Most scallops sold to consumers are "wet", i.e. processed with sodium triphosphate. These don't sear well. At best, you'll get a decent sear on the first side. By the time you flip them over, they've lost a lot of water, cooling the pan.
According to this article
>The output is more than 80%: for every kilowatt hour of electricity used to pump the water upstream, 0.8 is fed into the grid.
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Most scallops sold to consumers are "wet", i.e. processed with sodium triphosphate. These don't sear well. At best, you'll get a decent sear on the first side. By the time you flip them over, they've lost a lot of water, cooling the pan.