Greenhouse Gas Control Research Projects Funded

NEWS UPDATE

Energy Use, Carbon Emissions Continue Worldwide Rise

PART 2

I им. В.Г. Шухова

18 Section I. Power Engineerin

Unit 2. International Cooperation

4. What does the specific EU Programme concentrate on?

5. What do some estimates predict?

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a) the article deals with... c) the text gives a valuable information..

b) it is specially noted... d) it draws our attention to...

• Five countries (United States, Russia, China, Japan and Ger­many) consumed half the world's energy in 2000.

• Natural gas has grown as apportion³ of total world energy consump­tion rising to 22 percent in 2000.

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• Read the text to find answers to the following questions:

1. What countries produced 40 percent and consumed 42 percent of the world's ener­gy in 1999?

2. Why did world C0₂ emissions grow by 3 percent during 2000 according te the "International Energy Annual 2000"?

3. Why do CO_z emission growth rates lag overall energy consumption growth rates?

4. What countries produced half the world's energy in 2000?

5. What countries consumed half the world's energy in 2000?

Total world energy consumption grew about 3 percent in 1999, sug­gesting upward pressures on world energy use. Three countries — the United States, Russia, and China - produced 40 percent and consumed 42 per­cent of the world's energy in 1999. Regionally, between 1987 and 1997, Latin America had the highest annual rate of growth of energy production at 5 percent and Asia had the highest annual rate of energy consumption growth at 5 percent. According to the "International Energy Annual 2000", world C0₂ emissions from the consumption of fossil fuels grew by 3 per­cent during 2000. C0₂ emission growth rates lag' overall energy consump­tion growth rates because of the increasing role of natural gas, growth in demand for oil and gas uses that sequester²part of their carbon, and the growth of renewable energy sources.

Other international energy highlights include:

• Five countries (United States, Russia, China, Saudi Arabia and Canada) produced half the world's energy in 2000.

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The Department of energy has selected a group of research projects to pursue technology for the inexpensive capture' and disposal of green­house gases. Grants²go to 12 research teams that will begin exploring methods to prevent greenhouse gas buildup in the atmosphere. The selected projects include a diverse mix of concepts, including the use of C0₂ absorbing algae³ growing on artificial reefs or encased in bioscrub-bers; the disposal of greenhouse gases in deep aquifers⁴ or on the ocean floor; and chemical processes and membranes that separate C0₂ from the flue gases of fossil power plants and factories. Each project will re­ceive approximately $ 50,000 for the initial phases. Projects selected for later development phases could receive up to $ 1.5 million each.

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