A Great Piece About More than the Grid
A Great Piece About More than the Grid
In a recent update, we shared the fantastic news that YouSolar has made the prestigious list of America’s Top Greentech Companies by TIME Magazine.
TIME is doubling down on becoming a thought leader in clean tech. Its latest article, How Our Electric Grids are Blocking a Climate Revolution, sheds light on a troubling fact:
The vast majority of energy we use daily heats the atmosphere, directly and indirectly, through CO2 emissions instead of being put to use.

A long way to the customer. Already, the world needs to add or refurbish 80 million kilometers of electrical grids by 2040.
That is before an increase in renewables by 10-20 x to meet our climate goals.
The TIME article is a compelling piece that underscores the pressing need to decentralize energy generation and distribution, a crucial step towards a sustainable future.
- Making all of our current electrical energy green will require a 3 to 4 times increase in renewable energy capacity.
- To replace the other 80% of the energy supply that is currently non-electric will require multiplying that new green capacity another 4 to 5 times.
- A 10-20 fold increase in clean power is a monumental task, but getting it to where and when it is needed is an entirely different challenge.
- Already, the world needs to add or refurbish 80 million kilometers of grids by 2040, the equivalent of the entire existing global grid – or enough power lines to wrap around the earth approximately 2,000 times.
The article notes that upgrading the grid fails to address the core problem: most electric energy is wasted in the losses. Enter the YouSolar PowerBloc.
The PowerBloc is an independent power system that maximizes solar self-consumption and only relies on the grid as a secondary energy source. We are obsessed with efficiency.
At YouSolar, we are committed to providing real solutions to the world’s energy challenge – one PowerBloc and then millions at a time.