Sentences with phrase «use of renewable ones»

More seriously the increased production will speed up the exhaustion of nonrenewable resources and make more difficult the attainment of sustainable use of renewable ones.

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For example, generating efficient, renewable energy is a priority of the federal government, so businesses involving Cogeneration (using one fuel to simultaneously produce heat and electricity) or renewable energy technologies will find more government grant opportunities than others.

One way is by increasing our use of renewable electricity.

It's going to be one of the major topics at a regional Climate Solutions Summit in Syracuse this weekend, as the city hopes to take the lead on an energy supply model that uses renewable energy.

Trade and industry minister Lord Truscott makes the case for nuclear power as just one part of an overall strategy, which includes greater energy efficiency and more use of renewables such as wind, wave and solar power.

He said the new - look Energy Saving Trust would act as a one - stop shop to extend the use of renewable energy at home and improve efficiency.

PepsiAmericas Schaumburg, IL Food & Beverage 157 million green kWh, 100 % of total power used Quick to follow the lead of PepsiCo, PepsiAmericas — which, like the Pepsi Bottling Group, is one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of the soda company's products — went all - renewable in a flash.

But one of the things that I have been very impressed by here is a lot of the stories of hope; many folks have traveled a long way to share what they are doing on a very local level to help combat climate change, and that's everything from, kind of, rural electrification in Africa and India, you know, bringing light to people who are still using dung or coal for cooking and heating and dying from indoor air pollution to, you know, major renewable energy projects, say, here in Denmark where they now get 20 percent of their electricity from wind power.

One of the Royal Scientific Society's pursuits is the Trans - Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation, or TREC, a multinational effort that would use wind, water, geothermal, and solar resources to provide renewable energy from Oman toRenewable Energy Cooperation, or TREC, a multinational effort that would use wind, water, geothermal, and solar resources to provide renewable energy from Oman torenewable energy from Oman to Iceland.

It allows one of the world's most used materials to be made from a common annually renewable source.

British and Finnish scientists have found a way of generating renewable propane using a bacterium widely found in the human intestine and say the finding is a step to commercial production of a fuel that could one day be an alternative to fossil fuel reserves.

There may not yet be a market for underwater turbines or wave - riding electrical generators designed to use ocean turbulence as a source of renewable energy, but that has not stopped a handful of entrepreneurs from trying to create one.

«On the other hand, when technologies are economically available to harvest renewable energy, Japan can become one of the energy - rich countries in the world using the large resources of wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energies available among the Japanese islands.»

With more money for development of novel designs and public financial support for construction — perhaps as part of a clean energy portfolio standard that lumps in all low - carbon energy sources, not just renewables or a carbon tax — nuclear could be one of the pillars of a three - pronged approach to cutting greenhouse gas emissions: using less energy to do more (or energy efficiency), low - carbon power, and electric cars (as long as they are charged with electricity from clean sources, not coal burning).

«Using solar energy to drive the production of liquid fuels such as gasoline from CO2 is one of the holy grails in renewable energy research.

The new system enables researchers to carry out the concentration step within one hour, compared to a day for the standard method now in commercial use, said Ladisch, also a professor of biomedical engineering and director of Purdue's Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering (LORRE)

One of their goals is to replace the 25 - Watt batteries that navigation buoys use today with a source of renewable energy that can power additional equipment such as cameras and storm warning sensors.

Even in the currently very divided U.S. political climate, public support for increasing our use of renewable energy sources is one thing that most of us do agree on.

A new catalyst created by U of T Engineering researchers brings them one step closer to artificial photosynthesis — a system that, just like plants, would use renewable energy to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into stored chemical energy.

Platinum is one of the costly metals used as catalysts in new technologies employed for industrial chemical processes, renewable energy sources, pollution control and many other purposes.

One of the most promising ideas for storing renewable energy is to use the excess electricity generated from renewables to split water into oxygen and hydrogen; the hydrogen can then be fed into fuel - cell vehicles.

As a result one long - standing criticism of renewable energy may no longer apply, namely that mandating increased use of renewable energy for electricity generation will be more costly in the long run than sticking with fossil fuel energy.

Secondly, rather than using pure cotton, which is one of the world's thirstiest and most pesticide - sprayed crops, they've created an innovative and soft fabric blend that includes a bit of cotton, yes, but also Tencel, a processed wood fibre made from eucalyptus trees which takes far less energy, is 100 % renewable and uses 85 % less water than cotton to grow.

All our conservation programs and activities work toward the following goals: Protected high conservation value marine and coastal areas, low - impact sustainable fisheries, reduced negative impacts and risks of shipping, doubling of the wild tiger populations of Nepal, responsible development solutions that conserve wildlife, community - level habitat - friendly renewable energy, land - use management to support a low - carbon economy, and one in 10 Canadians caring for nature.

