India: electricity demand and power grid over time?
…transmission and distribution, where losses are estimated as high as 20% of electricity that is generated, or 3x higher than in the developed world. Some of this is due to…
Power grids: global investment?
…compensation. $399.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Global investment into power networks averaged $280bn per annum in 2015-20, of which two-thirds was for distribution and one-third was for transmission. This is…
Levelized cost: ten things I hate about you?
…it up too quickly, too extensively, and you can change the costs of deployment by deploying it, including through materials shortages, and ever higher transmission costs (page 8). Apples-to-apples. A…
Solar volatility: interconnectors versus batteries?
…cross-correlate with solar. Can power transmission lines offer a solution? We explore this option on pages 10-16, including some deep-dive modelling. The results are fascinating. Annual solar volatility is 96%…
Power generation: sensitivity to high-temperature heatwaves?
…increases the resistance of any conductor to current moving through it. This increases power losses in every step of power generation, transmission, and distribution. Additionally, rising temperatures will create more…
Power grids: hell is a hot, still summer’s day?
…demand doubles exactly when wind, solar, gas, transmission losses and disruptions all deteriorate. This 15-page note assesses the causes, implications and mitigation opportunities. $499.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart In David…
Midstream opportunities in the energy transition?
…of power grid bottlenecks, and to power AI data-centers that require reliable round-the-clock power. This will raise the capacity utilization of existing gas transmission lines. (4) Volatility is also rising…
Battle of the batteries: EVs vs grid storage?
…remainder, we would prefer other solutions such as demand-shifting and long-distance transmission networks. https://thundersaidenergy.com/2021/09/16/power-grids-tenet/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/2021/02/25/shifting-demand-can-renewables-reach-50-of-grids/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/2022/05/05/power-transmission-raising-electrical-potential/ Thus, as a base case, we think a 16kW battery (about the same size…
Methane leaks: by gas source and use
…by definition, it is a chain. Gas molecules move from upstream production to processing stages such as sweetening and dehydration, through transmission lines, then through distribution lines, then to end…
Cement costs and energy economics?
…for the energy transition. A wind turbine uses 67 tons of cement per MW. So too might foundations of utility scale solar, power transmission lines, or the “pads” used to…