Wilson Ricks
@wilsonar.bsky.social
PhD candidate working in Macro-Energy Systems modeling at Princeton University. Energy tech/policy evaluation, with a primary focus on next-gen geothermal.
You love to see it:)
July 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
You love to see it:)
In particular, elimination of clean electricity tax credits would remove a key driver of early EGS adoption and reduce the long-run benefits of successful scaleup. It is critical that these supports remain in place if emerging technologies like EGS are to achieve their full potential.
May 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
In particular, elimination of clean electricity tax credits would remove a key driver of early EGS adoption and reduce the long-run benefits of successful scaleup. It is critical that these supports remain in place if emerging technologies like EGS are to achieve their full potential.
Such a large role depends on substantial reductions in the cost of EGS wellfields, which we argue must be driven largely by advances in reservoir design.
May 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Such a large role depends on substantial reductions in the cost of EGS wellfields, which we argue must be driven largely by advances in reservoir design.
...EGS could plausibly grow to contribute up to a fifth of total US electricity generation by 2050 and drastically reduce the cost electricity generation and decarbonization even east of the Mississippi – a much larger role for the technology than has been previously assumed.
May 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
...EGS could plausibly grow to contribute up to a fifth of total US electricity generation by 2050 and drastically reduce the cost electricity generation and decarbonization even east of the Mississippi – a much larger role for the technology than has been previously assumed.
This analysis uses an ‘experience curves’ framework to model the evolution of costs for EGS and other emerging technologies over time, assuming that – like wind, solar, batteries, and unconventional oil and gas before them – the cost of these technologies will fall with increasing deployment.
May 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This analysis uses an ‘experience curves’ framework to model the evolution of costs for EGS and other emerging technologies over time, assuming that – like wind, solar, batteries, and unconventional oil and gas before them – the cost of these technologies will fall with increasing deployment.
It first leverages data from recent pilot projects to develop the first empirically-grounded near-term cost projections for EGS power in the US, then uses these as inputs to an electricity system capacity expansion model to explore potential adoption pathways for EGS over the coming decades.
May 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It first leverages data from recent pilot projects to develop the first empirically-grounded near-term cost projections for EGS power in the US, then uses these as inputs to an electricity system capacity expansion model to explore potential adoption pathways for EGS over the coming decades.
I am happy to announce that the final piece of my doctoral work on next-generation geothermal technologies has been accepted for publication as a research article in 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘦, with an open-access manuscript available at doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
May 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I am happy to announce that the final piece of my doctoral work on next-generation geothermal technologies has been accepted for publication as a research article in 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘦, with an open-access manuscript available at doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Baby's First Citation in the Federal Register :)
January 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Baby's First Citation in the Federal Register :)
Yeah the biggest avenue is larger and more efficient reservoir designs, somewhat analogous to what's happened in shale over the years. With EGS you get gains from longer laterals, layering laterals in large clusters vertically and horizontally, etc.
January 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Yeah the biggest avenue is larger and more efficient reservoir designs, somewhat analogous to what's happened in shale over the years. With EGS you get gains from longer laterals, layering laterals in large clusters vertically and horizontally, etc.
Today's weird energy history:
The ship Thomas H. Lawson, launched in 1902, was the largest pure sailing vessel ever built and was used to haul oil and coal up the US East Coast. It sank 5 years later and caused the first ever major marine oil spill. 🔌💡
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
The ship Thomas H. Lawson, launched in 1902, was the largest pure sailing vessel ever built and was used to haul oil and coal up the US East Coast. It sank 5 years later and caused the first ever major marine oil spill. 🔌💡
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
January 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Today's weird energy history:
The ship Thomas H. Lawson, launched in 1902, was the largest pure sailing vessel ever built and was used to haul oil and coal up the US East Coast. It sank 5 years later and caused the first ever major marine oil spill. 🔌💡
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
The ship Thomas H. Lawson, launched in 1902, was the largest pure sailing vessel ever built and was used to haul oil and coal up the US East Coast. It sank 5 years later and caused the first ever major marine oil spill. 🔌💡
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
A bit late on the announcement, but I'm happy to say that I successfully defended my doctoral dissertation, "Hot Rocks and H2: Modeling the Role of Emerging Technologies in the Electricity Sector," last month!
November 29, 2024 at 7:19 PM
A bit late on the announcement, but I'm happy to say that I successfully defended my doctoral dissertation, "Hot Rocks and H2: Modeling the Role of Emerging Technologies in the Electricity Sector," last month!
