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We built this tiny model town to show what it would look like if we tried to transition to 100% clean energy. In the real world, it can be even more difficult. Staff reporter Shannon Osaka wrote about what it really means when cities say they're going '100 percent renewable.' You can find that link here: grist.org/energy/can-a-city-truly-be-100-renewable-its-complicated
Show notes:
Thanks for watching! This is a super complex topic and so there's a lot that I didn't get to cover. Below you'll find my sources as well as resources for more information.
Interviews:
Dr. Jesse D. Jenkins, Assistant Professor, Princeton University
Dr. Leah Stokes, Professor, University of California Santa Barbara
Sources:
Sepulveda, Jenkins, de Sisternes, Lester | The role of firm low-carbon electricity resources in deep decarbonization of power generation
cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(18)30386-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2542435118303866%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
Leah Stokes, Democracy Journal | Cleaning up the electricity system
democracyjournal.org/magazine/56/cleaning-up-the-electricity-system
Griffith, Calisch, Fraser | Rewiring America
rewiringamerica.org/handbook
Foreign Affairs | Paths to net zero
foreignaffairs.com/articles/2020-04-13/paths-net-zero
More info:
Dr. Leah Stokes’ video for Grist on how quickly we need to ramp up renewables
youtube.com/watch?v=DIRdg7NmsOg
She also wrote a book on clean energy and politics, “Rewiring America”
leahstokes.com/book
Vox explainer video on the variability of solar
youtube.com/watch?v=YYLzss58CLs
How to decarbonize America – and the world
techcrunch.com/2019/02/15/how-to-decarbonize-america-and-the-world
What’s the future of nuclear energy?
grist.org/article/next-gen-nuclear-is-coming-if-we-want-it
#cleanenergy #renewables #renewableenergy #cleanpower #100percentrenewable #wind #solar #hydrogen #nuclear
We built this tiny model town to show what it would look like if we tried to transition to 100% clean energy. In the real world, it can be even more difficult. Staff reporter Shannon Osaka wrote about what it really means when cities say they're going '100 percent renewable.' You can find that link here: grist.org/energy/can-a-city-truly-be-100-renewable-its-complicated
Show notes:
Thanks for watching! This is a super complex topic and so there's a lot that I didn't get to cover. Below you'll find my sources as well as resources for more information.
Interviews:
Dr. Jesse D. Jenkins, Assistant Professor, Princeton University
Dr. Leah Stokes, Professor, University of California Santa Barbara
Sources:
Sepulveda, Jenkins, de Sisternes, Lester | The role of firm low-carbon electricity resources in deep decarbonization of power generation
cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(18)30386-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2542435118303866%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
Leah Stokes, Democracy Journal | Cleaning up the electricity system
democracyjournal.org/magazine/56/cleaning-up-the-electricity-system
Griffith, Calisch, Fraser | Rewiring America
rewiringamerica.org/handbook
Foreign Affairs | Paths to net zero
foreignaffairs.com/articles/2020-04-13/paths-net-zero
More info:
Dr. Leah Stokes’ video for Grist on how quickly we need to ramp up renewables
youtube.com/watch?v=DIRdg7NmsOg
She also wrote a book on clean energy and politics, “Rewiring America”
leahstokes.com/book
Vox explainer video on the variability of solar
youtube.com/watch?v=YYLzss58CLs
How to decarbonize America – and the world
techcrunch.com/2019/02/15/how-to-decarbonize-america-and-the-world
What’s the future of nuclear energy?
grist.org/article/next-gen-nuclear-is-coming-if-we-want-it
#cleanenergy #renewables #renewableenergy #cleanpower #100percentrenewable #wind #solar #hydrogen #nuclear
