Is the Mass Market Holding Us Back in Energy Innovation.
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Is the Mass Market Holding Us Back in Energy Innovation?
Joel GreenbergTech2Energy.com
Energy
Status Quo:
- We love hydrocarbons- No one wants less- I don't see people changing- More nukes, now- Renewables suffer from terminal intermittency
Energy
Then
Now
- had to synchronize /w/ network- no storage- had to get permission
- not synchronized- storage- anyone can connect
Telecom Network
Energy
Today
Tomorrow?
- have to synchronize /w/ network- no storage- have to get permission
- not synchronized?- storage?- anyone can connect?
Electrical Network
Energy
Dr. Porsche's electric car – c. 1900
Electric Utilitiesvs.
Oil Companies
Electric motorvsICE
Been there,done that?
Energy
Advantages of electric motors:
- highly reliable- little maintenance- relatively small / can use more than one- can be designed for power or torque- little need for a heavy, complicated transmission- electrons can come from anywhere
Energy
1/5th of the energy for the WECC supplied by 1,000 sq miles of solar.
- Mark Kapner, Austin Energy
Energy
- The future doesn't have to be like the present.
- Scale should not be an initial gate keeper to new energy solutions.
- To innovate, go where the incumbents are not.
- Challenge the Status Quo in personal, professional, & political conversations
What to do?
Energy
Is the Mass Market Holding Us Back in Energy Innovation?
Joel GreenbergTech2Energy.com