Caldera

Anyone want to buy a 4MWh heat battery that charges at 1MW and produce steam on demand? 😁 Caldera are exhibiting at stand L81 in Glasgow at All-Energy Exhibition and Conference Come and find me or my colleague Andy Joynson to talk about: i. how to decarbonise your factory heat demand; ii. If you are a renewables developer - how we can help you sell multi-MW solar or wind projects that private wire directly into large industrials.

The Heat Sector in Focus: Essential Applications and Clean Heat Sources | Factsheet Highlight   Heat consumption spans a wide range of temperatures, processes, and services, including in domestic and industrial settings. At low temperatures, large quantities of heat are needed to heat up buildings and hot water. At higher temperatures, heat is used for different industrial processes, from processing pulp and paper, and the manufacturing of chemicals to the manufacturing of cement, glass, and metals, with some processes requiring heat up to 2000ºC and above. While most heat is currently generated by burning fossil fuels, several alternative low-carbon heat sources are at our disposal. Some of the low-carbon sources that can supply heat on demand are limited by several factors: such as geography (geothermal energy); political and social acceptance (nuclear energy); limited supply (biomass); and high cost, low efficiency, and lack of infrastructure (hydrogen). On the other hand, solar thermal energy is a low-carbon source that is highly scalable within the global solar belt. While solar radiation is inherently dependent on the day/night cycle and weather variations, the integration with thermal storage makes solar thermal energy a flexible source able to supply heat around the clock. However, the most universal and scalable low-carbon heat source is electrification, which consumes green electricity (e.g. from wind and solar photovoltaic plants) and turns it to heat via devices such as heat pumps (for heat up to 200ºC) and electric resistors (for industrial applications up to almost 2000ºC). While heat pumps and resistors can inherently deliver heat on demand, the addition of thermal storage allows these devices to consume electricity at the most optimal times: when supply from solar and wind is high, and when the cost and the emissions are low. This provides the power grid with additional flexibility and stability and helps integrate larger shares of renewable energy. Learn more about our recommendations and how Thermal Energy Storage can play a vital role in decarbonizing the heat sector in our latest factsheet: https://lnkd.in/ewdjjuiM Peter Schniering Magnolia Tovar Pau Farrés Antoine Koen Leonie Brand Francesca Brunner Ingrid El Helou Martin Schifferings Marlène Siméon Juliane Harlfinger

80% barrier breached with the UK this morning generating a stunning 80.4% of it's electricity from wind. Power prices at negative £20/MWh & 4 GW of exports through subsea interconnectors. https://grid.iamkate.com/ PS and grid frequency stable at 50 Hz. 🙂 https://lnkd.in/e8zrhgqF