Biomass

Deutsche Energieflüsse in einem Szenario mit ausschließlich erneuerbaren Energien und begrenztem Wasserstoffeinsatz, vom Autor.

Unter Druck gesetzter Stahl, fehlende Nachfrage: Deutschlands Wasserstoff-Backbone in den Energieflüssen*

Das deutsche Wasserstoff-Backbone ohne Kunden oder Lieferanten — eine Pipeline von nirgendwo nach nirgendwo — ist realer Stahl im Boden, unter Druck gesetzt und als unvermeidlich verteidigt, doch sie wird für ein Energiesystem gebaut, das sie nicht braucht. Diese Aussage klingt provokant, bis die Energieflüsse vollständig offengelegt werden. Betrachtet man … [continued]

German energy flows in a renewables only, limited hydrogen scenario by author

Pressurized Steel, Missing Demand: Germany’s Hydrogen Backbone In Energy Flows

The German hydrogen backbone without customers or suppliers—a pipeline from nowhere to nowhere—is real steel in the ground, pressurized and defended as inevitable, yet it is being built for an energy system that does not need it. That claim sounds provocative until the energy flows are laid out in full. … [continued]

Google Gemini generated this visualization of "Crocodile Economics," illustrating the widening jaw of decoupling where GDP growth rises while GHG emissions fall—a trend now present in economies comprising 90% of global GDP.

From Britain to the World: What Ofgem’s Energy Debate Looks Like in Global Context

Being invited to participate in Ofgem’s eight-part Inside Energy podcast series available through their Youtube channel was an opportunity to step briefly inside the thinking of a regulator that sits at the center of the UK’s energy transition. Sharing an episode with Ofgem’s CEO Jonathan Brearley was a privilege, and … [continued]

NewYork GreenCloud Acquires Buena Vista Biomass Power Facility to Launch First Carbon-Negative AI Factory

NewYork GreenCloud (NYGC) announced the acquisition of the Buena Vista Biomass Power (BVBP) facility in Ione, California. The site will become NYGC’s first large-scale carbon negative AI Factory, integrating biomass-to-pyrolysis energy systems with behind-the-meter, liquid-cooled AI compute. “The Buena Vista Biomass Power facility is the beginning of a national platform … [continued]

Kamloops’ hydrogen plan exposes gaps between lobbying, engineering reality, and proven decarbonization tools in the pulp and paper sector.

Why Hydrogen at a Kamloops BC Pulp Mill Fails the Cost Test

Pulp and paper mills sit at the intersection of several decarbonization pressures. They burn large volumes of fossil gas in lime kilns and recovery boilers. They buy significant amounts of industrial oxygen for delignification and bleaching. They operate in communities where economic continuity matters at least as much as emissions … [continued]

ChatGPT generated: A solemn panoramic scene of the American flag at half-mast before the NREL building, marking the symbolic end of an era in U.S. renewable-energy leadership

An Elegy for NREL and the Passing of America’s Renewable Compass

The erasure of the word “Renewable” from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory marks the end—or hopefully just an interruption—of a long and consequential chapter in energy history. Renaming it as the National Laboratory of the Rockies doesn’t change the buildings in Golden or the servers in ESIF or the unfinished … [continued]