What is the energy consumption of the internet?
Powering the internet consumed 800 TWH of electricity in 2022, as 5bn users generated 4.7 Zettabytes of traffic. Our best guess is that the energy consumption of the internet will…
Post-combustion CCS: what energy penalties?
A thermal power plant converts 35-45% of the chemical energy in coal, biomass or pellets into electrical energy. So what happens to the other 55-65%? Accessing this waste heat can…
Magnets and energy: fundamental attraction?
Electric currents create magnetic fields. Moving magnets induce electric currents. These principles underpin 95% of global power generation, 50% of wind turbines, motors that comprise 45% of electricity use, heat…
Industrial gases: out of thin air?
…grids like batteries, by scaling up and down to smooth out an increasingly volatile power grid? What implications for blue hydrogen, green hydrogen, Allam Cycle oxy-combustion, direct air capture energy…
Energy technologies: the pace of progress?
…maybe even depressed us, is how slowly many have progressed. Energy technologies considered in the note include blue hydrogen, SiC power MOSFETs, hydrogen vehicles, TOPCon solar, remote working, plastic pyrolysis,…
Adiabatic flame temperature: hydrogen, methane and oil products?
…spodumenes. In semiconductor, mono-crystalline polysilicon for chips and solar panels is grown via the Czochralksi method at 1,425ºC; while the SiC used in cutting edge EV power-MOFSETs is grown at…
Pressure swing adsorption: energy economics?
…reactors, and maybe $2-3/mcf when separating bio-methane from biogas. The cost breakdowns in this data-file include capex, opex, maintenance, zeolite replacement, compression power and CO2 costs. $549.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to…
US natural gas: blue hydrogen tightens global LNG markets?
…due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. We see Europe potentially requiring 15bcfd of gas supplies through 2030, which is equivalent to 110MTpa of LNG supplies. Our European gas and power…
MHI CCS technology: performance, costs and emissions?
…penalties, amine degradation and technology risks. Development timeline of MHI CCS technology? R&D into KM-CDR began in 1990, a 2Tpd pilot started in 1991 at Nanko power station, Japan; and…
Polyurethanes: what upside in energy transition?
…for insulation, electric vehicles, power electronics, data-centers underpinning the rise of AI and in consumer applications, from Indian mattresses to European Mamils. Our outlook on these different uses of polyurethane…