philipsargent.bsky.social
Cambridge UK: materials, software, energy; and beer. Was engineer at DECC (then BEIS) nearly 4.5 years. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Philip-Sargent-2 @philipsargent@mastodon.energy
👤 Joined on 08 February 2024
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@philipsargent.bsky.socialIt’s critical to be able to produce opportunistically, because the additional electricity usage would provide a bid during periods RE oversupply and stabilise the market. It is the key to making RE viable and scaling it up. Eg H2 for fertiliser only makes sense if produced intermittently.
Show PostNEW BRIGHT SPOTS: Industrial overcapacity is usually treated as waste. But what if it's a hidden grid asset? E.g. aluminium smelters that pause every winter to give grids the seasonal flexibility they lack. I'm not sold yet. But it's worth a look. janrosenow.substack.com/p/could-indu...
Show PostWell, this is exciting. I am collaborating on an art installation for Leeds Light Night around geothermal energy. Its going to be really cool (or hot perhaps). Do come along! openup.leeds.ac.uk/events/light...
Show PostApropos of the campus-setting novel I’m currently reading, I’d just like to put out there that I am available to authors to consult on what grad students and researchers and professors actually do and act like and my rates are reasonable.
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