While there is no one set definition of green cleaning products, it typically refers to products that use non-toxic ingredients, minimize waste and employ renewable resources.

Most talk of algae and renewable energy on TreeHugger involves liquid biofuels, but a new plan being put forth in Venice hopes to use algae to generate electricity and allow the city take one large step towards being entirely off fossil fuels: The idea is to take two kinds of algae which are brought in attached to ships, Sargassum muticum and Undaria pinnafitida, and use it in a new 40 MW power plant.

One of them last year — it was in the 2007 State of the Union, he announced the 20 - in - 10 program, which is to reduce traditional gasoline use; replace it — replace 20 percent of it with renewable or alternative fuels within 10 years.

Of course renewable energy is just one part of the puzzle, so it is good to see that the facility also features a cool roof, a chilled water storage system to improve chiller efficiency, LED lighting, and a high use of reclaimed and recycled materials in constructioOf course renewable energy is just one part of the puzzle, so it is good to see that the facility also features a cool roof, a chilled water storage system to improve chiller efficiency, LED lighting, and a high use of reclaimed and recycled materials in constructioof the puzzle, so it is good to see that the facility also features a cool roof, a chilled water storage system to improve chiller efficiency, LED lighting, and a high use of reclaimed and recycled materials in constructioof reclaimed and recycled materials in construction.

Maybe that one of those private sponsors is Koch Industries, who are currently using underwriting spots to try to greenwash their image with crap about their devotion to «renewable fuels», whatever that is supposed to mean.

Most talk of algae and renewable energy on TreeHugger involves liquid biofuels, but a new plan being put forth in Venice hopes to use algae to generate electricity and allow the city take one large step towards being

Despite being one of the top resource - rich nations in the world, the US uses twice the amount of renewable natural resources as can be regenerated annually within the country.

The flaw being that one thought one could address the climate threat by a combination emissions reductions, renewable energy use increase, and conservation efforts because we mistakenly thought the CO2 we emitted would stay in the atmosphere for a relatively short time - under 50 - 100 years, instead of the 500 and above years we now know a significant portion stays in the atmosphere.

And the carbon footprint per mile of driving an electric car declines every time the grid gets cleaner, whether from adding renewable energy sources or replacing a coal - fired generation plant with one using natural gas.

One hundred percent of the project's energy use must be offset by on - or off - site renewable energy on a net annual basis.

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.

This volume may vary in actual term length so long as the volume is achieved; i.e. a project may purchase a 15 year contract with an annual volume equal to the energy demand of the project, or a contract with renewables equal to 15 times its annual energy use for a one year period, or some other equivalent combination.

On account of our will to increase the use of renewable energy, we can rejoice to observe the dynamism of renewable projects such as the one in Murdochville.»

Due in part to state mandates requiring utilities to use renewable energy, the township is one of many communities in or near the Thumb area of Michigan that have been eyed for wind farms.

One of the themes of Chinese energy policy is the use of renewable, distributive energy solutions to aid rural development.

As of this year, Dominion is actually using the Green Power Program to bankroll an attack on renewable energy — one the State Corporation Commission shamefully endorsed when it approved the company's 3 - megawatt «solar purchase program.»

Finally, it should be noted that socioeconomic hypotheses associated with the lower emission trajectories (such as the one commented upon by Tim Worstall) imply a greatly increased use of nuclear and fossil fuels, especially cooal and natural gas, and the share of renewable sources reaching much less than the «80 %» claimed by the recent «renewable energy» IPCC report.

A heat pump is one of the most effective ways to heat or cool a building using renewable energy.

This new Directive promotes the use of energy from renewable sources and amending the previous one and subsequently repealing Directives 2001 / 77 / EC and 2003 / 30 / EC.

One problem grid operators face when the grid begins to absorb more wind and solar is that there are times — especially sunny or windy times — when renewables generate more power than the grid can use, and other times when they generate only a fraction of what the grid needs.

In the first quarter of this year, one fifth of all electricity used in Britain was generated from renewable sources: that's an indicator of how far we've come and how big the opportunity is.

Wind power is one of the most prominent and most used forms of renewable energy.

One hundred and five percent of the project's energy needs must be supplied by on - site renewable energy on a net annual basis, without the use of on - site combustion.15 Projects must provide on - site energy storage for resiliency.

The one piece of original language still intact is an extension of the amount of renewable energy the state is required to use.

Funds are also used for community and technical colleges to establish two clean energy centers for excellence within rural communities, with one focused on renewable energy integration and the other on smart grid technology and the next generation of hydropower resources.

In one report, Generation and Use of Thermal Energy in the US Industrial Sector and Opportunities to Reduce its Carbon Emissions, researchers from INL and the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) identify key greenhouse gas (GHG) emission sources in the industrial sector and propose low - emitting alternatives using targeted, process - level analysis of industrial heat requirements.