Energy Production
Why Does AI Need Nuclear Power?
As the new wave of generative AI scales up, so does its hunger for energy. Data centers are expanding at an unprecedented rate, ...
Energy Production
The Genius of a Hybrid Solar Tile + Heat Pump
Believe it or not, solar panels aren’t exactly pros at handling the sun. Sounds backward, right? But it’s true — excess heat can ...
Energy Storage
Is Yoshino REALLY a Solid State Battery?
I published a video a while back about a solid state battery that’s available to purchase for yourself today, but very quickly, questions ...
Energy Storage
How Zinc Batteries Are Defying Limits
Batteries don’t last forever — whether they’re in your phone, EV, or laptop. Extending battery life is a major engineering challenge, but what ...
Energy Production
How Record Breaking Perovskites Are Here NOW
Believe it or not, the long-promised next generation of solar panels are here. A tandem perovskite solar panel with higher efficiency than silicon ...
Renewable Energy
How This TRULY Omni-Directional Wind Turbine is Genius
Small wind turbines, or SWTs, have struggled to get off the ground. Not only is siting more difficult for SWTs, but their low ...
Energy Storage
How This Mechanical Battery is Making a Comeback
This is the Dinglun Flywheel Energy Storage Power Station. At 30 MW, this is likely the biggest Flywheel Energy Storage System on the ...
Renewable Energy
What I Learned After 1 Year with New Solar Panels
So, it’s been a full year since I installed these solar panels and a large home battery on my new house … and ...
Energy Storage
Why The US Military Chose Silicon-Graphene Batteries
The US military just approved funding for a new silicon-based battery, charging forward into commercialization. But why the push? NanoGraf’s silicon oxide-graphene (SOG) ...
Energy Production
How a Hydrogen Breakthrough is Closer Than Ever
Oh hydrogen, that clean, green fuel that would solve so many emissions problems — if only it didn’t come with a few emissions ...
