Book Blog
Excerpts from the book ‘CLIMATE CHANGE and the road to NET-ZERO’ covering the science, technology, economics, and politics of climate change.
by Mathew Hampshire-Waugh
Long-Term Energy Storage in a Net-Zero Future
The technologies which enable long-term energy storage - from heat, to pumping water to manufacturing hydrogen. How will long term storage work and what will it cost?
Short-Term Energy Storage in a Net-Zero Future
Why Lithium-ion batteries and pumped hydro are the leading candidates for short duration grid energy storage. And why renewables electricity generation plus storage will be cheaper than fossil fuel electricity in a Net-Zero future.
Net-Zero and the role of Energy Storage
From short-term energy storage to seasonal energy storage - how do we balance supply and demand in a Net-Zero future. Pumped Hydro, Batteries, Compressed Air, Gravity, Demand Response, Hydrogen and e-Fuels: the technology ready to take on the energy storage challenge.
Electric Cars: The Cheapest Way to Drive
The physics of driving and why the total buying and running costs of electric cars will end up 15% cheaper than their gasoline equivalents. Plus why I think the economics of hydrogen passenger vehicles don’t stack up.