Global CCS Projects Database
…by 2035, up 10x from 2019 levels. The largest CO2 sources are hubs, gas processing, blue hydrogen, gas power and coal power. The most active countries are the US, UK,…
Qnergy: reliable remote power to mitigate methane?
…particularly economical for mitigating methane emissions, with a potential abatement cost of $20/ton of CO2-equivalents avoided. 750,000 bleeding pneumatic devices around the oil and gas industry are the largest single source…
Costs of home heating technologies
…even after paying $50/ton for CO2 offsets, to decarbonize the gas. Heat pumps are most efficient. To compare and contrast the different solutions, you can vary oil prices, gas prices…
Nature based solutions to climate change: a summary
…stop heating their homes. But we do want to stop the CO2 emissions. The most economic option is to use an efficient natural gas boiler, then carbon-offset the natural gas…
Green Hydrogen Economy: Holy Roman Empire?
…Economy. Well over 80% of 2050’s hydrogen market is likely to be blue hydrogen. This is ultimately derived from natural gas energy (increasing gas demand). And it is still not…
Hydrogen: lost in transportation?
…the fluid mechanics. Costs will inherently be 2-10x higher than for natural gas. Blending hydrogen into pre-existing gas pipelines is assessed on pages 13-14. This option introduces unfathomable complexity for…
Wet sand: what impacts on shale breakevens and CO2?
A fully decarbonized energy system may still require 85Mbpd of oil and 375TCF of gas. Hence a focus of our research is to find improved technologies that can improve the…
China Energy Demand and CO2 Emissions, 2000-2060
…Saudi Arabia’s worth of oil. Coal is the highest carbon combustion fuel, 2x more CO2 intensive than natural gas. Hence decarbonization aspirations require coal to be phased out. China’s gas…
Ethane cracking: the economics?
…intensity of ethylene production? Gas use (in mcf/ton) and electricity use (in kWh/ton) are captured in the model, and built up across pyrolysis, compression and separation. At $3/mcf gas and…
Is the world investing enough in energy?
Global energy investment in 2020-21 has been running 10% below the level needed on our roadmap to net zero. Under-investment is steepest for solar, wind and gas. Under-appreciated is that…