Bottlenecked grids: winners and losers?
What if the world is entering an era of persistent power grid bottlenecks, with long delays to interconnect new loads? Everything changes. Hence this 16-page report looks across the energy…
Arms race: defence versus decarbonization?
…how would these vast sums compete with energy transition expenditures? For an answer, we turn to our roadmap to net zero, and the costs/capex needed for wind, solar, gas, power…
Superconductor screen: projects, materials, companies?
…past projects tabulated in the file have carried an average of 300MVA of power at 50 kV and 3,000A over a distance of 1.7km. These projects and their costs are…
Solar generation: minute by minute volatility?
…-65% lower in winter than summer, varies +/-10% each day, and +/- 5% every 5-minutes, including steep power drops that in turn require back-ups. $499.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Darlington…
Sugar to ethanol: value in volatility?
…and cogenerated power. This 11-page note argues that more volatile electricity prices could halve ethanol costs or raise cash margins by 2-4x. $499.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Global biofuels production…
Engineering and construction companies screen?
…constructing renewables assets, power grids, gas, CCS and broader infrastructure mega-projects. Track records, specialization and scale drive margins? $499.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Global mega-projects tend to be delivered by…
Pumped hydro: generation profile?
…back to 1949. 1,800MW of power can be generated when up to 4,300 m3/s of water descends 150m under gravity through 6 x 300MW Toshiba turbines, from the 2,000 hectare…
Japan oil demand: breakdown over time?
…Industrial Steam, Retail, Hotels, Restaurants, Hospitals, Schools, Waste Collection, Commercial, Power Generation, Residential Heat, Refineries, Lubricants, Asphalts, Petcoke, annually, from 1990 to 2023. The underlying data-file also breaks down Japan’s…
Fast-charge the electric vehicles with gas?
When electric vehicles are widespread, how will we fuel them? Our model shows the economics can be compelling for powering fast-chargers using gas turbines. $289.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart The…
Is the world investing enough in energy?
…signals are not incentivising the major reallocation of capital to low-carbon power and efficiency that would align with a sustainable energy future. In the absence of such a shift, there…