Spiking energy prices and increased concern about climate change have led to a dramatic increase in news coverage this year about alternative ways to power homes and businesses with renewable energy. With names of new terminologies like Nano-Grid and Micro-Grid being thrown around, it is easy to get confused.

When the generator stops running because it is out of fuel, the school in a mountain village in the Himalayas has to move outdoors. Generators are noisy and dirty and produce some of the most expensive electricity in the world, at around $1 per kilowatt-hour. Why do these schools not use solar battery systems? ...

Last week, Silicon Valley start-up Lunar emerged from stealth mode, announcing that it has collected USD 300 million in financing over the past two years. The company is reportedly working on an "end-to-end home battery system which will be a combination of battery modules, power electronics and software, all designed from the ground up, rather than the cobbled-together systems common today," ...

Our civilization has relied on a stable climate for animal husbandry and agriculture for thousands of years. There was a certain predictability in the weather. But herding and farming are just domesticated nature. Wildlife also needs a stable climate. Even the simplest experiment will show that adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere ...

During a speech to Apple team members on 23 September 1997, shortly after returning to Apple, Steve Jobs explained and introduced the “Think Different” marketing campaign that included the famous and iconic video “Here’s to the Crazy Ones.” The video features visionaries, from Albert Einstein and Buckminster Fuller to John Lennon and Martin Luther King Jr. ...