• An aqueous metal ion capacitor comprising of a zinc anode, oxidized carbon nanotubes (oCNTs) cathode, and a zinc sulfate electrolyte is reported. (frontiersin.org)
  • These investments in clean energy are good for the environment, are good for each business's bottom line and they support the broader rural economy by encouraging the production of renewable energy sources. (usda.gov)
  • Costa Rica is a great example of utilizing renewable energy sources! (metaefficient.com)
  • Mainstreaming a battery energy storage system at the distribution transformer level will better integrate renewable energy sources and contribute to a more disaster-resilient power distribution system for Delhi," said ADB's Director General for Private Sector Operations Suzanne Gaboury. (electricnet.com)
  • 100 percent of all United States electricity purchased from renewable energy sources (650,000 MWh annually). (verizon.com)
  • EPA set North Carolina's 2030 target at 992 pounds of carbon dioxide for every megawatt-hour generated. (carolinapublicpress.org)
  • The 10-megawatt-hour (MWh) BESS is South Asia's first grid-scaled energy storage project at the distribution transformer level. (electricnet.com)
  • What's more, U.S. nuclear plants reduced costs, averaging $30.41 per megawatt hour, its lowest figure since 2002. (irei.com)
  • WASHINGTON, July 11, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for 821 projects across the nation that will help rural small businesses and agricultural producers reduce energy usage and costs in their operations. (usda.gov)
  • Kearns, UT (May 2016) - With the support of key industry partners, General Electric and Rocky Mountain Power , the Utah Olympic Oval is very excited to announce the completion of an extensive LED light replacement project with a projected savings of $40,000 Annually. (skiutah.com)
  • In the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) for power production announced by the National Energy Administration (NEA) in November 2016, coal capacity was to be limited to 1100 GWe by 2020 by cancelling and postponing about 150 GWe of projects. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Despite public health measures to prevent carbon monoxide (CO) poisonings after major power outages, multiple CO poisonings were reported in Gulf Coast states in the wake of these hurricanes ( 3 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The aim of this paper is to analyze the characteristics of the HCCI combustion of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and dimethyl ether (DME) in a single cylinder engine. (sae.org)
  • A mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide with a composition of 67% hydrogen and 33% carbon monoxide called methanol-reformed gas (MRG) was used as the low cetane number fuel and DME as the high cetane number fuel. (sae.org)
  • The results show that the HCCI combustion of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and dimethyl ether has a high thermal efficiency over a wide operating range. (sae.org)
  • Other scholars, such as Cornell's Lawrence Cathles and Council on Foreign Relations's Michael Levi , have essentially concluded that fugitive methane is mostly a red herring in the coal-versus-gas conversation, and that natural gas can be a suitable "bridge fuel" in power-sector decarbonization. (thebreakthrough.org)
  • Other institutions like the Environmental Defense Fund concede that natural gas can be an "exit ramp" toward a clean energy future, but insist that fugitive methane must be tightly regulated to ensure that a coal-to-gas transition provides a warming benefit. (thebreakthrough.org)
  • While fugitive methane gets most of the press, it appears that other factors - like power plant efficiency and longevity of power plant operations - play a more significant role in determining natural gas's potential as a bridge fuel. (thebreakthrough.org)
  • produced a respected analysis that analyzed carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur (SO2), methane (CH4), and black carbon (BC) emissions and confirmed that the net atmospheric impact of coal-to-gas switching is a cooling effect. (thebreakthrough.org)
  • While this new study doesn't attribute a specific source to the remarkable 30 percent increase in U.S. methane emissions from 2002-2014, many other studies have identified the source of those emissions as leakage of methane from the natural gas production and delivery system. (readersupportednews.org)
  • Indeed, researchers confirmed in 2014 that - even if methane leakage were zero percent - "increased natural gas use for electricity will not substantially reduce US GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions, and by delaying deployment of renewable energy technologies, may actually exacerbate the climate change problem in the long term. (readersupportednews.org)
  • Its popularity can easily be explained by its very obvious potential benefits - improved sanitation, renewable energy generation and the fact that methane has a global warming potential 21 times that of CO2. (lu.se)
