Electric Vehicles Increase Fossil Fuel Demand?
…fuel demand from 2037 onwards. The reason is that 3.7x more energy is consumed to manufacture each EV than the net road fuel it displaces each year; while the manufacturing…
Remote possibilities: working from home?
…per year, for a net economic benefit of $5-16k per employee. This makes remote work a materially more impactful opportunity than electric vehicles in the energy transition. $229.00 – Purchase Checkout Added…
Direct air capture of CO2: the economics?
…excellent technical disclosures from Carbon Engineering, which we have aggregated and somewhat generously de-risked. Our data-file includes a full breakdown of the capital costs and the energy associated with each…
Green hydrogen: the economics?
This data-file models the economics and costs of green hydrogen production via the electrolysis of water, powered by renewable energy. IRRs and NPVs are calculated incorporating our best estimates of…
District heating: the economics?
…10% IRR at 10c/kWh retail heating price. On average, distributing waste heat to consumers costs about 5c/kWh but can be readily combined with geothermal energy systems and thermal energy storage…
Nuclear Power Project Economics
…the world’s electricity and around c4% of the world’s total energy supply. Nuclear’s share of global electricity demand peaked at 17.5% in 1996 and has since lost share. The historical…
Manufacturing utilization rates by industry?
…of global energy consumption by 2050, on our models for a fully decarbonized energy system. This is a vast achievement. But many commentators ask why renewables’ share is not higher….
US gas transmission: by company and by pipeline?
…transmission line is Williams’s Transco, which carries c15% of the nation’s gas from the Gulf Coast to New York. The longest US gas transmission line is Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s Northern…
Hydrogen: lost in transportation?
Transporting hydrogen will be more challenging than for any other commodity ever commercialised in the history of global energy. This 19-page note reviews the costs and complexities of cryogenic trucks,…
Global patent filings: by region, by industry, over time?
…filings in 2021, rising at a 10-year CAGR of 12% from 2.3 million filings in 2011, and 1.5 million filings in 2001. Hence a purpose in our energy transition research…