March 10, 2020

002 - ENERGY STORAGE - Dr. Jon Knott

22 minutes

The drive towards to a low-carbon future has driven tremendous progress in clean-energy solutions like solar power and wind turbines. In many cases these technologies are now economically-competitive with coal, nuclear and other base-load power sources on a per-kilowatt basis, however a key challenge remains in ensuring this renewable energy can provide reliable electricity 24/7.

To complete our transition the electricity grid need a dramatic overhaul to incorporate distributed production, energy storage and demand-response solutions that ensure the system can cope with the increasing mismatch between power generation and consumer demand.

Today we are joined by Dr. Jon Knott - a research fellow specialising in energy storage at the Institute for Superconductive and Electronic Materials - to discuss the emerging energy storage options and how we can update our electricity grid for the 21st century.

GUEST : Dr. Jonathan Knott

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joncknott/

EON LABS :

https://www.eonlabs.org/

https://eonjournal.com/

RENY DIGITAL :

https://renydigital.com/

HOST :

Dr. Leo Stevens

https://www.linkedin.com/in/leostevensinc/

MUSIC :

Purple Planet Music