News tagged with gas generator
Study: Location key to green benefits of electric vehicles
Apparently, location, location, location is the latest twist on electric vehicles and the environment: Whether an electric car such as the Nissan Leaf protects the atmosphere from greenhouse gases depends on where it's charged, ...
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Apr 17, 2012 |
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Advanced power-grid research finds low-cost, low-carbon future in West
The least expensive way for the Western U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to help prevent the worst consequences of global warming is to replace coal with renewable and other sources of energy ...
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Apr 03, 2012 |
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New research links crop disease and climate change
Researchers from the University of Hertfordshire have investigated links between crop disease and climate change which impact our food growth and production - affecting our food security today and for future generations. ...
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Reduction in US carbon emissions attributed to cheaper natural gas
In 2009, when the United States fell into economic recession, greenhouse gas emissions also fell, by 6.59 percent relative to 2008.
Feb 27, 2012 |
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China plans Asia's biggest coal-fired power plant
China's Shenhua Group will build the largest coal-fired power station in Asia over the next five years, the official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday, as the country struggles to meet its energy needs.
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Dec 27, 2011 |
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EU agency: air pollution costs exceed $134 billion
(AP) -- Air pollution isn't just harmful - it's expensive, resulting in health care and environmental costs of more than euro100 billion ($130 billion) in 2009, the European Union's environment agency said Thursday.
Nov 24, 2011 |
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Americans using more fossil fuels
American energy use went back up in 2010 compared to 2009, when consumption was at a 12-year low. The United States used more fossil fuels in 2010 than in 2009, while renewable electricity remained approximately ...
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Nov 09, 2011 |
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Up-and-coming forests will remain important carbon sinks
(PhysOrg.com) -- The aging forests of the Upper Great Lakes could be considered the baby boomers of the region's ecosystem.
Aug 10, 2011 |
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Rhodium-iron catalyst helps increase yield of hydrogen gas in steam reforming of ethanol
Vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells generate no exhaust emissions other than clean water vapor. Unfortunately, producing and distributing large quantities of hydrogen gas is impossible with current infrastructures. ...
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Natural gas can play major role in greenhouse gas reduction
Natural gas is important in many sectors of the economy: for generating electricity, as a heat source for industry and buildings, and in chemical feedstock. Given the abundance of natural gas available through large global ...
Jun 10, 2011 |
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Energy harvesters transform waste into electricity
Billions of dollars lost each year as waste heat from industrial processes can be converted into electricity with a technology being developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 16, 2011 |
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Scots carbon emissions could be halved in decades, study suggests
Cutting Scotland's greenhouse gas emissions by a half within 20 years is achievable, a study suggests.
Apr 12, 2011 |
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US energy future hazy on Japan, environment fears
The United States faces tough questions as it tries to plot its energy future in the wake of the Japan nuclear disaster and long-running environmental and security concerns, analysts say.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 31, 2011 |
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Supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton Cycle turbines promise giant leap in thermal-to-electric conversion efficiency
Sandia National Laboratories researchers are moving into the demonstration phase of a novel gas turbine system for power generation, with the promise that thermal-to-electric conversion efficiency will be increased to as ...
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Berkeley scientists highlight challenges of meeting state energy goals by 2050
California is showing the way for the rest of the nation in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, having set an ambitious goal to reduce these emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by the year 2050. ...
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Mar 02, 2011 |
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