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Some industries can absorb low-cost electricity when renewables are over-generating and avoid high-cost electricity when they are under-generating. The net result can lower electricity costs by 2-3c/kWh and uplift ROCEs…
…x 5-minute intervals of power generation, from California’s power grid in 2022, then calculating the statistical distributions of wind, solar and total demand. Our key findings are in our recent…
Wind and solar peak at 50-55% of power grids, without demand-shifting or storage, before their economics become overwhelmed by curtailment rates and backup costs. More in wind-heavy grids. Less in…
…the underlying theory of semiconductors, you will find it deeply uncomfortable to bet against the long-run rise of semiconductors. https://thundersaidenergy.com/2023/10/19/semiconductor-physics-piece-de-resistance/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/mosfets-energy-use-and-power-loss-calculator/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/2021/09/16/power-grids-tenet/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/2022/05/05/power-transmission-raising-electrical-potential/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/2023/09/07/leds-seeing-the-light/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/2023/04/20/what-is-the-energy-consumption-of-the-internet/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/2023/06/29/omniscience-how-will-ai-reshape-the-energy-transition/ Electric motors are also…
Total pump costs can be ballparked at $600/kW/year of power, of which 70% is electricity, 20% operations and maintenance, 10% capex/capital costs. But the numbers vary. Hence this data-file breaks…
…power supplies for IOT and wearable devices. Thermoelectric generators produce power via the Seebeck effect, generating an electromotive force between parts of a conductor that are at different temperatures. The…
…are available for stress-testing in our gas and power model. $799.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Energy data from Eurostat have pros and cons. The pro is 100 lines of gas…
…the possible winners-and-losers from growing power grid bottlenecks. $449.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart A typical home in the developed world currently has a 10-15kW maximum power capacity. Exceeding this load…
Cummins is a power technology company, listed in the US, specializing in diesel engines, underlying components, exhaust-gas after-treatment, diesel power generation and pivoting towards hydrogen. We reviewed 80 patents from…
New AI data-centers are facing bottlenecked power grids. Hence this 15-page note compares the costs of constructing new power lines, gas pipelines or fiber optic links for GW-scale computing. The…