Thermal Batteries & Industrial Heat: Low Carbon Solutions

Industry needs lots of carbon intensive heat for cleaning, washing, brewing and baking all the way to chemical processes and metal smelting. Energy researcher Sam Gage introduces us to emerging industrial scale solutions, including thermal batteries and switching from fuel to electric furnaces.
Sam Gage is a Decarbonization Consultant and Team Lead at Energeticsin Industrial Decarbonization Analysis and Modeling. Prior to that he was a Postdoctoral researcher at NREL, doing strategic technical energy and carbon analysis, in an effort to decarbonize energy- and emissions-intensive manufacturing sectors.Sam has a PhD from the Colorado School of Mines, was an undergrad at Indiana University Bloomington and did extensive stints at research institutions in Germany, including a Max Planck Institute.
This program was organized by the Jeffco chapter of the Colorado Renewable Energy Society, recorded on Jan 25, 2024. Contact: [e-mail], cres-energy.org/.
Video production by Martin Voelker.
ABOUT CRES:
The Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES) is dedicated to the advancement of all forms of renewable energy (RE), energy efficiency (EE), and their synergy with sustainability and economic development. Learn more at cres-energy.org.
CRES features several local monthly speaker series throughout the state, provides speakers, experts, and workshops, and weighs in on state energy policy.
Title photo: Goodwin Steel Castings, CC BY-SA 2.0