Earth and Energy
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Countries are consuming more energy than ever, but connecting new energy generation assets to the grid can still take years,…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you want to sample the species in an ecosystem now all you need is air, but this could also…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Neutrons can penetrate anything which means they have a huge range of uses – from detecting bombs to tumors to…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Without water and electricity our modern society crumbles – as we saw with recent blackouts in Europe. So grid stability…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Europe’s energy grid suffered a massive black out because of synchronisation problems, and China’s trying to prevent that from happening…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Companies are finding increasingly innovative ways to decarbonise energy production while improving energy reliability. Love the Exponential Future? Join…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Renewable energy generation is still intermittent and BYD is cashing in where Tesla used to to supply Grid Scale Storage…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 10GW AI data centers powered by nuclear power plants is just the start as AI looks set to consume 1Tw…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF While it looks like ITER might go online in the 2040’s companies are working on smaller, easier to commercialise Fusion…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF With nuclear power plant planning and regulations being so burdensome floating reactors can just turn up, plug in and start…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF China is brining new renewables capacity online faster than any other country, and the grid can’t keep up. Love…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI is helping unlock human potential in new ways, and most people don’t realise the potential … Love the…
