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…of supercritical systems tends to involve supercomputers. Examples of super-critical gases? Steam becomes supercritical above 218-bar and 374ºC. CO2 becomes supercritical about 73-bar and 32ºC. Thus CO2 power cycles inevitably…
…help integrate solar and wind into power grids, by absorbing excess generation that would otherwise be curtailed, and then re-releasing the heat later when renewables are not generating. Across the…
…requires 13.5 c/kWh-th for a 10% IRR, however 5-10 c/kWh-th heat could be achieved with lower capex costs. $699.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Thermal energy storage solutions aim to help integrate solar and wind into power…
…different storage media (pages 4-8). Thermal storage has high charging capacity, more than electrochemical cells, which has overlooked benefits in power grids (pages 9-10). Re-releasing energy is where the devil…
…cleaned data-set is available for download below. Across all energy sub-sectors, there are benefits to counter-cyclical investment, whether we are considering oil, gas, LNG, nuclear, wind, solar or power grids….
…re-inflating levelized costs of solar by around 50-75%, but still possibly less costly than funding network upgrades. Our long-term forecasts for power grid capex assume that 0.15MW of grid-scale batteries…
…https://thundersaidenergy.com/2024/04/04/energy-and-ai-the-power-and-the-glory Landauer’s principle: forgetting 1 bit requires >0.018 eV The mathematical definition of entropy is S = kb ln X, where kb is Boltzmann’s constant (1.381 x 10^-23 J/K) and…
…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…
…quantities of U-235 naturally fissioning in the Earth’s subsurface, probably because of groundwater acting as a moderator. Oklo plans to commercialize a liquid metal fast reactor, called the Aurora powerhouse,…
…this energy is ultimately getting harnessed today. ((The location of the losses in the chart above is also a reason for exploring solar in space, then beaming the power back…