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…can smooth our volatile power grids by demand shifting. Please download the data-file to stress-test mining crushing-grinding costs, across capex, opex, maintenance, labor, electricity prices, CO2 prices, uptime & utilization…
…feedstocks, with greater quantities of volatile organic matter, and greater conversion of that matter into biogas (chart below). The capex costs of biogas plants are also tabulated from the 20…
…as the most practical and low-carbon backstop to renewables, while volatile renewable generation may create overlooked trading opportunities for companies with gas infrastructure. In early-2024, we have updated the data-file,…
…demand for power (chart below). Likewise, gas production is flexed voluntarily. The ability to flex becomes increasingly valuable as energy markets grow more volatile. Gas power is flexible and efficient,…
…greenhouses depends on the underlying grid’s CO2 intensity, but the process can in principle become carbon negative (pages 11-13). Interestingly, we also think vertical greenhouses can smooth our volatile power…
…EAFs can used to smooth out volatile renewables in the power grid, running primarily in periods of high wind and solar generation. If a lower power price is achieved by…
…‘over-built’ (chart below). In turn, this means that power prices will become increasingly volatile. Around one-third of the time, when the wind is blowing and the sun is shining, power…
…survive fire. Some hardwoods, such as bigleaf maple, red alder, Oregon white oak, have high moisture content, less volatile oils in their foliage and as a result, they burn at…
…This includes ‘printing money’ by back-stopping volatile renewables, debottlenecking future commodity bottlenecks, improved technologies, and implementing nature based solutions that help the world avoid becoming a waste land (pages 5-11)….
…Renewables reduce grid utilization rates because their load factors are low and their output is volatile. Unit costs rise when fixed costs are spread across lower utilization. Some countries that…