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Gas turbine breakdown by component?
A large industrial gas turbine contains over 100,000 components. This data-file breaks down a gas turbine by component, across 45 component types, explaining what each component does, estimating its typical mass (in kg), its typical cost (in $/kW and $/kg) and how it is manufactured.
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Piling works: anchoring construction costs?
Piling works involve driving long vertical shafts into the ground, which will anchor and support a structure. The costs of piling works can run to $20-200/m, as captured in this data-file, to generate a return and cover the costs of piling operations.
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AI for materials development: case studies?
How is AI affecting materials development? This Excel data-file tabulates 20 recent case studies, across pharmaceuticals, solar, batteries, CCS, plastics, semiconductors, superalloys and superconductors. We conclude AI is a step-change for improved materials development, it is happening now and it is commercially relevant.
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Costs of space launch: satellites, rockets and fuel?
The cost of low-Earth orbit satellites has declined at about 5-10% pa, since the year 2000. A satellite costs $100,000-200,000/kg. Launch costs are now $1,000-10,000/kg, although the scatter is broad, and potentially higher for small payloads on low-utilization rockets. Within that, fuel costs are around $10/kg. This data-file captures the costs of space launch.
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DC-DC power converters: efficiency calculations?
DC-DC power converters are used to alter the voltage in DC circuits, such as in wind turbines, solar MPPT, batteries and digital/computing devices. This data-file is a breakdown of DC-DC power converters’ electrical efficiency, which will typically be around 95%. Losses are higher at low loads. We think there will be upside for increasingly high-quality…
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Leading companies in transformer monitoring?
Leading companies in transformer monitoring, and broader substation monitoring around the T&D network, are screened in this data-file. Real-time sensors and AI may reduce unplanned outages and repair costs by 30-60%, while most optimistically, high-quality monitoring can help flow 15% more power through existing infrastructure.
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Gas turbine manufacturing: eliminative materialism?
Can we model the supply and demand for gas turbines? This 21-page report presents our attempt. We ultimately see gas turbine manufacturing expansions outpacing demand growth. AI is also helping to expand. However, ‘accelerated orders’ may have distorted order books in 2025.
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Dynamic line ratings: can AI debottleneck the grid?
The carrying capacity of the power grid is not fixed, but varies with wind speeds and ambient temperatures. AI is now helping to enable Dynamic Line Ratings, unlocking 10-100%+ more capacity on some lines, effectively for free. This 18-page report explores the implications. Could DLRs avoid $100-300bn pa in future global grid capex, and thus…
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Are AI and robotics deflating coal costs?
This data-file tracks the progress in deploying AI in the coal industry, and deploying robots in the coal industry, based on the evidence from patents filed in 2025 and early 2026. AI is increasingly under study, but mainly for safety and monitoring applications, and often specifically to combat resource depletion, which is discussed in c30%…
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Grid-scale battery costs: the economics?
Grid-scale batteries are envisaged to store up excess renewable electricity and re-release it later. Grid-scale battery costs are modeled at 17c/kWh in our base case, which is the ‘storage spread’ that a LFP lithium ion battery must charge to earn a 10% IRR off c$1,000/kW installed capex costs. Other batteries can be compared in the…
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