Green Energy Storage Systems with guest Dr. Imre Gyuk | The Tech Between Us s3 e1

When the Industrial Revolution ushered in our reliance on machines for transportation and telecommunications, and the good life, it meant fossil fuels were a go-to source for generating power on a global scale. Renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and hydroelectricity that were once used to propel steamboats or to produce paper had taken a very distant backseat.It was only when our access to fossil fuels were cut off, as experienced during the energy crisis of the 1970s, did renewable energies get renewed attention. In fact, exploration of renewable energy solutions began in earnest around that time. Fast forward 50 years, and today renewable sources fulfilled 26% of our global energy requirements with nuclear accounting for an additional 10%. While the most recognizable manifestations of renewable energy are solar panels and wind turbine farms, today's focus is on the engines that run these systems.What you don't see when you're driving past those gigantic wind turbines along the highway is the ecosystem behind that installation, including storage, monitoring and distribution that must be in place to effectively use these devices as a sustainable energy source.To help us understand more about renewable energy and in particular critical energy storage systems, we have with us Dr. Imre Gyuk, Director of Energy Storage Research for the US Department of Energy. Dr. Gyuk has been a leader in energy storage at the DOE since the technology first attracted interest and is currently enjoying its emergence as one of the hottest topics in the energy business.