California's 100% Renewables Revolution

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FutureBites with Dr. Bruce McCabe

Bruce McCabe

36 episodes

1 day ago

Insect-like drones that tend crops, perform aircraft inspections and find gas leaks are here ... and they’re only the beginning! Today I’m diving into the future of bio-inspired drones with the one and only Professor Guido de Croon, head of the Micro-Air Vehicle Lab at Delft Technical University in The Netherlands. Guido shares the latest insect-inspired research developments in vision-systems, energy-efficient intelligence, height-sensing, autonomous navigation, swarming, energy-harves...

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California's 100% Renewables Revolution - with Mark Jacobson

FutureBites with Dr. Bruce McCabe

41 minutes

1 year ago

California's 100% Renewables Revolution - with Mark Jacobson

The fifth largest economy in the world is smashing renewables records! For 41 of the past 49 days, California's grid has met more than 100% of electricity demand using solar, wind and hydro generation supplemented by grid-scale batteries. Supply is frequently exceeding 140% of demand, with the excess exported to neighbouring states. On some days renewables have supplied more than 100% of demand for more than 9 hours. These outstanding milestones for the atmosphere, the US economy and for cons...