Morris has just published a new paper: Carbohydrate Economy, Biofuels and the
Net Energy Debate (on-line at: www.newrules.org) which looks at the comparative data that underlies the ethanol debate.
What's important, then, is where
net energy trends are headed.
A combination of booming domestic production fulfilling a greater proportion of consumption and soaring exports from brand-new LNG export terminals and the lifting of the ban on crude oil exports in December 2015 puts the United States on a path to becoming a
net energy exporter for the first time since the 1950s.
Development of a new
net energy formula by CVB, using the database of INRA.
Today
net energy returns average between 15:1 and 17:1.
Animals were distributed in a randomized block design with a 5x3 factorial arrangement, comprising five levels of
net energy (2,300; 2,425; 2,550; 2,675; and 2,800Kcal [kg.sup.-1] of diet) and three levels of ractopamine (5, 10, and 20ppm [kg.sup.-1] of diet), with five replicates, and two animals per experimental unit.
net energy imports, including all fuels, are expected to decline and then end by 2030, according to the Annual Energy Outlook 2015, a report by the U.S.
Meanwhile, burgeoning population growth in the Middle East, combined with higher living standards expectations, could see Saudi Arabia become a
net energy importer by 2030.
Department of Energy's goal of making zero
net energy homes.
GTI plans to expand its capabilities in the residential sector, including energy modeling, monitoring and verification, emerging technologies, standards development, and zero
net energy and sustainability program support, the company said.
She learned during her visit that a state-of-the-art, Zero
Net Energy, science and technology building was under construction at the heart of the Fall River Campus.
The Middle East will remain the largest
net energy exporter, but its share will fall from 46 per cent in 2013 to 36 per cent in 2035.