PickVidsBest Renewables, batteries & storage Videos
The 89 Renewables, batteries & storage videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 4 introductory, 16 intermediate, 69 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are an explainer. What they share is that one picture or analogy is used to supply a missing concept. Channels you will keep seeing include Technology Connections, Everything Electric CARS, Real Engineering.
Václav Smil at Driva Climate Investment Meeting 2019
Vaclav Smil's talk on historic energy transitions and what they imply for climate investment.
Why Heat Pumps are Immensely Important Right Now
Technology Connections explains why heat pumps matter right now, covering their efficiency, how they hold up in cold weather and the energy savings over burning fuel.
Michael Moore Presents: Planet of the Humans | A Film by Jeff Gibbs | Full Documentary
Planet of the Humans, a full documentary by Jeff Gibbs presented by Michael Moore, arguing that the green movement has been co-opted by corporate and wealthy interests and that techno-fixes are not enough.
Ground Source / Geothermal Heat Pumps and Other Info
A Technology Connections video on how ground-source (geothermal) heat pumps work and why they hold efficiency in winter.
You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
A long Technology Connections video arguing that public understanding of renewable energy is distorted.
Pulling Power from the Sky: The Story of Makani [Feature Film]
A feature-length film by the Makani team chronicling their thirteen-year effort to build energy kites that harvest wind power, with footage from test sites in Hawaii, California and Norway.
Heat Pumps are Not Hard: Here's what it will take to start pumping
Technology Connections' long closing video in his heat pump series, arguing that adopting heat pumps is well within reach.
Connecting Solar to the Grid is Harder Than You Think
Practical Engineering explains why connecting solar and other inverter-based generation to the grid is hard.
Why Vertical Farming Won't Save the Planet
Utah State plant scientist Bruce Bugbee presents his analysis of the energy and environmental costs of vertical and indoor farming.
Energy Investments Dialogue | Bill Gates | Global Energy Forum
Bill Gates at Stanford's Global Energy Forum argues that cheaper solar, wind and storage are not nearly enough to stop climate change.
Are Electric Cars Worse For The Environment? Myth Busted
Engineering Explained works through whether electric cars are really worse for the environment than gasoline cars.
Revolutionary Paint: How to Make Surfaces Stay Cool in the Sun
Tech Ingredients shows how to make a homemade radiative cooling paint, with a custom liquid panel that cools below ambient temperature outdoors.
The Truth about Hydrogen
Real Engineering examines the efficiency of hydrogen as an energy carrier.
World's Largest Batteries - (Pumped Storage)
Practical Engineering explains pumped storage hydropower, which makes up most grid-scale electricity storage.
EV Road Trips Suck Now (Except in a Tesla)
Aging Wheels compares a road trip in a Polestar 2 with an identical drive in a Tesla, showing the charging problems of non-Tesla EVs.
The Unfortunate Truth About Toyota's Hydrogen V8 Engine
Engineering Explained examines Toyota's hydrogen-burning V8 engine built with Yamaha and explains the practical problems of hydrogen combustion vehicles.
Turning Photons Into Food
Dr.
The Problem with Solar Energy in Africa
Real Engineering looks at why Africa's abundant solar potential is hard to turn into usable power, especially for Europe.
Energy From Thorium: A Nuclear Waste Burning Liquid Salt Thorium Reactor
Kirk Sorensen's Google Tech Talk on liquid-fluoride thorium reactors, a design that could burn nuclear waste and use thorium as fuel.
A reality check on renewables - David MacKay
David MacKay's TEDxWarwick talk uses basic arithmetic to show how much land and energy renewables would need to power a country like the UK.
Why renewables can’t save the planet | Michael Shellenberger | TEDxDanubia
Michael Shellenberger argues in a TEDx talk that solar and wind need huge amounts of land and mining, and says nuclear power is a better path to protecting both the climate and nature.
Are Electric Planes Possible?
Real Engineering analyzes whether electric planes are feasible, focusing on battery energy density limits compared with jet fuel.
California's Renewable Energy Problem
Real Engineering looks at the numbers for running California on renewables, focusing on the large energy storage needed.
Tesla Battery Day
Tesla's 2020 Battery Day event, with a company update and a keynote on new cell design, manufacturing, vertical integration and cheaper lithium and materials.