

The Alberta government received the final report from the independent panel led by University of Alberta economics professor Andrew Leach and announced its plans to phase out coal burning electricity plants, phase in a price on carbon, introduce a limit on overall emissions from the oil sands and introduce an energy efficiency strategy.

At that St. John's meeting, premiers signed on to the Canadian Energy Strategy, which was parsed predominantly for its stance on pipelines and action on reducing hydrocarbon emissions, but also included language on better co-ordination of clean - energy electricity transmission across Canada.

The decision has one down - side that the electricity market reform will have to resolve: by dropping the CCS levy on consumers and committing to taxpayer funding, it reduces the incentive of the existing power companies to engage with CCS, and reinforces the need for a strong emissions performance standard to ensure they have clarity about the low carbon direction of the electricity market.

She also collaborated with the Department of State on a program that offered mini-grants to encourage mini-grid projects that would deliver electricity to un-served and under - served people in India while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

EPA is expecting some states to cut emissions by switching to natural gas for electricity generation, according to senior agency officials on a media briefing.

Indeed, the Clean Power Plan proposed by the Obama administration to clean up CO2 emissions from power plants relies on capture and storage to allow coal - fired power plants to continue to produce electricity, but with less climate - changing pollution.

The Electric Power Research Institute's report on decarbonizing electricity generation said an «aggressive» push on new technologies could lower 2005 - level carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 41 percent in 2030.

Eliminating this financial risk premium makes nuclear power levelized electricity cost competitive with that of coal, and it becomes lower than that of coal when a modest price on carbon dioxide emissions is imposed,» the report says.

At the same time, nuclear reactors are still the only option for generating electricity on a large scale with no carbon emissions.

«We think that to get real zero - emission vehicles, and that's on a well - to - wheel basis, having renewable electricity producing the hydrogen is really the most environmentally friendly and sustainable way to produce hydrogen,» said Steve Szymanski, director of government business for the electrolysis system manufacturer Proton OnSite.

Ultimately, it will come down to how much value policymakers and consumers put on electricity that is renewable and emissions - free.

Stricter emissions requirements on coal - fired power plants, together with low natural gas prices, have contributed to a recent decline in the use of coal for electricity generation in the United States, she said.

Australia relies heavily on coal for its own electricity as well, emitting more CO2 per person than any other developed country, and its agricultural emissions are among the highest per capita in the world, mainly because of the large numbers of sheep and cattle.

This kind of efficiency could reduce GHG emissions in the U.S. alone «in the neighborhood of 300 million metric tons on an annual basis,» McCarl says, «principally from burning biofuels for electricity and [from] forest management.»

The RGGI program also might not actually curb emissions, because power plants are already emitting less than the proposed cap — due to take effect on January 1, 2009, and based on projections from 2005 — thanks to slower than anticipated growth in electricity generation.

Its members include many big American producers and consumers of coal, oil and electricity — such as Dow Chemicals and the National Coal Association — all of whom might suffer from controls on emissions of carbon dioxide.

(Reuters)- Carbon emissions and electricity demand in Australia have risen in the two months since the government repealed a tax on emissions, bucking a nearly six - year long trend of decline, an energy consultancy said on Thursday.

The major industrial emitters at refineries, cement plants, and steel mills could be required (or induced through taxation) to capture their CO2 emissions or to convert part of their processes to run on power cells and clean electricity.

At the processor and distribution level, greater emphasis on truck fleet - fuel usage and consumption of electricity will reduce emissions, the researchers said.

If all those pig feces were collected in lined ponds to let anaerobic bacteria thrive, they could become a renewable source of 1600 tons of biogas, which can be used to generate heat and electricity on site while simultaneously reducing Israel's greenhouse - gas emissions.

Indeed, he has evidence: the speediest drop in greenhouse gas pollution on record occurred in France in the 1970s and «80s, when that country transitioned from burning fossil fuels to nuclear fission for electricity, lowering its greenhouse emissions by roughly 2 percent per year.

