Energy storage: keeping the lights on with a clean electric grid

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The large majority of new energy we’re building today comes from clean, renewable wind and solar projects. But to keep building wind and solar at this pace, we need energy storage: technologies that save energy when the weather is favorable, and use it when wind and sun are scarce. Prof. Asegun Henry joins TILclimate to explain how energy storage works, what storage technologies are out there, and how much we need to build to make wind and solar dominant.

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Laur Hesse Fisher, Host and Producer

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Music by Blue Dot Sessions

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