It took hundreds of millions of years to create the world’s coal reserves, yet we’ll use most of it in a matter of centuries. Which countries have the most coal? And which are making the biggest use of what they have? Read More
From old steamboats to the mines of Appalachia, to World War II, to the oil crisis of 1973, coal has played an easily overlooked but surprisingly foundational role in building America and the world. Read More
If you want to get a visceral sense of how much coal it takes to power our world, you can start by calculating the amount that is required to power a single lightbulb. Read More
Host Bill Nussey interviews Dr. Deepak Divan, the head of the Center for Distributed Energy at Georgia Tech, on how power electronics are quietly enabling the grid to become decentralized, distributed and much smarter. Read More
How much CO2 and other kinds of pollution would be released if we powered a 100-watt lightbulb for a year using electricity from a coal plant? Let’s dig in. Read More
Host Bill Nussey interviews Dr. Jeff Chamberlain, the CEO of venture capital firm Volta, about the exciting path to incredibly safe and low-cost batteries. Read More
There are five trends driving the replacement of fossil fuels with clean energy from the sun and wind, and none of them require sweeping new legislation or technology breakthroughs. Read More
* Clean energy generation tops coal in Spring 2019
* Batteries are a clean energy technology that both political parties can love
* Explosion at Arizona grid storage project Read More
Host Bill Nussey interviews Andy Klump, CEO of Shanghai-based Clean Energy Associates about China and its increasing prominence in the renewable energy business. Read More
Over my 20 years attending TED, there have been a handful of mind-blowing talks on clean, renewable energy. A few of the talks were so powerful, they became catalysts on my own journey into this amazing new industry. Read More
