Plurion and C0₂ Reduction | Energy on Demand | Wind and Solar Generation

With Plurion Batteries, Carbon Abatement Strategies
For the Electricity Industry Get Practical

Across the globe, greenhouse gases – particularly, carbon – are a growing problem that businesses and governments are now beginning to address, either through mandated action or financially-driven business decisions. Not surprisingly, both businesses and governments are looking to innovative CO₂-abatement solutions such as Plurion’s advanced batteries for help.

Between 2000 and 2004, worldwide CO₂ emissions increased at a rate that is more than three times the rate during the 1990s, according to NASA’s Earth Observatory. This accelerating growth – 3.1 percent in the early 2000s – is tied to the increasing energy intensity and demands of modern daily life.

In the United States – historically the world’s largest contributor to greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide represents 84 percent of the country’s total greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The country’s electric power industry is the largest single contributor to greenhouse gases. In fact, the electricity sector accounted for 40 percent of carbon emissions in 2006, up from 36 percent in 1990 and 25 percent in 1970. In Europe, “energies” accounted for 80 percent of emission in 2005, according to the European Energy Agency. All that makes the electricity sector an obvious place to start in providing incentives for technological innovations and legislation for managing carbon emissions.