Solar power: the economics?
…efficiency doubling over the next decade, which will help to drive continued solar deflation. We also have models covering the levelized costs of wind, hydro, nuclear, gas, coal, biomass, diesel…
Nature based solutions to climate change: a summary
…CO2 offsets can be uplifted to 15-25T per acre per year via planting faster-growing grasses, and then burying the biomass (data here). This would save 8x more CO2 per acre than…
Levelized cost of electricity: stress-testing LCOE?
…economic models calculating the specific levelized costs of onshore wind, offshore wind, solar, hydro, nuclear, gas power, coal power, biomass, RNG, diesel gensets, geothermal, hydrogen, fuel cells, power transmission, batteries,…
Carbon offsets: ocean iron fertilization?
…are single celled microorganisms that drift through the water. They comprise micro-algae and cyanobacteria. They make up 1-2% of global biomass. Under optimal conditions, algae can fix an enormous 50T…
Land intensity of energy transition: acres per MW and per ton?
…in the data-file include gas, coal, nuclear, solar, onshore wind, offshore wind, hydro power, biomass, biofuels, geothermal, batteries, reforestation, restoring soil carbon, carbon capture and storage and direct air capture….
Organic Rankine Cycles: the energy economics?
…with multiple megawatts of capacity, often fed by biomass. Hence what are the costs of Organic Rankine Cycles? Our model draws on past project data and technical papers to estimate…
UK grid volatility as renewables gain share?
…month by month, going back to 2016. In the trailing twelve months, the UK power grid was 38% natural gas, 28% wind, 18% nuclear, 8% imports, 7% biomass and ‘other’,…
Wood use: what CO2 credentials?
…(pages 9-11). Biomass power can make sense in some contexts, but only when the wood is sustainably sourced, clearly substitutes coal and helps diversify energy sources/security (page 12). Our key…
Energy economics: energy content of combustion fuels?
…pellets. There is recent enthusiasm to lower combustion emissions by blending hydrogen into gas grids. But materially greater decarbonization occurs by replacing coal/biomass with gas, or even replacing oil products…
Managed reforestation: growth rates by tree species over time?
…Information. $229.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart The objective is to assess whether growth rates are faster at younger or older trees, given that biomass accumulation is correlated with tree widths….