Business Green
OCTOBER 12, 2022
The WMO said it was choosing to focus its climate report this year on energy, as the sector is presently the source of around three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions, and its decarbonisation is therefore key to ensuring the planet's health and sustainable development. We need a complete transformation of the global energy system.".
GreenTechMedia
MARCH 1, 2021
Society’s hierarchy of energetic needs can be represented graphically as a pyramid , with extracting and refining energy at the bottom and delivering education, health care, arts and so on at the top. ” Of all the carbon-free generation options studied, only hydropower emerged as a promising energy source, with an EROI of 84:1.
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Business Green
JUNE 18, 2020
The report also highlights how in addition to the short term economic boost a green investment surge would deliver multiple health and well-being benefits, at a time when air pollution and unhealthy lifestyles have been identified as an exacerbating factor in the coronavirus pandemic.
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 27, 2020
NuScale's situation underscores the challenges facing small modular reactor (SMR) companies developing a new generation of nuclear power plants. SMRs could provide zero-carbon power for U.S. And while the Department of Energy has issued a $1.36 NuScale and UAMPS told Greentech Media they remain confident in the project.
Renewable Energy World
APRIL 20, 2021
Reduced sulfur and nitrogen emissions, especially from less coal generation, led to a steep drop in such health impacts as respiratory disease. Premature deaths due to power-sector air pollution fell from 38,000 to 3,100 per year. All require more research. Our study offers two central lessons as the nation moves forward.
Low Carbon Prosperity
MARCH 10, 2021
The largest and one of the fastest emissions growing sectors in the study, power sector emissions were skewed by low availability of zero-carbon resources, including below average hydropower availability and the unexpected shutdown in 2012 of the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant.
Low Carbon Prosperity
MARCH 10, 2021
The largest and one of the fastest emissions growing sectors in the study, power sector emissions were skewed by low availability of zero-carbon resources, including below average hydropower availability and the unexpected shutdown in 2012 of the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant.
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