Renewable Energy
The World’s Largest Wind Farm has a Tiny Problem
It’s already difficult to conceptualize the scale of wind turbines themselves. It can be even harder to wrap your head around how much ...
Energy Storage
How A Brick & Rock Battery Is Changing Energy Storage
Grid-scale lithium-ion batteries are our current go-to chemical energy storage solution, but they present their own challenges in safety, sustainability, cost, and longevity. ...
Renewable Energy
Why This 17-Year Old’s Electric Motor Is Important
Where there’s tech, there’s magnets. The strong magnets that generate their own magnetic field, AKA permanent magnets, aren’t only on your fridge. They’re ...
Renewable Energy
Did We Use More Or Less Energy During the Pandemic?
Hindsight is 20/20. And we can all clearly give thanks that 2020 is in the rearview. But if we had to pick one ...
Energy Production
How Solar Panels Can Help Solve California’s Drought
The southwestern U.S. is in the throes of a “megadrought” so severe that we’ve broken the record — all 1,200 years of it. ...
Sustainable Tech
How Big Can You Make a Passive House?
Recently I’ve talked about my new net zero home I’m building, but not all net zero buildings have to be homes or houses. ...
Energy Storage
Where Does MIT Think Energy Storage Is Headed?
Summer’s been bringing on the heat the last couple weeks, and everything from the people to power grids have been trying to lay ...
Renewable Energy
Exploring the Power Grid of the Future
The solar power potential of the Sahara desert is absolutely massive. A solar panel in Algeria could generate 3x more electricity than the ...
