fossil fuel cost Articles
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The bottom line on international trade & climate policy
By encouraging clean technology deployment and imposing new costs on commonly traded commodities, climate policy would have significant impacts on international trade flows. This document answers basic questions about climate policy and its implications for the international trade of goods. How will climate policy impact American trade competitiveness? Over the coming decade, countries around ...
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Bioenergy and the convergence of the markets for fuel, food, and fibre
Don Roberts said four key variables are driving the economics of biofuel production: the price of fossil fuels, the cost of the feedstock, the “plethora” of conversion technology, and regulations, which stimulate demand. These variables are in flux, which presents a dilemma for investors, who “hate uncertainty.” Conversion technologies are at varying stages of market readiness. As “some of the ...
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Impacts of Federal Tax Credit Extensions on Renewable Deployment and Power Sector Emissions
Executive Summary Federal tax credits for renewable energy (RE) have served as one of the primary financial incentives for RE deployment over the last two decades in the United States. In December 2015, RE tax credits, including the wind power production tax credit and solar investment tax credits, were extended as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016. The act extended the solar ...
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The resurgence of waste-to-energy and conversion technologies: Where’s the risk?
Waste processing technologies have come a long way in the last century. The technology to extract energy from the combustion of solid waste has been in use since 1898, when the first waste-toenergy (WTE) facility was built in New York. Since that time, WTE technologies have evolved from incinerators that were simply destruction units to large-scale mass-burn combustion and refuse-derived fuel ...
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IAEA's DEEP in Carlsbad: co-producing energy and water in Southern California
The joint production of energy and desalinated water is examined in the context of the construction of a Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant at the site of the (fossil-fired) Encina Power Station in Carlsbad, California. The first part of the paper reproduces cost estimates of water at the Carlsbad Desalination Project. The second part of the paper reproduces these cost estimates using the International ...
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Survival - Small Dairy Farms
It is tough to be a small dairy farmer these days. We’ve been interviewing small dairy operations in Michigan and have found first-hand that smaller dairy farms (typically family owned) are being challenged by rapidly changing feed costs and milk prices. Of course, energy costs also have a strong impact on farm profitability. The farms we interviewed told us at least 10 and 15% of their ...
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Will we ever stop using fossil fuels?
Not without a carbon tax, suggests a study by an MIT economist. In recent years, proponents of clean energy have taken heart in the falling prices of solar and wind power, hoping they will drive an energy revolution. But a new study co-authored by an MIT professor suggests otherwise: Technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead us to continue using all the oil, gas, and coal we ...
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CSP Today interviews Avi Brenmiller, President and CEO of Brenmiller Energy
In a market that has to ensure that dispatchable power is available at all times, Brenmiller Energy an innovative solar company, provides a modular solar steam generation product for power generation applications. CSP Today speaks to Avi Brenmiller, CEO of Brenmiller Energy, about scalable solutions for both large and smaller users, price competitiveness, steam augmentation and how the ...
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Changing the Business Climate in 2015
The business of climate change has changed. Six years ago, when an international climate treaty in Copenhagen seemed distinctly possible, there was still a discernible gap between the concept of a low-carbon global economy and the capital market’s ability to deliver it. Nascent and costly clean energy technologies, skepticism of climate science and a still deeply-embedded reliance on coal ...
By Ceres
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CSP power-heat costs could drop 50% on stable policy support
Industrial power and heat developers are adapting designs to minimize construction costs and shorten payback periods and greater financing support could see costs fall by a half, industry experts told New Energy Update. Falling technology costs and growing carbon reduction objectives have spurred industrial companies to turn towards renewable energy solutions. A number of CSP developers ...
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Simplistic understanding of transitioning to renewables in Colorado
We have all heard that renewables are now cheaper than coal or gas, especially after the Xcel bid that was reported in 2018, with PV with battery storage at a median price of $38/MWh (3.8 C/kWh) and Wind at $19.3/MWh (1.9 c/kWh). If this is true, why don't we just replace everything with wind and solar right now? It is, of course, a bit trickier than that. These prices, listed above, are for ...
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Asia-Pacific Analysis: Go green not nuclear
Crispin Maslog says the region should follow the Philippines' lead and focus on renewable, not nuclear power. A year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, questions remain over the role of nuclear power in the developing world, including South-East Asia and the Pacific. Nuclear power had a renaissance, driven by rapidly growing energy demands, and fading memories of high-profile disasters at ...
By SciDev.Net
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Carbon Asset Risk: A Review of Progress and Opportunities
The concept of carbon asset risk – that the world’s fossil fuel companies hold at least three times more oil, gas and coal reserves than can realistically be burned in order to avoid potentially catastrophic climate warming – has risen to the forefront as Wall Street analysts, investors, regulators and governments increasingly recognize carbon asset risk as an actionable, ...
By Ceres
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Focus Bioenergy No 8 2004: Biofuels for transports - making strong headway
The Swedish transport sector is dependent on imported oil. A switch to domestic bio-fuels for transports would make us less vulnerable, create jobs and be better for the environment. An EU directive from 2003 states that the share of biofuels or other renewable fuels is to increase gradually up to 5.75 percent by 2010. To achieve this, long-term economic and tax policy incentives, a ...
By Elmia AB
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USDA Promotes Development Of More Efficient Biomass Drying Systems
On August 3, 2015, Forest Concepts, LLC received a two-year, $499,997 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The contract will support the development of predictive control systems for biomass dryers that will increase energy efficiency and provide significant cost savings. The technologies being developed by the project can be ...
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Naval weapons air station china lake - Military display solar lighting - Case study
About The Project Naval Weapons Air Station China Lake, or NAWS, was known for their fighter jets on display in and outside one of their buildings. Their old flood lights had malfunctioned and, because of the poor lighting in the area, were subject to vandalism. The closest power connection was over 800 feet away, so trenching would have been time consuming, costly, and unsightly. ...
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Understanding What Oil Sludge Pyrolysis Plant Can Handle
What is Oil Sludge? Before delving into the capabilities of oil sludge pyrolysis plants, it is essential to understand what oil sludge entails. Oil sludge is a byproduct of oil refining and drilling operations, comprising a mixture of oil, water, solids, and various contaminants. This viscous substance poses significant environmental risks if not managed properly, as it can contaminate soil, ...
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Uniforet Mill, Quebec, Canada
Biomass Drying For Bioenergy A DRY-REX low temperature biomass drying system was installed at a Uniforet pulp and paper mill in Quebec to dry sludge produced during the paper making process into a high efficiency biofuel. Prior to the DRY-REX project, the mill was spending millions of dollars to treat and landfill the sludge as waste. The DRY-REX system processed 200 wet tons of sludge a day ...
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Growing Pains: Current Disadvantages of Renewable Energy
As renewable energy projects continue to be a growing piece of global energy production, it is easy to assume that they will automatically have less of an impact on the environment and people than conventional fossil fuels. Renewable energy is an appealing way to avoid carbon emissions, use fewer resources and provide energy security and jobs. But it is not perfect, and despite the many positives ...
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Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014
Executive Summary The competiveness of renewable power generation technologies continued improving in 2013 and 2014. The cost-competitiveness of renewable power generation technologies has reached historic levels. Biomass for power, hydropower, geothermal and onshore wind can all now provide electricity competitively compared to fossil fuel-fired power generation (Figure ES 1). Most ...
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