"... the U.S. has increasingly relied on primary aluminum - meaning non-recycled aluminum that has never been processed or used before - from the Middle East since imposing steep 50% tariffs on Canadian imports in 2025." www.latitudemedia.com/news/why-the...
Title: Letter to Lviv
Album: Aldebaran
Artists: Kathrine Windfeld · Marek Konarski · Hannes Bennich
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War spannend, vielen Dank. Friederike Emmerling vom Fischer Verlag ("Neue ungehaltene Reden ungehaltener Frauen") schrieb mir: "Ungehaltene Reden [von Männern] zu diesen Themen kann es gar nicht genug geben". Vielleicht kennen sie ja welche, die das noch besser können als ich tinyurl.com/4sjykuuj
Data couldn't be clearer. Countries want electrotech when faced with yet another fossil fuel disruption.
"Shipments of batteries, electric vehicles, and solar cells an annual increase of 34%, 53% and 80%. All three exports rose from February levels as well."
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Erste institutionelle Schritte um die Müllabfuhr zu finanzieren sind bereits weltweit auf dem Weg youtu.be/neHgJIZSSw4?...
Ökoliberal ist jetzt auch der VCI www.vci.de/services/pub...
" 'I don’t think we’ve ever seen a potential supply disruption of this scale in living memory,' Friedland said. ... When the Strait closed, the already complex markets for sulfur and sulfuric acid became 'ridiculously chaotic,' said CRU analyst Peter Harrisson." trk.wsj.com/view/69430fa...
"Although a sevenfold rise in wind and solar electricity by 2040 is ambitious, recent experience indicates that it may well be achievable: the required annual growth rate was already achieved over the period 2021–2025, driven by the policy response to the energy crisis." tinyurl.com/384pzxdy
"But what if, instead of sulfuric acid, the alkaline wastewaters were neutralized with CO2 - or carbonic acid - in the future? This method would allow vast quantities of the greenhouse gas to be chemically bound as bicarbonate at an industrial scale." www.hereon.de/communicatio...
WORLD VIEW 15 April 2026 Why more fossil fuels won’t fix the Iran energy crisis Climate-friendly technologies are the best way to stymie rising inflation — and will get better and cheaper over time. By Gernot Wagner Spend any time discussing solar and wind power as a solution to climate change, and you are sure to encounter someone who asks about reliability. The Sun does not shine at night and the wind does not always blow, so fossil fuels will be needed forever as a back-up, they argue. But how reliable are fossil fuels? In the past two months, conflict in Iran has created an energy crisis — the latest in a series. Oil prices spiked within days of the start of US, Israeli and Iranian bombing in the Gulf region on 28 February. Fuel prices remain high and volatile, and the ripple effects are set to increase inflation in the coming months. Isabel Schnabel, a member of the European Central Bank’s executive board, memorably named this effect fossilflation in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. There was, and is, one clear winner: renewables and other low-carbon technologies, from batteries to electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps. That is what distinguishes this Middle East oil and gas crisis from the Arab oil embargoes of the 1970s. Then, renewables were mostly unavailable, and industrial decarbonization was on few people’s radars. Solar power cost at least 500 times more than it does today, and EVs, heat pumps and induction stoves were a pipe dream. Ditching fossil fuels is not all smooth sailing. In 2022, European natural-gas prices spiked to ten times their levels before the Ukraine invasion, resulting in long waiting times for solar panels and heat pumps. Prices for these rose as demand outpaced supply, an effect Schnabel dubbed greenflation. She used a third term, climateflation, to describe the economic effects of climate-induced weather extremes, such as food-price rises from crop failures (M. Kotz et al. Commun. Earth Environ. 5; 2024).
The Iran War has once again led to a bout of what @isabelschnabel.bsky.social memorably dubbed 'fossilflation'.
It's en vouge to talk about the solution as some massively complex undertaking. It really isn't. Get off fossil fuels faster.
My latest just out @nature.com
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"Avoiding or reducing SWI [seawater intrusion] in susceptible settings is critical because salinization of groundwater threatens safe drinking-water supplies, lowers agricultural productivity and degrades coastal and nearshore ecosystems." www.nature.com/articles/s44...
