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Wind park
Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change Mitigation in Mongolia 1.3 Action Plan for Wind Park 1.3.1 Description of the technology Wind power is a proven and mature renewable energy technology that is being deployed globally on a mass scale. Wind turbines extract kinetic energy from moving air flow (wind) and convert it into electricity via an aerodynamic rotor, which is connected by a transmission system to an electric generator. Today’s standard turbine has three blades rotating on a horizontal axis, upwind of the generator connected to the grid. Two-blade and direct-drive (without a gearbox) turbines tower, with a synchronous or asynchronous are also available. The electricity output of a turbine ...
Source: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Pulverized coal combustion technologies (super-critical)
Technology Action Plan Section iii. 1.4 Action Plan for Pulverized coal combustion technologies (Super-critical) 1.4.1 Description of the technology Pulverized coal power plants account for around 97% of the world’s coal-fired electricity generation capacity. The conventional types of this technology have an efficiency of around 35%. For a higher efficiency supercritical and ultra-supercritical coal-fired technologies have been developed. These technologies can combust pulverized coal and produce steam at higher temperatures and under a higher pressure, so that an efficiency level of 45% can be achieved (ultra-supercritical plants). Supercritical and ultra-supercritical plants are more expensive because of the higher requirements to the steel forwithstanding the higher pressure and temperature, but the ...
Source: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Efficient lighting
Technology Action Plan Section iii. 2.2 Action Plan for Efficient lighting 2.2.1 Description of the technology Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) technology provides an energy efficient lighting service through using a compact fluorescent light bulb to replace the normal incandescent light bulb (ILB). Still, there is different sorts of CFLs, from ordinary incandescent tungsten filament bulbs to Tungsten Halogen, Halogen infrared reflecting, Mercury vapor lamps, Compact fluorescent lamps, linear fluorescent, metal halide, compact metal halide, high pressure sodium (High Intensity Discharge lamp) and Light Emitting Diodes. The higher up-front cost could be a barrier for their implementation, but calculations show that CFLs pay back the initial investment within 900 hours of ...
Source: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Improved insulation of panel apartment buildings
Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change Mitigation in Mongolia 2.3.2 Target for technology transfer and diffusion The majority of the apartment buildings in UlaanBaatar was constructed in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s and is in a poor state, without systematic professional maintenance and repairs. The energy efficiency in centrally and district heated buildings leaves room for technical and managerial improvement. Per square meter heat consumption of the buildings is about five times higher than the modern buildings in Europe. This to some extent is because of the very cold climate in Mongolia, but the main reason is poor technology and a lack of incentives to save energy. A recent ...
Source: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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System of wheat intensification
Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change Adaptation in Mongolia 1.2 Action Plan for System of Wheat Intensification 1.2.1 About SWI Wheat flour is a major staple food for Mongolians. During the transition period of 1990-2000, the wheat system struggled to survive due to financial and management issues. As a result of government investment in recent years, Mongolia was able to increase its total wheat production and meet grain demand for the past two years. However, there is an urgent need for adaptation technologies in wheat production system to minimize potential losses in wheat production, because future climate change impacts and environment degradation can hinder the development of sustainable and resilient ...
Source: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Vegetable production system
SECTION III Technology Action Plans 1.3 Action Plan for Vegetable production system 1.3.1 About VPS Vegetable production system with drip irrigation and mulches (VPS) aims to intensify vegetable production through a set of water saving techniques such as drip irrigation, low cost greenhouses or mulch. Drip irrigation is not only related to irrigation regime and techniques, it also includes fertilizer, pesticide and soil management and their proper application. Mulch is a product used to suppress weeds and conserve water in crop production and landscaping. As a whole system, the technology increases farming efficiency and other benefits to farmers. Mongolia is experiencing water shortages and an increasingly dry climate due to ...
Source: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Climate change adaptation for biodiversity: a ridge to reef approach in building climate resilience along the Mahaweli River
5.7 Project Idea for Multiple Technologies. Project Idea: ‘Climate change adaptation for biodiversity: a ridge to reef approach in building climate resilience along the Mahaweli River’ 5.7.1 Introduction/Background General sector information: Sri Lanka is one of the most biologically diverse countries in Asia, with its biodiversity considered to be the richest per unit area in the region with regard to mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and flowering plants. However, the country’s biodiversity is facing many threats, with areas both inside and outside protected areas having many issues. These threats will be no doubt be compounded with the changing climate. Research around the world has shown that current observations provide a clear ...
Source: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Dune and vegetation restoration
that information and awareness campaigns be undertaken in the use of the technologies and this would contribute to the better acceptance and appreciation of the benefits of these technologies. Lack of experience and capacity to design and implement the technologies has also been identified as a barrier to their use. However, the experience and capacity is being fostered through the implementation of projects related to the technologies. The legal framework, including the enforcement of existing laws and regulations, to deal with the implementation of the technologies is also a barrier especially for wetland protection. Appropriately enforcing the laws and regulations would partly resolve the problem as some wetlands are under ...
