Sentences with phrase «technology than wind»

There's a lot more to green technology than wind farms.

Not exact matches

The U.S. wind and solar industries employ over 300,000 people, making clean energy an important political constituency that is about five times bigger than the coal sector for jobs, thanks to years of rapid growth fueled by government incentives and declines in the cost of their technologies.

The tears and abrasions can be tiny, sometimes no more than 2 millimeters.But thanks to new technology available at four local hospitals, these minuscule wounds on victims of sexual assault are the telltale signs that Erie County prosecutors can now show a jury to take rape cases beyond matters of «he said, she said.

Although EPRI's technology judgments are based on its extensive research capabilities, its assumptions about the future for energy conservation and wind power are more restricted than advocates of conservation and renewable power say are possible.

A report by six members of the U.K. House of Lords says that the proposed Global Apollo Programme «would commit to spend at least 0.02 % of gross domestic product on energy research so that renewable technologies — principally wind and solar — become cheaper than coal in 10 years.»

Germany's offshore wind capacity more than doubled last year as investors warm up to the technology, helping Europe's largest economy in its ambitious push into renewable power

According to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency — ARENA, a governmental agency tasked with increasing deployment of renewable energy — which has invested A$ 9.9 million in the project a couple hours» drive southwest of Sydney, the co-location of solar and wind provides more continuous energy generation than having either technology working alone.

«Wind technologies generate far more energy than they consume,» Dale said.

SolarCoin chose solar rather than another renewable technology because investment in solar panels is easier than in wind turbines, for example.

Most foreign energy investment in the islands is in cutting - edge new technology, rather than traditional wind and solar.

«When it comes to life cycle greenhouse gas emissions, wind and solar energy provide a much better greenhouse gas balance than fossil - based low carbon technologies, because they do not require additional energy for the production and transport of fuels, and the technologies themselves can be produced to a large extend with decarbonized electricity,» states Edgar Hertwich, an industrial ecologist from Yale University who co-authored the study.

«Recent studies show that Chile has an estimated potential of more than 1.8 million MW in NCRE projects, including solar technology PV [photovoltaics], CSP [concentrated solar power], wind, mini-hydro, biogas / biomass, geothermal and marine,» said Carlos Finat, executive director at ACERA.

Governments that sign on to the proposed Global Apollo Programme, described in a report released today, would commit to spend at least 0.02 % of gross domestic product on energy research so that renewable technologies — principally wind and solar — become cheaper than coal in 10 years.

Wind and solar provide a much better greenhouse gas emissions balance than fossil - based technologies

Stronger, stiffer and more durable than most metals and at a fraction of the weight, carbon fiber enables a suite of energy - efficient and clean technologies from wind turbines to cars in an era of turbulent energy prices and a changing climate.

Combining onshore and offshore wind, hydro and innovative technologies such as concentrated solar power, GE Renewable Energy has installed more than 400 GW capacity globally to make the world work better and cleaner.

Combining onshore and offshore wind, hydro and innovative technologies, GE Renewable Energy has installed more than 400 + gigawatts capacity globally to make the world work better and cleaner.

«Advances in Turbine Components & Subsystems R&D» on May 19 and «Supply Chain Evaluations to Support Technology Trends» on May 20 will educate attendees about the technology advancements that will go into the next fleet of wind turbines installed in the U.S. and how wind is more affordable than it was just five Technology Trends» on May 20 will educate attendees about the technology advancements that will go into the next fleet of wind turbines installed in the U.S. and how wind is more affordable than it was just five technology advancements that will go into the next fleet of wind turbines installed in the U.S. and how wind is more affordable than it was just five years ago.

Larry Smith films in widescreen along the wind - swept west coast of Ireland, and despite using digital technology rather than real film, «Calvary» looks sumptuous.

And BMWs suspension technology is even better than ever, providing a very firm and solid ride through winding roads while ride quality never gets compromised.

More than 600 hours of development time in Chrysler Group's wind tunnel combined with segment - leading technology, such as active grille shutters and extensive use of underbody belly panels, helped Dodge Dart achieve its world - class aerodynamic performance

Dave Pericak, the global director of Ford Performance said, «Aerodynamics are more important than ever in this sport at the speeds these cars are running, so we used some of the best wind tunnel and computational fluid dynamics technology available to help create this new Fusion, and, fortunately, the Ford design team gave us a great vehicle to work with from the start.»

The first one, the aptly titled Game Developers Choice Awards, celebrated the best of 2016's mainstream hits.Blizzard and its multiplayer shooter Overwatch wound up capturing the objective «Game of the Year» and «Best Design» awards...... Niantic's Pokemon Go took the «Best Mobile / Handheld Game» category (along with, I presume, the «most likely to cause a bigger riot than Black Friday over an electric rat» award)...... Naughty Dog's Uncharted 4: A Thief's End got away with the award for «Best Technology» - after all, that Crash gameplay looked amazing!

I myself have been accused of being a paid shill for the coal industry, because I argued that rapidly deploying solar and wind energy technologies, along with efficiency and smart grid technologies, is a much faster and much more cost effective way of reducing GHG emissions from electricity generation than building new nuclear power plants.

