Sep 14, 2021Top 20 energy transition images 2021Last week I tweeted some of my favourite graphs that I’d found elsewhere on the Twitter. They seem to make people smile. So I am re-posting them here: That’s the most important one IMHO. Rate of doubling this century for the wind & solar power combo is proving to be…Energy6 min readEnergy6 min read
Published in New Energy Nexus·Feb 2, 2021Welcome to the Year of the OxFor there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it. - Final stanza, “The Hill We Climb” Amanda Gorman’s rousing inauguration poem for President Joe Biden will probably go down as one of the great clarion calls in history. Asking Americans to be better than we have behaved in recent times and for all people “to put our future first”. …New Energy6 min readNew Energy6 min read
Published in New Energy Nexus·Dec 28, 2020The 5% and the 95% problemI nearly missed an important point in the run up to Xmas, the madness of Covid, and the dying throes of Trump’s regime, which was written up in an Axios article entitled “How to Judge America’s Climate Change Responsibility”. I think that was misleading because the matter in question is…Energy2 min readEnergy2 min read
Apr 2, 2020Jobs Jobs JobsI first published this in April — it is still relevant as the year ends… Since 2015, 10.7% of all new jobs in the US of A came from five energy sectors. The amazing thing is that those five sectors only employ about 5.4% of Americans, or 8.24 million people. …2 min read2 min read
Published in New Energy Nexus·Jan 27, 20206 Ways that Rats and New Energy Nexus are alike!6 Ways that Rats and New Energy Nexus are alike! As this week marks the beginning of the Year of the Metal Rat for those following and celebrating that zodiac (much of the world in China and East Asian countries like Vietnam, Singapore, Korea and Japan), I’ve taken a tangent…Clean Energy3 min readClean Energy3 min read
Published in New Energy Nexus·Jan 21, 2020The Gale Drivers GazetteThe Gale Drivers Gazette “In the coming decade, the gale of destruction sweeping through the electricity and mobility markets will only be matched by the increasing impact of extreme weather”. That’s how we concluded our 2019 Impact Report for New Energy Nexus. And if the first days of the 2020s…Economics5 min readEconomics5 min read
Published in New Energy Nexus·May 4, 2018Range anxiety 🔋🚗 😬Are longer range battery packs the missing piece in the EV puzzle? — Electric vehicles seem to tick all the boxes for our future mobility needs — they’re clean and green, drive fast and look cool. California is planning to have 5 million EVs on the road by 2030. But one thing holding back mass adoption is range anxiety. 😟🔋Tesla4 min readTesla4 min read
Published in New Energy Nexus·May 2, 2018Let there be light 🙌Revolutionizing optical design tech 💡 Reducing energy waste ⚡️ — Did you know that commercial and residential lighting consumes around 7% of the total U.S. electricity consumption?Energy3 min readEnergy3 min read
Published in New Energy Nexus·Apr 18, 2018Electric vehicles on the moev….not a typo — MOEV is a startup with smart solutions for powering EVs 🚗⚡️🔋✅ California is on track to lead the transition to electric vehicles. Tesla are pumping out Model 3s…sort ofElectric Car3 min readElectric Car3 min read
Published in New Energy Nexus·Apr 17, 2018The future is nanotubes (maybe)Using carbon dioxide to make batteries. Mind blown 🤯 — Saratoga Energy Research Partners have developed an inexpensive production process to synthesize graphite from carbon dioxide.Energy3 min readEnergy3 min read