The case for and against onshore wind energy in the UK (2 MB) (opens in new window)
... This policy brief aims to inform the debate about the role of onshore wind in the UK’s future energy mix. The paper investigates to what extent onshore wind can contribute to future electricity generation, whether there are technological constraints, what the economic costs are, and what the environ ...
... This policy brief aims to inform the debate about the role of onshore wind in the UK’s future energy mix. The paper investigates to what extent onshore wind can contribute to future electricity generation, whether there are technological constraints, what the economic costs are, and what the environ ...
Presentation CO2
... • Now, after 4 years we have learned a few things: – We will remain to be dependant on fossil fuels for a long time – Change from coal to gas has not happened • Due to high gas prices and lack of long time confidence – Building new efficient coal - yes • Several large plants have been built and at l ...
... • Now, after 4 years we have learned a few things: – We will remain to be dependant on fossil fuels for a long time – Change from coal to gas has not happened • Due to high gas prices and lack of long time confidence – Building new efficient coal - yes • Several large plants have been built and at l ...
Federalism Issue: Should the federal government impose strict
... to create plans that regulate power plants in their borders such that they achieve CO2 performance rates set by the federal government in an approach called “cooperative federalism.”4 These plans vary by state, according to each state’s energy needs and current energy use, and plans are established ...
... to create plans that regulate power plants in their borders such that they achieve CO2 performance rates set by the federal government in an approach called “cooperative federalism.”4 These plans vary by state, according to each state’s energy needs and current energy use, and plans are established ...
Depletion of fossil fuels and anthropogenic climate change—A review
... the scenarios share a few basic assumptions, they can differ substantially in other aspects, such as availability of fossil-fuel resources, resulting GHG emissions, the rate of energy-efficiency improvements, and the extent of renewable energy development. The remaining 14 scenarios are different ver ...
... the scenarios share a few basic assumptions, they can differ substantially in other aspects, such as availability of fossil-fuel resources, resulting GHG emissions, the rate of energy-efficiency improvements, and the extent of renewable energy development. The remaining 14 scenarios are different ver ...
Tropical Hydropower is a Significant Source of Greenhouse Gas
... methane concentrations in the reservoir seasonally adjusted from data on degassing emissions at Petit Saut dam in French Guyana. Fearnside responds that Rosa has misinterpreted the data and points out that Rosa has done no measurements at Turucuí to prove that the degassing is negligible.11 Rosa’s C ...
... methane concentrations in the reservoir seasonally adjusted from data on degassing emissions at Petit Saut dam in French Guyana. Fearnside responds that Rosa has misinterpreted the data and points out that Rosa has done no measurements at Turucuí to prove that the degassing is negligible.11 Rosa’s C ...
2015 Jobs After Coal report - Mataura
... that coal is the major cause of climate change. This followed the tour of New Zealand by climate scientist Dr James Hansen, one of the first scientists to bring the issue of climate change before the US Congress in 1988. Dr Hansen argued that in order to avert the looming climate crisis, one must st ...
... that coal is the major cause of climate change. This followed the tour of New Zealand by climate scientist Dr James Hansen, one of the first scientists to bring the issue of climate change before the US Congress in 1988. Dr Hansen argued that in order to avert the looming climate crisis, one must st ...
Petition - Center for Biological Diversity
... several times over.18 Consequently, the vast majority of fossil fuels must remain in the ground. The physical question of what amount of fossil fuels can be extracted and burned without negating a realistic chance of meeting a 1.5°C or even 2ºC target is relatively easy to answer. The question of w ...
... several times over.18 Consequently, the vast majority of fossil fuels must remain in the ground. The physical question of what amount of fossil fuels can be extracted and burned without negating a realistic chance of meeting a 1.5°C or even 2ºC target is relatively easy to answer. The question of w ...
The net climate impact of coal
... consumption rates, enough reserves are available to last more than a century (Energy Information Administration, 2009; hereafter EIA, 2009). Nearly half the known reserves are in the US, China and India, countries with large projected increases in energy demand over coming decades. Coal-fired power ...
... consumption rates, enough reserves are available to last more than a century (Energy Information Administration, 2009; hereafter EIA, 2009). Nearly half the known reserves are in the US, China and India, countries with large projected increases in energy demand over coming decades. Coal-fired power ...
