Synchronous condensers: the economics?
This data-file captures the costs and the economics of installing a synchronous condenser, downstream of a renewable power facility, in order to emulate some of the inertia, reactive power and…
Back-stopping renewables: the nuclear option?
Nuclear power can backstop much volatility in renewable-heavy grids, for costs of 15-25c/kWh. This is at least 70% less costly than large batteries or green hydrogen, but could see less…
Wind and solar: cost of grid interconnection?
…$499.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart The best resource we have ever seen into the cost of grid interconnection for different power generation sources in North America is compiled by Lawrence…
Cable installation vessels: costs and operating parameters?
This is a database of cable installation vessels for offshore wind and power transmission; tabulating costs (in $M), contract awards (in $/km), capacity (in tons), installation speeds (in meters per…
Methane slip: how much gas evades combustion?
…ambient CH4 in the power plant”. Very low rates of methane slip in natural gas power plants can be attributed to high temperatures and continuous combustion, or in other words,…
Thermodynamics of CO2 at different temperatures and pressures?
…is 170kg/m3, which is 2x higher than the equivalent density of steam. This explains why CO2 can be an interesting working fluid for decarbonized gas power (e.g., the NET Power…
Flue gas desulfurization: costs of SO2 scrubbers?
…global regulations increasingly limit sulphur in exhaust gases to below 50-300ppm (data here). As a result, 250 coal-fired power plants in the US alone have installed 850 flue gas desulfurization…
Aluminium producers: company screen?
…overhead transmission cables for power grids, for light-weighting vehicles to improve their fuel economy, for aircraft frames, for the frames of solar panels, and in the heat exchangers that enable…
Origen Carbon: DAC breakthrough?
…being taken by NET Power to produce very low-carbon gas power. Oxy-combustion in limestone kilns is covered in Origen’s patents (schematic below). Note that this is different from other DAC…
US electric utilities: transmission and distribution costs?
…The opex is 60% customer G&A, 25% T&D opex and c15% T&D maintenance. Costs are -60% correlated with average power sales per customer, or in other words, customer type. Across…