All Aboard the Clean Industrial Revolution
THE NAVIGATE CIRCULAR CARBON ECONOMY PLATFORM It’s difficult to avoid what would appear to be mounting evidence of alarming climate change all around us – news of devasting storms, rampant wildfires and debilitating droughts, increasingly permeating the news cycle. The ‘weather’, regardless of whether its interlocutors being of British provenance or not, leads many a […]
Cutting the Big 5 to Size: Manufacturing
Manufacturing accounts for 29% of global emissions and affords one of the most stubborn of emissions stains. Not all clean tech climate solutions describe greenfield breakthrough technologies, some of the most significant gains can be made by retrofitting existing facilities. For example, we now have the means to inject waste carbon into fresh concrete, the […]
Cutting the Big 5 to size: Electricity Generation, Plant Power
However, the substitution of fossil fuels is not limited to agriculture. Whilst having the benefits of limiting greenhouse gases, even those more potent than carbon dioxide, the process of making biochar has numerous other advantages – namely energy produced by pyrolysis to produce a gaseous mixture called syngas. This then becomes a carbon negative substitution […]
Cutting the Big 5 to size: Agriculture, Miracle Growth Compound
The very seeds which we sow and then how we proceed to cultivate them, has a major bearing on our climate. However, commercially viable synthetic fertilizers are one example of agricultural innovation, as opposed to those derived from hydrocarbons. By employing microbial products which draw nitrogen from the air, we can lessen impact by employing […]
Cutting the Big 5 Down to Size: Low Carbon Infra
LOW CARBON INFRASTRUCTURE: THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION During COVID, as we literally turned off the ignition of the world, it was shovel ready infrastructure projects which topped government global agendas. ‘Connectivity’ drives growth and trade, which can be delivered in an almost ethereal sense, through the digital connections brought by sub sea cables, as well […]
Cutting the Big 5 down to size Transportation: Plastic Fantastic
Transportation is a notable emitter at 15% of emissions, has already witnessed huge disruption both in manufacturing techniques, and the very nature of the engine which drives the power train. However, other aspects of transportation are also ripe for renewal. Used tire disposal is a long running sore for most post-industrial societies – with each […]
Leveraging Electrons as a Feedstock
The electricity grid is no longer merely a conduit. It is becoming a factory. Power-to-X (P2X) technologies, which convert surplus renewable electricity into hydrogen, synthetic fuels, and chemicals, promise to turn intermittent wind and solar into storable, transportable commodities. For investors, the proposition is at once green and potentially lucrative. WHAT IS POWER-TO-X? At its […]
Solar’s Next Headache: The Coming E-Waste Wave
FROM SUNSHINE TO SCRAPYARD The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) forecasts that by 2050, the world will be discarding 60–78 million tonnes of solar panels. Early adopters—China, the EU, and the United States—will bear the heaviest burden, as panel lifecycles converge and cheap replacements accelerate turnover. Even Australia is feeling the strain: Queensland alone retires […]
Pyrolysis: Turning Trash into Treasure
FROM FIELDS AND DUMPS TO REACTOR VESSELSPyrolysis is deceptively simple. Feedstock—anything from agricultural residues and plastics to old tyres—is heated to 400–800°C in an oxygen-free environment. The chemistry splits molecules, producing: Biochar, a stable form of carbon that improves soil and locks carbon away for decades. Bio-oil, which can be refined into renewable fuels or […]
Asset Allocation Bulletin: Bump and Grind
TARIFF TALK TEMPERED The markets have regained their composure, and then some, having digested the pyrotechnics witnessed in early April. Becoming increasingly resilient to ‘tariff talk’, investors for the moment appear to be taking the US President’s pronouncements in their stride, as few of the threats seem to ultimately ‘bite’. However, there are other factors […]