Sitka spruce: our top ten facts?
…will clearly be less bio-diverse than mixed broadleaf, but certainly more biodiverse than a Direct Air Capture plant. Overall, Sitka-heavy forests seem to be OK at promoting biodiversity. In America’s…
Energy technologies: the pace of progress?
…post-combustion CCS, battery recycling, supercapacitors, aerial vehicles, Allam Cycle Oxy-Combustion, BECCS, direct air capture, airborne wind, metal organic frameworks, drones, molten carbonate fuel cells, deep geothermal, autonomous vehicles, chemical looping…
One hundred years of carbon offsetting?
…exciting evidence that CO2 markets could incentivize farmers to change their practices (note below). https://thundersaidenergy.com/2021/02/25/farming-carbon-into-soils-a-case-study/ Carbon capture and storage technologies, including direct air capture, are next on our list and…
Market sizing: what if CO2 abatement costs are distributed like US income?
…DAC. Some buyers may be willing to pay a premium for DAC CO2 removal credits over reforestation removal credits due to higher perceived quality, especially around the dimension of CO2…
Industrial materials: thermodynamic efficiency?
…value chains (more below). https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/hydrogen-overview-and-conclusions/ Conclusion #5: still looking for magic bullets in CCS and DAC? If you are starting from a baseline of air, with 400ppm CO2 concentration (i.e.,…
Is there enough land for an energy transition?
…expensive in smaller countries with less land. Covered technologies include biofuels, reforestation, restoring soil carbon, carbon capture and storage, onshore wind, offshore wind, solar, hydro power, direct air capture and…
CO2 Storage: the top ten challenges in CCS?
…new CO2 technologies such as CO2-EOR, oxy-combustion, carbonate fuel cells, metal organic frameworks and direct air capture. Measuring and monitoring CO2 is one of the largest challenges, hence our data-file…
Methanol production: the economics?
…gas reforming, blue methanol from blue hydrogen and industrially captured CO2, green methanol from green hydrogen and direct air capture CO2, and finally bio-methanol. Inputs are taken from a wide…
Chlor-alkali process: the economics?
…models for energy transition and broader industrial models, such as paper products, renewable diesel, carbon fiber, refining, battery recycling, some CCS and Direct Air Capture. HCl is also an input…
Sabatier process: synthetic natural gas costs?
…other green hydrogen electrolyser economics. Another $3/mcf of the cost is from sourcing CO2 from an amine plant, or you could source the CO2 from direct air capture. Total energy…