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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Emissions Intensity"”.
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What’s at Steak? The Political Discourse of Emissions Intensity and Implications of Animal Agriculture
… the international discourse of greenhouse gas emissions in relation to livestock production. Specific government ministries, research institutes, and multilateral organizations are framing a new strategy to mitigate emissions by using emissions intensity metrics. Emissions intensity is a ratio …
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Greenhouse gas life cycle assessment of canola-derived HEFA biojet fuel in Western Canada
… option for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the aviation industry. In the near term, biojet fuel is most likely to be produced via the hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) pathway. Canola is one of the most readily available feedstocks for HEFA fuel production in …
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Life Cycle Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Mining and Milling of Uranium in Saskatchewan
… study of life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity during the uranium mining-milling phase of the nuclear fuel cycle for three paired uranium mine-mill operations in northern Saskatchewan (SK). The study period runs from 2006 – 2013 for two of the three pairs, and from 1995-2010 …
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Essays on Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emission Footprints: Accounting, Bias, and Trade Policy
… one-third of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, yet substantial uncertainty persists in measuring emissions intensities of agricultural production and the carbon footprint of international trade at the commodity-country level. These uncertainties arise from fragmented emissions …
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Quantifying Emissions and Costs of Geologic Hydrogen: An Integrated Lifecycle Emissions and Techno-economic Approach
… solutions, this thesis explores the lifecycle emissions and economic feasibility of geologic hydrogen production. This research extends Brandt's 2023 study of 'prospective' lifecycle assessment (LCA), enhancing the underlying open-source LCA model used in this work and adding a preliminary …
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Clean development pathways for India : evaluating feasibility and modeling impact of policy options
… demand while limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is a central challenge in India. Proposed policy solutions should be evaluated according to their impacts on the energy system and the economy to identify efficient policies. I have developed an energy-economic model for India that …
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Enhancing the quality and breadth of carbon reduction project ideation and roadmapping for corporations
… the OPD to ideate unique CRPs to reduce the emissions intensity for a steamflood oper-ation, ranging from tactical solutions to alternative recovery mechanisms. The range of solution-neutral concepts (SNCs) improves a HICs ability to brainstorm more "disruptive" architectures of their …
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Spatial and temporal disaggregation of whole system energy models through exemplar local multi-carrier networks
… order to determine the Delivered Cost of Energy, Emissions Intensity, and Abatement Cost for different technology options across multiple carriers, including both options in electrification and the use of alternative gases. This incorporates the costs and efficiencies of domestic technologies, …
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Analysis of energy use and carbon emissions from automobile manufacturing
In this thesis, we study the energy use and emissions arising from automobile manufacturing. The automobile manufacturing sector is the 11th largest industrial sector globally in terms of energy use and emissions. The IPCC has set targets for reduction in emissions so that the average concentration …
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The Determinants of Voluntary Carbon Emissions Targets
… to examine whether and how firms near important emissions thresholds change their behavior to meet these targets. Emissions targets are commonly measured in two ways: absolute emissions levels and emissions intensity(absolute levels normalized by sales). To meet absolute benchmarks, firms can …
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Decarbonizing the Indian power sector by 2037 : evaluating different pathways that meet long-term emissions targets
The Indian government is aiming to reduce carbon emissions intensity in the power sector through incentivizing the addition of renewables sources into the grid. India has set the goal that at least 40% of total power capacity must be non-fossil fuel-based by 2030 with more ambitious goals expected …
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Life cycle assessment of off-grid lighting applications : kerosene vs. solar lanterns
… markets, but incur their own energy and emissions intensity from more complex manufacturing processes and requirements. Life cycle assessments examine the energy required and the emissions released over the entire existence of a product or process to allow for quantitative comparison …
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Investigating the Environmental Impacts of Western Canadian Tight Oil Resources
… ‘well to wheels’ (WTW) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity, freshwater use and induced seismicity. The impacts are assessed spatially and the trade-offs between the formations are considered. An attempt is made to address the drawbacks of previous crude oil life cycle assessments (LCAs), …
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A comparative assessment of the clean development mechanism and Alberta's carbon offset system
… within Alberta’s overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation strategy is to provide a cost-effective alternative for regulated facilities to meet their emissions reduction obligations. Offsets generated pursuant to the ACOS are permitted as equivalent alternatives to actual emission …
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Technoeconomic Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Conversion Projects in a Canadian Context
… goals of reducing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and creating economic value from a waste. The technologies involved may enable the decarbonization of industrial process emissions through the displacement of incumbent production methods. However, in the literature, variable process …
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Quantifying a Range of Global Air Pollution Projections and Health Impacts under the Paris Agreement’s Temperature Targets
… is a key sustainability challenge with similar emissions sources to anthropogenic climate change – making it critical to assess the effect of climate and air quality actions on pollutant emissions, the resulting health impacts, and broader sustainability metrics. This thesis responds to these …
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Welfare effects of biofuel policies in the presence of environmental externalities and pre-existing distortions
… tariff increase miles externalities and GHG emissions and decrease social welfare by $5.9 B relative to non-intervention and by $235 B relative to the optimal scenario. In the second paper, detailed production data on ethanol production costs in the US and Brazil are used together with a …
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Decarbonizing the US Power Sector
… the opportunity, and responsibility, to reduce emissions and mitigate the impacts of climate change. The power sector has been identified as the linchpin in our national decarbonization strategy, with high electrification goals for the other sectors. As of 2022, the power sector was responsible …
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The projected pathways and environmental impact of China's electrified passenger vehicles
… in serious problems such as increasing CO2 emissions, energy insecurity, and air pollution. The question I examine here is how electrified vehicles (EVs) can help reduce China's energy demand and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the future, and EV includes hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), …
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