Commercial aviation: air travel economics?
…capex costs of the plane, fuel costs, crew, maintenance and airport and air traffic charges. We conclude that the single largest determinants of economics are the utilization and load factor…
Switching gears: the most potent GHG in the world?
…free switchgear, and has shipped 350,000 SF6-free switchgears by 2019, and 15M vacuum-interrupters, under its Xiria product range. AirPlus is a mixture of Novec 5110 (C5-PFK) and dry air, commercialized…
Global heat pump sales by country?
…such as Norway and Sweden. The largest category is reversible air-air units (45%), reversible air-water (30%), while only c10% of the sales in Europe have been ground-source heat pumps, based…
CO2 capture: a cost curve?
This data-file summarizes the costs of capturing CO2 from different sources, so that it can be converted into materials, electro-fuels or sequestered. $449.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Specifically, we have…
Carbon capture on ships: raising a sail?
CCS is adapting to ‘go to sea’. 80% of some ships’ CO2 emissions could be captured for a cost of c$100/ton and an energy penalty of just 5%, albeit this…
Diet and climate: should energy transition include agriculture?
…per annum subsidizing the meat and dairy industries (direct and indirect costs). Meanwhile, the EU has been said to pay €2bn per annum to support livestock farming (direct costs only),…
Membrane Technology and Research: CCS breakthrough?
…natural gas, Powder River Basin coal and Eastern Bituminous coal. No burner modifications were required. Air sweep ranged from 500-2,300 lbs/hr. Oxygen in the boiler was 17-21%. Capture rates reached…
Industrial gas separation: swing producers?
…looking to use PSA for air separations, instead of cryogenics. Energy costs can be materially lower, and flexibility to backstop renewables can be materially higher, versus incumbent air separation technologies…
Renewable Energy Certificates?
…in 2019. About 360 corporate offtakers also purchased about 42TWH directly through PPAs, which suggests corporations are buying 1.5x more renewable energy ‘indirectly’ through RECs than directly through using renewables,…
Decarbonized supply chains: first invent the universe?
…I.e., every single supply chain needs to get to net zero. That is the definition of net zero. It would be fair to adapt the Carl Sagan quote as follows….