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Learning my local history: 100 years of oil contamination in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Climate Change

Learning my local history: 100 years of oil contamination in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

I took an hour to learn the local history about how Greenpoint Brooklyn has been fighting for 100 years to clean up oil contamination by the oil industry. And how it's still fighting today.

  • Eric Chaves
    Eric Chaves
5 min read
Spectacular images, video tell the story of the world's first offshore wind farm
Climate Change

Spectacular images, video tell the story of the world's first offshore wind farm

With stunning footage, this mini documentary tells the story of the first offshore wind farm. The project, built in Hywind Scotland, was a great success. It paved the way for a boom of new offshore wind projects.

  • Eric Chaves
    Eric Chaves
2 min read
Underground Pumped Hydroelectric Storage: A Feasibility Study
Climate Change

Underground Pumped Hydroelectric Storage: A Feasibility Study

Over the last few months, I fell down a rabbit hole. I became obsessed with an idea called Underground Pumped Hydroelectric Storage. I started to believe this idea could play a fundamental role in our fight against climate change.

  • Eric Chaves
    Eric Chaves
2 min read
Can we create the world's largest battery deep below the sea?
Green Energy

Can we create the world's largest battery deep below the sea?

We know the ocean can help us generate power through wave and tidal energy. But can it also give us a battery to store energy?

  • Eric Chaves
    Eric Chaves
7 min read
Quitting oil requires energy storage. A lot of it. Here's why the only battery big enough might be water and gravity.
Climate Change

Quitting oil requires energy storage. A lot of it. Here's why the only battery big enough might be water and gravity.

Climate change is on track to wreak havoc unless we curb oil consumption. It turns out that we need more than green energy generation. We also need huge amounts of battery storage. Here's why the only battery big enough might be water and gravity.

  • Eric Chaves
    Eric Chaves
7 min read
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