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…demand doubles exactly when wind, solar, gas, transmission losses and disruptions all deteriorate. This 15-page note assesses the causes, implications and mitigation opportunities. $499.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart In David…
…compensation. $399.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Global investment into power networks averaged $280bn per annum in 2015-20, of which two-thirds was for distribution and one-third was for transmission. This is…
…cross-correlate with solar. Can power transmission lines offer a solution? We explore this option on pages 10-16, including some deep-dive modelling. The results are fascinating. Annual solar volatility is 96%…
…it up too quickly, too extensively, and you can change the costs of deployment by deploying it, including through materials shortages, and ever higher transmission costs (page 8). Apples-to-apples. A…
Energy development times average c4-years for solar projects, 6-years for wind, 7-years for oil, gas, pipelines, LNG, 13-years for nuclear, while infrastructure such as gas pipelines and power transmission lines…
…remainder, we would prefer other solutions such as demand-shifting and long-distance transmission networks. https://thundersaidenergy.com/2021/09/16/power-grids-tenet/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/2021/02/25/shifting-demand-can-renewables-reach-50-of-grids/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/2022/05/05/power-transmission-raising-electrical-potential/ Thus, as a base case, we think a 16kW battery (about the same size…
…models, as building any new piece of infrastructure requires access to that infrastructure, whether it is a wind farm, solar project, power transmission line or any other industrial facility. Our…
…methanol, oil & gas E&P, oil refining, other metals, paper & pulp, passenger cars, pipelines, plastics, polysilicon, refrigeration, residential heat, shipping, solar modules, steel, trains, transmission, two-wheelers and wind turbines….
…from 55% at peak in 1998 to 40% in 2023. The declines are sharpest in countries that have ramped renewables fastest. This spreads the fixed costs of generation, transmission and…
…is built up in the data-file, drawing on cost data for various IT components, cooling, chillers, transformers, switchgear, battery UPS, backup generators, plus broader infrastructure such as generation, transmission and…