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The Anthropocene and Other Topics

July 27, 2011 by Geoffrey Styles
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For the first four years of this blog I published nearly every weekday, and as time went on occasionally struggled to find suitable topics. Lately, I've been running across more good blog topics than I could conceivably cover. I think more is at work in that than my having scaled back the blog's frequency; energy has become an integral... [read more]

What New Ethylene Plants, or "Crackers", Tell Us

June 27, 2011 by Geoffrey Styles
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Sometimes a news item informs us about much more than the event in question. I think the recent announcements of new petrochemical projects in the US fall into that category. Both Shell and Dow Chemical are planning new ethylene crackers in the US, a market in which established ethylene facilities were being shut down only a few... [read more]

Daniel Fielding - Next Generation of Solar Panels?

December 16, 2010 by Robert Rapier
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“We have the technologies for a global clean economy, but they will not deploy in significant numbers without greater public policy certainty and incentives,” said Andrew Liveris, Chairman and CEO, The Dow Chemical Company. “Even without the optimal policy environment, however, we are investing in energy efficiency, in research,... [read more]

Turning Biomass into Power or Fuel

December 7, 2010 by Geoffrey Styles
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This morning I ran across a news item indicating that Dow Chemical was installing a biomass cogeneration unit at its facility in Aratu, Brazil to provide process steam with minimal greenhouse gas emissions. It's a good example of another way to convert biomass into energy that hasn't attracted nearly as much interest as advanced biofuels... [read more]

Lithium projects galore

October 27, 2010 by Doris de Guzman
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I've been seeing a lot of investments this year on lithium-related production capacity coming from the chemical industry especially here in the US. Today, BASF broke ground on a $50+ million facility in Elyria, Ohio, to produce Nickel-Cobalt-Manganese (NCM) cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries that can power hybrid and full-... [read more]

Can we restore U.S. leadership in solar manufacturing?

March 6, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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The United States created the solar cell industry and literally launched it into space 50 years ago.   Solar PV is going to be one of the largest job-creating industries of the century, projected to grow “from a $20 billion industry in 2007 to $74 billion by 2017” (see “Invented here, sold there”). But thanks to conservative... [read more]

Michigan - Dow's solar powerhouse

February 4, 2010 by Doris de Guzman
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Dow Chemical picked its corporate base - Midland, Michigan - to build its first full-scale production facility for its Powerhouse Solar Shingle product, which, according to the state of Michigan, could bring more than 1,200 jobs to the state by 2014. Staffing is anticipated to begin in late 2010. Dow estimates sales potential for its... [read more]

Solar Shingles See the Light of Day

January 20, 2010 by Big Gav
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Technology Review has an article on Dow's easy to install solar roof shingles - Solar Shingles See the Light of Day. Dow Chemical is moving full speed ahead to develop roof shingles embedded with photovoltaic cells. To facilitate the move, the U.S. Department of Energy has backed Dow's efforts with a $17.8 million tax credit that will... [read more]

Dow: Sustainability = Money

November 13, 2009 by Doris de Guzman
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I feel like I wrote this equation before but yesterday's investor presentation from Dow Chemical emphasized their strategy in incorporating sustainability in all aspects of their operations and businesses mostly because it is profitable to do so. The company has been busy investing and making deals right and left in lithium battery,... [read more]

Dow loves algae

November 7, 2009 by Doris de Guzman
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Dow Chemical explains how their joint venture development with algae company Algenol Biofuels will work. The company says the ethanol produced from algae can either be used as biofuel or chemical feedstock. Link to original post [read more]

Beyond Electricity - Fission as a Source of Process Heat

March 7, 2009 by Rod Adams
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One of the great things about working in a city like Washington is the occasional opportunity to attend fascinating gatherings of forward thinking people. Yesterday I was able to take a few hours off in the middle of the day to attend a lunchtime talk sponsored jointly by The Heritage Foundation and Third Way titled Beyond Electricity:... [read more]