How Can We Store Renewable Energy?: Crash Course Climate and Energy #4

Podcast: CrashCourse · CrashCourse

Opublikowano: 2026-10-24

Decarbonizing our power production is vitally important if we want to curtail climate change, but there are some major logistical issues we’re going to have to overcome before we can do that. In this episode of Crash Course Climate and Energy, we’ll take a look at the challenges we face when creating, distributing, and storing electricity from renewable sources. Chapters: Introduction: Storing Carbon-Free Electricity 00:00 Electricity As An Energy Carrier 1:10 The Electric Grid 2:10 Electricity Supply & The Duck Curve 3:30 Electrochemical Storage of Electricity 6:20 Chemical Storage of Electricity 7:28 Mechanical Storage of Elec...