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Energy transition will catapult carbon fiber demand upwards from today’s 120kTpa baseline, across wind turbine blades, more efficient vehicles and hydrogen tanks. This miracle material is 3-10x stronger than steel…
This data-file captures the economics of producing carbon fiber. We estimate a marginal cost of $25/kg for a 10% IRR at a new world-scale carbon fiber plant, however the production…
Energy transition will catapult carbon fiber demand upwards from today’s 120kTpa baseline, across wind turbine blades, more efficient vehicles and hydrogen tanks. This miracle material is 3-10x stronger than steel…
…cables and had produced over 1bn kilometers of optical fiber by 2017 (and comes up in our glass fiber research). Prysmian produces 30M km of optical fiber each year across…
…as it is made from whatever preceded it. https://thundersaidenergy.com/2021/08/12/carbon-fiber-the-miracle-material/ So if you wanted to make a truly zero-carbon wind turbine, how on Earth would you do it? A rule of…
…Underlying calculations can be stress-tested in the data-file. Materials that improve underlying vehicle weights include carbon fiber, advanced polymers and aluminium, as summarized via the links below. https://thundersaidenergy.com/2021/08/12/carbon-fiber-the-miracle-material/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/global-plastics-an-overview/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/metals-and-materials-strength-and-temperature-resistance/…
What opportunities for glass fiber in the energy transition? Glass fiber makes up 50% of a wind turbine blade, lightens vehicles and insulates homes for 30-70% energy savings. Hence we…
…these patents, we identify and evaluate the largest listed fiber optic companies, including a helpful profile of each company, their revenues, and the percent of their revenues from fiber-optic cables….
…and then stays forested. (3) Residuals and convenience. Many industrial processes are complex and competitive. Look at the charts for how the world makes carbon fiber (e.g, for wind turbine…
…and jet engines; why glass fiber and carbon fiber are used in wind turbine blades; why traces of Rare Earth metals are introduced into high-pressure pipelines for gas transportation or…