TUM Examines 13 Residential Heating Sources & Finds A Winner — Heat Pumps
A recent study by researchers in Germany found the heat pumps often are the best financial and environmental choice for home owners.
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Energy Efficient Data Centers Are Coming For Your Fossil Fuels
New underground, long duration thermal energy storage systems can help manage skyrocketing energy demand from of data centers in the US.
Barges Of Giant Hand Warmers Likely Won’t Be Heating London
This morning Dave Borlace of YouTube Just Have a Think fame reached out to ask me about a scheme to capture waste heat from a trash burning electricity plant, put it in thermal storage on barges and tow it 28 kilometers upriver to displace gas burning boilers in a district heating … [continued]
The Devolution Of Hydrogen For Energy Over 25 Years Is A Fascinating Tale
About 25 years ago, hydrogen was the solution of choice for climate-aware technocrats and politicians, and with good reason. At the time, there really wasn’t much choice in terms of low-carbon energy carriers. Batteries were good enough for laptops and phones, but clearly no one was going to be running … [continued]
5 Ways To Decarbonize Your Life In 2024
There are many ways to decarbonize your life in 2024 and most of them will actually pay for themselves over time.
Giant Heat Pump Takes Over Entire Danish Town
Large or small, heat pumps are a key pathway for rapid decarbonization.
Industrial Heat Will Decarbonize With Electricity, Not Molecules, & Kanthal SVP Helps Us Understand Why
I had the opportunity to sit down for 90 minutes with Dilip Chandrasekaran, engineer, materials science PhD and SVP of industrial heat leader Kanthal.
No, Data Center Backup Isn’t A Good Fit For Redox Flow Batteries Yet
If you are only burning a few hundred gallons a year for a data center drawing 100 MW 24/7/365, the cost and carbon debt of fuel for your generators is not material.
Sexy/Unsexy, Practical/Impractical: Residential, Commercial, & Industrial Heat Is Serious Business
There isn’t a lot in the realm of heating that’s remotely sexy and also practical, but a couple of things edge into the quadrant, including … hydrogen.
GM Ultium Heat Pump System Scavenges Waste Energy
Sharp readers will remember that we already covered this new Ultium tech toward the end of last month, when it was first announced, but it’s something that I think is worth going back to, because it’s an important piece of a big efficiency problem that plagues every automobile: getting some … [continued]
