Book Content

01

Electricity and investments– the current situation

02

Variable “renewable” energy and storage
  • Wind and solar
  • Natural capacity factors
  • Transmission, distribution, conditioning and black start
  • Energy storage
  • Hydrogen and how it compares to hydrocarbons
  • Material input and embodied energy
  • Primary energy and heat pumps

03

COST OF ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY RETURNS (EROI)
  • Full cost of electricity FCEO
  • Energy return on energy invested eROI
  • The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics impact on energy systems

04

THE PROJECTED FUTURE OF ENERGY AND “DECARBONIZATION” 
  • Primary energy growth until 2050
  • Energy storages and their impact on price and economic activity
  • Decarbonization and “Net-Zero”

05

THE REALISTIC FUTURE OF ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY

06

Executive Summary