Diet and climate: should energy transition include agriculture?
…of the most CO2 intensive materials on the planet, an order of magnitude more than steel or cement (1-2 kg of CO2 per kg of material, chart below). Even further,…
US CO2 emissions by industrial facility size?
…likely too small. The best candidates are c100 specific facilities in the cement, steel and ammonia industries, which are the “right size”, have concentrated CO2 emissions and explain around 2%…
US CCS: market sizing?
…industrial and power-sector emissions could be captured, across coal-power, gas-power, ethanol, steel, cement, chemicals and smaller manufacturing. To put this in perspective, we also quantified how many million tons of…
Carbon capture: how big is the opportunity?
…market sizing looks industry-by-industry, to break down possible capture volumes. We discuss each industry in turn – coal power, gas power, ethanol, steel, cement, et al., – on pages 9-12….
Pressure ratings: industrial and energy processes?
…around 4,000 atmospheres (at which point structural steel fails, per our overview of materials properties). We all have experience with 1 atmosphere of pressure (1 bar), simply by existing in…
Industrial heat: the myth of electrify everything?
…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…
Hydro electric power: the economics?
…nil, even after reflecting the embedded energy of concrete, steel and construction. $399.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart A typical hydro project requires a 10c/kWh power price and a $50/ton CO2…
Methane reforming: costs of grey hydrogen, costs of blue hydrogen?
…see an emerging boom in decarbonizing hydrogen-consuming value chains, especially blue ammonia and blue steel, and especially in the US Gulf Coast region, due to incentives under the Inflation Reduction…
Global coal production: supply outlook in energy transition?
…here. Metallurgical coal may be particularly challenging to substitute. We have reviewed the costs of green steel here. We have seen some interesting but smaller-scale options in bio-coke. We have…
Carbon negative construction: the case for mass timber?
The construction industry accounts for 10% of global CO2, mainly due to cement and steel. But mass timber could become a dominant new material for the 21st century, lowering emissions…