UK 2020, from Stern Review. 0-9 MT of carbon across, £ / Tonne of carbon down
Levelized costs of electricity resource options
Source: Energy efficiency data represent the results of this analysis for utility program costs (range of four-year averages for 2009-2012).
Supply costs are from Lazard 2013. Solar costs have since fallen a good bit.
Cement Is a Climate Menace. Under Trump, Fixing It Just Got Harder. 0425.rtf
A Stunning Number of Electric Vehicle, Battery Factories Are Being Canceled 0425.rtf
No Industry, No Tanks - EU Bets on More Clean Steel to Secure Its Future 0325.rtf
Big Uptick in Electricity Use for AI, Data Centers Threaten the Green Transition 1224.rtf
Greening Concrete - a Major Emitter Inches Toward Carbon Neutrality 1024.rtf
How the Cement Industry Is Creating Carbon-Negative Building Materials 0924.rtf
Light Industry, Next-Gen Storage & Adapting Are Key to a Net-Zero Future 0824.rtf
As Biden Pushes Clean Factories, a New ‘How-To’ Guide Offers a Path Forward 0424.rtf
The World Is Reducing Its Reliance on Fossil Fuels – except for 3 Key Sectors 0224.rtf
Once-Shuttered California Mine Tries to Transform the Rare-Earth Industry 0623.rtf - It plans to bring ore processing to the site, instead of just taking ore out of the ground, as it once did. It will be a much cleaner process than in China and developing countries.
World’s 1st Fossil-Free Steel-Making Starts in Northern Sweden 0920.rtf
Steelmaker SSAB Plans to Cut Carbon Far Faster than Before 0122.rtf
Lower-CO2 Nature-Friendly Concrete Better Defends Coasts from Rising Seas 0322.rtf
Concrete Needs to Lose Its Colossal Carbon Footprint 1021.rtf - Use green electricity for process heat, capture process CO2 from smokestack and pump it back into concrete - for better stength and long-term storage - and use slag from iron & steel production or unused fly ash.
The Race across Europe to Build Green Steel Plants 0223.rtf
Manufacturers Are Now Providing Data for Buying Climate-Friendly Refrigerators 0421.rtf
Can Industry Decarbonize Steelmaking? 0621.rtf
Norway’s Blastr Plans €4 Billion Green Steel Plant in Finland 0123.rtf
Low-Carbon Concrete Could Bring a ‘Radical Change’ to the Industry 0523.rtf
Greening Production at the World's Biggest Brick-maker Yields Record Profit 1121.rtf
The Sustainable Industrial Revolution Is Just Getting Started 1121.rtf - emphasis on motors and steel
Carbon-less Anode Could Be Aluminum Smelting’s Biggest Advance in 130 Years 0518.rtf
What’s Needed to Reach Net-Zero This Century - IEA 0423.rtf - includes charging
Biggest South African Cement Firm Sets 2050 Net Zero Target 1121.rtf
Startup Promises Green Steel by 2025 as Decarbonization Race Heats Up 0222.rtf
When Recycling Comes to the Construction Industry 1023.rtf
EU-US Steel Trade Pact Is Surprisingly Important 1121.rtf - US steel is much less carbon-intensive than China’s. With EU carbon price, this means EU will import more steel from US and less dirty steel from China. However, China is EU’s largest trading partner. MOre on Nordhaus’ climate club.
Material Thinner than Human Hair Could Slash Carbon Emissions 1121.rtf - good for ultra-thin membrane, for separating gases. This is very useful, and cheaper, for making notably electricity, steel, and glass.
Engineered Bacteria Eat CO2, Release Valuable Carbon-Negative Acetone and Isopropyl 0322.rtf
Cement Makers across World Pledge Large Cut in Emissions by 2030 - 1021.rtf
Green Steel Would Curb Carbon Emissions, Revive SW Pennsylvania Economy 0423.rtf
Steel’s Path to Go Green Will Cost Industry Up to $278 Billion 1121.rtf
These Are the Toughest Emissions to Cut, a Big Chunk of the Climate Problem 0618.rtf - unduly pessimistic view?
Cement Made at Room Temperature with Green Electricity Helps Decarbonize 0123.rtf
Sweden's HYBRIT Delivers World's 1st Fossil-Free Steel 0821.rtf
Making Steel without Damaging the Climate 0622.rtf
Breakthroughs Are Helping Even Cement and Steel Go Electric 1022.rtf
These Scientists Are Working on Carbon-Free Cement 0422.rtf
A Techno-Economic Analysis of Carbon Capture Options in industry 0721.rtf - Harmonization results indicate that CO2 mitigation potentials vary for each sub-sector, resulting in reductions of 1.4–2.7 t CO2 / tonne (t) of steel (77%–149%), 0.7 t CO2 /t cement (92%), 0.2 t CO2 /t crude oil (68%), 1.9 t CO2 /t pulp (1663%–2548%), and 34.9 t CO2 /t H2 (313%).
Baowu, World’s Top Steelmaker Outlines 6-Point Plan to Cut Emissions 1121.rtf
1:3 of US Construction Market Could Be Green by 2018 - 0915.rtf
Greener Steel Production Is the 1st Step. Next Comes Scaling It Up. 0923.rtf
New Membrane Could Save $2 Billion a Year for U.S. Industries 0816.rtf
Steelmaking Breakthrough Could Save Money and Almost All Emissions 0123.rtf
How the Global Steel Industry Is Cutting Out Coal 0521.rtf - Replace a blast furnace with an electric arc (or natural gas) furnace. Use hydrogen instead of carbon to separate iron from its ore. Recycle more steel.
Canadian Steelmakers Embrace ‘Green Steel' as Carbon Taxes Set to Rise 1121.rtf
A New Study Shows Getting to Net-Zero Emissions Is Doable. Here’s How. 0521.rtf - Electrify everything, including industrial processes. Make electricity carbon-free.
The High-Stakes Race to Reduce Emissions from Cement 0623.rtf
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