Research philosophy: what makes great research?
…built the walls. My usual answer is Lego blocks. If you are going to tackle complicated questions, then break them down. Build an economic model. A CO2 calculation. A company…
Diesel power generation: levelized costs?
…oil products to the facility. Levelized costs of diesel power generation can be stress-tested in this economic model. $499.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart A diesel genset includes an engine, power…
Internet energy consumption: data, models, forecasts?
…energy consumption of AI, plus blockchains, rising traffic, and offset by rising efficiency. Input assumptions to the model can be flexed. Underlying data are from technical papers. $699.00 – Purchase Checkout Added…
Global vehicle fleet: vehicle sales and electrification by region?
We have modeled the global light vehicle fleet, light vehicle sales by region, and the world’s shift from internal combustion engines (ICEs) towards electric vehicles (EVs) through 2050. Our base…
Polyurethane: production costs?
Polyurethane production costs are estimated at $2.5-3.0/kg in our base case model, which looks line-by-line across the inputs and outputs, of a complex, twenty stage production process, which ultimately yields…
Compressed air energy storage: costs and economics?
…thermodynamics. We can model the capex costs of Compressed Air Energy Storage from first principles in the model, by combining our models of compressor costs, storage facility costs and turbine…
Can solar reach 45% of a power grid?
…– California, Australia – could reach 45% solar by 2050. Hence today’s model explores what a 45% solar grid might look like. Generation is 53% solar. 8% is curtailed, 35%…
Gas peaker plants: the economics?
…of the time, even assuming non-perfect alignment between generation profiles and peak pricing. This can be flexed in the model, and is informed by actual data in ERCOT, CAISO, the…
Global uranium supply-demand?
Our global uranium supply-demand model sees the market 5% under-supplied through 2030, including 7% market deficits at peak in 2025, as demand ramps from 165M lbs pa to 230M lbs…
Global plastic demand: breakdown by product, region and use?
…point, our ethane cracker model is linked here, and our economic model for converting olefins into polymers is here. CO2 intensity of different plastics from different facilities is tabulated here….