Tag: carbon sequestration
Large Fully Electric Tourist Ship Launched
A large tourist ship that is 100% electric has been launched. In China, of course. The ship is powered by CATL batteries — a lot of them. The energy storage capacity of the batteries is a whopping 3,918 kWh. Those batteries could have been used to power dozens of electric … [continued]
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What’s Different About A Net Zero Hotel?
While visiting family and friends in Rhode Island, my guy and I are staying at a local low-budget hotel. I admit that I originally thought the affordable price point would mean few amenities, like no pool or hot tub or restaurant on site. What we got, instead, was streetlights blazing … [continued]
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Why Hydrogen Won’t Win The Zero-Carbon Steel Race
Recent adjustments to my projections for global steel demand through 2100, reflecting a significant slowdown in Chinese infrastructure and cement consumption, have sharpened my economic focus on competing new steelmaking technologies. With lower growth trajectories for steel firmly established, every ton produced in the coming decades will increasingly face stringent … [continued]
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Critical Minerals Bottleneck Unblocked By Weed (Seaweed, That Is)
A new US startup aims to harvest critical minerals from seaweed, avoiding the environmental and social impacts of conventional mining.
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A Change in Power, Part 5: Wind, solar, and batteries alone won’t get Michigan to net-zero carbon emissions
Michigan has far to go to meet net zero carbon emissions, but progress is being made. Researchers say we need to look farther ahead and prepare now for the technical challenges that must be overcome.