Good Batteries vs Bad Batteries?
…impressive uplifts in efficiency, when inefficient fuel use is displaced. As a general rule of thumb, a power plant might be c50% efficient, hence replacing the power plant with renewables…
Renewables: share of global energy and electricity by country?
…penetration is achieved by exporting excess power, e.g., to Germany. Paradoxically, wind and solar penetration does seem to correlate with higher electricity costs (data here), which in our view is…
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,…
If a tree falls in a forest…
…long as the land remains devoted to forestry. Burning the wood also displaces fossil fuels. If sustainably sourced wood is burned in a power plant, it can displace the combustion…
CO2 intensity of coal production?
…data are based on EPA disclosures, technical papers and satellite data. Total Scope 1, 2 & 3 of gas power can thus be 60-65% below that of coal power. $399.00 – Purchase…
Turbo-charge gas turbines: the economics?
…counteract warm temperatures, which notoriously degrades power output (below, right). $299.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Our model is derived from technical disclosures from PowerPhase, a leading private company that is…
Electric arc furnaces for lower-carbon steel production?
…EAFs can used to smooth out volatile renewables in the power grid, running primarily in periods of high wind and solar generation. If a lower power price is achieved by…
Ethane cracking: the economics?
…low carbon heat and power. This solution can work well, as there are minimal process emissions, other than the heat and power demands. Although passable ethylene economics should avoid inflating…
The laws of thermodynamics: what role in the energy transition?
…law of thermodynamics is upheld by claiming that all matter is really just condensed energy (via the law of special relativity, E = mc2). https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/nuclear-power-project-economics/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/next-generation-nuclear-the-cutting-edge/ Another debatable example is…
Onshore wind: the economics?
…a new onshore wind power project, based on technical papers and a detailed line-by-line capex cost build-up. A typical onshore wind project requires a 6-7 c/kWh power price and a…