Global Carbon Fiber Composites Supply Chain Competitiveness Analysis

Technical Report · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1333049· OSTI ID:1333049

Das, Sujit ^[1]; Warren, Josh ^[1]; West, Devin ^[1]; Schexnayder, Susan M. ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
2. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

This analysis identifies key opportunities in the carbon fiber supply chain where resources and investments can help advance the clean energy economy. The report focuses on four application areas — wind energy, aerospace, automotive, and pressure vessels — that top the list of industries using carbon fiber and carbon fiber reinforced polymers. For each of the four application areas, the report addresses the supply and demand trends within that sector, supply chain, and costs of carbon fiber and components.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Analysis (EI-30) (Energy Analysis Corporate)
• OSTI ID: 1333049
• Report Number(s): ORNL/SR-2016/100 | NREL/TP-6A50-66071; 7527
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CEMAC, CEMI, carbon fiber polymer composites supply, demand, and markets, economic competitiveness analysis