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Low-cost ceramics enable temperatures beyond the limitations of metals to deliver fuel efficiencies of power plants in small-scale distributed power. The Flameless Ceramic Turbine combines flameless combustion technology and innovations in ceramic design to deliver demand-responsive power without the emissions.
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million) grant from the Regional Development Agency One North East and the Department for Energy and ClimateChange. In this regard, I would like to express my thanks to One North East, the Department for Energy and ClimateChange and the National Non-Food Crop Centre for their considerable support to enable this work to go ahead.
Our results suggest that gas-aerosol interactions play an important role in methane’s GWP, and hence our larger value would allow better optimization of climatechange mitigation policies. Methane’s GWP may also change with time as air quality regulations alter the background state of tropospheric chemistry. Shindell et al.
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Global benefits from full implementation of measures for reduction of short-lived climate pollutants in 2030 compared to the reference scenario. The climatechange benefit is estimated for a given year (2050) and human health and crop benefits are. for 2030 and beyond. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).
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million) construction costs for the first commercial plant in Europe using its waste-to-ethanol BioEnergy Process Technology. Following the successful completion of a detailed feasibility study by the company, the UK DECC (Department for Energy and ClimateChange) has approved funding of £4.5 million (US$10.8 Earlier post.).
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X PRIZE’s Energy & Environment Prize Group intends to catalyze a new era of clean, renewable, cost-effective energy with minimal impact on the climate and environment. Areas of consideration include breakthroughs in climatechange, water resource management, energy distribution & storage, clean energy, energy efficiency/use.
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million) over 3-4 years into the consortium using funding from the Department for Transport and the Department of Energy and ClimateChange (DECC). The Carbon Trust is investing £7 million (US$10.6
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