Industry: Energy Transition

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2023 April SAF Tracker highlights – #11

In April 2023, airlines, corporations, and governments expanded investments and collaborations to accelerate Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production and adoption. All Nippon Airways advanced SAF use for both domestic and international flights in Japan, while Airbus and CNAF deepened Sino-European cooperation in SAF production. Financial and industrial alliances also grew, with the Sustainable Aviation Buyers […]

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Where’s the lithium: Supplying the U.S.’s growing industry

Demand for lithium from the EV industry is growing rapidly as the energy transition moves forward. One of the interesting things for the U.S., is that the production of EV batteries for this industry is being onshored, partly due to the growing market and partly due to provisions of the recently enacted IRA place sourcing […]

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ICE car bans: What? Where? When?

Internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles have been commercially available since the late 1800s when Carl Benz patented the now historic Benz Patent Motor Car, model no. 1, and for over 100 years they have been integral to transportation around the world. But now with the world advancing with energy transition, we are seeing steps towards […]

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Energy security over energy transition

From the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, we have seen global interest fragment across both energy transition and energy security. With several countries being overly reliant on Russian oil and gas, we saw a return to energy sources that the world had been weaning off. For example, Exhibit 1 shows how coal, oil, and nuclear […]

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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 […]

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2023 March SAF Tracker highlights – #10

Global Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) adoption gained momentum in March 2023 through airline investments, production conversions, and feasibility studies, supported by ongoing technological and research initiatives. Finnair expanded its portfolio with a major SAF purchase from Neste, while Nacero began converting its Texas facility to produce SAF using methanol-to-jet technology. Collaborations also advanced across regions, […]

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2023 March SAF Tracker highlights – #09

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) activity in March 2023 advanced through new flight operations, major investments, and technology collaborations. LATAM Group completed its first international flight using SAF, while Airbus Qantas launched a fund to boost local SAF production in Australia. Government and industry initiatives also expanded, with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) allocating […]

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What’s new with hydrogen in transportation?

The transportation sector has the highest reliance on fossil fuels and accounted for 37% of CO2 emissions from end-use sectors in 2021. Various industries of the transportation sector have started researching hydrogen as an alternative fuel source, and in this blog, ADI will look at the technological progress that has been made and some of […]

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Water and batteries supporting the grid

One of the biggest challenges to renewable energy projects is the intermittency of these resources; the sun doesn’t always shine, and the wind doesn’t always blow. These challenges have been made apparent around the world from wind droughts in Europe to winter storms in Texas. One solution to this challenge is expanding grid-scale energy storage […]

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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 […]

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Green hydrogen’s projected dominance by 2030

At the 2023 ADI Forum, Panuswee Dwivedi, Project Manager at ADI Analytics, shared key insights on the future of hydrogen. Green hydrogen was poised to dominate by 2030, driven by PEM and alkaline technologies. Meanwhile, blue hydrogen remained vital for existing industrial users, often via CCS. However, the nascent green hydrogen value chain faced significant […]

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The Inflation Reduction Act’s impact on energy

At the 2023 ADI Forum, Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics, discussed the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on the energy landscape. Even with aggressive energy transition scenarios, oil and gas would remain a material part of the energy mix by 2050. This would range from 20% in a net-zero scenario to 33% in […]