Chip Thinking® is a systematic approach to dissecting the critical components of a data centre facility.
Terra Praxis is focusing on the most significant of energy initiatives, including oil and gas.Currently, 100 million barrels of oil are used per day, with more than half of our global energy predicted to still be coming from fossil fuels by mid-century.
This reality would lead to a three to four degree trajectory of warming, and a very bad environmental outcome.. One potential decarbonisation solution Terra Praxis has been exploring is the possibility of very low-cost, large-scale hydrogen production.Hydrogen is difficult to store, transport and move around, so it isn’t particularly useful as an end product, as it would require a lot of new infrastructure for end users.However, it does have strong potential as an ingredient in clean, drop-in, substitute fuels, such as ammonia (which can be used as a Marine shipping fuel), or synthetic hydrocarbons.
Importantly, this would mean that existing storage, transport and end-use infrastructure could continue to be used, including the use of today's planes and ships, making these kinds of solutions extremely useful..The sticking point is that in order for hydrogen to be used successfully as an ingredient in these alternative fuels, it needs to be very inexpensive, costing less than one dollar per kilogram.
This is significantly out of range for any of the prospects for renewables until 2050, largely because they are very dispersed, dilute energy sources.
Despite building renewables in windy and sunny places, and combining them to increase the capacity factors, there’s still a cost to transport those fuels around the world, leading to high prices.• evidence-based design.
• innovation and invention.• trying things and failing fast.
These processes act as a tool bag: one is never sure at the start of a project the necessary order of things – although dialogue always comes first..Many clients might expect a roadmap that they can follow, but part of Design to Value is the capacity to live with a bit of uncertainty.