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Electricity 2.0: Applying the Lessons of the Web
Tom Raftery (tomraftery) - 03/11/2009
Utilities need to become more like the Internet: disparate, disconnected electrical grids will be joined up to give us one global electricity super-grid. Think about a super-grid where excess energy produced by Scandinavian wind farms on windy nights could simply be sold to meet capacity shortages in the U.S. as people arrive home from work, or in Japan as they start to wake up. If the grid was smart, publishing prices in real time, based on supply and demand fluctuations? And further, what if smart meters in homes and businesses could adjust appliances based on the real-time pricing (thermostats up/down, devices on/off, etc.) And what if, again like the Internet, the super-grid were read/write, i.e., if you could be a producer as well as a consumer? In this talk we will explain how this vision will be realized, which companies and geographies are leading the charge, and what you should do to encourage the change.
Dr. Bertrand Piccard, Solar Impulse
Bertrand Piccard (bertrandpiccard) - 12/08/2010
Dr. Bertrand Piccard, Initiator & Chairman, Solar Impulse Keynote & Q&A with Loic Le Meur, Founder, LeWeb
LeWeb'10 - Start Up Competition
greenpocket.de (greenpocketgmbh) - 12/09/2010
GreenPocket. Introduction: David Hornik, General Partner, August Capital. Judges: Ray Nolan, Entrepreneur. Mike Sigal, President & Chief Development Officer, Guildwire Group. Henri Verdier, CEO, MFG Labs.
Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero!
Bill Gates (billgates) - 02/13/2010
At TED2010, Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world's energy future, describing the need for "miracles" to avoid planetary catastrophe and explaining why he's backing a dramatically different type of nuclear reactor. The necessary goal? Zero carbon emissions globally by 2050.
Does the world need nuclear energy?
Mark Z. Jacobson (markzjacobson) - 02/13/2010
Nuclear power: the energy crisis has even die-hard environmentalists reconsidering it. In this first-ever TED debate, Stewart Brand and Mark Z. Jacobson square off over the pros and cons. A discussion that'll make you think -- and might even change your mind.
Planning for the end of oil
Richard Sears (richardsears) - 02/09/2010
As the world's attention focuses on the perils of oil exploration, we present Richard Sears' talk from early February 2010. Sears, an expert in developing new energy resources, talks about our inevitable and necessary move away from oil. Toward ... what?
Bill Gross offers real-world examples...
Bill Gross (billgross) - 10/28/2010
Bill Gross offers real-world examples of how sustainable energy is currently being made a reality in business. Gross is a lifelong entrepreneur and proponent of sustainable energy, beginning in high school when he founded Solar Devices, a firm that sold plans and kits for solar energy products. As an outgrowth from Idealab, eSolar has already developed cost-effective, low-impact sustainable energy solutions.
TEDxAmsterdam - Bjarke Ingels
Bjarke Ingels (bjarkeingels) - 11/20/2009
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels is the principal of the architecture firm BIG, based in Copenhagen. An alumnus of Rem Koolhaas OMA practice, Ingels takes a similar approach: experimenting with pure space, but never losing sight of the building as a solution to a real-world problem. In his talk, Bjarke Ingels rockets through photo/video-mingled stories of his eco-flashy designs. His buildings not only look like nature — they act like nature: blocking the wind, collecting solar energy — and creating stunning views. His manifesto Yes Is More takes the form of a giant cartoon strip, 130 meters long, that reminds people to keep thinking big — to see all our modern problems as challenges that inspire us.
Solar – DLD10
Nikolaus von Bomhard (nvbomhard) - 01/25/2010
Deserttec is one of the most ambitious solar project of our world. The idea is to establish political and financial partnerships that will transform the energy business. Nikolaus von Bomhard is a representative of Munich-Re, one of the investing partners of Deserttec.
Explore – DLD10
Bertrand Piccard (bertrandpiccard) - 01/24/2010
“Pioneering spirit is not about new ideas; it is about fighting old ideas”. That perfectly sums up the talk that Betrand Piccard is giving about an airplane that is flying around the world, only powered by the sun.
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