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Thermoelectrics is a business impeded by the use of the toxic rare metal Tellurium. Commendably, there is a trend to alternatives in research but few volume sales as yet in any of the three uses. These are energy harvesting to make electricity where it is needed and the more successful cooling and heating, those last two constituting very-reliable, solid heat pumps.
The IDTechEx report, “Thermoelectric Cooling, Heating, Harvesting: 90 Companies Appraised, Market, Roadmap 2022-2042” has the full analysis. It recommends a U-turn to optimize the parameters and using the materials that industrialists really need. IDTechEx has a drill-down report on what is currently the least successful aspect, “Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting and Other Zero-Emission Electricity from Heat 2022-2042”, concluding that even this can be a multi-billion dollar industry. Indeed, it could leverage geothermal energy and open up other large applications if approaches are revised.
One of the newer thermoelectric approaches reflects how photovoltaics is nearly all silicon, with tellurium compounds having a place but no longer represented in the top ten manufacturers. For example, Mark Lee, Ph.D., Professor of Physics & Materials Science in the Department of Physics at the University of Texas at Dallas tells analysts IDTechEx,
“Using standard industrial silicon processing methods, we have demonstrated silicon-based thermoelectric generators (TEGs) that produce electrical power per unit area comparable to the best existing bismuth telluride based TEGs operating from the same temperature difference near room temperature, even though our silicon TEGs have much lower thermodynamic efficiency as expected. We have shown that, using a small copper rod heated to about 20°C above room temperature as the sole energy source, our silicon-based TEGs can properly energize some existing commercial low-power integrated circuits that are intended for use as IoT electronics.
Because our TEGs were fabricated on an industrial silicon integrated circuit fabrication line, these TEGs are easily manufacturable at large scale volume and can be directly integrated on-chip with the circuits they energize. This should result in extremely low marginal cost per TEG and cost-per-Watt generated, compared to bismuth/lead telluride/selenide based TEGs.”
IDTechEx is optimistic about all this. It forecasts that the total thermoelectric business, including subsystems such as current ones for thermal control in car seats, can be over $11 billion as early as 2032. That presumes robust refocussing on more appropriate markets, materials, and parameters. For example, no more delusional work on making electricity from car exhaust pipes that will no longer exist.
For more information on these reports please visit www.IDTechEx.com/Thermo and www.IDTechEx.com/ThermoCo, or for the full portfolio of research available from IDTechEx please visit www.IDTechEx.com/Research.
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Blue-Action just released their late summer newsletter for 2021. In this newsletter they take a look at upcoming events, new publications, past events & Didier Swingedouw newfound TikTok fame.
The Blue-Action Late Summer Newsletter for 2021 is available for online viewing.
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In the second quarter of 2021, the Polar Institute continued its efforts to advance important policy issues with insightful publications and discussions on Antarctic and Arctic governance, sustainable development, climate change, and security.
Highlights from the second quarter
- A special edition of Polar Perspectives authored by four leading Antarctic scientists that explored six global tipping points occurring in the Southern Ocean; the summary was translated into five different languages.
- The First Annual International Youth Symposium, entitled The Arctic in 25 Years, gathered emerging Arctic leaders from all eight Arctic states to discuss research, leadership and policymaking priorities over the next 25 years.
- Asian Interests and the Path Forward in the New Arctic: Symposium Summary captured the themes of keynote presentations and panel discussions from the February 2021 symposium.
- The fourth Arctic Security Dialogues, a joint initiative with the Arctic Domain Awareness Center, featured leading Department of the Air Force representatives and provided an important update to the Department’s efforts to implement their 2020 Arctic Strategy.
- Over a dozen events and publications associated with the Arctic Council’s 25th anniversary, the Icelandic Chairmanship of the Council, the transition of the Council’s leadership to the Russian Federation, as well as entry into force of the Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement.
In Fall 2021, the Polar Institute looks forward to launching new publications, including the monograph entitled Navigating the Arctic 7Cs and the Proceedings of The Arctic in 25 Years: First Annual International Youth Symposium. Just this week, we released IDA Proceedings: 8th Biennial Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations. We continue to plan a robust set of programs for the fall, including participation in the Arctic Circle Assembly, Arctic Futures Symposium, and the Warsaw Security Forum.
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Distinguished Colleagues,
Good afternoon from the Arctic Domain Awareness Center. Summer is racing past us and Fall Semester will be upon is within just a few short days. We continue well underway in our Program Year 8 workplan and have just added a new complement of ADAC Student Fellows who are now on-boarding to support Center research projects as well as ADAC hosted events. We have two important workshop/exercise reports to release as soon as we have final coordination from our partners/sponsoring agencies.
We have worked closely with the Alaskan Maritime Prevention and Response Network over the past number of years. "The Network" has recently merged with Alaska Chadux to create the Alaska Chadux Network. Led by CAPT (Ret) Buddy Custard, this new team is leading a series of great efforts that well complement the research we do within ADAC.
We respectfully invite you to join us for the below webinar on Wednesday, 8 Sep 2021 co-sponsored by our friends at the Alaska Chadux Network and the folks at the North American Marine Environmental Protection Association. This event complements ADAC's Arctic Maritime Horizon's exercise from this past spring and we are honored to be a part of this important conversation.
Please see the below for details and please consider participating in this event on 8 September 2021.
We will shortly have this on our website for your ready reference. See you there!
Very best wishes and very respectfully, Church
Randy “Church” Kee, Maj Gen, USAF (Ret)
Arctic Domain Awareness Center Executive Director
University of Alaska
Commissioner, U.S. Arctic Research Commission
(907) 786-0708 Office (Note: ADAC Remains in Telework Status)
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In July 2019, the 8th Biennial Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations—abbreviated to Ice- Diminishing Arctic or “IDA"—was held in Washington, DC.* The two-day event included over 80 speakers and was attended by over 600 participants and Arctic experts.
Due to the global pandemic, the 9th Biennial Symposium to be held this year was postponed. Yet interest in the symposium remains high, and colleagues from around the world have asked for access to the presentations and to the keynote speeches of the 2019 event. Therefore, we are pleased to release the IDA Proceedings.
We trust you will find this publication of value and we hope soon to have news regarding the next symposium.
Details on the 8th Biennial Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations may be found on the Wilson Center website. The event was hosted by the United States Arctic Research Commission, the Wilson Center's Polar Institute, and the United States National Ice Center; with partners including the Arctic Domain Awareness Center, Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and The Patuxent Partnership; and additional sponsors: AKIMA, the Marine Mammal Commission, and the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.