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Energy and the Environment
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Introduction
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Transport Fuels5 Topics
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Energy Sources: Fossil Fuels8 Topics
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Energy Sources: Renewables10 Topics
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Electricity10 Topics
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Energy Sources: Nuclear6 Topics
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Demand Response6 Topics
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Energy/Emissions Policy15 Topics
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What is Policy ?
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Policy Development
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Energy Policy
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Energy Priorities
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What is a Carbon Price ?
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Emissions Trading
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Carbon Tax
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Carbon Tax Vs Carbon Trading
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Saudi Arabia National Renewable Energy Program
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Large scale Renewable Energy Target
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Small scale Renewable Energy Scheme
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Global Warming Potential (GWP)
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Saudi Arabia Emissions Profile
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Methods for Measurement
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Carbon Pricing Mechanism
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What is Policy ?
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Energy Economics2 Topics|1 Quiz
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- GWP is a relative scale
- compares the gas to an equivalent of CO2
- GWP for CO2 is (by convention) equal to 1
- Anthropogenic GHG covered by NGERs & their GWP:
carbon dioxide, CO2 | (CO2) |
methane, CH4 | (CO2 x 25) |
nitrous oxide, N2O | (CO2 x 295) |
sulphur hexafluoride, SF6 | (CO2 x 23,900) |
hydrofluorocarbons , CnHxF(2n+2 – x) | (CO2 x 140 – 11,700) |
perfluorocarbons , CnF (2n+ 2)(0 < n < 7) | (CO2 x 6,500 – 9,200) |
Reference: August 2009 API Compendium Table3.1
- GHG emissions associated with energy use (combustion emissions) are: CO2 , CH4 and N2O