# Embodied energy trade: Overview

How countries export cheap energy hidden inside metal, food and data

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_embodied/overview/

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 Aluminium](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/aluminum/)[St Steel](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/steel/)[NH3 Ammonia](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/ammonia/)

#### Also in Heat, motion and embodied energy
[DHN District heating and cooling networks](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_district_heat_net/)[HTF Heat-transfer fluids and heat pipes](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_heat_carriers/)[MPT Mechanical power transmission](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_mechanical_transmission/)

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 More on this tile in the tabs above: how it works, efficiency and losses, technology advances, value chain, geopolitics and regulation, unit economics, impact on the biosphere.

## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_embodied/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_embodied/correlation/index.md)
- [How it works](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_embodied/explain/index.md)
- [Efficiency and losses](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_embodied/efficiency/index.md)
- [Technology advances](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_embodied/advances/index.md)
- [Value chain](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_embodied/valuechain/index.md)
- [Geopolitics and regulation](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_embodied/geopolitics/index.md)
- [Unit economics](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_embodied/economics/index.md)
- [Impact on the biosphere](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_embodied/biosphere/index.md)
- [Relationships](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_embodied/links/index.md)