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What's going on with electric boats?
Arc CEO Mitch Lee on building electric vehicles for lake sports.
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David Roberts
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Solar+storage is so much farther along than you think
On how plummeting battery prices make 24/7 solar power a reality today.
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1:05:02
What's the deal with pumped-hydro energy storage?
Can two artificial reservoirs and gravity compete with batteries? Erik Steimle makes the case for modern pumped-hydro storage.
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Should we put utilities in charge of distributed energy?
The grid needs to double in size - and the solution might be giving utilities control over DERs.
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David Roberts
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1:53:26
A tool that enables solar-first home electrification
James Quazi of Balto Energy helps California homeowners navigate the complex puzzle of optimizing the mix of electrification, solar, and batteries for…
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David Roberts
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50:35
A clever new way to distribute storage on the grid
A new startup called Base Power aims to bring more stability to the volatile Texas grid by selling customers oversized home batteries at minimal costs…
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1:12:47
What's up with electric aviation?
CEO Kyle Clark of BETA Technologies walks us through the details of how to design, build, and operate electric planes — first for relatively short…
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A super-battery aimed at decarbonizing industry
Storing electricity as heat! It's so, uh, hot right now. I talk with the head of a company that makes a thermal battery that outputs either heat or…
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David Roberts
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1:05:52
How to accelerate rooftop solar & household batteries in the US
Sunrun is the biggest residential rooftop solar installer in the US, and recently they've added batteries and EV chargers to their offerings. I talk…
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David Roberts
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1:09:45
Grid-scale batteries do not currently reduce emissions. Here's how they could.
It might come as a surprise to you that batteries attached to the grid today do not reduce carbon emissions -- in fact, they usually do the opposite…
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55:17
Why electrifying industrial heat is such a big deal
A quarter of all energy humans use comes in the form of heat for high-temperature industrial processes. Industrial heat has long been considered…
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1:25:41
Induction stoves with batteries built in, and why they matter
What's the big deal about an induction stove with a battery built in? That's a new product that's set to hit the market next year. I talk about it with…
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