Decarbonisation needs increased Electrification, but many hundreds of billions of dollars of international grid investment is needed (and years of permitting, sometimes unsuccessful) and many developing nations may not even have suitable national grids. In order to help meet climate goals, a potential more timely and economic solution is the […]
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Very helpful presentation last week by Dr Kristina Sevastianova at the FPSO EMEA Congress in London. It was great speaking at the #FPSO EMEA congress 2023 last week. We were talking about the FPSO market, push towards zero-carbon, #energysecurity and #sustainability practices among other topics affecting EMEA’s FPSO industry. Typical […]
As discussed last week in last week’s posts on the Energy Transition, increased Electrification is required to support Decarbonisation. Not discussed very much in the press are Electrical Grid Challenges, but some articles are beginning to appear as writers get more informed. Without addressing these challenges quicker and without orders […]
A heat transfer systems to access more cost effective heating and cooling Temperature extremes and high energy prices are causing economic and health risks in multiple countries including India. Many people either do not have access to air conditioning or they cannot afford the cost of electricity required. One potential […]
A good article by Kristina Sevastianova from our Stellae Energy Ltd. team about how CO2 can be utilised in addition to those volumes being sequestered. For collaboration or enquiries, contact us@stellaeenergy.com CO2 Utilisation Once I read on the coffee jar that “This coffee has been gently decaffeinated using CO2”. Good example of #circulareconomy and #wastemanagement. […]
A range of heat transfer systems to access heating and cooling With higher costs for energy required for heating or cooling, other options than the use of electricity or carbon based fuels are available. Shallow Geothermal Energy involves extracting heat or cooling from the relatively shallow subsurface using heat pumps. […]
For remote, power intensive Extractive or Hydrocarbon Processing Sites For remote, power intensive Extractive (Mining), Hydrocarbon Processing, or Industrial sites, sometimes there might be an opportunity to install large scale hybrid renewable energy solutions. Combining Solar PV, Wind, and perhaps Geothermal could offer a resilient energy mix, able to better […]
Geothermal Energy resources are found in tens of thousands of locations, however not all locations are conveniently located close to suitable electrical utility grids with good feed-in tariffs. One option is to use the electricity to produce some form of Green Hydrogen for road, rail, or pipeline export to market. […]
Off grid or Bad grid Standalone Power Systems (SPS) Off grid or bad grid Standalone Power Systems can utilise hybrid Solar PV and Hydrogen power solutions to provide economic, environmentally sustainable clean Renewable Energy systems. In some locations, the Solar PV can be supplemented by Wind Turbines. For locations with […]
Microgrids helping to mitigate Energy Poverty with Renewable Energies With the challenges of remote locations, either bad grid or off grid, the Standalone Power System concept is a potentially technically and commercially attractive solution. Energy Poverty of many of these locations in the Developing World is hindering the achievement of […]
Potential for Geothermal, CCS, EOR/EGR, and Energy Storage End of life, depleted hydrocarbon, porous formations, either sedimentary or naturally fractured systems, are valuable assets with existing data and infrastructure potentially able to be repurposed for hybrid redevelopments. Additional value is able to be investigated and captured with potential combinations of […]
Another type of reservoir potentially able to be used to capture Geothermal Energy is naturally fractured geological systems. Significantly recognised for potential hydrocarbon production over the past decade, some of these reservoirs may have good effective permeability to be repurposed later to facilitate the circulation of heat transfer fluids for […]