Sentences with phrase «use of renewable sources»

As states increase their use of renewable sources, it is therefore likely that the price of electricity in states with mandates will increase even more.

In energy generation, use of renewable sources is growing, whether the source of power is solar, wind, wave or geothermal.

The good news is that it can be done with existing technology, by cutting energy waste, expanding the use of renewable sources, growing trees and crops (which remove carbon dioxide from the air) to turn into fuel, capturing the gas before it is released from power stations, and - maybe - using more nuclear energy.

The International Energy Agency expects carbon capture and storage to rank third among ways to reduce carbon emissions by 2050, behind energy efficiency and the use of renewable sources like solar and wind power, and ahead of nuclear power and a switch to lower - carbon fuels.

Using rail lines for the energy grid may help a suddenly nuclear - shy Germany transition to wider use of renewable sources.

Maximizing the use of renewable sources of energy like wind in replacing the power generated by coal produces greenhouse gas reductions that are not only immediate, but sustainable over the long term.

So more use of renewable sources may contribute to a better climate - proofed power infrastructure,» he said.

The transition to an ecologically sustainable society requires reduced consumption of goods, the efficient recycling of materials, a move away from the use of fossil fuels to the use of renewable sources of energy, zero global population growth, a reduced standard of living for the rich, an increased standard of living for the poor and an appeal to quality of life instead of materialism.

Not exact matches

In fact, we found that the military could generate all of its electricity from distributed renewable sources by 2025 using these types of microgrids - which would provide energy reliability and decrease costs.

The advantage of fossil fuels and nuclear power, that renewable sources still can't match, is the way they hold energy for use when you want it.

Now a growing number of those customers are pushing the cloud giant to be more open about what's powering its data centers and are pushing it to use more green, renewable energy sources.

Google's total purchase of energy from renewable sources in 2017 was greater than the electricity used by its global operations, the tech giant has said.

In some cases, Apple uses traditional energy sources, then buys an equal amount of renewable energy in an effort to offset its carbon footprint.

This past January, for the first time in its history, Germany faced a symbolic milestone by covering around 100 % of electricity use with renewable energy, and for 2017 it produced with renewable sources 36.1 % of total power consumption.

99 % of electricity used in Costa Rica comes from renewable sources, and the government is far ahead of many wealthier nations, having committed the country to becoming carbon neutral by 2021.

They have also increased their use of natural gas as well as renewable energy sources like solar and wind.

Other environmental policies include promoting smarter energy use through the ecoEnergy Initiative; a Chemical Management Plan to regulate chemicals harmful to human health and the environment; $ 1.5 billion over seven years for the production of renewable fuels; a commitment to ensure that 90 percent of Canadian electricity needs are generated through non-emitting sources by 2020; and additional government funding to acquire and preserve ecologically sensitive lands.

The will to utterly waste the most important source of finite fuel on the planet; the will not to use it for the creation of renewable energy sources but instead to power our «4 mile commute to work».

The new launches continue with the Live Clean standard, using 97 % plant - based formulations from renewable sources, always cruelty - free and made without the use of harsh chemicals such as parabens, sodium lauryl sulfate, phthalates, phosphates and dyes.

Target applications for renewably sourced grades of Fusabond ® include applications like wood / plastic composites, starch / PE compounds and glass - fiber / PE compounds where use of a renewably sourced modifier significantly increases the renewable material percentage in the structures.

In fact the problems of waste water, emissions and energy consumption also present an opportunity to use the huge but often hidden potential of wastewater as a source of renewable energy.

In fact there lies a huge, often hidden, potential in using wastewater as a source of renewable energy.

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A. Is beneficial, safe & healthy for individuals and communities throughout its life cycle; B. Meets market criteria for performance and cost; C. Is sourced, manufactured, transported, and recycled using renewable energy; D. Optimizes the use of renewable or recycled source materials; E. Is manufactured using clean production technologies and best practices; F. Is made from materials healthy in all probable end - of - life scenarios; G. Is physically designed to optimize materials and energy; H. Is effectively recovered and utilized in biological and / or industrial closed loop cycles.

