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Fuel technology is entering the forefront of major conversations among drone users, pilots and manufacturers. What's the most efficient way to not only power longer flights, but empower varied drone applications? Fuel cell technology looks to be the solution for commercial drones, but for Julian Hughes, senior vice president of Intelligent Energy, the answer lies in multiple power sources.

"There are peaks and lows on the power required to fly a drone," Hughes said. "The most efficient way is to hybridize it with a small battery." We spoke with Hughes on the InterDrone trade-show floor to understand why flexible fueling is needed in drones, what he sees for the future adoption of hybridized fueling, and where that leaves innovations for consumer drones.

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Much of the conversation around drones over the past year has been focused on pushing public perception on them from toy to tool. What hasn’t been the focus is how to best power these commercial drones. Lithium ion batteries were an easy first choice; they were commercially standard and accessible. But can they really elevate a drone to its full potential? On this podcast from the InterDrone trade-show floor, we were joined by Adam Schlender from Doosan Mobility Innovation, who explained how hydrogen fuel cell technology is the future of drone power.

"You end up in a 10x efficiency gain, not looking at flight time, but looking at the amount of data that can be collected in a single flight," Schlender said. We dive into the inaccessible applications that fuel cells empower, their economic and ecological impact, and how to beat educate commercial drone users on the benefits and eventual necessity of improved flight time and diversified payloads.

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The Law of Conservation of Mass states that matter can neither be created nor destroyed. It can, however, be transformed into another form, a process that always results in a net loss of energy. It's unavoidable. One way to minimize that loss is to increase the efficiency of the conversion process, and Dandelion Energy focuses on that exact challenge every day. On today's podcast, our host spoke with the Principal Engineer for Dandelion Energy, Ryan Carda. They talked about a few of the misunderstandings regarding geothermal energy, the fact that the planet's internal core is a marvelous source of usable energy, and the genuine need for education to prepare the next generation of engineers to utilize it.

In mathematics, adding an additional factor to a calculation can cause an exponential increase in the accuracy of the result. When providing assistance to underdeveloped countries, ensuring that the human factor is included in the technological decisions can result in much more successful outcomes. On today's podcast, our host spoke with Johannes Schwank, a professor of Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan and the Director of the REFRESCH program. They discussed the ways in which technology should be presented to maximize effectiveness, how humility (on the side of the "rescuers") is an incredibly important component when devising assistance, and how powerful the input from those being helped actually is when devising strategies.

Steve Roemerman, CEO of Lone Star Analysis, a north Texas-based analytics company serving the oil and gas industry, has a good rule of thumb for on-site data collection from the oil fields. "If you can't order a Domino's Pizza and get it delivered, then you probably don't have the infrastructure to [deliver on-site data from the pad site.]," Roemerman said. In this episode of the Energy Podcast, Roemerman discussed how seeing these challenges is how Lone Star Analysis has created efficiencies and breakthroughs in big data that weren't previously recognized.

As global warming and climate change continue to dominate the headlines, companies around the world are looking for new and creative sources of renewable energy. One of the newer ventures leads us to water reservoirs around the US where companies like Ciel & Terre are looking to innovate with floating solar installations that offer competitive pricing on an already existing resource.

Chris Bartle, Business Development Manager at Ciel & Terre USA, joined us to discuss green option adoption, why renewable energy is so important, and what his company is doing to innovate in this space.

On today’s Throwback Thursday we have Eric Anderson back on our podcast. He is an Engineer at Anderson Optimization and he joins us to talk about a massive power failure in 2003 that forced the energy industry to adapt and rethink their strategy.

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Today we sit down with Jake and Eric Anderson, CEO and CTO of Anderson Optimization. The two brothers clue us in to the struggles renewable energies have brought to typical power grids and how artificial intelligence could be the solution.

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Today we chat with Greg Mattison, Managing Partner at Cumulus Rebates. He tells us how renewable energies have both cut costs and caused problems for companies small and large, and how automation can do a lot of conservation's heavy lifting.

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Over 500,000 new jobs were generated by the renewable energy industry last year, a 5.3 percent rise when compared to 2016, according to a report.

The number of people working in the renewable energy sector — including large hydropower — hit 10.3 million in 2017, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) study said.

The world's biggest renewable energy employers were China, Brazil, the U.S., India, Germany and Japan. Altogether, these countries represented over 70 percent of jobs in the industry globally.

"Renewable energy has become a pillar of low-carbon economic growth for governments all over the world, a fact reflected by the growing number of jobs created in the sector," Adnan Z Amin, director general of IRENA, said in a statement.

"The data also underscores an increasingly regionalized picture, highlighting that in countries where attractive policies exist, the economic, social and environmental benefits of renewable energy are most evident," Amin added.

"Fundamentally, this data supports our analysis that decarbonization of the global energy system can grow the global economy and create up to 28 million jobs in the sector by 2050."

Breaking the figures down, IRENA said that the solar photovoltaic industry employed the largest amount of people, with almost 3.4 million working in that sector. China remained a solar powerhouse, and accounted for an estimated two-thirds of solar PV jobs, or 2.2 million.

In the wind energy sector, IRENA noted a slight contraction in the market last year, with 1.15 million jobs recorded. China again led the way, accounting for 44 percent of employment.