TED Community » Jay Foster
About Me
I am currently an account manager working for a market-leading wine company, although have interests and experience in start-up consultancy and alternative energy. My passion lies in developing industry solutions to some of our most confronting issues, including carbon reduction initiatives that lead to new market opportunities. My LinkedIn profile can be found at this address and I am eager to connect with like-minded individuals: http://au.linkedin.com/in/jayafoster
- Location:
- Australia, Sydney
- Current organization:
- Net Impact
- Past organizations:
- American Marketing Association, Project Management Institute, Australian Institute of Management, MBA AssociatioN, NAU
- Current role:
- Account Manager
- Gender:
- Male
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Alternative energy, developing people, consultancy, global issues, cultures, world travel
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A comment on Conversation: The methanol economy: 99.9% renewable energy. Is it too revolutionary and where is the market?
Great information. I have had a look through CRI's website and it is a great demonstration of the viability of renewable methanol. I do strongly believe there is a giant gap in the market and CRI are one company who identified it long ago. It is very energy intensive but worth the output as renewable methanol can be produced at low cost, undercutting current market prices, with the added benefit of being carbon neutral.
A comment on Conversation: The methanol economy: 99.9% renewable energy. Is it too revolutionary and where is the market?
There are several sources of hydrogen which are produced as a by-product, such as in chlorine and other mineral production. Another alternative is to source excess electricity supplies which would require an electrolyzer but still keep costs of hydrogen relatively low.
To date, we have been producing the hydrogen at each scale-up step while sourcing avenues to access excess hydrogen at low costs.
Thanks for the question.
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