Kategoria: News & Briefing
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Hydrogen removed during the reaction. A palladium membrane could change how chemical processes are operated
Scientists have demonstrated a way to carry out a dehydrogenation reaction while simultaneously removing the hydrogen produced. Instead of waiting for hydrogen to leave the reactor together with…
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CO₂ capture without a membrane. The new cell operated for 5,000 hours
Direct air capture of carbon dioxide is one of the technologies whose development is constrained not by the process of binding CO₂ itself, but by the energy required…
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China is building a CO₂ turbine power plant. Surplus electricity will be converted into heat
China’s Ruitan project combines molten salt energy storage with electricity generation using supercritical carbon dioxide. It is important, however, to distinguish this technology from a power plant that…
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Germany is rebuilding its army. Poland may have an advantage on land, but not everywhere
Germany is preparing the biggest restructuring of the Bundeswehr in decades. Berlin wants to increase the number of soldiers, expand its land forces, air defence, air force and…
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Will Europe start treating the economy as an element of national security?
For decades, Europe built its economic strength on the assumption that the broadest possible trade, dispersed supply chains and access to the cheapest global producers increased the wealth…
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The new geography of competitive advantage. Will access to cheap electricity become more important than access to cheap labor?
For several decades, the location of a factory was largely a calculation based on labor costs, market access, transportation and taxes. In many industries, a company could accept…
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Europe’s most important ports. Rotterdam is in a league of its own, while Gdańsk climbs higher
European maritime transport is concentrated around a handful of giant ports. Rotterdam handled nearly 400 million tonnes of cargo in 2024, clearly ahead of Antwerp Bruges and Hamburg.…
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Moody’s downgrades Poland’s rating. Now the market will test the real cost of the fiscal standoff
Moody’s downgrade of Poland to A3 has not triggered a sharp sell-off in Polish government debt, but it does not remove the problem that led to the decision.…
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Poland has copper underground. Without investors and faster decisions, its deposits will not boost the economy
Poland has one of Europe’s largest copper resource potentials, a developed industrial base, experienced personnel, and existing metallurgical infrastructure. The problem begins when it comes time to move…
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Africa is building a new economic powerhouse. These countries have the greatest potential
Africa is entering a period in which its importance to the global economy could grow much faster than its current share of global output would suggest. It is…
