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  • Energy transition: ten positive themes?

    Energy transition: ten positive themes?

    It can feel gloomy, forecasting 2-6% global energy shortages, bottlenecks on material value chains that must scale by 3-30x, and even fearing that global conflicts will volatilize commodity prices. Yet there are ten themes that particularly excite us, presented here, from faster technology progress, to world-changing efficiency technologies and a new age of โ€˜advanced materialsโ€™.

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  • CCS absorbers: unit sizing and residence times?

    CCS absorbers: unit sizing and residence times?

    Post-combustion CCS plants flow CO2 into an absorber unit, where it will react with a solvent, usually a cocktail of amines. This data-file quantifies operating parameters for CCS absorbers, such as their sizes, residency times, inlet temperatures, structural packings and the implications for retro-fitting CCS at pre-existing power plants.

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  • Redox flow batteries: for the duration?

    Redox flow batteries: for the duration?

    Redox flow batteries have 6-24 hour durations and require 15-20c/kWh storage spreads. They will increasingly compete with lithium ion batteries in grid-scale storage. Does this unlock a step-change for peak renewables penetration? Or create 3-30x upside for total global Vanadium demand? This 15-page note is our outlook for redox flow batteries.

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  • Thermal energy storage: leading companies?

    Thermal energy storage: leading companies?

    This data-file is a screen of thermal energy storage companies, developing systems that can absorb excess renewable electricity, heat up a storage medium, and then re-release the heat later, for example as high-grade steam or electricity. The space is fast-evolving and competitive, with 17 leading companies progressing different solutions.

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  • Wind and solar: what CO2 abatement costs of renewables?

    Wind and solar: what CO2 abatement costs of renewables?

    The costs of decarbonizing by ramping up solar and wind are highly dependent on context. The purpose of this data-file is to enable stress-testing of the CO2 abatement costs of renewables, in different contexts and at different grid penetrations. Our own estimate is that solar and wind can reach 40% of the global grid for…

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  • BrightLoop: clean hydrogen breakthrough?

    BrightLoop: clean hydrogen breakthrough?

    Is Babcock and Wilcox’s BrightLoop technology a game-changer for producing low-carbon hydrogen from solid fuels, while also releasing a pure stream of CO2 for CCS? Conclusions and deep-dive details are covered in this data-file, allowing us to guess at BrightLoop’s energy efficiency and a moat around Babcock’s reactor designs?

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  • Generac: power generation products?

    Generac: power generation products?

    Generac is a US-specialist in residential- and commercial-scale power generation solutions, founded in 1959, headquartered in Wisconsin, with 8,800 employees and $7bn of market cap. What outlook amidst power grid bottlenecks? To answer this question, we have tabulated data on 250 Generac products.

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  • Data-centers: the economics?

    Data-centers: the economics?

    The capex costs of data-centers are typically $10M/MW, with opex costs dominated by maintenance (c40%), electricity (c15-25%), labor, water, G&A and other. A 30MW data-center must generate $100M of revenues for a 10% IRR, while an AI data-center in 2024 may need to charge $5/EFLOP of compute.

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  • Bill of materials: electronic devices and data-centers?

    Bill of materials: electronic devices and data-centers?

    Electronic devices are changing the world, from portable electronics to AI data centers. Hence what materials are used in electronic devices, as percentage of mass, and in kg/kW terms? This data-file tabualates the bill of materials, for different devices, across different studies.

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  • Cummins: diesel engine and generator technology?

    Cummins: diesel engine and generator technology?

    Cummins is a power technology company, listed in the US, specializing in diesel engines, underlying components, exhaust gas after-treatment, diesel power generation and pivoting towards hydrogen. We reviewed 80 patents from 2023-24. What outlook for Cummins technology and verticals in the energy transition?

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