Impact on Demand – Number of Days with Temperatures between 0°C and -12 °C Salt is used for de-icing, mainly to melt existing snow and ice, or to melt remaining snow and ice after snow-removal operations. Salt is also used as anti-icing agent. It is then proactively applied to driving Read more…
Impact on Demand – Number of Snowfall Days Salt is used for de-icing, mainly to melt existing snow and ice, or to melt remaining snow and ice after snow-removal operations. Salt is also used as anti-icing agent. It is then proactively applied to driving or walking surfaces before expected precipitation Read more…
Climate change is impacting supply and demand of salt. In a series of blogs, I will present recent findings about the impact of climate change on the security of supply and the changes in demand, most importantly in de-icing. Unseasonal rainfalls, brought by the cyclonic storm Tauktae, caused a significant Read more…
Thinking about the future use of salt for de-icing, global warming is probably a term that comes immediately to your mind. Over the past decades, volumes of de-icing salt that was spread on roads and public spaces grew at an annual average rate of 2.5%. From 2005 to 2011, global Read more…