On the road: long-run oil demand after COVID-19?
…traffic dents fuel economy, which we have quantified using real-world data from the City of New York, also drawing on data from prior oil downturns, on pages 11-14. Implications for…
Coal-to-Power Project Economics
This data-file models the economics of constructing a new coal-to-power projects, based on past projects around the industry. A dozen input variables can be flexed in the model, to stress…
Leading Companies in Pipeline Gas Technology?
…are described in this short note, including Air Liquide, Air Products, Kogas, Tokyo Gas, Shawcor and Ecolab. While it was an interesting exercise to screen for new patents that might…
Flare gas capture: the economics?
…the gas, cleaning the gas, and compressing the gas into a regional pipeline. $399.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Generally, double-digit returns are achievable at a large new shale pad, by…
Nature based solutions to climate change: a summary
…‘carbon cycle’. For example, 120bn gross tons of carbon are fixed every year through photosynthesis, which naturally sequesters 2.3bn net tons of carbon from the atmosphere. Decarbonization models should consider…
Levelized cost of electricity: stress-testing LCOE?
…down the costs of adding new electricity generation, across capex, capital, tax, fuel, O&M, CO2 and T&D, distilled down in c/kWh terms, or $/MWH terms. We have constructed over 200…
Pipeline costs: moving oil, products or other liquids?
…viscosity and pump efficiencies. All of our research into midstream pipelines is indexed here, while we think the energy transition will bring opportunities to move new projects, including more feedstocks,…
Solar energy: is 50% efficiency now attainable?
Most commercial solar cells achieve 15-25% efficiencies, converting incoming solar energy into usable electricity. But a new record has been published in 2020, achieving 47.1% conversion efficiency. The paper used…
Afforesting deserts: energy economics?
We model the economics of afforesting deserts by desalinating and distributing sufficient water for trees to grow. This could increase the global land available for new forest growth by a…
US gas transmission: by company and by pipeline?
…transmission line is Williams’s Transco, which carries c15% of the nation’s gas from the Gulf Coast to New York. The longest US gas transmission line is Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s Northern…