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…Ammonia, Carbon Fiber, Cement, Copper, Cyanides, Desalination, Glass, H2O2, Hydrogen, Industrial Gases, Lithium Batteries, Methanol, NaOH/Cl2, Nitric Acid, Paper, Plastics, Silicon, Silver, Steel, Wood Products. As a rule of thumb,…
…ascent continuing to 500kTpa in 2030 and almost 2MTpa in 2050. This data-file estimates global lithium demand across electric vehicle batteries, industrial batteries, consumer electrics, grid storage, ceramics, glass, lubricants…
…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…
…glass or paper products. All of which are explored in our note below. https://thundersaidenergy.com/2021/02/18/industrial-heat-the-myth-of-electrify-everything/ Analogies can nevertheless be drawn from our cooking examples above. For example, there is a risk…
…materials include conventional construction materials such as concrete, cement, steel, brick, wood and glass, plus novel wood-based materials such as cross-laminated timber. Insulated wood and CLT are shown to have…
…For example, our numbers suggest the CO2 emissions for a single-use plastic bottle would be c90% lower than a single-use glass bottle. Numbers could be further improved by next-generation technologies…
…of CO2 per ton of cement, around, 1.3-1.5T of CO2 per T of glass and ceramic, and as much as 5T of CO2 per ton of plastic (chart below). The…