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…Afforestation. “The Company will seek to make a direct contribution in the fight against climate change through forestry and Afforestation carbon sequestration initiatives.” Afforestation assets may comprise up to 50%…
Formaldehyde production costs. This data-file captures the full-cycle economics of formaldehyde production, which is one of the ‘top 50’ commodity chemicals globally. $399.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Formaldehyde is used…
…high above 28Mbpd. Fuel oil demand for shipping grew +0.2Mbpd to a new all time high above 5.4Mbpd. Even direct crude burning for power generation grew by +0.1Mbpd and averaged…
This data-file captures fuel retail economics covering the costs and margins of a typical fuel-retailing petrol station to earn a 10% unlevered IRR, based on data from companies in the…
…by 5-minute power flows, over the space of a week in summer, from which we have imputed solar generation, direct consumption, battery inputs, grid exports, later battery drawdown, final power…
…full-scale switch to green hydrogen in a Direct Reduced Iron + Electric Arc Furnace plant configuration. We would see costs doubling, but c85-90% of the CO2 can be removed (page…
…25% of the cost is direct cost, while 75% is the requirement to fund network upgrades, per our note here. The cost of grid interconnection has increased substantially over time….
This data-file captures steel production costs and CO2 intensities in an integrated blast furnace and basic oxygen furnace steelworks, as underpins 70% of today’s 2GTpa global steel output. Our base…
…MW of capacity (some direct-drive generator designs use 600kg/MW). These have been crucial themes in our recent research, as cost-inflation and bottlenecks need to be avoided (see below). https://thundersaidenergy.com/2021/11/11/electric-motors-state-of-flux/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/2021/07/29/offshore-wind-will-costs-follow-moores-law/…
…is recapped on page 2. But how can we measure the carbon stocks in reforestation projects fairly? Today’s methodologies are explored on pages 3-6, covering direct estimates, allometry equations and…