To construct the estimates, the researchers used data on locomotive diesel consumption, pipeline pumping station electricity consumption, locomotive and power plant emission factors and the AP2 integrated assessment model, which maps county level emissions to costs for counties affected by the emissions.

The debate about how to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide often focuses on emissions from generation of electricity and transport.

The major industrial emitters could be required (or induced through taxation for tradable permits) to capture their CO2 emissions or to convert part of their processes to run on power cells and clean electricity.

Earlier today, The Hill newspaper reported that the plan «would roll back funding for nuclear physics and advanced scientific computing research to 2008 levels, eliminate the Office of Electricity, eliminate the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and scrap the Office of Fossil Energy, which focuses on technologies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.»

The surest way to achieve these goals would be for the United States to set a rising price on climate emissions, or create a «feed - in» electricity tariff that subsidizes an expansion of renewable power, as Germany and Canada's Ontario province have done, said Rooney.

Thus, the IPCC argues the answer lies in a portfolio approach to reducing emissions from the energy supply sector, including replacing inefficient power plants, cutting down on the use of electricity in general and potentially moving from large, centralized power plants to small distributed ones.

Roads in Finland in 2020 will hum to the sound of low - emission vehicles running on renewable energy, electricity, hydrogen and sustainable biofuels.

«The president is opposed to mandatory caps on greenhouse gases, opposing a mandatory 10 -[mile - per - gallon] increase in cars and trucks, opposing a national renewable electricity standard, opposing state efforts to cut emissions from cars, and pushing for new sources of dangerous pollution from liquid coal,» said Rep. Ed Markey (D — Mass.), chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, in a statement released after the speech.

Emissions across nearly all sectors grew in 2013, with increased GHG emissions from electricity generation, more vehicle miles traveled on the nation's roadways and greater industrial production, according toEmissions across nearly all sectors grew in 2013, with increased GHG emissions from electricity generation, more vehicle miles traveled on the nation's roadways and greater industrial production, according toemissions from electricity generation, more vehicle miles traveled on the nation's roadways and greater industrial production, according to the EPA.

They are popular during the peak electricity demand hours of between 4 pm and 8 pm (when carbon emissions due to generation on UK National Grid are highest), but watching is particularly popular in the late hours before bedtime.

Carbon Brief has compiled key indicators on the world's emissions, energy and electricity.

«Gazprom's customers in Europe — in particular utilities that burn gas to generate electricity — often need to offset their emissions under a European Union pollution trading scheme or the broader Kyoto Protocol on climate change.

Changes in regulatory approaches to restrict carbon emissions or tighten regulations on fracking could dramatically alter the cost - benefit analysis for using natural gas to generate electricity.

And yet, in terms of greenhouse - gas emissions, grid - charged cars are still cleaner than their gasoline - powered counterparts, and that's particularly true in California, where we rely largely on natural gas to make electricity.

Electric cars» upstream carbon dioxide emissions are also calculated using DOE data on the electricity source for each state.

Mazda has based these findings on what it calls a «well - to - wheel» emissions evaluation, taking into account the entire life - cycle journey of the corresponding electricity from its point of production right through to its consumption within the car.

Mazda isn't hedging its bets on electric power just yet, believing that until the worldwide electrical grid is predominantly powered by renewable energy, an electric vehicle's tailpipe emissions are too far offset by the dirtiness and high CO2 values of the fossil - fuelled coal, oil, and gas power plants that supply their electricity.

Thanks to its powerful and high - torque hybrid module, in the city the F 800 Style can run exclusively on electricity and therefore without generating any local emissions.

[166][167] A 2010 study conducted at Argonne National Laboratory reached similar findings, concluding that PHEVs will reduce oil consumption but could produce very different greenhouse gas emissions for each region depending on the energy mix used to generate the electricity to recharge the plug - in hybrids.