US hydrogen production: by facility and by company?
10MTpa of hydrogen is produced in the US, of which 40% is sold by industrial gas companies, 20-25% is generated on site at refineries, 20% at ammonia plants and 15-20%…
AirJoule: Metal Organic Framework HVAC breakthrough?
…turn, is used to reject heat from air (about one-third of the total) and to reject heat from the inevitable condensation of water, as air cools down (about two-third of…
Global average temperature data?
Global average temperature data show 1.2-1.3C increases since pre-industrial times and continue rising at 0.02-0.03C per year, according to data-sets from NASA, NOAA, the UK Met Office and academic institutions….
All the coal in China: our top ten charts?
…of demands for power, industrial heat, residential/commercial heat and coking. Coal prices are contextualized on page 6-7, comparing Chinese coal with gas, renewables, hydro and nuclear in c/kWh terms. Coal…
LNG in the energy transition: rewriting history?
…decarbonization roadmaps for China, Europe and broader industrial heat, as spelled out on pages 2-4. But global LNG supplies are currently only set to rise at half of this rate,…
Boltzmann energy overview?
…chart below shows that chemical reactions proceed exponentially faster when temperatures are higher, which is why industrial heating is over 25% of all global energy use. Faster reactions will tend…
Hybrid horizons: industrial use of batteries?
…passenger cars are the best known example, since Toyota re-introduced them in the late 1990s. c25-30% energy savings are achieved, including through engine down-sizing and regenerative breaking Industrial applications are…
CO2 concentrations in industrial exhaust streams?
…magnitude). This is one of the challenges for DAC. Most promisingly, some CO2 is already purely concentrated (e.g., after pre-treating natural gas before LNG liquefaction; or after separating out industrial…
Gas diffusion: how will record prices resolve?
Dispersion in global gas prices has hit new highs in 2022. Hence this 17-page note evaluates two possible solutions. Building more LNG plants achieves 15-20% IRRs. But displacing industrial gas…
Geothermal energy: costs and economics?
…electricity, and enhanced geothermal heat. The capex costs for geothermal draw on our models, which capture the costs of drilling wells, heat exchangers and Organic Rankine Cycles. Please download the…