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…closed a $290M Series E financing in 2022. Mainspring is commercializing a linear generator, which is low-cost, reliable, flexible and can use any clean fuel (e.g., natural gas, biogas, hydrogen,…
…1966. Today, tens of thousands of PSA plants purify hydrogen, biogas, polymers, nitrogen/oxygen and possibly in the future, can capture CO2? This 16-page note explores the technology, costs, challenges, companies….
…Wh/kg, while batteries today are 250 Wh/kg and will at best reach 1,250 Wh/kg (data here). We have evaluated sustainable aviation fuels, such as renewable jet, biogas-to-liquids, bio-ethanol-to-jet and e-fuels,…
…and LNG value chains? Or it could be modified to increase the yields of methane in biogas, which typically contains 30-40% CO2 in the mix? However we think costs will…
…biogas or hydrogen (chart below). Similarly attractive conclusions hold for decarbonized gas in the power sector. https://thundersaidenergy.com/2020/05/17/decarbonize-heat/ Reforestation is the largest nature based opportunity, with potential to absorb 15bn tons…
…possibly also biogas or hydrogen. Our build-up looks across five main categories: large power facilities, large industrial heating facilities, landfill gas, electric vehicle charging and smaller-scale commercial and multi-family usage….
…(deep burial or biochar are superior to biofuels, note below). https://thundersaidenergy.com/2021/04/15/biogas-to-liquids-decarbonize-aviation-fuels/ (7) Some processes are lower-carbon. Specifically, this means that the process results in a smaller flux of CO2 into…