  • Since the program's founding in 2002, the Sun Club has donated more than $3 million to help install over 700 kilowatts of solar power, which has the potential to avoid more than 1.2 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions each year. (arborgate.com)
  • If we take the growing need for electricity worldwide, its environmental impact and the current energy trends in Europe, wind power which represents an inexpensive source of renewable energy, seems to provide one of the best alternatives to supply one the world's largest electricity market. (evwind.es)
  • In 2012 China was the world's largest source of carbon emissions - 2626 MtC (9.64 Gt CO 2 ), and its increment that year comprised about 70% of the world total increase. (world-nuclear.org)
  • A 215-year-old law originally written to address piracy and crimes abroad against American ambassadors is at the heart of litigation targeting some of the world's largest energy corporations. (newsdesk.org)
  • Driven by the need to maintain the power capability as well as enhance the capacitance and energy density performance, hybrid electrochemical capacitors (HECs) with a different asymmetric configuration have been developed in recent years ( Simon and Gogotsi, 2008 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • An Intensive peer reviewed study titled " Cost-minimized combinations of wind power, solar power and electrochemical storage, powering the grid up to 99.9% of the time " evaluated billions of 100% renewable energy grid scenarios using 4 years of real weather and grid load data. (skepticalscience.com)
  • For example, replacing combustion engines with fuel cell engines appears promising in cutting down the CO2 emissions from vehicles, but the study shows that the current process of producing the hydrogen required to power fuel cells actually creates more CO2 emissions than the combustion engines would create. (mit.edu)
  • HCCI combustion has a high power output that is comparable to that of SI combustion despite lean combustion conditions, because of the high thermal efficiency. (sae.org)
  • The Rural Energy for America Program also helps businesses create jobs, helps farmers and rural businesses reduce their carbon footprint, and helps the country move closer to energy independence. (usda.gov)
  • Hilton continues "This next step in the Utah Olympic Oval's green Initiative is to not only extend the life of the foundation's resources and actively reduce the subsidy needed to maintain and operate the Oval venue at world class levels, but reducing our carbon footprint on the environment. (skiutah.com)
  • In 2022 India's Ministry of Power targeted battery storage capacity of 4% of total electricity consumption by 2030. (electricnet.com)
  • As of the end of 2022, KOSPO accounted for approximately 9% of Korea's total generation capacity and power generation. (advfn.com)
  • Built in 2001 just in time for the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games, Utah Olympic Oval is located in the community of Kearns, just 16 miles west of Salt Lake City, Utah. (skiutah.com)
  • 2001). Fall of roof involved nine fatalities and there were eight fatalities involving powered haulage. (cdc.gov)
  • Federal projections show North Carolina headed to an 18 percent drop in carbon emissions by 2020, compared with 2005, said Jonas Monast , director of the climate and energy program at Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. (carolinapublicpress.org)
  • Meanwhile, the US, under the leadership of the two energy Czars George Bush and Dick Cheney, who are lapdogs for the energy industries, is pushing a plan for expanding nuclear energy within its borders, which proposes constructing 50 new reactors by 2020, using taxpayer dollars - of course. (counterpunch.org)
  • That is the essence of opening remarks made by Maria Korsnick at the virtually produced State of Nuclear Energy Industry 2020 conference. (irei.com)
  • Add to that decisions by lawmakers in December to approve appropriations for fiscal year 2020 that include $1.5 billion for nuclear energy programs, a 12.5 percent increase from the previous year, and the highest level of funding for nuclear in decades. (irei.com)
  • In August 2013 the State Council said that China should reduce its carbon emissions by 40-45% by 2020 from 2005 levels, and would aim to boost renewable energy to 15% of its total primary energy consumption by 2020. (world-nuclear.org)
  • In September 2020, the Premier stated that the country now intends to reach peak emissions before 2030, and to become carbon neutral before 2060. (world-nuclear.org)
  • At a recent climate change conference in Paris, Jiang Kejun of China's Energy Research Institute argued that China could see peak energy-related emissions during 2020-22 if a strong policy effort is sustained. (asiasentinel.com)
  • The U.S. Department of Energy predicts that demand for natural gas will double by 2020. (newsdesk.org)
  • China's target is a 60-65 percent reduction in the emissions intensity of its economy compared to 2005 levels by 2030, with carbon dioxide emissions peaking around 2030, and "best efforts" made to peak earlier. (asiasentinel.com)