The secret is in the material that they are constructed out of which is only sourced from annual renewable resources so that you can be sure you are not only using responsible products but you are helping to improve things for the environment in the long run.

This sets the standard for the term Natural and stipulates: * Product must be made up of at least 95 percent truly natural ingredients or ingredients that are derived from natural sources * No ingredients with any potential suspected human health risks * No processes that significantly or adversely alter the purity / effect of the natural ingredients * Ingredients that come from a purposeful, renewable / plentiful source found in nature (flora, fauna, mineral) * Processes that are minimal and don't use synthetic / harsh chemicals or otherwise dilute purity * Non-natural ingredients only when viable natural alternative ingredient are unavailable and only when there are absolutely no suspected potential human health risks

Exelon officials have expressed support for Cuomo's new clean energy standard, which is expected to allow utilities to use nuclear power to fulfill a mandate to purchase 50 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2030.

«As part of the shift to 50 percent renewables and emissions reductions, New York must use all of its existing carbon free power sources, including our upstate nuclear fleet, to continue our progress on climate change,» Kauffman wrote.

How the UK can reduce its carbon emissions by increasing the use of renewable energy sources is set to be outlined today by the government.

Having the Belleayre, Gore and Whiteface ski centers join The Climate Reality Project's «I Am Snow 100 %» program is in line with Cuomo's Clean Energy Standard, which requires that half of all electricity used in New York come from renewable sources, rather than fossil fuels, by 2030, the governor's office said in a press release.

Despite his support of the project model, Reinhardt says he would prefer to see renewable energy sources put to use.

The poll comes after a frenetic first five weeks of campaigning, as Ms. Nixon has attacked the governor in sharp and personal terms while rolling out some flashy progressive policy proposals, including calling for the legalization of recreational marijuana in New York, and for the state to use 100 percent renewable energy sources by 2050.

Researchers from the University of Houston have found a catalyst that can quickly generate hydrogen from water using sunlight, potentially creating a clean and renewable source of energy.

The draft bill would require utilities above a certain size to supply 25 percent of their power from renewable sources like wind, solar and biomass energy by 2025, although efficiency measures could be used to meet a fifth of the target.

As Co-Chair of the bipartisan House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, my focus has been on pursuing policies that make meaningfully more efficient use of the energy we currently have while accelerating deployment of cleaner, renewable energy sources for the 21stRenewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, my focus has been on pursuing policies that make meaningfully more efficient use of the energy we currently have while accelerating deployment of cleaner, renewable energy sources for the 21strenewable energy sources for the 21st century.

«If we use the storage as the means to foster the adoption of significantly more renewables that offset the dirtiest sources, then storage — done the right way and installed at large - scale — can have beneficial impacts on the grid's emissions overall,» Webber said.

Several companies are already using renewable sources of gas to make hydrogen at large - scale steam - reformation facilities and on - site production plants.

The state also mandated that 33 percent of the hydrogen used in state come from renewable sources.

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

«Essentially, if we were to use the hydrocarbon oils from this alga to be a renewable fuel source, there would be no need to change any kind of infrastructure for making the fuel.

Twenty percent of the energy used to stage the games came from renewable energy sources, even though Beijing still relies on coal for more than 40 percent of its electricity consumption.

Over the last 20 years, electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction has attracted attention because of the ability to use electricity from renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and wave.

As a bonus, the system would lead to more use of renewable energy sources like the wind and sun.

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.

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.

Stabilizing a future national grid that draws the majority of its power from renewable sources may seem like a tall order for a technology that delivers megawatts, not gigawatts, of power as it is used today, but some industry insiders are confident batteries can rise to the challenge.

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).

If we want to reduce the use of cooling water throughout the EU, says Dr. Behrens, we will need to close old, inefficient power stations, and replace them with renewable sources, such as wind and solar energy.

Governor Gray Davis has been supportive of using alternative and renewable energy sources, including solar power.

The use of solar energy, an emissions - free and inexhaustible resource, is expanding as new policies encourage the adoption of renewable energy sources.