Matt and Sean talk about a slow year for wind, and what might be a better future, as well as more feedback on Matt’s net zero home build motivations and results. Does wind energy really blow?

Matt and Sean talk about one year in Matt’s net zero house (with Sean living in the walls). Was it worth it? Plus, a little sidetrack talking about existential dread and AI.

Matt and Sean talk about wind farms, expectations, and corrections. How much wind is too much wind?

Matt and Sean talk about feedback on solid state batteries, and also discuss Matt’s trip to Vancouver to the Everything Electric Show 2024.

Matt spoke to Dr. Tim Holme, Co-Founder and CTO of QuantumScape, about solid state batteries and some interesting news coming out of QuantumScape. Does this sound like a good step forward for solid state batteries’ path to the market?

Matt and Sean talk about the pressures of entering the compressed air energy storage market. Is there a market here or is it all full of hot air?

Matt and Sean talk about the longevity of energy storage and the feedback on CATL’s latest announcement around their energy storage system. It’s not a forever battery, but do you think it is moving things forward?

Matt and Sean talk about weird solar panel technology … algae. It’s a topic that can really GROW on you. Yeah, I said it. Does this weird type of weird science interest you?

Matt spoke to Nicolas Orellana, Founder / CEO of O-Innovations, about their O-Wind Turbine. The turbine Nicolas designed can accept wind from any direction, horizontal or vertical, and is meant for chaotic wind in places like urban environments (think tops and sides of buildings!).

Matt and Sean talk about the new models of batteries that might solve our growing storage issues … and what’s taking so long. What batteries would you add to the list?