Wind: aim higher?
…simple model for how wind speeds and wind power co-vary with altitude. 2x greater power could likely be harnessed by a kite at 300m than a similar-sized turbine at 80m….
Nature based solutions to climate change?
…and then stays forested. (3) Residuals and convenience. Many industrial processes are complex and competitive. Look at the charts for how the world makes carbon fiber (e.g, for wind turbine…
Offshore wind: levelized costs?
…build-up Operating costs of wind turbines are aggregated in our data-file here. Decline curves of wind turbines are aggregated in our data-file here. Our estimate of grid connection charges is…
Market concentration: what impacts on margins?
…‘Herfindahl Hirschman Index’, which are explained on pages 2-3, including examples from our database, such as industrial gases and the recent consolidation in US E&P. What is the typical concentration…
Global plastic demand: breakdown by product, region and use?
…EVA encapsulants in solar panels, to the resins in wind turbine blades, to strong and light-weight components in more efficient vehicles, to polyurethane insulating materials surrounding substantively all electric components,…
Wind generation case study: minute by minute volatility?
…Hill is a 149 turbine, 511MW wind farm in New South Wales, Australia, located approximately 150km west of Melbourne and 35km west of Ballarat, Victoria. As a case study for…
Two Majors’ Secret Race for the Future of Offshore Wind?
…& Wind Energy If you search the internet for Exxon’s “wind power” business, you are most likely to encounter its range of lubricants for wind-turbines. Its largest public foray so…
Onshore wind: the economics?
…models. Larger turbines will reduce future costs, as stress-tested in the cost tab, and following on from the physics of wind turbines. Our recent note on up-scaling wind turbines is…
Absorption chillers: the economics?
This data-file approximates the costs of absorption chillers, which perform the thermodynamic alchemy of converting waste heat (e.g., from a CHP turbine) into coldness. Today the market is small, around…
Carbon fiber: the miracle material?
Energy transition will catapult carbon fiber demand upwards from today’s 120kTpa baseline, across wind turbine blades, more efficient vehicles and hydrogen tanks. This miracle material is 3-10x stronger than steel…