Source: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Programme to reduce offsets between dams and irrigation schemes
Projet 9. Programme de Résorption du Décalage entre les barrages et les aménagements hydro agricoles (PRD). (Direction de l’Irrigation et de l’Aménagement de l’Espace Agricole) 9.1. Introduction Le PRD vise l’extension et la réhabilitation des périmètres d’irrigation associés aux barrages existants ou programmés entre 2009 et 2017 et portant sur une superficie de 145 450 ha, répartie en (Fig. 52):  108 800 ha de Grande Hydraulique (GH);  36 650 ha de Petite et Moyenne Hydraulique (PMH). Figure 52: Périmètres concernés par le Programme de Résorption du Décalage entre les barrages et les aménagements hydro agricoles (PRD). Quatre projets sont en cours de réalisation sur 11 300 ha (Tab. ...
Source: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Appareil froid domestique efficace
Sénégal 3.15.1.6. Plan d’action pour la diffusion de la technologie « Appareil froid domestique efficace » PTA 6 Diffusion de la technologie « appareil de froid domestique efficaces» Justification - De nombreuses difficultés dans la gestion de la demande électrique, - Existence d’une forte demande non satisfaite, - Coût de l’électricité très cher pour les ménages, - Demande d’électricité non maîtrisée. Objectif Promouvoir l’utilisation d’appareils de froid alimentaires efficaces dans les ménages sénégalais Actions Description : A 1 : Réaliser un programme de diffusion de 200 000 appareils de froid domestique; A 2 : Mener auprès de la population, des distributeurs, une large campagne de sensibilisation et d’information sur les ...
Source: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Adaptation of Moroccan agriculture to climate change: development of an agricultural irrigation information system and dissemination of good agricultural practices for dry lands
Projet 10. Adaptation de l’agriculture marocaine au changement climatique : Développement d’un Système d’Information Agricole en Irrigué et Diffusion des Bonnes Pratiques Agronomiques en Dryland (IAV Hassan II/CNRST/ADA) 10.1. Introduction Au Maroc, le secteur agricole, principal pilier du développement économique, employant 40 % de la population active et participant à 14% du PIB national, se trouve aujourd’hui grandement menacé par les effets du changement climatique à travers l’élévation de la température, la baisse des précipitations, la perte croissante de la biodiversité et la dégradation des sols. Toute stratégie adaptative pour y remédier doit être pensée en intégrant l’agriculture marocaine dans sa globalité, à savoir : l’irrigué, le pluvial et l’oasis ...
Source: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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A million and a half hectares of agriculture direct seeding by 2020
Projet 11. Un million et demi d’hectares de semis direct en agriculture pluviale dans l’horizon 2020 (INRA/MAPM) 11.1. Introduction Les premières recherches sur le Semis Direct (SD) au Maroc ont débuté au début des années 80. Les objectifs de ces recherches étaient une conservation et une meilleure utilisation de l’eau pluviale surtout que le pays faisait face à une période de sécheresses des plus difficiles dans son histoire contemporaine. Les résultats étaient très encourageants et ont conclus que le système de production à base de SD permettait une meilleure adaptation aux changements climatiques. Ainsi, il a été identifié que le semoir qui permettait de réaliser ce travail de SD constituait ...
Source: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Adaptation of small farmers to climate change in support of the Green Morocco Plan
Projet 12 : Adaptation des petits agriculteurs au Changement Climatique en appui au Plan Maroc Vert (PACC-PMV) (MAPM /ADA) 12.1. Contexte Le changement climatique engendrera des difficultés à l’agriculture marocaine en raison de la diminution des rendements des principales cultures et de l’augmentation de la variabilité de la production agricole. D’après les projections de la Banque mondiale au Maroc, on s’attend vraisemblablement à une augmentation des températures, à une diminution des précipitations et à une augmentation de leur variabilité. En effet, à l’horizon 2030, la température moyenne pourrait augmenter de 1.1 à 1.6 °C et les précipitations moyennes pourraient diminuer de 14%. L’agriculture est extrêmement sensible au changement climatique. Des ...
Source: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Combined gas cycle power plant
Evaluación de Necesidades Tecnológicas – Mitigación Cuba 1 5 . TEMA S TRAN SVER SALE S En las acciones habilitantes de la categoría de barreras económicas y financieras son temas transversales para las 3 tecnologías en los 3 subsectores la necesidad de realizar estudios de posibles acciones de mitigación (NAMA* u otros) y la necesidad de disponer de inversión extranjera directa. Por su parte, en las acciones habilitantes relacionadas con fallos/imperfecciones en el mercado, políticas, legales y regulatorias son transversales el completamiento del marco regulatorio y la elaboración de una política energética. En fallos en la red y capacidad institucional y organizativa son transversales la interacción entre las instituciones y ...
Source: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Large scale hydropower plant
Technology Action Plan Section iii. lake, river or reservoir to a remote powerhouse containing the turbine and generator. Pumped storage schemes involve two reservoirs. At times of low demand and usually low electricity prices (often at night); electricity is used to pump water from the lower to an upper basin. Then the ward stored in the upper basin is used for electricity generation in times of high electricity prices or electricity shortage. GHG emissions are expected to be reduced by 1.458.000 tCO2eq/year from the construction of 300 MW Hydropower plant in Mongolia. Large scale Hydropower plants will give following economic, environmental, and social benefits: • Improved operational conditions of the ...
Source: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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