Capturing Greenhouse Gases
... What is carbon sequestration? The idea is to store the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in natural reservoirs rather than allowing it to build up in the atmosphere. Although sequestering carbon is often connected to planting trees, we are investigating the possibility of capturing carbon dioxide from s ...
... What is carbon sequestration? The idea is to store the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in natural reservoirs rather than allowing it to build up in the atmosphere. Although sequestering carbon is often connected to planting trees, we are investigating the possibility of capturing carbon dioxide from s ...
Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Assessment of Richard K. Lattanzio Analyst in Environmental Policy
... gas infrastructure. Many of these proposals promote technology and infrastructure investments that could be significant and long lasting. For this reason, some stakeholders recommend a thorough analysis of the costs and benefits of these proposals as well as a full assessment of the economic and env ...
... gas infrastructure. Many of these proposals promote technology and infrastructure investments that could be significant and long lasting. For this reason, some stakeholders recommend a thorough analysis of the costs and benefits of these proposals as well as a full assessment of the economic and env ...
Fossil economy - Beyond Zero Emissions
... Since 2008, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has produced energy projections in-line with the two degree warming limit. The so-called 450ppm scenario projections are updated annually, and highlight the impact of emission reductions on the energy system - the major source of warming emissions. T ...
... Since 2008, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has produced energy projections in-line with the two degree warming limit. The so-called 450ppm scenario projections are updated annually, and highlight the impact of emission reductions on the energy system - the major source of warming emissions. T ...
Changing the Climate - Wyoming Outdoor Council
... else drop coal combustion altogether and figure out how to produce cleaner energy in other ways. Make no mistake: Wyoming is competing in a global market. Unless there is some important innovation or technological breakthrough for coal-based energy, the rest of the United States and other countries ...
... else drop coal combustion altogether and figure out how to produce cleaner energy in other ways. Make no mistake: Wyoming is competing in a global market. Unless there is some important innovation or technological breakthrough for coal-based energy, the rest of the United States and other countries ...
May 9, 2014 EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
... public health and natural resources, as well as the economy, for our generation and into the future, from the threat of climate change. Background Fossil-fueled power plants emit more greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution than any other category of sources in the United States, contributing significantly t ...
... public health and natural resources, as well as the economy, for our generation and into the future, from the threat of climate change. Background Fossil-fueled power plants emit more greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution than any other category of sources in the United States, contributing significantly t ...
Coal Fire Emission Contributes to Global Warming
... Coal Fire Emission Contributes to Global Warming The curves from EIA and CDIAC are quite similar; by the way, we will consider as World carbon emission and Chinese carbon emission from coal versus year, a linear curve, which takes into account the both database (Graph 1.10). The World coal producti ...
... Coal Fire Emission Contributes to Global Warming The curves from EIA and CDIAC are quite similar; by the way, we will consider as World carbon emission and Chinese carbon emission from coal versus year, a linear curve, which takes into account the both database (Graph 1.10). The World coal producti ...
paper - New Climate Economy report
... could, in principle, make an important contribution. As we discuss further below, producing electricity from natural gas emits about half the GHGs per kWh as coal. Thus, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has suggested that high-efficiency natural gas combined cycle gas turbine (CC ...
... could, in principle, make an important contribution. As we discuss further below, producing electricity from natural gas emits about half the GHGs per kWh as coal. Thus, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has suggested that high-efficiency natural gas combined cycle gas turbine (CC ...
natural gas: guardrails for a potential climate bridge
... could, in principle, make an important contribution. As we discuss further below, producing electricity from natural gas emits about half the GHGs per kWh as coal. Thus, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has suggested that high-efficiency natural gas combined cycle gas turbine (CC ...
... could, in principle, make an important contribution. As we discuss further below, producing electricity from natural gas emits about half the GHGs per kWh as coal. Thus, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has suggested that high-efficiency natural gas combined cycle gas turbine (CC ...
From Risk to Return | Investing in a Clean
... that America can reduce the economic risks from climate change while seizing new market opportunities. But businesses must also start now to factor climate risks into their investment decisions. Whenever capital assets reach the end of their productive lives, they should be replaced with energy effi ...
... that America can reduce the economic risks from climate change while seizing new market opportunities. But businesses must also start now to factor climate risks into their investment decisions. Whenever capital assets reach the end of their productive lives, they should be replaced with energy effi ...
