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.
Orkney 'Surf n Turf' | Fully Charged
Fully Charged's first of three reports from the Orkney Islands, covering the Surf 'n' Turf project that uses surplus wind and tidal power for hydrogen and electric vehicles.
Donald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy
MIT professor Donald Sadoway argues that grid-scale storage is the missing piece for renewable energy.
How to Build a Dyson Sphere - The Ultimate Megastructure
A Kurzgesagt animated explainer on how humanity could build a Dyson sphere, a swarm of structures capturing the sun's energy.
Batteries aren't the only way to store energy. Here's another.
Technology Connections explains how a home can act as a thermal battery by pre-cooling or pre-heating when electricity is cheap or abundant.
Tony Seba: Clean Disruption - Energy & Transportation
Stanford futurist Tony Seba argues that electric vehicles, battery storage, solar and autonomous vehicles form a 10x exponential disruption that will make fossil fuels obsolete within about a decade.
Wireless vs wired DC fast charging efficiency test
Bjorn Nyland compares wireless and wired DC fast charging for an electric car, measuring end-to-end efficiency.
Storing Solar Power on my ROOF!!!
Quint BUILDs tests a rooftop water storage setup in which solar power pumps water up to the roof and a turbine generates power later.
2023 Investor Day | Tesla
Tesla's 2023 Investor Day, a nearly four-hour presentation covering Master Plan 3, vehicle design, powertrain, electronic architecture, manufacturing and sustainable energy economics.
Assoc Prof Simon Michaux - The quantity of metals required to manufacture just one generation of...
Associate Professor Simon Michaux presents estimates of the metals needed to build one generation of renewable technology to replace fossil fuels.
Hydrogen vs. Gasoline Leak and Ignition Test- which is safer?
A 2001 University of Miami experiment ignites a leak from a gasoline fuel line in one car and a leak from a hydrogen connector in another.
Rethinking Energy -- 100% Solar, Wind and Batteries Is Just The Beginning
Tony Seba of RethinkX presents the case that solar, wind and batteries are on a cost-decline path that makes a fully renewable grid achievable.
Tesla Virtual Power Plant
A QCon London 2020 talk by Tesla engineers on the architecture of Tesla's Virtual Power Plant.
NIO ES8 & 3-minute Battery Swap Station | FULLY CHARGED for Clean Energy & Electric Vehicles
Fully Charged episode where Elliot drives the NIO ES8 SUV and visits a battery swap station that replaces the pack in about three minutes.
Testing LCBs (Lithium Ceramic Batteries) || The Future of Battery Technology?
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EEVblog #632 - Solar Roadways Are RUBBISH!
Dave Jones of EEVblog debunks the Solar Roadways project, which raised millions through Indiegogo and government funding.
100% Electric Ferry Crossing | Fully Charged 4k
Fully Charged rides a 100% battery-electric ferry across the 4 km strait between Helsingborg, Sweden and Helsingør, Denmark.
Chinese smart-battery swap stations can change EV batteries automatically
A short South China Morning Post report on Nio's second-generation automated battery-swap stations for electric vehicles.
Bitcoin Q&A: Energy Consumption
Andreas Antonopoulos answers a Bitcoin Q&A question about energy consumption in mining.
Britain's largest battery is actually a lake
Tom Scott visits Dinorwig Power Station in Wales, a pumped-storage hydro plant often called Britain's largest battery.
This GIANT Electric Semi Can Swap Out Its Batteries!
Fully Charged visits Janus Trucks in New South Wales, Australia, which converts diesel trucks to electric with swappable battery packs.
Orkney - Island of the Future | Fully Charged
Fully Charged host Robert Llewellyn visits Orkney, where wind, tidal, wave and solar generation plus community energy schemes power the islands.
Closeup of Tesla Battery Swap (HD)
Short HD closeup of a Tesla Model S battery swap, showing the pack lowered out and another pushed into place.
Energy Vault -BUSTED!
A Thunderf00t video debunking Energy Vault, a gravity-based energy storage scheme that stacks concrete blocks with cranes.
The Contradictions of Battery Operated Vehicles | Graham Conway | TEDxSanAntonio
A TEDx talk arguing that battery electric vehicles are not as environmentally friendly as commonly believed and that the rush to adopt them is misguided.