Advancements in Battery Technology for Renewable Energy

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This chapter explores the critical role of battery technology in addressing the intermittency of renewable energy sources. It highlights innovative developments in energy storage such as gravity-based systems and iron-based batteries, while discussing the impact of electric vehicles on battery capacity. The chapter underscores the need for updated regulations to fully leverage these advancements for stable energy management.

Though we use more renewable energy than ever before, electricity grids need ways to cope with intermittent wind or solar power. Innovations that make batteries to store that energy bigger, cheaper and more efficient can help. Why tourists are flocking to Asia (9:41). And a listener asks how we should talk to our children about AI (16:59).

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