  • European Union carbon dioxide emissions peaked in 2002, and its collective emissions intensity has declined by about 2 percent per year since then. (asiasentinel.com)
  • These improvements in energy intensity are likely to remain the largest contribution to lower emissions intensity for some time to come. (asiasentinel.com)
  • As shown in the table below, there is a very strong relationship between greater use of wind energy and a reduction in the carbon intensity of a country's electric sector, with Europe's wind energy leaders significantly outperforming the average reduction in electric sector emissions intensity for European OECD countries. (cleanpower.org)
  • Commercial energy use refers to apparent consumption, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport. (nationmaster.com)
  • Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants. (nationmaster.com)
  • Electric power consumption (kWh per capita). (nationmaster.com)
  • In Germany for instance (one of the World's leader in wind power), the wind energy potential is limited in comparison to the need of its large domestic power consumption, and would already imply the successive use of worse sites where annual wind productions are low, resulting into higher electricity costs. (evwind.es)
  • In November 2014 the Premier announced that China intended about 20% of its primary energy consumption to be from non-fossil fuels by 2030, at which time it intended its peak of CO 2 emissions to occur. (world-nuclear.org)
  • However, looking across countries, it is clear that adding renewable energy pushes emissions and coal consumption down, not up. (cleanpower.org)
  • Growing cities, increasing traffic, rapid economic development and higher levels of energy consumption lead to the pollution of air. (eco-web.com)
  • Iceland has an interesting set up as well with their use of hydroelectric power. (metaefficient.com)
  • The state's power plants released 53 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2012, the agency said. (carolinapublicpress.org)
  • Since 2009, the Rural Energy for America Program has helped roughly 15,000 small businesses and farms save enough energy to power about 730,000 homes and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than five million metric tons annually," Vilsack said. (usda.gov)
  • When operational, these projects will generate or save almost 9 million megawatt hours - enough to power more than 730,000 homes and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more 5 million metric tons in carbon dioxide each year. (usda.gov)
  • To wit: During 2019, the U.S. fleet of nuclear plants generated more than 809 billion kilowatt hours of electricity - the most ever - and prevented emissions of 476 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of taking more than 100 million cars off the road. (irei.com)
  • Emissions from Department of Transport vehicles have risen by 40% since 2002. (vernoncoleman.com)
  • Cost estimates have risen six-fold since 2002 - now $7 to 12 billion dollars per reactor - and would go higher if one is ever completed. (ncwarn.org)
  • The general consensus gleaned from the Paris Climate Summit in 2015 is that in order to halt the relentless march of climate change and its forecasted catastrophic consequences, one step we need to take is to transform our fossil fuel based economy to one powered by zero-emission renewable energy. (skepticalscience.com)
  • The study's call for prompt and aggressive energy research and development distinguishes it from the Bush administration's Energy Plan, which focuses on domestic oil exploration, and the recent United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change "Mitigation" report, which indicates that existing technologies can stabilize human-induced adverse climate change. (mit.edu)
  • CURWOOD: Here in the US, a quarrel over climate change may reveal a power shift among evangelical Christians. (loe.org)
  • Korsnick, CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute, pointed to the nearly 50 percent forecasted increase in worldwide demand for electricity by 2050 (according to U.S. Energy Information Administration), the urgency of finding carbon-free energy alternatives to combat climate change, and the fleet of next-generation nuclear power startup companies as powerful forces quickly aligning. (irei.com)
  • Many have long seen nuclear power playing an indispensable role in solving the equation between boosted energy output and reduced carbon emissions, particularly with projections showing carbon emissions must be dramatically reduced by 2050 to avoid the worst effects of climate change, including rising global sea levels that could displace more than 150 million people. (irei.com)
  • Workers may also be exposed to conditions that the general public can avoid, and work force increases are likely in jobs that are most affected by climate change such as wildland firefighting, as well as in industries that will emerge in response to it, including renewable energy. (cdc.gov)
