Desalination by reverse osmosis: the economics?
35bn tons of desalinated water are produced each year, absorbing 250 TWH of energy, or 0.4% of total global energy consumption. These numbers will likely rise, due to demographic trends,…
Manufacturing utilization rates by industry?
…chemicals and metals facilities. This is not always entirely consistent with being fully powered by volatile wind and solar. $299.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Renewables will ramp up to 25%…
Pipeline costs: moving oil, products or other liquids?
…The total power requirement is the sum of static head (overcoming gravity) and dynamic head (overcoming friction). Dynamic head will be the larger contributor to the overall energy consumption of…
Solar energy: is 50% efficiency now attainable?
…bottom], leaving these high-power-producing junctions without dislocations”. Then the cell was then inverted as the high bandgap lattices need to be situated on the top of the cell. (In other…
US gas transmission: by company and by pipeline?
…based on Ferc 552 disclosures. Our recent research into power grid bottlenecks and the rise of AI also leaves us wondering whether there will be increasing pipeline utilization ahead for…
Green hydrogen trucks: delivery costs?
…why we are relatively cautious on hydrogen in the power sector (note here). The opportunity in transportation may be much greater, including a lower hurdle for cost competitiveness, and environmental…
Organic Rankine Cycles: the energy economics?
…capex (in $/kW), thermal efficiency levels (in %) and the levelized costs of power from Organic Rankine Cycle engines. Capex costs of Organic Rankine Cycle engines are estimated at around…
Global patent filings: by region, by industry, over time?
…6% are construction related (chart below). Breakdown-of-Global-Patent-Filings-by-Major-Industry-Over-Time The rise of China as an industrial power is truly staggering. Patent filings in China reached 6M in 2021, which was 79% of…
CO2 concentrations in industrial exhaust streams?
…gas boiler or burner will have 4% CO2 in its exhaust gas, rising to 8-12% with exhaust gas recirculation, and rising further, to 10-12% at a typical coal-fired power plant….
Gas turbines and CHP: technology leaders?
…as variations of these open-cycle turbines that are used in jet engines. Case studies from one such company, commercializing small, combined heat and power turbines, are presented in a backup…