The Guidelines for Quantifying GHG Reductions from Grid-Connected
Electricity Projects ( 3 MB) is a publication released by the GHG Protocol Initiative.
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IBM to prime pump for smart-grid start-ups | Green Tech - CNET News.com - 0 views
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The idea is to create a common set of communication protocols and data formats that utilities and smart-grid start-ups can adhere to.
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The benefit of a more intelligent infrastructure is that load can be curtailed as needed and problems spotted more quickly. By flattening out spikes in demand, utilities may not need to build new power plants, which are expensive and opposed in some places for environmental and health reasons.
ENN: LCD Chemical Found to Have 17,000 Times the Climate Impact of CO2. - 0 views
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Dubbed the "missing greenhouse gas," nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) was found by a recent study to have a global climate impact 17,000 times greater than carbon dioxide. The chemical is found in the LCD panels of cell phones, televisions, and computer monitors, as well as in semiconductors and synthetic diamonds. The chemical is not one of the greenhouse gases monitored by the Kyoto Protocol, due to the fact that LCDs were not produced in significant quantities when it was drafted.
Time to ditch Kyoto : Article : Nature - 0 views
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The Kyoto Protocol is a symbolically important expression of governments' concern about climate change. But as an instrument for achieving emissions reductions, it has failed
New Zealand Bans New Fossil Fueled Power Plants - 0 views
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New Zealand electricity producers, including Contact Energy Ltd., will face a 10-year ban on the construction of new gas- or coal-fired generators to help the nation meet its Kyoto Protocol emission reduction targets. . . .
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Talking of "Strong measures" towards clean power...
TG Daily - Broadband over power lines gets first industry standard draft - 1 views
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This standard is intended to serve as the communications protocol for smart grids as well as providing WAN facilities to end users.
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Chicago (IL) - Broadband over power lines is marching closer to actual availability. The P1901 Working Group today announced the release of the first draft defining medium access control and physical layer specifications for IEEE's Standard P1901. The draft was approved with more than 82% majority vote during a meeting held in Tokyo from July 21 - 24, the IEEE announced today. The initial version is based on technologies using FTT and Wavelet OFDM modulation schemes.
EU greenhouse gas emissions fall for third consecutive year - All press releases - EEA - 0 views
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European Union emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases (GHG) declined for the third consecutive year in 2007, according to the EU's GHG inventory report compiled by the European Environment Agency. The EU-27's overall domestic emissions were 9.3 % below 1990 levels, which equalled a drop of 1.2 % or 59 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent compared to 2006. The EU-15 now stands 5 % below its Kyoto Protocol base year levels.
China and the USA Announce Greenhouse Gas Targets for 2020 That Are Weaker than the Kyo... - 0 views
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Review post commenting while - technologically - these targets are major engineering challenge, they still appear socially unacceptable.
Paper Or Plastic? - Forbes.com - 0 views
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In the past six months, flat-screen plasma televisions have accounted for nearly half of all TVs sold around the world. During the manufacturing process, plasma televisions release a gas called nitrogen trifluoride, or NF3, which does approximately 17,000 times more environmental damage than carbon dioxide. But because NF3 was not widely used when the Kyoto protocol was created, it is not classified and controlled as a harmful gas--so even though we've tightened the belt and reduced some emissions, we've missed new ones that are making things far worse.
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