ESG, Recycling, & Climate | Weekly Thematic

Power Struggle: We Need To Go Back To Basics To Solve This
September 7, 2022
Products Mentioned:
Fossil Fuels, LNG, Natural Gas, Hydrogen, Ammonia, Nitrogen, Methanol, Solar, Wind, Hydro, Nuclear, Geothermal, Propane, Plastics, Polystyrene, Styrene, PET, R-PET, Battery, Crude Oil, CO2, Oxygen, Renewable Fuels, Waste
Companies Mentioned:
BASF, SABIC, Linde, Borealis, Repsol, Versalis, Dow, Shell, Vestas, Siemens Gamesa, Plug Power, Bloom Energy, McPhy, ITM Power, NEL, Haldor Topsoe, ExxonMobil, Anellotech, Mura Technologies, First Solar, Sunoco, SquareOne
Subjects Covered:
Recycling, Renewables, Carbon Capture, Emissions, New Energy, The Hydrogen Economy, ESG Investing, Climate Litigation, Clean Fuels

C-MACC Weekly “CRETER” (Climate etc.)

Power Struggle: We Need To Go Back To Basics To Solve This

  • The race for cleaner power and cleaner energy and materials, in general, appears to be accelerating globally, and US ESG objections are not focused on this trend.
  • As we evaluate a large clean power project, demand is certainly not the issue, but costs are, and many basic industry cost issues require solutions in all markets.
  • Labor/skilled labor shortages are underestimated, and material inflation and availability will prevent experience-curve gains from benefitting most projects.
  • We see the energy crisis in Europe as not one of clean energy but in the clean energy choices – too much low capacity-factor power – Europe needs nuclear.
  • Otherwise, we look at the likely demise of polystyrene because of recycling issues, more reliance on China for clean energy equipment, and ESG arguments.

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