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EIA Annual Energy Outlook

Discussion in 'Energy, Environment, and Policy' started by ItsNotAboutTheMoney, Jan 29, 2020.

  1. ItsNotAboutTheMoney

    ItsNotAboutTheMoney Well-Known Member

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    The EIA has just published its 2020 Annual Energy Outlook.

    You can always find the latest at:
    Annual Energy Outlook

    Discuss. :)
     
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    EIA.... LOL
     
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    Good to see that solar is expected to beat wind. Makes sense since we use power mostly during the day time. If excess energy, we can store it in our EVs to use later in the evening.

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    https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/pdf/steo_full.pdf

    Page 15
    Tariffs on PV modules imported into the United States started at 30% in January 2018, but they have declined to 20% in January 2020 and are expected to decline to 15% in 2021 and expire completely after 2021. During 2018 and 2019, increases in U.S. domestic module prices were, to an extent, offset by declines in global module prices. This price decline was in response to reductions in China’s domestic PV installation targets and subsequent release of module inventories for global markets. Although global PV module prices showed signs of stabilizing in 2019, the net price impact of the tariffs versus the surplus of modules is uncertain over the short-term forecast.
     
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    #5 ItsNotAboutTheMoney, Jan 30, 2020
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    Workplace charging could end up being a popular benefit for employers to provide, if cheap solar leads to cheap daytime electricity. Windy locations should easily be able to use smart charging to soak up excess nighttime generation.
     
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    #6 ItsNotAboutTheMoney, Feb 26, 2020
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    I missed it, but the EIA released it's Levelized Cost and Levelized Avoided Cost report on February 21st.

    U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) - Source

    Assembled from the various tables for 2022 and 2025:

    Estimated unsubsidized Levelized Cost of Electricity. $/MWh. Wgt is capacity-weighted average based on the various regions. Unwgt is the unweighted average of the regions.


    Plant type2022 Wgt2022 Unwgt2022 Min2022 Max2025 Wgt2025 Unwgt2025 Min2025 Max
    Ultra-supercritical coal.....76.4465.1091.27
    Combined cycle33.5336.2731.2545.0636.6138.0733.3545.31
    Combustion turbine64.1962.8155.2373.6168.7166.6258.4881.37
    Advanced nuclear.....81.6571.9092.04
    Geothermal....37.4737.4735.1339.60
    Wind, onshore36.6538.3328.2564.0334.1039.9528.7262.72
    Wind, offshore....115.04122.25102.68155.55
    Solar photovoltaic37.4438.5732.1351.9732.8035.7429.7548.09
    Hydroelectric....39.5452.7935.3763.24
    This is the first time that the EIA's projections have had unsubsidized costs of wind and solar below CCGT. The numbers make it clear that natural gas and renewables will replace coal and nuclear, and then there will be an increasing trend toward renewable generation.
     
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    EIA does a decent job summarizing recent developments but its record for predicting the future of renewables would be pure comedy if it did not so tragically encourage overinvestment in fossil fuels by systematically underestimating the massive growth and rapidly falling costs for renewables.

    Down below is an excellent chart that summarizes their past predictions for solar PV additions.

    They have a truly horrible forecasting record whose main purpose and effect is to inflate investment in fossil fuels.

    AukeHoekstra on Twitter

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  8. ItsNotAboutTheMoney

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    #8 ItsNotAboutTheMoney, Feb 27, 2020
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    EIA (US Energy Information Administration) != IEA (International Energy Agency).

    Maybe I need to change my sig. :p Done. :p
     
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    I plead temporary dyslexia.;)

    But EIA is just as bad as IEA, as mentioned in the Twitter feed linked in my last post.

    Like IEA, EIA's renewable energy forecasts are completely useless.

    AukeHoekstra on Twitter

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    2021 Outlook is out, along with the Levelized Cost estimates.

    This year they have separated out solar photovoltaic into "solar, standalone" and "solar, hybrid", where "solar, hybrid" means it has 4 hours of battery storage.

    Also of note is the significant change in assumed capacity factor of Combustion Turbine, to a much lower value. That has contributed to a massive increase in estimated LCOE.

    LCOE:


    Plant type2023 Wgt2023 Unwgt2023 Min2023 Max2026 Wgt2026 Unwgt2026 Min2026 Max
    Ultra-supercritical coal.....72.7864.9888.45
    Combined cycle33.2134.7829.1743.4734.5137.1131.6744.68
    Combustion turbine175.28177.75154.68220.86199.01194.87170.79244.71
    Advanced nuclear.....69.3964.8278.15
    Geothermal....36.0236.4033.4139.55
    Biomass....36.0289.21.130.97
    Battery Storage121.85117.59106.63127.6436.02119.84121.84131.42
    Wind, onshore30.4433.5325.0956.1231.4536.9326.3356.94
    Wind, offshore....115.04120.5297.52149.53
    Solar, standalone30.6333.1327.6544.4631.3032.7827.2843.90
    Solar, hybrid.48.1640.1062.9745.1347.6739.5462.11
    Hydroelectric.....55.2641.9270.60
    Capacity factors:


    Type20202021
    Ultra-supercritical coal.85
    Combined cycle8787
    Combustion turbine3010
    Advanced nuclear.90
    Geothermal9090
    Biomass.83
    Battery Storage.10
    Wind, onshore4041
    Wind, offshore4544
    Solar, standalone3029
    Solar, hybrid.28
    Hydroelectric7355
     
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  11. SageBrush

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    #11 SageBrush, Feb 23, 2021
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    Yeah, it is pretty astounding.

    Time to update that chart. 2020 was ~ 142 GW new capacity. So instead of ~ leveling off at 70 GW new capacity a year, the PV growth rate was a doubling in 3-4 years. We just might see a TW of new PV a year by 2030.

    That is not fast enough to deal with AGW but it is an impressive number. Add another TW of wind a year and then we we might avoid catastrophic AGW
     

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