Sentences with phrase «term storage potential»

This study was interesting because it evaluated both the long term storage potential of these hydrocarbons in the body, and also a woman's ability to pass them on to her child through breastfeeding.

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The telegram seems to substantiate charges that politicians in the government of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl pressured scientists to recommend an old salt mine as a potential site for long - term nuclear waste storage.

As battery cars and plug - hybrids become more common the storage capacity and load - shifting (for charging) of the transportation fleet becomes very favorable in terms of load management — ditto the potential to use the fleet of parked batteries to assist during peak loads.

The CEO of Orsted, the world's largest offshore wind developer, has said that his company is working to establish «a scalable commercial model» for solar PV and energy storage, viewing both as potential drivers of long - term growth.

These materials could also play a role in long - term storage of carbon dioxide, a potential means of tempering the effects of global warming.

Knowing about carbon stocks in spatial terms will allow us to identify potential areas for climate change mitigation by conserving the existing carbon - rich pools and enhancing carbon sequestration and storage.

Greenpeace had told them that the EPR and AP1000 reactor designs were untried and untested anywhere in the world; and that the vendors and operators of the potential new reactors had not yet presented firm plans for the longer - term storage of spent fuel.

Although water storage and soil moisture are difficult to observe with sufficient spatial coverage, observational reconstructions of land hydrological variables and fire cycles (Maurer et al. 2002; van den Dool et al. 2003; Fan and van den Dool 2004; Littell et al. 2009; Wada et al. 2010) may still provide useful information to determine potential longer - term predictabilities.

Only 50 % Reduction in Upstream Emissions Possible According to the report Carbon Capture and Storage in the Alberta Tar Sands, CCS «has limited potential to reduce upstream emissions to levels comparable with the average for conventional oil,» with «even the most optimistic estimates from industry experts» showing reductions in the 10 - 30 % range in the medium term and up to 50 % in the long term.

Given the longevity of housing, this sector had the greatest potential for long - term storage of carbon in harvested wood products.

However, detecting acceleration is difficult because of (i) interannual variability in GMSL largely driven by changes in terrestrial water storage (TWS)(7 ⇓ — 9), (ii) decadal variability in TWS (10), thermosteric sea level, and ice sheet mass loss (11) that might masquerade as a long - term acceleration over a 25 - y record, (iii) episodic variability driven by large volcanic eruptions (12), and (iv) errors in the altimeter data, in particular, potential drifts in the instruments over time (13).

These baked - in options generally are also very rigid in terms of upgrades: no expandable storage or other potential upgrades that can be done on standalone boxes.