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  • Global commodity trade: by product by region?

    Global commodity trade: by product by region?

    Commodities comprise over $6trn of of the world’s $33trn pa in global trade, or around 20%, alongside $10trn in services, $2trn of electronic goods, $1trn in cars, $1trn in mechanical capital goods. This data-file breaks down global commodity imports and exports, by country and by region.

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  • Additive manufacturing: fine print?

    Additive manufacturing: fine print?

    Can additive manufacturing overcome bottlenecks in gas turbine components, aerospace-related capital goods, and custom products that are unlocked by AI? This 16-page report re-evaluates the outlook for 3D printing, its economics, energy use, and company implications.

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  • Cognex: machine vision technology?

    Cognex: machine vision technology?

    Cognex machine vision technology is used to ID products, inspect products, guide robotics and gauge sizes. This data-file reviews 20 case studies, with payback periods typically below 1-year. Increasing capabilities of AI are already extending use cases for these systems. We conclude this trend will continue, and also unlock more demand for industrial robots.

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  • US energy consumption by State and by source?

    US energy consumption by State and by source?

    Total useful energy consumption in the US runs at 12,500 TWH pa, or 37 MWH pp pa. But this data-file disaggregates useful US energy consumption by State and by energy source, from 2000 to 2024. The US energy system is not a monolith, but full of amazing regional variation.

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  • VoltaGrid: mobile micro-grid technology?

    VoltaGrid: mobile micro-grid technology?

    VoltaGrid has become the largest provider of mobile, natural gas reciprocating engines in the US, reaching GW-scale in 2025, in order to rapidly energize data centers, e-frac operations in shale, and other micro-grids in mining and industry amidst power grid bottlenecks. This data-file reviewed VoltaGrid’s mobile micro-grid technology and patents.

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  • Energy transition: a new era? (driven by AI)

    Energy transition: a new era? (driven by AI)

    Energy transition remains among the most important and exciting topics in the world. But it is now less driven by Net Zero ambitions, and more so by digital and AI technologies. These offer world-changing possibilities; re-accelerating GDP, returns on capital, and commodities. This 13-page report captures our latest outlook on energy transition, and the opportunities…

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