Scaling Up Renewables and Batteries
This model aims to calculate the average costs and the incentive prices required to scale up renewables in a typical developed world grid, from 25% to 40%, then to 50%,…
Indutrial utilization rates: manufacturing on renewables?
…why renewables’ share is not higher. One reason is that renewables operate at low utilization rates (around 35% of installed capacity) while industrial demand requires higher utilization rates. This data-file…
Production profiles: renewables vs oil and gas?
…oil and gas go 2-3x further in the short-run. To meet the same initial demand from renewables, one must currently spend 2-3x more. Further renewables deflation of c50-70% is required…
Ramp Renewables? Portfolio Perspectives.
It is often said that Oil Majors should become Energy Majors by transitioning to renewables. But what is the best balance based on portfolio theory? Our 7-page note answers this…
Ramping Renewables: Portfolio Perspectives?
It is often said that Oil Majors should transition to renewables and become Energy Majors. But what is the best balance based on modern portfolio theory? Our 7-page paper answers…
Decarbonized power: how much wind and solar fit the optimal grid?
…more renewables. The lowest-cost, zero-carbon power grid, we find, comprises c25% renewables, c25% nuclear and c50% decarbonized gas, with an incentive price of 9c/kWh. $579.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Pages…
Battery Storage Costs: the economics?
This model shows the full-cycle cost of storing a kWh of electricity, across ten different technologies that have been proposed to backstop renewables. The model allows you to flex input…
Satellites: the spy who loved methane?
…contact us. Renewables slow-down: Could it be soooner? Another theme for 2020 is whether renewables growth will slow down, as heartland markets reach grid saturation. This was the precedent when…
Energy Technologies and Energy Transition
…output, across 50 research notes and 40 online articles since April-2019. Energy Transition Technologies The most economic route to ‘net zero’ is to ramp renewables to 20% of the total…
What oil price is best for energy transition?
It is possible to decarbonize all of global energy by 2050. But $30/bbl oil prices would stall this energy transition, killing the relative economics of electric vehicles, renewables, industrial efficiency,…