  • Growing international interest is accordingly being shown in interventions that improve air pollution, climate change and health, such as the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, as well as in scaling up access to clean, modern and sustainable energy technologies. (who.int)
  • Data regarding MSW regulations, its generation rate and composition, as well as data regarding relevant aspects of the Nigerian energy market and its regulations and Nigeria's climate change policies are evaluated in order to determine the potential for successful implementation of a Landfill gas to energy project in the Olusosun dumpsite in Lagos, Nigeria. (lu.se)
  • Comparisons of coal and gas for power generation depend crucially on factors like atmospheric residence of the greenhouse gases, the efficiency of power generation, and the availability of zero-carbon technologies to complement or displace gas in the future. (thebreakthrough.org)
  • The nuclear fuel chain that must exist to feed nuclear power plants is a significant source of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. (counterpunch.org)
  • As regulated by EPA (as of January 1, 2002), the maximum residual disinfectant levels in drinking water for chlorine dioxide and chlorite ion are 0.8 and 1.0 mg/L, respectively (EPA 2002e, 2002g). (cdc.gov)
  • With a pulse duration of 250 microseconds, a typical short-pulse Er:YAG laser ablates 5-20 µm of tissue per laser pass at a fluence of 5 J/cm2 with minimal residual thermal damage (compared with 20-60 µm of tissue ablation and up to 150 µm of residual thermal damage per pass with the carbon dioxide laser). (medscape.com)
  • Charlotte-based Duke Energy, the nation's biggest electric utility and second-largest carbon emitter, said it was reviewing the 645-page proposal and has not yet assessed impacts to its operations or costs to its 7.2 million customers in six states. (carolinapublicpress.org)
  • Green Mountain is the nation's longest-serving renewable energy retailer, providing consumers, including those in Nacogdoches, with the choice for electricity plans backed by wind and solar. (arborgate.com)
  • Two weeks ago, the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) hosted a state-of-the-art climate and energy conference in the nation's energy capital of Houston. (masterresource.org)
  • The team also explored non-primary power technologies that could contribute to climate stability and slowing down global warming, such as conservation, hydrogen production, superconducting global electric grids and geoengineering. (mit.edu)
  • The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon ® is looking for program alumni to serve as mentors for current 2023 Design Challenge teams! (solardecathlon.gov)
  • In February 2023, certain subsidiaries of Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE American: CQP) initiated the pre-filing review process with respect to the SPL Expansion Project with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the National Environmental Policy Act. (advfn.com)
  • 2023). Burden of the global energy price crisis on households. (lu.se)
  • Several countries in Europe now see zero emission vehicles as the logical solution to addressing air pollution and are looking to implement bans on new fossil-fuel powered vehicles as early as 2025. (skepticalscience.com)
  • Duke, meanwhile, has shut down half of its 14 North Carolina coal-fired power plants rather than install state-of-the-art pollution controls required by existing or impending federal laws. (carolinapublicpress.org)
  • Carbon pollution" is a propaganda slogan for the campaign against carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). (masterresource.org)
  • These are being overshadowed by the phony issue of "carbon pollution. (masterresource.org)
  • The impetus for nuclear power in China is increasingly due to air pollution from coal-fired plants. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Rapid growth in demand has given rise to power shortages, and the reliance on fossil fuels has led to much air pollution. (world-nuclear.org)
  • In March 2014 the Premier said that the government was declaring "war on pollution" and would accelerate closing coal-fired power stations. (world-nuclear.org)
  • The facts are American wind power is the cheapest source of new electricity generation, which saves money for families and businesses, and it's the biggest, fastest, cheapest way to cut carbon pollution. (cleanpower.org)
  • If this production was to be supplied by a Coal fired power plant, some 230 000 Tons of Carbon Dioxide would have been released in the atmosphere. (evwind.es)
  • Manmade carbon dioxide that has already accumulated in the atmosphere will continue to warm our planet for many decades if not centuries to come. (catf.us)
  • Secondary air pollutants also form from reactions with natural chemicals in the atmosphere (Miller, 2002). (eco-web.com)
  • During the last century, the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide has increased from about 275 parts per million to about 370 parts per million. (mit.edu)
