Furled Leaf
Sustainable Initiatives - Tangible Benefits
Furled Leaf is an assortment of sustainable engineering and software initiatives currently focused on two goals:
Bridge the gap between global decarbonisation technologies and vulnerable members of society, so all may benefit from solar, battery and electrified appliances.
Develop platforms for researchers to share their projects with industrial partners, fast-tracking their solutions to secure funding, and expansion post-PhDs.
About Us
“Furled Leaf’s goal is simple, to build upon our experience in modelling the net-zero transition through national grid decarbonisation and combine it with our passion for rapid solutions to the climate change challenge. From our work over the past few years, including the nuclear submarine programme, working on decarbonisation models and later as a carbon analyst, we aim to focus on the existing challenges that prevent cutting edge technology from entering the market quickly, Additionally, we are developing programmes to ensure that those technologies, once mature, are available to the most vulnerable in society through outreach and government funded initiatives.” - Joshua Mills
Current Projects
Community Solar - Bristol
· Locally owned rooftop solar with integrated battery storage
· Reduced household bills & passive income generated through sale of excess electricity
· Ensuring vulnerable communities benefit from the low-carbon transition
· Long-term investments supported by repayment plans for councils
· Lottery based appliance electrification for scheme members
Electrification Dashboard
· National Net-Zero transition pathways modelled in Python and displayed in PowerBI
· Quantify the investment shortfall of high-carbon stranded assets
· User friendly, designed for technical and non-technical clientele
· Information includes: generation, demand, energy storage & carbon intensities
Academic & Industry Connection Platform
· Helping breakthrough academic ideas receive funding and industrial support
· Open platform for academics to share ideas to help speed up research times
· Capable of connecting academic institutions to large industrial organisations
Additional Projects
We’ve also worked on other exciting initiatives including:
1. Designing a magnetic tensile testing system for Nuclear Fusion materials
2. Simulink & MATLAB designed Back-To-Back Voltage Source Converters