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Decarbonizing Cement & Concrete Is Noble, But Why Will Developers Pay For It?

June 15, 2024 admin better buildings, buildings, California, Canada, cap and trade, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, carbon tax, cement, China, climate change, concrete, Construction, decarbonization, Europe, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, steel, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:55:33 +0000

During what has become concrete month, I’ve explored the full range of actual and purported solutions to the climate problem that is the cement, steel, and concrete used in construction. The industry’s emissions are high, with every ton of reinforced concrete having a carbon debt of 0.3-0.4 tons of carbon … [continued]

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Steel Reinforcement Is The Invisible Miracle Of Concrete Construction, But Comes With A Carbon Price

June 13, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, China, climate change, concrete, Construction, decarbonization, Europe, green concrete, green economy, green jobs, green steel, India, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, steel, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:25:28 +0000

Reinforced concrete was invented in the mid-19th century, a game-changer in the construction world. French gardener Joseph Monier is often credited with its creation. While experimenting with materials to build stronger garden pots and tubs, he had the idea to combine concrete with iron mesh in 1849. Monier patented his … [continued]

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Gravity Storage 101, Or Why Pumped Hydro Is The Only Remotely Real Gravity Storage

June 12, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Energy, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, grid, grid storage, investment, Manufacturing, pumped hydro, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, Water

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:50:15 +0000

In my recent article celebrating the great month that pumped hydro had, between the Loch Ness Red John facility selling to Statkraft, the UK finally settling on cap and floor for the technology and China having 365 GW of power and 4 to 8 TWh of energy storage under construction, … [continued]

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Concrete Is A Geography, Minerals, & Waste Game Played With Billions Of Tons Of Chips

June 12, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, cement, China, climate change, Coal, concrete, Fossil Fuels, green concrete, green economy, India, INDUSTRY, investment, Manufacturing, Mining, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:35:12 +0000

As cement day turns into concrete week turns into concrete month, it’s worth considering how the absurd tonnages of concrete manufactured changes, often radically, depending on where specifically in the world the concrete is needed. That’s all because those absurd tonnages means that we move the stuff that goes into … [continued]

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Just When I Thought I Was Done With Cement Replacements, A Look At Geopolymers

June 12, 2024 admin aluminum, buildings, carbon emissions, cement, climate change, concrete, concrete wind turbine towers, Construction, Europe, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:46:28 +0000

One of the many people who have suggested I look at something in the space of cement and concrete decarbonization suggested red mud. All I knew was that it had something to do with aluminum, and hence I thought it would be another metal slag supplement to cement. You know … [continued]

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Rio Tinto Enters Into Demand Response Agreement With Renewable Energy Suppliers In New Zealand

June 10, 2024 admin alcoa, aluminum, demand response, green economy, grid, ICELAND, Manufacturing, NEW ZEALAND, policy & politics, rio tinto

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 21:23:33 +0000

Demand response is starting to be a significant factor in industrial activities like aluminum smelters in countries around the world.

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Publishing On Cement Decarbonization Brings Challenges, Corrections, & More Approaches

June 10, 2024 admin buildings, Carbon Capture, carbon emissions, cement, cement emissions, climate change, co2 emissions, Coal, concrete, decarbonization, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, Oil, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 16:15:59 +0000

A few days ago I went deep on cement again, using an assessment of the processes of American clean cement startups to define the scope and magnitude of the problem, the chemistry and energy requirements of cement, why fixing it is critically important, and incidentally evaluate a couple of companies’ … [continued]

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Virginia Bails On Electric Vehicle Mandate, Re-Joins South

June 10, 2024 admin California, california electric vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev sales, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, usa, Virginia

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 15:10:16 +0000

The electric vehicle revolution just hit a brick wall in Virginia, when Governor Youngkin dropped out of the new California clean car mandate

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USA Solar Panel Manufacturing Capacity Soared 71% in Q1 2024

June 9, 2024 admin California, california solar, california solar energy, clean power, Florida, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, press releases, seia, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar panels, texas, texas solar energy

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 01:29:30 +0000

Florida and Texas charge ahead on solar installs while California stumbles due to policy changes WASHINGTON, D.C. — A record-setting 11 gigawatts (GW) of new solar module manufacturing capacity came online in the United States during Q1 2024, the largest quarter of solar manufacturing growth in American history. According to … [continued]

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2,000 Quality Jobs: Accelera by Cummins, Daimler Truck & PACCAR Complete Battery Joint Venture To Form Amplify Cell Technologies

June 8, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, cummins, daimler, daimler truck, daimler truck group, daimler trucks, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery factories, green economy, green jobs, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, Mississippi, paccar, press releases

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2024 19:26:00 +0000

Accelera™ by Cummins, the zero-emissions business segment of Cummins Inc. [NYSE: CMI], Daimler Trucks & Buses US Holding LLC [a Daimler Truck Group Company; DAX: DTR0CK; “Daimler Truck”] and PACCAR [NASDAQ: PCAR] have selected Marshall County, Mississippi, as the future site of advanced battery cell manufacturing for their planned joint venture. The joint … [continued]

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