Via Volts, a very informative podcast featuring a conversation with Jason Huang of TS Conductor and Emilia Chojkiewicz of UC Berkeley around the potential of upgrading the power lines: Upgrading power lines — “reconductoring,” in the biz — is a straightforward way to boost the capacity of the electrical grid by enabling it to transmit more […]
Read more »Via MIT Technology Review, a look at how – from predicting EV charge times to pinpointing areas of high wildfire risk – AI is transforming our energy network: The power grid is growing increasingly complex as more renewable energy sources come online. Where once a small number of large power plants supplied most homes at […]
Read more »Via Cipher, commentary on the importance of unlocking the grid in order to allow renewable energy’s full potential: Tripling global renewable energy capacity by decade’s end is possible if all the wind and solar capacity currently languishing in regulatory limbo is hooked up to the power grid, a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report shows. The […]
Read more »Via Anthropocene, a look at how renewable energy can be 100% reliable and economically feasible through transcontinental power pools—no long-term storage required: Sources of renewable energy such as solar and wind power are highly variable, not only over time (the sun doesn’t shine at night) but also in space (some places are just windier than others). […]
Read more »Via Barron’s, a look at how renewable energy will make life more complicated but could be a boon for the companies providing it: The year is 2051 and newly married, first-time homeowner Olivia is driving to work. (Olivia was one of the most popular baby names in 2020, and she has just turned 31.) She […]
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