Power grids: opportunities in the energy transition?
…work… (7) Cabling materials. As a general rule, overhead power lines are made of aluminium, due to its light weight and high strength. Conversely, HVDC cables and household wiring are…
Metals and materials: strength and temperature resistance?
…CCS; why overhead power lines are blends of aluminium and steel. $399.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Strength is the ability to withstand forces? 1 Pascal means that a force of…
Russia: a breakdown of export revenues?
This data-file breaks down Russia’s export revenues, import country by import country, looking across oil, gas, coal, steel, aluminium, copper, gold, aluminium, ammonia, agricultural products, other metals, materials and manufactured…
Verdox: DAC technology breakthrough?
…to cart Verdox is a spin-out from MIT, founded in 2019, which raised $80M in February-2022, to develop an electro-chemical DAC system. In February-2022, Aluminium-producer, Hydro, also invested a further…
Paulownia tomentosa: the miracle tree?
…prized as the “aluminium of woods”. This note investigates Empress Tree CO2 uptake. There is clear room to optimise nature based solutions. But there may be risks for the Empress….
Grid connection sizes: residential, commercial and industrial?
…GW-scale grid connections of large data-centers, proposed green hydrogen projects and aluminium plants. Also included are our notes on each category, data into 5GW of US micro-grids and assessments of…
Bill of materials: electronic devices and data-centers?
…mass of typical electronic devices: advanced polymers (c20%), steel (c20%), glass (18%), aluminium (12%) and copper (12%). However, the exact numbers vary by product, as shown in the chart above….
How do commodities perform during recessions?
…in recessions? Commodities assessed in the data-file include oil, natural gas, coal, corn, iron ore (precursor to steel), aluminium, copper, zinc, nickel, platinum, silver and gold. Recessions assessed in the…
Demand shifting: electrical flexibility by industry?
…plants, industrial gas production, electric arc furnaces, aluminium, chlor-alkali, polymers, paper, silicon, sulphur, glass, hydrofluoric acid, small-scale hydrogen and hydrogen cyanide. A best to worst ranking depends on the technical…
Electrochemistry: battery voltage and the Nernst Equation?
…Charging a battery is simply running this same circuit in reverse. Likewise, electrowinning is an electrical technology used to separate metals from mixtures, such as aluminium, zinc, copper, silver and…