  • To hold atmospheric carbon dioxide at Year 2000 levels, up to 3,000 new nuclear reactors would be needed by 2050 (Council on Foreign Relations, April 2007 ), far exceeding global construction and financial capacity. (ncwarn.org)
  • Production includes the output of electricity plants that are designed to produce electricity only as well as that of combined heat and power plants. (nationmaster.com)
  • However, the largest source of energy is hydroelectricity - its hydroelectric dams provide more than 82% of the country's electricity. (metaefficient.com)
  • A new geothermal plant, using naturally-existing superheated water to power steam turbines, is also scheduled to be producing electricity in 2010 near Rincón de la Vieja Volcano, in the province of Guanacaste. (metaefficient.com)
  • The development of wind power is a European success story, and its potential may be big enough to cover all of the continent's electricity needs. (evwind.es)
  • The Utah Olympic Oval LED light project is forecasted to pay for itself in less than five years through the support of the Rocky Mountain Power Wattsmart Business Lighting Incentive compounded with its electricity savings. (skiutah.com)
  • Ironically, but in keeping with Big Government Republicanism, Perry continued the policy of Gov. George W. Bush, who fathered Texas's 1999 law requiring the state's electricity retailers to purchase a certain amount of their energy from qualifying renewables, wind power being the most economical. (masterresource.org)
  • Anthony Miller, Chief Executive, Westpac Institutional Bank, said: "Westpac first funded a wind farm in 2002, and since then has provided extensive support for the electricity sector as it makes great strides in transitioning to renewables. (westpac.com.au)
  • It will enable electricity to be stored and delivered on demand, reducing grid instability, and providing the flexibility to integrate intermittent solar and wind energy resources. (electricnet.com)
  • Power distribution is a crucial link in the electricity supply chain, and at times one of the most vulnerable. (electricnet.com)
  • In 2002, TPDDL was awarded a 25-year license to distribute and transmit electricity in Delhi's north and northwest regions. (electricnet.com)
  • In addition to efforts to improve the environmental performance of fossil fuel use, KOSPO is focused on providing clean and stable electricity, leading the way to carbon neutrality in Korea, including by developing renewable energy such as solar power, wind power, and fuel cells. (advfn.com)
  • A raft of existing and planned policies and measures is listed, including higher efficiency in coal fired electricity, fast development of solar, wind, hydro, nuclear and gas for power generation, energy efficient and low-carbon industrial systems and cutting emissions from buildings and transport. (asiasentinel.com)
  • Thanks to America's world-class resources, wind energy is now the lowest-cost source of new electricity generation in the U.S. While wind energy may increase electric bills in other countries, that is clearly not the case here. (cleanpower.org)
  • That's one reason the U.S. created more electricity from wind than any other country in the world in 2015, and it also means that American wind power costs a fraction as much as German wind power. (cleanpower.org)
  • For example, the 10 states with the most renewable energy have significantly cheaper electricity prices than the 10 states with the least amount of renewable energy. (cleanpower.org)
  • The Wall Street Journal editorial argues that Germany should be promoting wind power as its lowest-cost source of electricity, rather than pursuing polices that favor solar. (cleanpower.org)
  • The state also cracked down in 2002 on power-plant releases of pollutants that form soot and smog, placing it ahead of neighboring states. (carolinapublicpress.org)
  • The waste from nuclear power plants is one of the deadliest toxic pollutants on earth. (counterpunch.org)
  • These materials may interact with one another in the presence of an energy source to form new secondary air pollutants such as Ozone and other very reactive materials. (eco-web.com)
  • The environmental impact of those facilities and fleets is significant, and like many other companies we have focused on energy, waste and carbon targets to reduce our impact areas . (verizon.com)
  • The Obama administration's plan to slash the carbon dioxide billowing from power plants relies more on operating efficiencies and low-polluting technologies than on shuttering coal-fired plants. (carolinapublicpress.org)
  • Emission rates show how efficiently power plants operate. (carolinapublicpress.org)
  • Power plants account for about one-third of U.S. carbon releases. (carolinapublicpress.org)
  • Louisiana-based Entergy Corp. has agreed to lease sequestered carbon credits from the Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association as part of a pilot program to offset carbon emissions from Entergy's power plants. (auri.org)
