Sentences with phrase «renewable future of the world»

Kerry should know that this shale gas mania would destroy the renewable future of the world that he so fervently preached yesterday.

Not exact matches

The backup power system recently installed by Tesla in Australia — the world's largest lithium - ion battery — has already responded to two major power outages after just weeks in use, an encouraging sign for the future of renewable energy.

Instead of a world dominated by renewable sources of power like wind and solar — as people concerned about the dangers of climate change would hope — PE execs see gas, oil and even coal as a substantial component of electricity and fuel sources in 2039, according to recent interviews conducted by CNBC.com on the future of energy as part of CNBC's 25th anniversary.

RWE is the majority owner of Innogy, and part of its strategy was to secure RWE's future in a world shifting to renewable energy.

As the world's largest provider of enzyme and microbial technologies, our bioinnovation enables higher agricultural yields, low - temperature washing, energy - efficient production, renewable fuel and many other benefits that we rely on today and in the future.

In a recent published statement, Tomas Kaberger, JREF's executive board chairman, said Japan's renewable energy expansion has provided «a bright future» for the island nation of 127 million people and world's third - largest stand - alone economy.

«Hydrogen is seen as an important future energy carrier as the world moves from fossil fuels to renewable feedstocks, and our research has shown that even garden grass could be a good way of getting hold of it.»

Performance Plants Inc.'s proven suite of biotech products in two distinct but complementary industries — food production and renewable clean energy — provide the most direct path to building a sustainable and profitable future for the world.

Bringing everything together, Sir Harry Kroto, Nobel Laureate for Chemistry and our Past President, talks on BBC World News about the future of renewable energy and how advances in harvesting the energy of the sun, such as organic solar cells and artificial photosynthesis, are being inspired by nature.

The star of the show is a major new work by the veteran US conceptual artist Bill Fontana, a multimedia installation that consists of digitally - augmented recordings from renewable energy sites all over the world that's been commissioned by Irena to help draw attention to issues of sustainability and future energy.

«His appearance was the talk of the 2,500 delegates at the World Future energy summit, most of whom had flown thousands of miles to discuss renewable energy and climate change and how to save emissions.

One of the world's most promising renewable energy markets can at last look to the future after long - delayed PPAs were signed

WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world's biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.

As such, governments, environmental policy makers, and investors worldwide; have to play their respective roles to ensure that renewable energy technologies become less costly and more efficient, to supplement heavy usage of fossils, and to meet the future worlds» energy demand that is estimated to grow by more than 50 percent in the year 2020 by competent energy researchers.

The IEA, for anyone that doesn't know, is the organisation which provides advice to the world's major economies on the future of energy sources including oil, gas, coal and renewables.

We're endorsing candidates up and down the ballot who are willing to fight for the fossil free future we need by supporting a rapid, just transition to 100 % renewable energy and opposing any new climate - wrecking fossil fuel projects — and who also share a broad, progressive vision for a just world where all of our communities can thrive.

Renewable energy sources possess a number of valuable factors that make them a sole world's energy supplier is the future.

Sustainable Energy for All seeks to improve the lives of billions of people across the world and to ensure a more sustainable future by working to achieve its three objectives: universal access to energy; greater energy efficiency; and increased use of renewables.

«Diversifying away now from fossil fuels, including oil and gas which face an uncertain future, reduces risks in its investment portfolio whilst allowing growing exposure to renewables — one of the fastest growing business sectors in the world.»

Though all of these forms of renewable energy come with a cost, all are superior to dirty fossil fuels and all have a place in the future of meeting the world's electricity needs.

The Abbott Government is committing Australia to an attempt to prop up the failing and polluting technology of the past and actively downgrading support for the renewables that are the way of the future; while the rest of the world moves on.

WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the earth's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world's biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.

The International Road transport Union (IRU), representing the commercial road users of the world, e.g. trucking companies, published a report called «the Commercial Vehicle of the Future» which listed road electrification as the most significant lever to reach the 2050 emission reduction goals and stated that 40 - 45 % of long haul road freight needed to run on renewable electricity by that year.

«Storage of renewable energy is the future and once again we are seeing South Australia lead the world in the development of a broad range of storage technology,» Koutsantonis said.

The rest of the world recognizes that the future of our global economy is in renewable energy.

Witnessed by the ambassador of France to the UAE, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed at the World Future Energy Summit event taking place this week in Abu Dhabi between EDF's senior executive vice president of renewable energies Antoine Cahuzac and Saeed Mohammad Al Tayer, who is CEO and president of utility and government agency DEWA.

Further north, Canadian environment minister Peter Kent has been telling the entire world that Canada's vast tar sands reserves are not only the wave of our energy future, but that they are safe and virtually renewable.

Dominic Waughray, Head of Public - Private Partnership, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum said «Reaching the milestone of 100 companies that have committed to 100 % renewables and joined RE100 shows the potential for business to lead, and collectively shift markets to a more sustainable future.

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The Future of Renewable Power in Mexico - Renewable Energy World.

In The Renewable World, a new book from the World Future Council, Herbie Girardet and Miguel Mendonca (Green Books) are very keen on techniques for improving soil fertility and biological carbon dioxide absorption, and talk of «carbon farming».

«The remarkable story of the transition of Port Augusta from coal to renewable energy — which won a competitive tender against fossil fuel — is also a preview of the future of power generation around the world.»

The scale of land use and other environmental impacts necessary to power the world on biofuels or many other renewables are such that we doubt they provide a sound pathway to a zero - carbon low - footprint future.

IN DEPTH One of the world's most promising renewable energy markets can at last look to the future after long - delayed PPAs were signed

Then you'll reconsider your advocacy of renewable energy and denial that nuclear is the best way to achieve global GHG emissions reductions as well as a sustainable energy supply for the world for the future.

Our latest analysis, supported by the International Renewable Energy Agency, provides an overview of the region's current and future renewable energy landscape and explores the UAE's role in shaping the world's new energRenewable Energy Agency, provides an overview of the region's current and future renewable energy landscape and explores the UAE's role in shaping the world's new energrenewable energy landscape and explores the UAE's role in shaping the world's new energy future.

I also spoke with 4 engineer friends of mine and 3 out of the 4 support more reliance upon renewable energy but none of them think they can power the world and that there remains many technical hurdles as well, not just for now but well into the future.

At this point, it's still too early to tell how the global economic downturn will affect ARGeo's future funding situation — what with the developed world beginning to rein in funds intended for developing world projects — but it's important to realize that geothermal will only represent one fraction (though a sizable one) of East Africa's renewable energy potential.

With many private corporations dramatically beating their own renewables targets as costs plummet, and coal use stalling in many parts of the world years ahead of predictions, it seems likely that the future of energy will look nothing like the past.

KiOR, once the darling of the renewable energy world, reported in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), that it has a net deficit of $ 629.3 million and said it expects to continue incurring losses for the foreseeable future.

Significantly, this remarkable projection about the future of electricity is simply what the IEA believes is now going to happen given the pledges made in Paris by the world's leading countries to rapidly expand renewable energy investment while restraining and, in many cases, reducing carbon pollution from fossil fuels through 2030.