We sometimes pitch Brigid as an “artificial geothermal facility”, because is under the ground, and spits out a continuous stream of hot steam. Remind me to write a post on why this is a better idea than using a natural geothermal source, like Iceland is successfully doing. But here’s another link on geothermal heat. Brigid… Continue reading Geothermal heat, or the VITO story
Month: December 2024
Following government advice
Reducing the temperature of our well-isolated home to an advised 18-19 C, this is what you get after a few weeks. This is the same government that tries us to go electric, but absolutely not nuclear.
Dunkelflaute
From an energy point-of-view, December 2024 generally looks like this. Let the numbers speak for themselves. All plots are 24-7-365 publicly available for free. One just needs to look… We highlighted a few notable data. Happy new year from the Brigid team (working through the holidays).
Blame shame
We’ve seen new governments that claim that a shitty energy situation is due to the previous government, who did a bad job in the past. OK, we get it. We’ve seen old governments that claim that the new government will surely create a shitty situation. OK, may be. Now we see and old government that… Continue reading Blame shame