storage

12 statements across 12 episodes · 8 bullish · 3 bearish · 12 people on the record · first statement Jan 31, 2022 by Mary Powell · across every show →

Everything said about storage, oldest first

Jan 31, 2022 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Powell: Over one-third of new Sunrun solar customers want battery storage
“I would say well over a third of those customers are interested in storage as well when they're going solar.”
Mary Powell Jan 31, 2022 ▶ 21:52 The future of the home solar market
Jul 1, 2022 negative
Opinion
Stokes: Energy storage remains the key missing piece in clean energy
“What I learned in that course was that the most important gap in terms of what technology we had was storage. This was the missing piece in the puzzle. And it's been 12 years, and it still seems to be a missing piece”
Dr. Leah Stokes Jul 1, 2022 ▶ 10:44 How to Save a Planet: Spark Tank! How Do We Solve the Energy Storage Problem?
Sep 9, 2022 bullish
Assertion Supported
Beard: Geothermal has a tiny footprint and avoids massive mineral mining
“Geothermal has a Tiny footprint compared to other renewables. It doesn't rely on a massive amount of rare earth mining like you know, like, for instance, wind and solar production and storage production.”
Jamie Beard Sep 9, 2022 ▶ 23:32 Could geothermal become a major zero-emissions player?
Aug 17, 2023 bullish
Prediction Held up
Lubbershane: EV chargers paired with storage will see widespread adoption
“And I really believe that's a category we're going to see a lot more of and already are starting to see pop up as this kind of electric vehicle chargers paired in some way with storage to buffer their demand against the grid.”
Andy Lubershane Aug 17, 2023 ▶ 43:11 Navigating the electricity gauntlet
Oct 12, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Houser: Solar, storage, and EV sales are growing 15% to 40% annually
“Solar and storage, mostly, and then EV sales, and they're, you know, both are growing at like, you know, 15 to 40% a year, so really rapid growth, not the kind of triple-digit growth that we're seeing in manufacturing or in some of the emerging climate tech bu…”
Trevor Houser Oct 12, 2023 ▶ 22:34 How is U.S. industrial policy affecting actual climatetech investment?
Oct 26, 2023
Assertion Supported
Hade: Four components comprise most microgrids deployed today
“Solar storage, switchgear, and dispatchable generation assets, and some combination of those come together to, you know, create most microgrids that are being deployed in the market today.”
Tim Hade Oct 26, 2023 ▶ 10:48 The market for microgrids
Dec 14, 2023 positive
Insight
Jaramillo: Buffering transmission lines with energy storage increases their utilization
“Having storage, you know, the ability to buffer at one end or both ends makes that even more a highly utilized resource.”
Mateo Jaramillo Dec 14, 2023 ▶ 38:46 What do you do with a 100-hour battery?
Jun 13, 2024 negative
Opinion
Janus: Powering Gigawatt-Scale Data Centers with Solar and Storage Is Not Feasible
“You're not going to put solar in storage to supply a 500 to gigawatt, 500 megawatt to gigawatt scale data center. I mean, it's just not feasible.”
Brian Janous Jun 13, 2024 ▶ 28:15 Under the hood of data center power demand
Feb 6, 2025 bullish
Assertion Supported
Bullard: US energy storage investment now surpasses wind investment
“Solar is just on its way up. You know, it's more than forty billion dollars in the trail in 12 months. And storage now invests more than wind does in the States.”
Nat Bullard Feb 6, 2025 ▶ 5:10 More 2025 trends: DeepSeek, plug-in hybrids, and curtailment
Mar 13, 2025 positive
Insight
Chiang: Electrochemical plants require intermediate storage built in from day one
“The ability to, you know, run processes continuously downstream of that, that is where having some form of storage, I think, is, is important. That's what you have to think about doing from day one.”
Yet-Ming Chiang Mar 13, 2025 ▶ 22:59 An ode to electrochemistry
Apr 23, 2025 bullish
Assertion Supported
Waters: U.S. energy storage is projected to reach 170 GW by 2033
“It's expected, just to give you a broad number, by 2033, the market is projected in the U.S. To hit about a 170 gigawatts of storage.”
Jeff Waters Apr 23, 2025 ▶ 6:18 What’s next for the battery storage boom? [partner content]
Oct 6, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
O'Neill: Regulatory red tape prevents deployment of ready low-cost clean energy
“Talking with our member companies who have low-cost resources that they're ready to build, You know, whether it's large-scale wind, solar, storage, and the like, and they're not able to deploy, right? They are tangled in red tape, they are stuck in line”
Heather O'Neill Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 11:27 Frontier Forum: A new playbook for clean energy growth
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