  • Companies like US-based GE and Westinghouse and the Canadian company CANDU are using all of their political influence to force new nuclear power plants down the throats of citizens around the world. (counterpunch.org)
  • Furthermore, nuclear power plants and their waste emit radiation. (counterpunch.org)
  • Living on Earth's Jeff Young visits two very different coal-powered plants to feel the burn. (loe.org)
  • New projects could fail in midstream for numerous reasons, as happened with scores of U.S. plants in the 1980s - including nine by Progress Energy and Duke Energy. (ncwarn.org)
  • Even worse, other studies find - surprise, surprise - natural gas plants don't replace only high-carbon coal plants. (readersupportednews.org)
  • Plants acquire material for growth chiefly from air, water, and process matter and obtain energy from sunlight, which is used to maintain conditions necessary for survival. (mongabay.com)
  • Plants capture energy from sunlight, which can later be used as fuel or food. (mongabay.com)
  • A state that has a lot of renewables or is far ahead on energy efficiency, for instance, will not have as far to go and will be credited with their work in those areas," a senior agency official said Monday. (carolinapublicpress.org)
  • North Carolina is going to see continued growth in renewable energy, energy efficiency and natural gas," Monast said. (carolinapublicpress.org)
  • The funding is available through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) and will be used to make energy efficiency improvements and install renewable energy systems. (usda.gov)
  • From 2009 to date, REAP has helped finance more than 11,000 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects that have reduced energy costs for roughly 15,000 rural businesses. (usda.gov)
  • Helping thousands of rural small businesses, farmers and ranchers shift away from fossil-based energy by installing renewable energy systems and energy efficiency solutions has been one of the most important components of USDA's climate mitigation investments. (usda.gov)
  • And there's a surging U.S. demand for efficiency, cogeneration, solar and wind power that can offset population growth. (ncwarn.org)
  • Enormous gains can be made by further improving technical efficiency and by accelerating the shift in economic structure from energy-intensive industries to light manufacturing and services. (asiasentinel.com)
  • They often replace very low carbon power sources like solar, wind, nuclear, and even energy efficiency. (readersupportednews.org)
  • Aggressive energy management has resulted in 30 percent energy-intensity reduction per square foot of real estate and 30 percent fuel efficiency in fleet operations since 2006. (verizon.com)
  • No sooner had Ford's Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. pledged recently to cut the company's carbon-dioxide emissions another 30 percent by 2025-on top of a 37-percent drop since 2000, for example-than a VW executive in Germany was promising the company would become No. 1 globally in sustainability via ambitious energy-efficiency gains in manufacturing under a program called Think Blue. (chiefexecutive.net)
  • The relative biological efficiency (RBE) of neutrons versus gamma rays varies inversely with neutron energy down to 0.4 MeV, where it can reach values of 20 and more. (who.int)
  • KOSPO also develops its digitalization of power plant operations, hydrogen and ammonia convergence business. (advfn.com)
  • I've never been more confident in the future of nuclear energy," Korsnick said. (irei.com)
  • While we identify a number of technologies where UK inventors are among the top ten globally in terms of number patents held (in Cement, Nuclear energy, Fuel Injection and Insulation), there is no technology field where a UK company is leading. (cccep.ac.uk)
  • Through the company's Green Mountain Energy Sun Club®, residential customers and supporters of solar have the opportunity to give back to non-profit organizations through solar power projects. (arborgate.com)
  • Electric vehicles will herald in a new age of clean air on busy city streets, but they can also serve a secondary purpose of solving the energy storage issue of renewables. (skepticalscience.com)
  • If we were to replace these with renewables, a 100% electric fleet with an average battery size found in the Chevy Bolt would have more than enough stored energy to keep the country powered until the sun rises again in the morning - 27.8 hours to be specific - and this isn't touching the 15 kWh in each vehicle battery that is set aside for the average daily driving requirements. (skepticalscience.com)
  • Most of the generators involved were placed outside but close to the home to power window air conditioners (ACs) or connect to central electric panels. (cdc.gov)
  • Korea Southern Power (KOSPO) is a public energy company that spun off from Korea Electric Power Corporation in 2002. (advfn.com)
  • Wind energy was the largest source of new electric generating capacity in the U.S. last year . (cleanpower.org)