⬆️ FAZ: EU-Entwaldungsverordnung und Auswirkungen auf Kleinbauern in Äthiopien @juttapaulus.bsky.social @annacavazzini.bsky.social
"Airports Council International (ACI) Europe said its members had 'increasing concerns' about the availability of jet fuel, particularly with the approach of the summer tourism season." www.bbc.com/news/article...
"In tests with partners, 1s1 says, electrolyzers with its membranes needed just 70 percent of the energy to produce each kilogram of hydrogen, compared to incumbent devices." news.mit.edu/2026/toward-...
“Achieving climate and development goals is impossible without keeping nature intact", says PIKs Rockström. By 2030, halting the loss of remaining intact biomes is key while reversing extinction risks & scaling up restoration. New @frontiersin.bsky.social paper👇
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"The planned Project Ponderosa in Arizona will focus on forest biomass sourced from thinning operations, contributing to wildfire risk reduction while producing CDR credits." carbonherald.com/graphyte-sec...
Silver Consumption in TOPCon Solar Cells Reduced by Factor 10
We've reduced the silver consumption in TOPCon solar cells to just 1.1 mg per watt peak through a metallization approach combining laser structuring with electroplating of nickel, copper & minimal silver. Tests confirm industrial-level performance and stability: www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/press-med...
More precisely: solar and batteries can supply 90% of electricity for 80% of the world's population at less than 80 €/MWh (including a fuel backup) with 2030 assumptions. Add some wind, existing hydro, or wait a few more years for costs to decline, and the equation just gets better.
"The technology has been patented, and the team is moving toward commercialization. Early technoeconomic analysis suggests the process could outperform current industrial methods, particularly by recovering graphite in a form suitable for reuse in batteries" news.rice.edu/news/2026/pl...
Das hier von KfW Research passt inhaltlich dazu @alevermann.bsky.social info.kfw.com/go/1e146o07l...
" 'Europe’s ambition must be matched by realistic planning,' Ciani concludes. 'Aligning AI development with energy supply is the decisive condition for remaining competitive while achieving net-zero goals.' " www.kielinstitut.de/publications...?
@philippkrohn.bsky.social next time when Gernot Wagner ist exploring Green Industrial Policy in Europe starting in Frankfurt this might be an opportunity for an interview? He knows what paper to pick in Frankfurt 🙂 bsky.app/profile/gwag...
"As one of the largest offtake agreements for recycled minerals in the West, the deal is a milestone for both critical minerals recycling and refining, according to Alexis Harmon, assistant director at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center ..." www.latitudemedia.com/news/what-tr...
Und was ist der Grund für die Frauenverachtung, der bis zum Frauenhass reichen kann? Dieses Zitat von Uwe Timm über die deutsche Kolonialgewalt könnte aus meiner Sicht einen Hinweis geben. Frauen, deren Leben ohne Beschneidung ihrer Gefühle gelingt, berühren eine tiefe männliche Verlusterfahrung.
"EnerVenue asserts that its ESVs can surpass a 30,000-cycle lifespan and operate up to three cycles daily without interruption. This suggests that the technology offers roughly 4 to 6 times higher throughput compared to standard lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries" www.energy-storage.news/enervenue-cl...
The Iran war has hampered chemical production in the Middle East and Asia.
The situation may lead to shortages and higher prices worldwide.
Even if the war is over soon, it may take the rest of the year for the industry to return to normal.
#chemsky 🧪
"The plant will span 190,000 square feet and create 175 jobs, supplying rare-earth-free permanent magnets for data center cooling pumps, automobile motors, robotics, consumer electronics, defense and drone equipment, and other critical applications." www.manufacturingdive.com/news/niron-m...
Title: Into The Blue
Band: Clarissa Forster · Shuteen Erdenebaatar · Max Heimler · Moritz Graf · Florian Fischer
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Hier noch Projekt vom Fraunhofer ISE www.ise.fraunhofer.de/de/presse-un... Ausgründung Clearsun Energy www.clearsun-energy.com
Deep Dive Circular Economy from german research institution Fraunhofer - including:
"In the RUBIO project, Antje Lieske from Fraunhofer IAP has demonstrated that a high-performance, climate-friendly plastic can be produced from straw and plant residues."
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