From Risk to Return | Investing in a Clean
... that America can reduce the economic risks from climate change while seizing new market opportunities. But businesses must also start now to factor climate risks into their investment decisions. Whenever capital assets reach the end of their productive lives, they should be replaced with energy effi ...
... that America can reduce the economic risks from climate change while seizing new market opportunities. But businesses must also start now to factor climate risks into their investment decisions. Whenever capital assets reach the end of their productive lives, they should be replaced with energy effi ...
Potential climatic impacts and reliability of very large
... and VH) used different schemes to simulate the wind turbine effects over land, while another run (REF) excludes any wind turbine effects and thus serves as the control or reference. Besides the land installation simulations, we have also conducted two additional runs (denoted OL and OH) in which we ...
... and VH) used different schemes to simulate the wind turbine effects over land, while another run (REF) excludes any wind turbine effects and thus serves as the control or reference. Besides the land installation simulations, we have also conducted two additional runs (denoted OL and OH) in which we ...
Promoting Trade and Investment in Climate‐Smart Goods, Services and Technologies in Asia and the Pacific
... of 3-3.9°C (Project Catalyst 2010; Sustainability Institute 2009). Limiting global average temperature rise to 2°C was, ironically, one of the few numerical targets set out within the Copenhagen Accord; and yet it appears that even this is beyond reach. While the responsibility for the buildup of GH ...
... of 3-3.9°C (Project Catalyst 2010; Sustainability Institute 2009). Limiting global average temperature rise to 2°C was, ironically, one of the few numerical targets set out within the Copenhagen Accord; and yet it appears that even this is beyond reach. While the responsibility for the buildup of GH ...
Topic 8_4__Non-fossil fuel power production
... It quickly splits into two smaller daughter nuclei, and two neutrons, each of which can split another nucleus 94Sr of 235U. ...
... It quickly splits into two smaller daughter nuclei, and two neutrons, each of which can split another nucleus 94Sr of 235U. ...
The Global Fossil Fuel Divestment and Clean Energy - Divest
... assets. The Carbon Tracker Initiative published an analysis of the risk of stranded carbon assets in 2013, finding that 60 to 80 percent of the existing coal, oil, and gas reserves and resources would be unburnable if global leaders commit to limiting warming to 2°C. A 2015 report found that $2 tril ...
... assets. The Carbon Tracker Initiative published an analysis of the risk of stranded carbon assets in 2013, finding that 60 to 80 percent of the existing coal, oil, and gas reserves and resources would be unburnable if global leaders commit to limiting warming to 2°C. A 2015 report found that $2 tril ...
a critical look at “the moral case for fossil fuels”
... cleaner global energy supply. Epstein argues that fossil energy has been the main driver of human flourishing historically and that it is uniquely capable of continuing to support human flourishing in perpetuity, making it the morally preferable global energy choice for the future. Epstein makes num ...
... cleaner global energy supply. Epstein argues that fossil energy has been the main driver of human flourishing historically and that it is uniquely capable of continuing to support human flourishing in perpetuity, making it the morally preferable global energy choice for the future. Epstein makes num ...
Report Card - Chesapeake Climate Action Network
... for major new pipelines that would traverse western and central Virginia, bringing an unprecedented surge of gas from West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania into Virginia and North Carolina. The Governor also joined the American Petroleum Institute and other fossil fuel advocates in pushing for the po ...
... for major new pipelines that would traverse western and central Virginia, bringing an unprecedented surge of gas from West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania into Virginia and North Carolina. The Governor also joined the American Petroleum Institute and other fossil fuel advocates in pushing for the po ...
Leasing Coal, Fueling Climate Change
... fossil fuel subsidies globally.11 Because of this, the IMF data show that the United States is the top fossil fuel subsidizing nation, at over $500 billion each year. The IMF report notes how low coal prices lead to a particularly major subsidy: “For some products, such as coal, post-tax subsidies a ...
... fossil fuel subsidies globally.11 Because of this, the IMF data show that the United States is the top fossil fuel subsidizing nation, at over $500 billion each year. The IMF report notes how low coal prices lead to a particularly major subsidy: “For some products, such as coal, post-tax subsidies a ...