  • So mainstream American consumers have been rejecting all-electric vehicles en masse. (chiefexecutive.net)
  • HECs are generally composed of a battery-type Faradaic anode as energy source and a capacitor-type cathode as power source, which can enhance the energy and power capabilities. (frontiersin.org)
  • General Fusion Inc., a B.C. company backed by Jeff Bezos, has raised US$65-million to build a prototype plant in its quest to prove that nuclear fusion energy can be a commercially viable, carbon-free source of power. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • They found that no existing alternative energy source, nor combination of sources, could adequately replace the energy produced by fossil fuels. (mit.edu)
  • The team's analysis clearly delineates the advantages and limitations of each alternative power source. (mit.edu)
  • Source: Delta Farm Press, July 12, 2002. (auri.org)
  • Source: Cooperative Partners, May/June 2002. (auri.org)
  • Source: Illinois Soybean Farmer Leader Newsletter, May 2002. (auri.org)
  • That question has been answered: The world's most reliable and scalable carbon-free energy source - nuclear power - has to be part of the solution. (irei.com)
  • Source: International Energy Agency and The World Bank. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Her research will emphasize creating high-energy yielding trees for use in biofuel, she said, hopefully leading the industry toward using trees as a power source instead of ethanol from food crops. (uga.edu)
  • Currently power grids rely on a steady and predictable stream of power generation. (skepticalscience.com)
  • China currently produces fully 97% of the world's rare-earth oxides, the raw materials that can be refined into metals and blended into specialty alloys for defense, commercial and power-generation components. (enterstageright.com)
  • We are pleased to enter into this long-term LNG contract with KOSPO, the leading power generation company in Korea, in support of KOSPO's growing natural-gas fired power generation capacity," said Jack Fusco, Cheniere's President and Chief Executive Officer. (advfn.com)
  • Germany's carbon emissions would have fallen even further had it not drastically reduced its use of nuclear generation at the same time for unrelated reasons. (cleanpower.org)
  • The UK has a very strong position in marine energy generation. (cccep.ac.uk)
  • Each nuclear power plant produces from 22 to 30 tons of nuclear waste each year. (counterpunch.org)
  • By investing in state-of-the-art, energy-efficient technology throughout our factories, we have achieved a total reduction in annual carbon emissions of 150,000 tons. (michigansugar.com)
  • The milestone was reached with the financing of three solar farms in regional New South Wales (Corowa, Junee, and Wagga) that will produce 220 GWh annually, reducing 180,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per year. (westpac.com.au)
  • The government of Tony Blair plans to lock in a sixty percent reduction in carbon emissions by mid-century. (loe.org)
  • Emissions stop growing when annual rate of reduction in carbon intensity of GDP is equal to the GDP growth rate. (asiasentinel.com)
  • Some of Costa Rica's energy sources include geothermal energy, the burning of sugarcane waste and other biomass, solar and wind energy. (metaefficient.com)
  • Governments constantly tell us what we must do to save waste and to cut down on our carbon emissions (in order to reduce global warming) but the waste produced by government departments rises annually. (vernoncoleman.com)
  • With the mountain of nuclear waste growing, the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, along with US agencies-the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission - are proposing a scheme to lower the cost of disposing of waste for the nuclear power industry and the nuclear weapons complex. (counterpunch.org)
  • Michigan Sugar Company is committed to continuous improvement programs in the areas of energy use, water use/reuse, carbon dioxide emissions, and material and packaging waste management and recycling. (michigansugar.com)
  • Michigan Sugar Company is committed to protecting the environment and aggressively manages its impact through waste prevention and minimization, robust recycling, and conservation of energy and natural resources. (michigansugar.com)
  • LMS Energy is Australia's largest carbon abater and most experienced bioenergy from waste company, having operated for almost 40 years in the waste and bioenergy sectors. (bioenergy.org.nz)
  • System dynamics was used to model the interactions within the three main sectors that will affect the projects performance, waste, energy and climate. (lu.se)
  • And despite industry claims, nuclear power generates substantial greenhouse emissions during both construction and the energy-intensive fuel cycle. (ncwarn.org)
  • You are providing necessary directions for a fossil-free, clean energy future. (narendramodi.in)
