Embodied energy trade: Overview
How countries export cheap energy hidden inside metal, food and data
What this tile covers Energy shipped inside products made where power is cheap: food, metals, fertiliser and computing.Key facts
| Form | Embodied |
Included from the reference tables
- Food supply chains
- Aluminium, steel, fertiliser, green ammonia
- Data centres near cheap power
- Natural media: rivers, wind, currents, sunlight, light pipes
Linked to the material world
Al AluminiumSt SteelNH3 AmmoniaAlso in Heat, motion and embodied energy
DHN District heating and cooling networksHTF Heat-transfer fluids and heat pipesMPT Mechanical power transmissionExplore paths from here
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