Nice EV Battery Factory You Got There …
The sprawling Hyundai Metaplant campus in Georgia will host a new EV battery factory, though an immigration raid at the site has halted construction for now,
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Mass Timber As Lego: Flyvbjerg’s Modularity Meets Low-Carbon Construction
Mass timber is being promoted as a way to cut carbon in construction, speed up schedules, and reduce costs. But there is another lens through which to view it that comes from project management research. Professor Bent Flyvbjerg has spent decades studying why large projects fail and what can be … [continued]
From Towers To Turbines: The Most Fascinating Mass Timber Projects Worldwide
Mass timber has moved far beyond the novelty stage. Cross laminated timber and glulam started to gain attention a decade ago as materials that could replace concrete and steel in mid-rise buildings. Since then the technology has advanced, codes have adapted, and architects and engineers have pushed the limits of … [continued]
Battery Electric Rise, Hydrogen Falters: Lessons From South Korea
In 2019, South Korea announced a program that was meant to make the country a global leader in hydrogen transportation. The government declared that all 802 police buses then in service would be replaced with hydrogen fuel cell models by 2028. These were not ordinary buses. They were national security … [continued]
Carbon Storage’s Prudent Limit: The End Of Infinite Assumptions
The publication of A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage in Nature is an important moment in the conversation about carbon capture and storage. For decades storage has been discussed as if it were an almost limitless global sink, with estimates running from 10,000 to 40,000 gigatons of CO₂ … [continued]
Canada’s $456B Megaprojects List: Building The Past Or Electrifying The Future?
Canada is preparing to spend potentially half a trillion dollars on major infrastructure projects that will shape the economy and society for decades. The list spans ports, high speed rail, hydroelectricity, nuclear, mining, oil and gas, carbon capture, offshore wind, and transmission. On paper it looks like a bold nation … [continued]
Hell’s Kitchen: Can Lithium & Geothermal Power Thrive In The Salton Sea?
The Hell’s Kitchen project in Imperial County, California, has attracted attention because it brings together two ambitions in one place. Controlled Thermal Resources is building a facility that would generate geothermal electricity while also extracting lithium from the same brine. The plan is to deliver 25,000 tons per year of … [continued]
Tesla’s Master Plans: From Clear Roadmap To Vague Abundance
Tesla’s Master Plans have served as public roadmaps for the company for almost twenty years. Each has attempted to set a direction, outline priorities, and provide a vision of what Tesla would do next. They are unusual in corporate history in that they are not dense internal strategy documents, but … [continued]
Danish Firm Ørsted Vows To Save Offshore Wind Jobs Trump Wants To Crush
The Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted is suing to lift the stop-work order against its 704-megawatt Revolution Wind project, located off the coast of Rhode Island.
Mass Timber & Fire Safety: What The Evidence Shows
Mass timber is scaling for obvious reasons. It is lighter than concrete, faster to assemble than steel, and carries the climate advantage of storing carbon drawn down from the atmosphere. That combination is powerful for developers and policymakers trying to hit cost and emissions targets. The unavoidable question is whether … [continued]
