ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image of a bauxite refinery with a red mud pond and a cement plant beside it
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]
Demand response is starting to be a significant factor in industrial activities like aluminum smelters in countries around the world.
Aluminum is an example of a material that has seen rapid growth in demand in recent years, and that demand has been met by expanded primary production. Aluminum has a density of 2.7 kg/dm3 at room temperature, which is about one-third of the density of iron and steel. With proper … [continued]
Energy savings approaching 90 percent expected from employing entirely post-consumer aluminum to make high-grade building components The circular economy just closed the loop on scrap aluminum, thanks to a new patent-pending technology developed at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. That twisted aluminum mesh, those banged up bicycle … [continued]
A solid-state battery built by NSF-supported engineers at Georgia Tech. Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology.
High energy density batteries could potentially outperform lithium-ion batteries
How Emissions Transparency Can Advance Industry Decarbonization
Automakers’ aluminum scrap transforms into new vehicle parts with the PNNL-patented ShAPE manufacturing process. Heat and friction soften the aluminum and transform it from rough metal into a smooth, strong uniform product without a melting step.
Capturing intermittent renewable energy from solar arrays and wind turbines is the goal of a new energy storage technology that uses the Earth-abundant materials sodium and aluminum.
(Image by Sara Levine | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Low-cost, Earth-abundant raw materials power a new grid energy storage solution
By Massimiliano Saltori, European Science Communication Institute There are ambitious plans for the future of sustainable mobility in the European Union. On June 8th, the European Parliament voted to stop producing CO2-emitting vehicles by 2035. The 27 member states will now vote on the agreement — in true European fashion. … [continued]
Leading lenders to the global aluminum sector — Citi, ING, and Societe Generale — are working together with RMI to develop a climate-aligned finance framework to help reduce the industry’s hard-to-abate emissions.
