9 Best Articles in 2022
medium.com
Artificial Intelligence and the future of energy
medium.com
~13 min read · From 2017 · Using AI in renewable energy production prediction, energy grid balancing and next generation understanding of energy consumers.
Quartz
Stacking concrete blocks is a surprisingly efficient way to store energy
Quartz
6 min read · From 2018 · To deal with variable solar and wind power, the startup Energy Vault is coming out of stealth mode to offer alternatives to lithium-ion batteries.
WIRED
The Power Plant of the Future Is Right in Your Home
WIRED
2 min read · 2020-04-07 · If we want more renewable energy, our grids will have to manage themselves. A small experiment in Colorado is lighting the way.
BBC Future
How Morocco went big on solar energy
BBC Future
7 min read · 2021-11-19 · Morocco has become famous for its vast, world-leading solar arrays. But these mega-projects are just the start of the action on climate change that Morocco could be capable of.
Fast Company
This wildly reinvented wind turbine generates five times more energy than its competitors
Fast Company
3 min read · 2021-09-03 · It could power up to 100,000 households.
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Fast Company
This ingenious wall could harness enough wind power to cover your electric bill
Fast Company
2 min read · 2021-10-19 · It could be used near buildings, in cities, or on the side of a highway.
Our World in Data
Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? And what can we do to use this global…
Our World in Data
~20 min read · 2020-12-01 · Fossil fuels dominate the global power supply because until very recently electricity from fossil fuels was far cheaper than electricity from renewables. This has dramatically changed within the last…
Visual Capitalist
Mapped: Solar Power by Country in 2021
Visual Capitalist
~11 min read · 2021-11-17 · In 2020, solar power saw its largest-ever annual capacity expansion at 127 gigawatts. Here's a snapshot of solar power capacity by country.
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Positive News
What went right in 2021: the top 26 good news stories of the year
Positive News
1 min read · 2021-12-26 · Even as the pandemic rumbled on and the climate crisis intensified, there was much good news to report on. Here’s what went right in 2021
The Verge
CleanTechnica
Wind & Solar = 86% Of New US Power Capacity In January–October
CleanTechnica
3 min read · 2021-12-27 · Wind and solar power have dominated new power capacity additions in 2021. They've also been at the forefront of power capacity growth in the United States in the past three years. New Power Capacity in
Guardian Environment
World’s largest coal port to be 100% powered by renewable energy
Guardian Environment
3 min read · Jan 5th · Port of Newcastle says move is part of plan to decarbonise the business by 2040 and ‘we don’t really have a choice’
Climate Home News
Solar power has changed Syrian refugees' lives in Jordan
Climate Home News
7 min read · 2021-12-23 · Za'atari is the biggest solar-powered refugee camp in the world, lighting the way for others
WIRED
Gravity Could Solve Clean Energy’s One Major Drawback
WIRED
~18 min read · Jan 4th · Finding green energy when the winds are calm and the skies are cloudy has been a challenge. Storing it in giant concrete blocks could be the answer.
Reuters
Costa Rica hydro plant gets new lease on life from crypto mining
Reuters
Jan 11th · A small river in the middle of coffee plantations, sugar cane fields and a forest provides energy to a hydroelectric power plant in Costa Rica that feeds hundreds of computers wired up to the cryptocurrency mining business.
New Atlas
Ocean Battery stores renewable energy at the bottom of the sea
New Atlas
2 min read · Jan 10th · As useful as renewable energy sources are, they need to be backed up by storage systems that hold energy for times when the Sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing. Ocean Battery is a new design…
The Wall Street Journal
Italian Tech Startup Revives Einstein’s Father’s Power Plant
The Wall Street Journal
2021-12-26 · A husband-wife team of entrepreneurs are using a once-abandoned hydroelectric station to feed the power grid and keep their artificial-intelligence enterprise humming.
