A Climate Institute Publication
In the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) Fourth Assessment Report bio-energy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) was highlighted as a key potential technology for reaching low carbon dioxide atmospheric concentration targets. Recently there has been concern that employment of such technology may have detrimental implications for climate justice.
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NYISO’s DER roadmap is spread out over the next three to five years, designed to develop market elements, functional requirements and tariff language necessary to integrate a DER system.1 CAISO believes that closer coordination with the distribution level utility will be needed to advance DER aggregations and a clean power system. While NYISO and CAISO have been making substantial ground, the development of DER still asks for a considerable amount of research and policy-making.
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In the HVDC system AC is converted into DC via a converter station, transmitted at a high voltage through a long-distance cable and then converted back to AC at a terminal converter station for local dispersal. This allows for lower power losses and the ability to reduce intermittency from widespread renewable energy sources.
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Switching to renewable energy will reduce energy expenditures required for economic production. The world will have a more stable climate. And we will see reduced health and environmental impacts from carbon heavy energy emitters. For these reasons, the United States should focus on a renewable energy future.
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The diversification of energy resources is important for the safety and stability of nations, the protection and preservation of the environment, the availability of energy for future generations, and the economy.
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The transportation sector generates 26% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the US. Autonomous vehicles have the potential significantly reduce those emissions.
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Energy outlook for 2040
by Fuel Fighter
Over the last several years, our Chief Climate Scientist for Climate Change Programs, Mike MacCracken, has submitted legal declarations in lawsuits seeking to force the Bureau of Land Management to prepare environmental impact assessments regarding the climate change implications of their leasing of particular sites in Wyoming.
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