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This is a cool project! One question though: why is getting rid of thermal processes an improvement? If you're getting electricity from solar, you can get even
by lutorm 7y ago
This is a cool project! One question though: why is getting rid of thermal processes an improvement? If you're getting electricity from solar, you can get even more thermal energy from solar since the conversion efficiency for capturing heat is much higher.
- rmcginnis 7y agoThe cost of solar and wind electricity is low and getting lower. SImilar investments have not been made in renewable heat (like geothermal or solar heat), so they are not as inexpensive. Also, a thermal process needs to run continuously (24/7 if possible), whereas a pure electric process can run intermittently, which is a better fit for the zero carbon energy resources.
- lutorm 7y agoI'm thinking of something like http://www.absolicon.com/ http://www.absolicon.com/, concentrating collectors for industrial process heat. Maybe the intermittency is a factor though, you'd need a thermal storage to go along with it.