The traditional process of Steel manufacturing produces 1.85 tons of CO2 for every ton of steel produced. In 2020 the global production of steel amounted to 1.88 billion tons of steel with China producing accounting for a whopping 1 billion tons, with India coming a close second at 100 million tons. CO2 emissions from steel […]
Energy Transition: Replacing Coal – Use Case for Hydrogen in Steel Production Read More »
Coal use is responsible for over 37% of the global GHG emissions. Since 2016, politics over coal has taken center stage, and there has been hesitancy in reducing coal production. However, the best way to get the production of any commodity reduced is to reduce its demand. So in this article I will explore the
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14 June 1992 was an important date in Rio and for the rest of the world. It was the culmination of the Earth Summit, when 154 countries signed a treaty – The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, to establish the Secretariat headquartered in
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Headline 1: China rations diesel among fuel shortages. Headline 2: China orders coal miners to boost output. Headline 3: Why Christmas may be stuck in a shipping container. These headlines, and a lot similar to these, are not a full blown crisis, they are the Canary in the Coal Mine. This is a wake up
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The world population is currently at 7.9 Billion in spite of a global pandemic and significant global instability that has rocked the world in the last 20 months. There is still a steady rise in global population as was projected towards the middle of the previous decade. This year itself the population of the world
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In our ever lasting quest for energy resources, we have unfortunately created a condition that has now started to threaten the very lifestyle that these resources helped create. Now we are at a crucial juncture where our choices regarding the fuel and energy resources we will continue to use will determine if we are even able to maintain a safe, secure and healthy environment to continue to live in.
This critical juncture, the inflection point now being referred to as Energy Transition, is presenting many opportunities and choices to countries, organizations and individuals, and allowing each to define themselves as winners or losers in the new paradigm.
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While the world is still reeling under the effects of the Corona Virus, there are new disease trends that are creeping up and catching us unawares. A lot of these trends are primarily fed by the change in climatic conditions, introducing new vectors and their dangerous payloads.
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