44 min

EP15 -- The Facts about Energy Storage Facts Are What Matter

    • News Commentary

In this episode we discuss the problem of storing energy and specifically renewable energy that is produced by wind turbines and solar arrays. Our guest for this episode is Francis Menton. Francis blogs at the ManhattanContrarian.com and writes about climate, energy and a little on politics. On his blog he takes a critical look at the storage techniques, costs and issues associated with renewable energy storage. He poses an interesting challenge of creating a demonstration program where some community, some area relies solely on renewable energy and available storage. You can read his latest article the demonstration program issue here: 
https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2022-10-2-without-a-demonstration-project-or-feasibility-study

In this episode we discuss the problem of storing energy and specifically renewable energy that is produced by wind turbines and solar arrays. Our guest for this episode is Francis Menton. Francis blogs at the ManhattanContrarian.com and writes about climate, energy and a little on politics. On his blog he takes a critical look at the storage techniques, costs and issues associated with renewable energy storage. He poses an interesting challenge of creating a demonstration program where some community, some area relies solely on renewable energy and available storage. You can read his latest article the demonstration program issue here: 
https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2022-10-2-without-a-demonstration-project-or-feasibility-study

44 min