Waste heat recovery: heat exchanger costs?
…natural gas. IRRs are uplifted to above 20%, either if we assume higher gas prices ($6/mcf) or a $50/ton CO2 price. IRRs can reach 40% with both. High IRRs may…
Prevailing wind: new opportunities in grid volatility?
…hour-by-hour data from 2020. EV charging and smart energy systems screen as the best new opportunities. Gas-fired backups also remain crucial to ensure grid stability. The outlook for grid-scale batteries…
Our Top Ten Research Notes of 2020
…estimate in December-2019. The fully decarbonized energy system still contains 85Mbpd of oil and 375TCF per year of natural gas. https://thundersaidenergy.com/2020/12/10/decarbonizing-global-energy-the-route-to-net-zero/ (9) Oil and gas are heading for devastating under-supply…
Renewable Energy Certificates?
Renewable Energy Certificates are legal contracts where all parties agree to pretend that gas and coal electrons are wind and solar electrons and vice versa. At best, these RECs incentivize…
Carbon accounting: philosophical investigations?
…“emitting” (which in this case applies to the car) and a type or class called “CO2” which represents all molecules with the chemical structure O=C=O. My car runs on gasoline…
US industrial furnaces: breakdown by size, by industry, by fuel?
…are 1,500 industrial furnaces in the US manufacturing sector, with a mean average capacity of 60MWth, c90% powered by natural gas, and thus explaining over 3.5-4 bcfd of total US…
Heat pumps: hot and cold?
…Outright gas boiler bans could become a political disaster. The most likely outcome is a 0-2% pullback in European gas by 2030. We have also screened leading heat pump manufacturers…
Decarbonizing global energy: the route to net zero?
…technically ready. The resulting energy mix and costs for the global economy are spelled out on pages 7-8, including changes to our long-term forecasts for oil, gas, renewables and nuclear….
Decarbonized supply chains: first invent the universe?
…turbine blades and hydrogen storage tanks), photovoltaic silicon (used in solar panels), lithium (used in batteries), neodymium magnets (used in wind turbines and EVs), dielectric gases (used in electricity distribution)…
CO2 intensity: Scope 1, 2 & 3 and Scope 4 emissions?
…vastly, from -1.25 kg/kWh to +1.25 kg/kWh, and offer a more constructive view for funding decarbonization initiatives. $499.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Specifically, we take examples in coal, oil, gas,…