Category Archives: energy
Renewable Energy Technologies
*Wind. Turbine technology has advanced substantially in recent years. Future development will be evolutionary and will focus on improved efficiency and lower production costs. Major objectives are to increase the capacity factors and improve integration into the electric grid. *Solar … Continue reading
ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION FUELS
The U.S. transportation sector consumed about 14 million barrels of oil per day in 2007, 9 million of which was used in light-duty vehicles. Total U.S. liquid fuels consumption in 2007 was about 21 million barrels per day, about 12 … Continue reading
Development Opportunities In Energy Supply Technologies
• The full range of energy efficiency technologies in the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. • Coal and natural gas with CCS • Evolutionary nuclear power. • Integrated gasification combined cycle, ultrasupercritical pulverized coal, and oxyfuel plants to improve the … Continue reading
REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector are achievable over the next two to three decades. They can best be realized through a portfolio approach involving the widespread deployment of multiple technologies: energy efficiency; renewable energy; coal, … Continue reading
CONTINUED DEPENDENCE ON PETROLEUM
Petroleum will continue to be an indispensable transportation fuel during the time periods considered in this report, but maintaining current rates of domestic petroleum production will be challenging. There are limited options for replacing petroleum or reducing petroleum use before … Continue reading
Levelized Cost of Electricity
The levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) is defined as the average cost of generating a unit of electricity over the generating facility’s service life. The LCOE is computed by dividing the present value of the estimated full life-cycle costs of … Continue reading
Energy Efficiency
A key finding of the present report is that there are substantial opportunities to reduce energy use through the widespread deployment of energy efficiency technologies in the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. The costs of deploying many of these technologies … Continue reading