The transportation sector is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions but is also at the forefront of energy transition. ADI has previously written about electrification of transportation and the supporting infrastructure needs and alternative fuels such as hydrogen and bio-based ethanol. U.S. diesel demand in 2019 was 122 million barrels and despite […]
The European IRA
President Joe Biden kicked off the decarbonization race by signing two monumental pieces of legislation: the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which designated $370 billion in new funding for green infrastructure. In response, the European Commission recently announced the Green Deal Industrial Plan (GDIP). The plan will divert […]
Renewables versus fossil fuels: Who is winning the funding battle?
Following the pandemic-induced recession and drop in investments in 2020, global investments in energy have increased. Investments in both fossil fuels and renewables have steadily increased, with renewable energy gaining the most. In fact, investments in renewable energy (solar and wind) are set to surpass oil and gas for the first time ever, with $494 […]
The forgotten renewable: A review of geothermal energy
In the discussions of renewable energy, much of the conversation usually revolves around wind and solar. Often overlooked is the energy beneath our feet, geothermal, so much so that it is sometimes called the “forgotten renewable”. Geothermal, however, is a vast, largely untapped resource capable of supplying our power needs; in fact, it is estimated […]
Greener skies: Part I: A jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel market outlook
Aviation is one of the hard-to-abate industries when it comes to decarbonization. COVID-induced lockdowns and the recession that closely followed slashed global aviation demand by 42% in 2020 compared to 2019. This also resulted in the lowest CO2 emissions from the aviation industry in over two decades dropping from about a billion tons of CO2 […]
Hydrothermal liquefaction for renewable fuels
Rapid growth in the adoption of alternatives to fossil fuels is driven by the lower lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of alternative fuels. Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL), pyrolysis, photocatalysis, and gasification are some of the technologies to produce biofuels at various stages of technology advancement and commercialization today. HTL is one of the more promising technologies […]
2022 Energy Transition Outlook: Messiness as a Measure of Progress?
Energy transition advanced rapidly through the collective public consciousness in the past two years although starting this past summer, it has run into significant challenges. To a large extent though, both energy transition’s progress in 2020 and the challenges of 2021 were more conceptual than rooted in concrete form. Investor-led demand for a greater focus […]
2022 Upstream Outlook: Balancing growth and discipline
After the COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdown in 2020 that shook the global economy and shattered oil prices to record bottoms, the upstream oil and gas industry rebounded strongly throughout 2021 with oil prices reaching record levels not seen in past six years. Upstream oil and gas performed better than expected in 2021 and future trends will […]
Are hydrogen projects from major O&G players a sign of change?
As more countries continue to plan for a carbon-neutral world, many companies are beginning to invest in hydrogen. Hydrogen can support many decarbonization efforts by emerging as an alternative fuel in transportation, becoming a cleaner heat source in industrial applications. While we expect the demand for hydrogen to grow significantly in several large-scale applications, there […]
Using landfill gas for energy
Today, one of the largest infrastructure companies in North America Kinder Morgan has reached an agreement to acquire Kinetrex Energy, the largest supplier of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the midwestern region and a growing producer and supplier in the renewable natural gas (RNG) market. Kinder Morgan now joins a plethora of companies making their […]
