Tashiro is calling for the Japanese government to increase their investment in research of renewable energy resources.
Unlike other parts of the country, the region has a paucity of renewable energy resources that could realistically displace its dependence on fossil fuels.
Mr Cook replied by listing what he said was Apple's "incredible work" in environmental issues, including efforts to eliminate toxins from its tech gadgets, and committing to using renewable energy resources.
The energy infrastructure of Iceland is one of the cleanest in the world, capable of producing 100 percent of its electricity from homegrown renewable energy resources such as hydro and geothermal.
They have vast arable land for agriculture, large rainforests that play a crucial role in combating global warming, great biodiversity, abundant renewable energy resources, enormous reserves of fresh water and precious marine and coastal resources.
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Contrary to what many people may expect, most of these technologies, which include microturbines, fuel cells and high-efficiency cogeneration, rely on fossil fuels rather than renewable-energy resources like wind or solar energy.
Like China, the prodigious expansion of power production from renewable-energy resources like wind, solar energy and geothermal has outpaced the ability of the transmission systems to move these new power supplies to centers of demand.
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In the area of renewable and distributed energy resources, which are prone to extreme variability, members can leverage predictive and optimization technologies, increasing the accuracy of their forecasts to balance the supply and demand of electricity and take measures that ensure system reliability.
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So it is that the House's energy bill contains a mandate that (by 2020) electric companies get 15% of their energy from renewable resources.
On March 4 she will follow her passion for renewable resources and sustainable energy products when she joins Amyris as Chief Business Officer.
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Rickover recommended a course of action that would swing the human race over to renewable energy while conserving remaining carbon resources in the limited but sufficient time remaining.
"Scotland already leads the world in renewable energy, and we have the natural resources and the expertise to achieve so much more".
The resolution also calls on state-level government officials and offices to raise community awareness about opportunities to build energy-efficient schools and use renewable resources.
Hydrogen produced from renewable resources is a promising source of clean energy, but the gas is difficult to handle and transport.
All Energy Globe projects are about access to energy, using renewable energy, innovative ways to generate energy, increased efficiency and the careful and intelligent use of our resources, such as water.
But here we have growing demand and limited resources and therefore we need more than renewable energy.
Renewable resources, it adds, have helped reduce energy prices especially during those volatile periods when natural gas prices had spiked.
Those considered to be strategic sectors are the energy sector in all its forms, non-renewable natural resources, transport, hydrocarbons, mining, bio-diversity, water and other sectors that the law may determine.
Renewable resources to batteries and smart grid systems to store that -- and transmit that energy, to technologies like advanced lighting that help conserve energy.
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) issued regulations recently limiting ratepayer-funded subsidies known as renewable energy certificates (RECs) to only those biomass power plants which adhere to scientific standards for climate and forest impacts.
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Advanced and renewable energy projects like those championed by quasar and LEEDCo will continue to create jobs as they leverage natural resources and industrial supply chain capabilities already available.
For many of these states, offshore wind is the most abundant indigenous energy source and the only commercial option for renewable power generation, especially in southern states where land-based resources become scarcer with decreasing latitude.
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