Landfill gas: the economics?
…landfill products (below). Note this is prior to gas cleaning and upgrading. We estimate that a typical landfill facility may be able to capture and abate 70% of its methane…
Gas turbines: what market size in energy transition?
Combined heat and power systems are 20-30% lower-carbon than today’s gas turbines, as they capture waste heat. They are also increasingly economical to backstop renewable-heavy grids. Amidst uncertain policies, the…
Phasing out gas: five hidden consequences?
…in $0.5 of additional revenue being raised from remaining customers. The idealized maths of this process are captured below… Specifically, we estimate that if a gas network falls to c20%…
Lilac solutions: lithium breakthrough?
…look promising to us. They contain some excellent, precise and intelligible details on making ion exchange materials that will capture lithium from diffuse brines, and have likely protected the company’s…
Carbon Clean: CCS breakthrough?
Carbon Clean is a CCS company. It has captured over 1MT, across 38 facilities, using some of its technology. But in addition, it is developing a next-generation plant design and…
Variable frequency drives: the economics?
This data-file aims to capture the economics of variable frequency drives, which precisely adjust the operating speeds of electric motors. We reviewed 10 case studies and found an average energy…
Decarbonizing global energy: the route to net zero?
…our outlook in 2021, in a simple 1-2 page format: looking across renewables, nuclear, gas shortages, inflationary feedback loops, more efficiency gains, carbon capture and storage and nature-based carbon removals….
Nature based solutions: CO2 removals in 2022?
Is the nascent market for nature based carbon offsets working? We appraised five projects in 2022, and contributed $7,700 to capture 440 tons of CO2, which is 20x our own…
Decarbonized gas: ship LNG out, take CO2 back?
Can you transport CO2 in LNG carriers? This 14-page report explores an option to decarbonize global LNG: (i) capture the CO2 from combusting natural gas (ii) liquefy it, including heat…
Liquefied CO2 carriers: CO2 shipping costs?
This model captures the costs of liquefied CO2 carriers, i.e., a large-scale marine vessel, carrying CO2 at -50ºC temperature and 6-10 bar of pressure, as part of a CCS value…