Hello, I'm Ben!
I'm an engineer and writer in London.
I
write about energy
and I work on
decarbonising the grid
. I
take silliness seriously
.
Writing
THE BIG GUIDE TO BATTERIES
HYDROGEN
AMMONIA
ETHANOL
METHANOL
JET FUEL
BIOGAS
CLIMATE MOLECULES
ENERGY FUNDAMENTALS
CARBON CAPTURE & CARBON REMOVAL
THE BIG GUIDE TO SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL
SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIM THE SUN
(AND IT WILL BE SOON)
Read my climate blog ➜
Work
Axle Energy
Decarbonising the grid.
Worked on the IPCC's sixth assessment report.
Data and AI engineering at Arm Research.
Searched for the most ambitious climate startups in Europe.
Created OEV's inventory & pricing platform.
Cambridge Consultants
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Made cool PCBs for boring companies.
Projects
Cambridge Climate Society
I founded Cambridge Unviersity's Climate Society & grew it to >1k members.
Climate events, careers & mentorship
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Plugins4Free
A website for music producers, with around two million annual users
Nuxt.js & GraphQL
View Site ➜
BatCap
A smart charger/app that preserves your phone battery by cutting off at 80%
Arduino & Java
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Future UK Heating
An interactive back-of-the-envelope model of a decarbonised UK heating system.
Pandas, React & Redux
View Site ➜
InClimate
Helping awesome early-career individuals kickstart their career in Climate Tech.
DIY Power Supply
Turning an amp into amps
Combined benchtop linear & SMPS
Read more
This site
A mobile responsive portfolio site with minimal dependencies
Gatsby & Styled Components
View on GitHub ➜
Say hi
ben@benjames.io
I'm here to make friends!