Gas power generation across five-minute intervals?
…gas turbine ran at 26% utilization, which is lower than the base case in our gas generation economic model. However the average turbine also ran 90% of its nameplate capacity…
Renewables: can oil and gas assets “demand shift”?
…by absorbing cheap renewables and running the gas turbines less frequently? Returning to our ethane cracker example above, we estimate that each ton of ethane requires 24mcf of gas (around…
Metals and materials: strength and temperature resistance?
…a gas turbine/jet engine is a direct function of the hottest temperature in the Brayton Cycle. In the wind industry, glass fiber and carbon fiber are used in wind turbine…
Offshore Wind: Tracking Turbines with Satellites and Machine Learning?
…Yaw misalignment is a challenge in the wind industry, denoting the variation of a wind turbine’s blades from their optimal orientation facing directly into the wind. It reduces turbines’ productivity,…
Wind turbines: screen of resin and polymer specialists?
…wind turbines. $399.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Resins mind together with glass fibers or carbon fibers in a wind turbine blade, and thus these epoxies, harneers and adhesives will tend…
Pressure ratings: industrial and energy processes?
…LNG plants. Higher pressure industrial processes will reach around 200-bar, for example in the turbine inlet temperature of a gas turbine, or in an ammonia plant. One conclusion is that…
Coal versus gas: explaining the CO2 intensity?
…combined cycle gas plants average 57% efficiencies, and we are particularly excited about emerging gas-fired CHP systems that can reach 80-90% total thermal efficiencies (note below). https://thundersaidenergy.com/2021/07/01/gas-turbines-what-market-size-in-energy-transition/ (3) What about…
Wind power: operating costs?
…and larger overall assets. Our recent note on up-scaling wind turbines is linked here. Wind turbine maintenance market? We estimate that around $25/kW of our cost build-up can be described…
Siemens Gamesa: giant wind turbine breakthroughs?
…a 14MW turbine in 2020, with a 222-meter rotor diameter. $199.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart This data-file scores 50 of the company’s recent patents from 2020-21, using our usual framework….
US power generation under development over time?
…The re-acceleration of natural gas projects also supports our outlook on US natural gas and our outlook on gas turbines. We will continue updating this data-file over time. https://thundersaidenergy.com/2024/10/24/solar-plus-batteries-the-case-for-co-deployment/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/2024/10/24/us-natural-gas-the-stuff-of-dreams/…