The Energy Transition Just Entered Phase Two
16:05 | The next phase of the global energy transition will be transforming millions of EVs, heat pumps, batteries and smart devices into one intelligent energy system.
The Story You’re Not Hearing About AI Data Centers
11:57 | The race to build smarter AI is crashing into a physical limitation: the power grid simply can’t keep up with the energy demands of data centers. Computer scientist Ayșe Coskun shows how we could turn this problem on its head.
How this small German village got dirt-cheap energy prices
10:40 | Germany’s Feldheim went from an agricultural village to a clean energy role model — with its own renewable electricity grid and heating network. Here’s how it brought locals on board.
Solar’s hidden problem (and how to solve it)
10:10 | Solar is booming worldwide, slashing costs and driving the clean energy transition. But this rapid growth comes with its cost: grids in countries like Spain, Australia and Greece have buckled under the pressure.
The battle for American energy supremacy
11:27 | The US energy system has arguably never faced such an existential crossroads. As the rest of the world accelerates towards the inevitable clean transition, will America really allow itself to fall behind?
This is the future of heat pumps!
13:52 | Heat Pumps are the future of home heating. But until recently most companies have grossly over sized the Heat Pump systems they install…
How SOLAR PARKS are fixing up abandoned COAL MINES
13:08 | Communities all over the world have been badly affected by the closure of coal mines in recent years. But their proximity to grid connections and infrastructure make them ideal sites for new solar projects.
Does ‘Levelized Cost of Energy’ (LCOE) give us the right numbers?
11:16 | There’s a big schism among energy system analysts right now.
The High-Wire Act of Unlocking Clean Energy
11:38 | Materials scientist Jason Huang shows how we could massively upgrade the global power grid by replacing the wires in existing transmission lines with new, advanced conductors.
Global Energy Market Disruption. This man has THE PLAN!!
16:24 | I visited Greg Jackson at his London HQ to have a chat about what he’s up to.
The power is finally in YOUR hands!
12:30 | The old fashioned, centralised energy monopolies are crumbling to make way for distributed smart grids enabling us consumers to run appliances, energy storage, and electric vehicles while contributing to overall grid stability.
Why the mega plan to send Australian solar to Asia (almost) flopped
12:20 | The idea was simple: why not use solar energy from Australia’s sunny and spacious north to power Singapore, which has no space for renewables of its own?
America’s grid battery revolution
12:33 | China is often held up as leading the way in renewable energy, but it’s actually the USA that has most enthusiastically embraced battery energy storage to help stabilize the electricity grid.
High voltage electrons from Morocco to the UK. The blueprint for a global ‘internet of energy’?
12:53 | Electrifying everything with renewable technologies like solar PV, wind turbines and battery energy storage is a ‘holy grail’ that energy transition naysayers tell us is an impossible dream.
The mind-blowing thing we get WRONG about energy
9:49 | Fossil fuels still supply 80% of our energy. And people point to this number to say it’s impossible to switch to renewables. But their argument overlooks just how much energy we waste – and how we could do it better.
100% wind and solar is coming!
17:30 | 100% electrification from renewables, backed up with interconnections and energy storage is now just around the corner. But there are still bumps in the road. Can we overcome them in time?
Ocean Electricity Grid. How do they do that?
13:05 | What if you could build your electricity grid out at sea and just bring cables to shore where they’re needed?
Rethinking electricity grids
11:58 | The cost savings, energy efficiency improvements, and speed of installation that new materials are facilitating may just make the difference in the race for decarbonisation.
Heat Pumps: How cold rivers could heat your home
11:33 | Heating our homes with cold water! Sounds absurd? It’s not. Heat pumps are revolutionizing the way we heat and cool our homes and cities. We went to the German city of Mannheim to find out how.
Global renewables: Pioneering the energy transition
42:25 | To stop climate change, the energy system must be transformed worldwide. Very little time remains to accomplish this. But there are places where this renewable future has already arrived.
How to Harness Abundant, Clean Energy for 10 Billion People
13:06 | We can produce abundant, sustainable and cheap energy — for everyone, says physicist Julio Friedmann.
Moving waste heat from industry to homes
12:44 | How about a well insulated shipping container that can handle 1300 degrees Celsius and be delivered to small operators who need low grade heat, or to district heating systems to keep you toasty warm in the winter?
Why You Should Ditch Deadly Fossil-Fuel Appliances
10:23 | Donnel Baird’s ambitious plan to rip the fossil fuel infrastructure out of aging buildings and upgrade it with smarter, cleaner, healthier technology.
Can You Run a Grid on 100% Wind + Solar? South Australia Shows Us How
12:06 | Welcome to South Australia, a place where the winds of change are quite literal and the sun doesn’t just warm our homes but also powers them.
Cheap, multi-day grid energy. FINALLY!
11:12 | A US company called FORM Energy is on the cusp of installing its first 10MW / 1 gigawatt hour iron-air energy storage facility.
The insane potential of Pumped Storage Hydropower
12:43 | Pumped Storage Hydro could literally be the lynch pin to get us to 100% renewable global electricity grids without having to pillage the earth (and deep seabed) of critical minerals.
Have we got enough minerals?
13:05 | Will batteries for hundreds of millions of future electric vehicles rob the planet of all its precious minerals? And what about all the minerals and materials for billions of wind turbines and solar panels?
In-pipe energy: The hydro power nobody is talking about
9:06 | Around 4% of global electricity is used for providing tap water. That number is only going to increase and its carbon emissions rival that of aviation. But a surprisingly simple idea can make our water supply more sustainable: In-pipe energy.
This is what’s REALLY holding back wind and solar
11:57 | Building solar farms and wind parks is one thing. Plugging them into the grid is another. How does our power system need to change to cope with more renewables?
Revolutionising power transmission
13:55 | The energy transition solutions of the 21st Century will take many forms, with a complex mix of different power producers. Moving energy across ever greater distances will overcome much of the intermittency of renewables like wind and solar.
A Faster Way to Get to a Clean Energy Future
15:22 | Ramez Naam outlines the changes we need to make to get out of our own way and create a stronger, more reliable renewable energy grid.
The Clean Energy Hub of the Future
7:45 | Why aren’t more people investing in Africa’s green energy?
Batteries are dirty. Geothermal power can help.
8:00 | In Indonesia, where the majority of nickel for lithium-ion batteries is produced, the production process emits large amounts of carbon and pollution. It doesn’t have to be this way. Indonesia sits along the Ring of Fire, one of the most geologically active regions in the world.
Liquid Metal Batteries are going global in 2022!
10:28 | Liquid metal battery technology has the potential to revolutionise utility scale energy storage, but it’s been a long and difficult road for the creator, Donald Sadoway, and his company, Ambri Inc.
Heating your home with HYDROGEN. A green solution or a greenwashing scam?
13:31 | Gas suppliers and boiler makers are lobbying hard for the use of hydrogen in domestic heating systems. But is that the right road to take?
Gravity Energy Storage. Who’s right and who’s wrong?
11:10 | Gravity energy storage has real potential to provide cheap reliable grid balancing electricity to compliment the ever growing volume of intermittent renewables on our power grids, but only if it’s done in the right way.