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…
Land intensity of energy transition: acres per MW and per ton?
…intensity of energy categories that are considered in our data file. Likewise, some ‘renewables only’ grid proposals must build 5-10 MW of renewables per MW of load, in order to…
Biden presidency: our top ten research reports?
…likely to build and later burst. https://thundersaidenergy.com/2020/10/29/energy-transition-is-it-becoming-a-bubble/ (3) Overbuilding renewables is a potential bubble. Our sense is that Biden’s policy team prefers to subsidize renewables today and defer the resultant…
Vertical greenhouses: the economics?
…greenhouses takes 1,000kWh of electricity per m2 per year, emitting 3kg of CO2 per kg of food, if the grid is 50% gas and 50% renewables. CO2 costs of vertical…
Vertical greenhouses: what future in the transition?
…can be carbon-negative in principle. This 17-page case study illustrates how supply chains are localizing and more renewables can be integrated into grids. $499.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart The first…
Electric arc furnaces for lower-carbon steel production?
…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…
Data-centers: electricity use and demand shifting?
…shift, to help smooth out the volatility of renewables? $199.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Data servers store information and execute code to provide specific information in response to incoming requests….
Copper: global demand forecasts?
…transition: specifically, the rise of renewables, electric vehicles and other new energies technologies. Global copper demand stood at 28MTpa in 2022, and will most likely increase to 70MTpa by 2050, in…
Transformers: rise of the beasts?
A transformer is needed to step the voltage up or down at every inter-connection point in the grid. Hence this 14-page note explores how renewables and EVs will expand future…
Integrated energy: a new model?
This 14-page note lays out a new model to supply fully carbon-neutral energy to a cluster of commercial and industrial consumers, via an integrated package of renewables, low-carbon gas back-ups…