Sentences with phrase «wood as an energy source»

However, the efficiency of wood as an energy source varies depending on how it is processed.

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In several decades, the forests could be sustainably harvested as a source of fuel for wood - burning power plants, making them a nearly carbon - neutral energy source, Ornstein argues.

Schlesinger also pointed out that much of the wood raised and harvested in the United States for energy purposes is actually shipped to the European Union, where biomass is currently treated as a carbon - neutral energy source.

The German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) still encourages such usage until 2019, e.g. by subsidizing the generation of heat from wood energy with feed - in tariffs or by granting investment subsidies for heating installations such as wood pellet or wood chip heating syEnergy Sources Act (EEG) still encourages such usage until 2019, e.g. by subsidizing the generation of heat from wood energy with feed - in tariffs or by granting investment subsidies for heating installations such as wood pellet or wood chip heating syenergy with feed - in tariffs or by granting investment subsidies for heating installations such as wood pellet or wood chip heating systems.

The latest battle comes as power producers in some European countries are embracing wood as a source of renewable energy that would also help them meet targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Industrial Revolution A period of time beginning around 1750 marked by new manufacturing processes and a switch from wood to coal and other fossil fuels as a main source of energy.

Industrial Revolution A period of time in the early 1800s marked by new manufacturing processes and a switch from wood to coal and other fossil fuels as a main source of energy.

The industrial revolution began with wood being replaced by coal as the primary energy source.

Two Washington schools will use wood pellets as a primary heat source to test energy efficient boiler systems.

Lack of fuel wood and use of poor biomass materials as alternative energy sources has aggravated forest destruction.

That loophole treats electricity generated by burning wood as a «carbon neutral» or «zero emissions» energy source — the same as solar panels or wind turbines.

The large majority of rural households in India still depend on fi re wood as their main energy source for cooking and to treat drinking water.

The findings come at a time when coal is on track to surpass oil as the world's top energy source and 2.8 billion people rely on wood, crop waste, dung, and other biomass to cook and heat their homes.

Around 95 % of Ugandan households use wood fuel as a primary energy source for cooking.

But the results from projects like the Nyabyeya biomass energy plant are renewing interest in wood and biomass as larger scale energy sources, and an alternative to fossil fuels.

It stresses the use of wood as a renewable energy source and as a raw material, pointing out that wood products store carbon for their entire lifetime, until they decay or are burned.

Faced with the need to find an energy source sufficiently dense to fit on site, developers have turned en masse to wood (or biomass as they prefer to call it).

In December last year, the Government outlined a multi-million pound Government scheme to fund schools to install renewable energy sources such as wood - burning boilers, wind turbines and solar panels to cut carbon emissions.

The industrial revolution began with wood being replaced by coal as the primary energy source.

In all regions of the world, except Asian OECD countries and Oceania, per capita consumption is decreasing as a result of rising incomes, urbanization, declining availability of wood sources and increasing availability of alternative sources of energy preferred to woodfuel.

Additional goals set with WWF include covering the equivalent of 100 percent of electricity consumption at Avery Dennison's U.S. operations with renewable energy by 2025 and addressing climate change through other areas of operations, such as maximizing use of paper made with recycled or certified wood fiber (sourcing only from certified sources by 2025).

Since wood fuel is here to stay, at least for now, scientists from the Center of International Forestry Research (CIFOR) wanted to find out how countries in the region prioritized this energy source as part of the climate actions they intend to take under the Paris Agreement.