Sentences with phrase «various energy schemes»

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Thus mini-nuclear reactors, algae - based fuels, and various other exciting schemes are routinely trotted out as the «source of unlimited energy in the near future,» always with the implicit faith that the process can be scaled up from the laboratory to a global scale with only modest difficulties.

He has already pleaded guilty to eight felonies for his role in the various schemes, which prosecutors said involved the Buffalo Billion case to be heard later this year and arranging the bribes to Percoco through two of his clients: the downstate energy firm and the Syracuse development company.

I have also heard of various schemes for technology transfer, but given the low investment in energy R&D in the US (as noted in Andy's NYT series), a lot of the tech we'd like to transfer isn't really there yet.

These policies include emission trading («cap & trade»), carbon sequestration from power plants, and various costly schemes for developing alternative, «green» forms of energy.

I got started at this issue in 2008/2009, when Obama proposed taxing energy because of «AGW», I decided to investigate the various schemes and their downsides.

It then outlines some of the support programmes available for CDM projects in Africa, including: the UNFCCC loan scheme for countries with fewer than ten registered projects; the Africa Carbon Asset Development initiative; the Carbon Fund for Africa; the African Biofuels and Renewable Energy Fund; the UN Development Programme (UNDP)'s Millennium Development Goals Carbon Facility; various World Bank carbon funds and initiatives; and various national programmes for the purchase of Certified Emission Reductions, such as Germany's KfW Carbon Fund.

It grapples with various national and international issues that Japan is involved — conservation of Nansei Shoto Archipelago (including the coral reef in Shiraho in Ishigaki Island) and tidal flats in many places, promotion of forestry certification scheme and environmental education, prevention of global warming through promotion of natural energy and policy advocacy on the cities.

The new Congress is beginning to consider various alternative energy and climate policies in the wake of last year's collapse in the U.S. Senate of consideration of a meaningful, economy - wide CO2 cap - and - trade scheme.

The states are also working on various energy efficiency schemes, NEET in NSW, VEET in Vic, etc..

While the company liken their rankings to the Energy Star ratings, this has been treated with circumspection by various commentators, because that energy scheme helps compares models across many brands, whereas the Green Index only rates Timberland prEnergy Star ratings, this has been treated with circumspection by various commentators, because that energy scheme helps compares models across many brands, whereas the Green Index only rates Timberland prenergy scheme helps compares models across many brands, whereas the Green Index only rates Timberland product.

Once you concede that AGW is real, that opens the door for the various anti-carbon schemes — carbon trading, carbon taxes, decarbonization, mega-engineering projects and the wholesale replacement of inexpensive, reliable hydrocarbon energy with very expensive, unreliable green energy.

The main route into a career in Energy & Utilities is through the various graduate schemes offered by the larger energy, construction and utility compEnergy & Utilities is through the various graduate schemes offered by the larger energy, construction and utility compenergy, construction and utility companies.