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
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