  • The park will help meet Morocco's rising energy needs, which grow at a pace of about eight percent annually, and also help towards achieving Morocco's goal of producing 1,000 MW of clean energy by 2012. (evwind.es)
  • This will enable us in ensuring high-quality power supply for consumers and help integrate clean energy into the power supply mix," said Tata Power CEO and Managing Director Dr. Praveer Sinha. (electricnet.com)
  • The fund has the potential to unlock up to $500M in private sector and governmental investments in support of sustainable low-carbon economic development and help catalyze a clean energy transition in South and Southeast Asia. (electricnet.com)
  • We are living in an exceptional time defined by unprecedented levels of focus on and investment in the global transition to clean energy," said Jim Murphy, Invenergy's president and corporate business leader. (honeywell.com)
  • What our research clearly shows is that scientific innovation can only reverse this trend if we adopt an aggressive, global strategy for developing alternative fuel sources that can produce up to three times the amount of power we use today," said Martin Hoffert, a professor of physics at New York University and the leader of the team. (mit.edu)
  • However, if we do not begin to reverse this trend by taking aggressive action to reduce future carbon emissions, scientists predict future increases in temperature of 5 to10 °F. This magnitude of warming is predicted to result in more severe consequences in our region and around the country. (catf.us)
  • In addition, reductions in the amount of emissions per unit of energy are being achieved through a gradual shift in the energy mix away from coal and towards nuclear, gas and renewables. (asiasentinel.com)
  • The good news is that renewables are ready to handle the job of running a modern economy, so we don't need to rely on natural gas as a "bridge" to a carbon-free future. (readersupportednews.org)
  • Counter)mapping renewables: Space, justice, and politics of wind and solar power in Mexico. (lu.se)
  • Doanes Agricultural Report, June 14, 2002. (auri.org)
  • business $13,676 annually and reduce energy usage by 136,766 kWh annually. (usda.gov)
  • Thanks to USDA investments in renewable energy projects of all sizes, rural Americans are saving more than 10.4 billion kWh- enough energy to power more than 959,000 American homes annually. (usda.gov)
  • The Tanger Wind-Energy Park, with a production capacity of 140 MW, will comprise 165 aero generators capable of producing 526.5 Giga Watt Hour (GWH) annually. (evwind.es)
  • The solar energy system generates an estimated one million kWh annually. (skiutah.com)
  • In a paper published in the Nov. 1 issue of the journal Science, the researchers evaluate several advanced energy technologies for their ability to supply carbon-emission-free energy and their potential for large-scale commercialization. (mit.edu)
  • I also had to collaborate with researchers from the Center for Energy Research and Development, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. (lu.se)
  • has been selected to receive a $10,298 REAP grant to install a geothermal renewable energy system to heat its greenhouse. (usda.gov)
  • Carbon capture and storage technologies can provide a bridge from today's fossil fuel based energy systems to the climate-friendly systems of the future. (mit.edu)
  • Although regulation can play a role, the fossil fuel greenhouse effect is an energy problem that cannot be simply regulated away. (mit.edu)
  • Westpac's strategy is two-fold - we are focussed on growing our renewable energy portfolio, but equally important, we will work closely with customers in higher emissions sectors with transition, helping them to find a sustainable pathway to net zero by 2050," Mr Miller said. (westpac.com.au)
  • 2013). Geographies of energy transition: Space, place and the low- carbon economy. (lu.se)
  • Such perspectives could leave a growing wind energy industry with a notable deadline that may prevent it from having any significant impact on a more sustainable European energy supply scheme. (evwind.es)
  • Tony Napolillo from Green Mountain Energy Company will present "Why Solar is the Future of a Sustainable World. (arborgate.com)
  • Our collective impact and efforts are the key to reaching global net zero goals, and Invenergy is proud to join our CCITNZ partners and share its expertise as a leading clean and renewable energy developer with global leaders who share our common vision for a sustainable world. (honeywell.com)
  • This thesis was written during my internship with the UNEP-Risø Centre for Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development in Roskilde, Denmark. (lu.se)
  • Wind power might come to forefront in Costa Rica - a large wind farm with 22 turbines has been working in Tilarán, Guanacaste since 2002 and more are scheduled to be installed in the mountains of Escazú and Santa Ana. (metaefficient.com)
  • For context, it should be remembered that Gov. Perry has championed Obama/EPA/Big Green energy policy by advancing wind power with both pen and pulpit. (masterresource.org)