1) That «clean» coal technology is currently far more expensive than existing renewable energy alternatives — solar and wind.

Today's mainstream wind, solar, geothermal and biomass energy technologies, combined with efficiency improvements, can do the job better, faster and cheaper than nuclear power, without the problems of nuclear power.

The potential for efficiency remains enormous, and given the likely improvements in technology and changes in societal norms over the next century which it will take us to do the right thing, we are likely to be able to cut fossil fuel use further than most people imagine possible, even if renewables don't become commercially competitive (which wind is already, and solar is in certain situations).

The technology of renewable energy is mature and tested, and costs of wind power are now lower than coal, and solar is getting close.

We need to do a «full court press» to switch from fossil fuels and nuclear (which also releases heat into water on a large scale, and supports nuclear military programs), using existing and near - commercialization battery, solar and wind technology, and design systems to cost - effectively convert the existing 600 - million - plus vehicle fleet rather than waiting for replacement.

Throughout the first term, the Administration took strong actions to cut carbon pollution, including investing more than $ 80 billion in clean energy technologies under the recovery program, establishing historic fuel economy standards, doubling solar and wind electricity, and implementing ambitious energy efficiency measures.

With the rapidly falling cost of solar and wind power, as well as energy storage technologies that make renewables more practical on a large scale, coal could lose its primacy faster than most expect.

Premature deaths worldwide from outdoor air pollution rise from 3 million today to more than 4 million in 2040 in the New Policies Scenario, even though pollution control technologies are applied more widely and other emissions are avoided because energy services are provided more efficiently or (as with wind and solar) without fuel combustion.

Once green technology (solar and wind energy, and more efficient and low carbon intensive ways of production) becomes more profitable than the alternative (carbon intensive sources of energy, and industries that use them)....

The scale of China's clean energy deployment, technology exports and outward investment makes it a key determinant of momentum behind the low - carbon transition: one - third of the world's new wind power and solar PV is installed in China in the New Policies Scenario, and China also accounts for more than 40 % of global investment in electric vehicles (EVs).

Successive studies have shown that CCS is generally more expensive than old hydro and on - shore wind but generally competitive with utility - scale solar PV, geothermal, and new hydro while being lower in cost than small - scale PV, off - shore wind, nuclear, and the many other nascent technologies — especially when the real cost of filling - in for intermittency is included.

«Onshore wind and solar are both now much more competitive against the established generation technologies than would have seemed possible only five or 10 years ago,» said Luke Mills, an energy economics analyst for Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Combining onshore and offshore wind, hydro and innovative technologies such as concentrated solar power and more recently turbine blades, GE Renewable Energy has installed more than 400 + gigawatt capacity globally to make the world work better and cleaner.

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.

Lastly, nuclear is safer than any other electricity generation technology, including wind and solar: http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/06/deaths-by-energy-source-in-forbes.html

Between 1990 and 2015 these technologies grew much faster than any other power source (Figure 6), with wind power experiencing the most notable growth - from just 0.3 % of renewable electricity in 1990 to 22.9 % in 2015.

Yet demonstrating large - scale technologies — such as advanced modular nuclear reactors, floating deepwater wind turbines, or carbon capture and storage technologies — typically costs more than venture capitalists can finance alone, leaving a large «Valley of Death» that kills off many promising technologies before they can enter the marketplace.

The new version of KWES still provides headline data on all fuels, and now also contains additional information highlighting the rapid growth of renewable technologies, for example that in four countries wind generation provided more than 10 % of all electricity, with solar providing more than 5 % in two countries.

With more and more companies being engaged in more than one renewable technology this seems inevitable, and I am often called upon to speak on more than just wind in various political fora.

Patrick Hearps, lead researcher, said «We found that the current cost of technology such as solar and wind today are already cheaper than the data that is currently used by the Federal Government and industry planning».

Our costs have fallen 58 per cent in the last five years, and we know projects that tap into Alberta's high - quality wind resources can produce electricity more affordably today than any other generating technology aside from combined - cycle natural gas plants and gas co-generation facilities.

Recharge News Almost 42 % more PV capacity was installed than wind around the world in 2016, according to SolarPower Europe and GWEC figures Solar power shot past wind as the fastest growing renewable - energy technology for the first time last year, according to a new report by SolarPower Europe (SPE).

Converting light into electricity with no moving parts is a profoundly different enterprise than turning a turbine to make power — the technology that is at work in coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydropower plants and, most visibly to the public, at wind farms.

J&D project that when accounting for the costs associated with air pollution and climate change, all the WWS technologies they consider will be cheaper than conventional energy sources (including coal) by 2020 or 2030, and in fact onshore wind is already cheaper.

However, within this time scale, I would expect the answer is more likely to come from technologies such as aneutronic nuclear than from wind.

bearing in mind that only a small percentage of earths population have access to electricity, if we enabled all under developed countries in the world with fossil fuel electricity and heating systems, we would likely have to cover every sq inch of farmland in trees to combat climate change.rather than outright fighting the building of wind turbines (that in future times can be repaired at a fraction of the impact and pollution of replacing them) we should be putting pressure on the manufacturers of these systems and technologies to invest more in finding green solutions to using the polluting chemicals in the construction of turbines.