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Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

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Global CO 2. After a decline in global CO 2 emissions in 2009 of 1% (including a. correction for the leap year 2008), global emissions have. After a decline in global CO 2 emissions in 2009 of 1% (including a. correction for the leap year 2008), global emissions have. Indexed global CO 2. Source: JRC.

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MIT researchers conclude fundamental changes in the US energy-innovation system are needed to meet challenges of climate change and energy supply

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Neither the failure of global and US climate policy nor the emergence of other pressing issues changes the facts about climate and energy. The project was supported by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Business as usual is unsustainable over the long run. Innovation doesn’t just emerge out of thin air. —Richard Lester.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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This concept is often called “additionality.” coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. From a global climate change perspective, it does not matter where or from what source the reduction occurs: the effect on the atmospheric concentration of GHGs would be the same. Additionality. 3) Measurement.

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Lean Software, Power Electronics, and the Return of Optical Storage

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They certainly don’t understand the interdependencies, which are very similar to the software development processes you were just referring to. In fact, Ozzie Zehner wrote an article for us way back in the mid-Teens about the— the dirty secret behind your electric car is the coal that fuels it. I think that— Goldstein: But it’s true.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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This concept is often called “additionality.” According to a report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the margin of error in measuring emissions by DOEs can be as high as: 10% for the cement and fertilizer industries; 60% for the oil, gas, and coal industries; and. REFERENCES.

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A Skeptic’s Take on Beaming Power to Earth from Space

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Despite mounting buzz around the concept, I and many of my former colleagues at ESA are deeply skeptical that these large and complex power systems could be deployed quickly enough and widely enough to make a meaningful contribution to the global energy transition. Space Industry Experts Run the Numbers The U.S. Engineers at Arthur D.

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DOE selects 16 projects for funding to develop post-combustion carbon capture technologies

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The US Department of Energy has selected 16 projects for almost $29 million in funding to develop advanced post-combustion technologies for capturing carbon dioxide from coal–fired power plants. GE Global Research. The application of ultrasonic energy forces dissolved CO 2 into gas bubbles. Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group.

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