Cement costs and energy economics?
This data-file captures cement costs, based on inputs, capex and energy economics. A typical cement plant requires a cement price of $130/ton for a 10% IRR, on capex costs of…
CO2-Cured Concrete: Solidia vs traditional cement?
…traditional concrete, yielding exceptional IRRs. An interesting side-note is that producing cement is not particularly CO2 intensive. Around 1 ton of CO2 is usually emitted per ton of cement. This…
Energy Transition Research
…amines, and can help to decarbonize power, BECCS and cement plants. We think costs are around $100/ton and energy penalties are 30-50%. Potassium carbonate CCS can be stress-tested in this…
Industrial heat: the myth of electrify everything?
…five separate case studies in the steel, cement, glass, petrochemical and paper industries, which exceed 15% of global CO2. Only a CO2 price is likely to maximize efficiency gains across…
Cross laminated timber: costs and economics?
…readily used construction material amidst the energy transition, with sufficient strength to build 40-80 story skyscrapers, yet 80% lower CO2 intensity than walls comprising steel and cement, while also providing…
Industry Research
…Our cost breakdowns include capex, opex, maintenance, zeolite replacement, compression power and CO2 costs. Download What is the energy consumption of the internet? Powering the internet consumed 800 TWH of…
Road costs: economic model?
…and/or sand (15,000 tons per lane-km), followed by steel (35 tons per lane-km), bitumen (85 tons/lane-km) and cement (60 tons/lane-km). And materially more for large highways. The material must also…
Hot potassium carbonate CCS: energy economics?
Hot potassium carbonate is a post-combustion CCS technology that bypasses the degradation issues of amines, and can help to decarbonize power, BECCS and cement plants. We think costs are around…
Demand shifting: electrical flexibility by industry?
…to flex) to pressing and drying (the process may need to be precisely controlled in order to make specialty grades of paper). Across the materials industry, this data-file considers cement…
CO2 capture: a cost curve?
…that are simply being vented at present, such as from the ethanol or LNG industries, but the ultimate running-room from this opportunity set is <200MTpa. Blue hydrogen, steel and cement…