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Renewables, batteries & storage Videos Recommended on Hacker News (89)
Renewables, batteries & storage is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 89 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2009 and 2026 — 190 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Renewable energy: solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, batteries, lithium, hydrogen, grid storage, energy transition, solar panel technology, energy efficiency economics.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Václav Smil at Driva Climate Investment Meeting 2019: “Here's a fascinating talk by Václav Smil at the Driva Climate Investment Meeting in 2019” — an HN commenter, 2021.
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2 mo on HNThe Great Stranding: How Inaccurate Mainstream LCOE Estimates are Creating a Trillion-Dollar Bubble
RethinkX
2 HN recommender · 2022–2025
2 mo on HNSolar Powered Air Conditioner!
Tech Ingredients
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNProfessor Jeff Dahn | WIN Seminar Series
Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
2 HN recommender · 2015–2017
2 mo on HNScavenging rechargeable lithium cells from the roadside
bigclivedotcom
2 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNWhy Teslas Are Bad At Towing (Today)
Engineering Explained
2 HN recommender · 2020–2024
2 mo on HNHydrogen Will Not Save Us. Here's Why.
Sabine Hossenfelder
2 HN recommender · 2023–2023
2 mo on HNAircraft Development Update
Lilium
2 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNWhat *Really* happens to used Electric Car Batteries? - (you might be surprised)
JerryRigEverything
2 HN recommender · 2023–2025
2 mo on HNTOTAL teardown of a lithium phone battery.
bigclivedotcom
1 HN recommend · 2016–2024
2 mo on HNThe LED's Challenge to High Pressure Sodium
Technology Connections
2 HN recommender · 2018–2021
1 mo on HNShould Google Go Nuclear? Clean, cheap, nuclear power...
Google TechTalks
1 HN recommend · 2011–2022
1 mo on HNThe Problem with Biofuels
Real Engineering
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
1 mo on HNOrkney 'Surf n Turf' | Fully Charged
Everything Electric CARS
1 HN recommend · 2017–2020
1 mo on HNDonald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy
TED
1 HN recommend · 2013–2025
1 mo on HNHow to Build a Dyson Sphere - The Ultimate Megastructure
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
1 HN recommend · 2019–2024
1 mo on HNBatteries aren't the only way to store energy. Here's another.
Technology Connections
1 HN recommend · 2021–2023
1 mo on HNTony Seba: Clean Disruption - Energy & Transportation
Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES)
1 HN recommend · 2017–2019
1 mo on HNWireless vs wired DC fast charging efficiency test
Bjørn Nyland
1 HN recommend · 2022–2025
1 mo on HNStoring Solar Power on my ROOF!!!
Quint BUILDs
2 HN recommender · 2022–2025
1 mo on HN2023 Investor Day | Tesla
Tesla
1 HN recommend · 2023–2025
1 mo on HNAssoc Prof Simon Michaux - The quantity of metals required to manufacture just one generation of...
Sustainable Minerals Institute UQ
1 HN recommend · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNHydrogen vs. Gasoline Leak and Ignition Test- which is safer?
Hydrogen Societies
1 HN recommend · 2023–2026
1 mo on HNRethinking Energy -- 100% Solar, Wind and Batteries Is Just The Beginning
Tony Seba
1 HN recommend · 2021–2025
1 mo on HNTesla Virtual Power Plant
InfoQ
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNNIO ES8 & 3-minute Battery Swap Station | FULLY CHARGED for Clean Energy & Electric Vehicles
Everything Electric CARS
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNTesting LCBs (Lithium Ceramic Batteries) || The Future of Battery Technology?
GreatScott!
1 HN recommend · 2018–2026
1 mo on HNEEVblog #632 - Solar Roadways Are RUBBISH!
EEVblog
1 HN recommend · 2014–2023
1 mo on HN100% Electric Ferry Crossing | Fully Charged 4k
Everything Electric CARS
1 HN recommend · 2019–2024
0 mo on HNChinese smart-battery swap stations can change EV batteries automatically
South China Morning Post
0 HN recommender · 2023–2023
0 mo on HNBitcoin Q&A: Energy Consumption
aantonop
0 HN recommender · 2018–2021
0 mo on HNBritain's largest battery is actually a lake
Tom Scott
0 HN recommender · 2019–2023
0 mo on HNThis GIANT Electric Semi Can Swap Out Its Batteries!
Everything Electric CARS
0 HN recommender · 2023–2025
0 mo on HNOrkney - Island of the Future | Fully Charged
Everything Electric CARS
0 HN recommender · 2016–2020
0 mo on HNCloseup of Tesla Battery Swap (HD)
sbknapps
0 HN recommender · 2013–2020
0 mo on HNEnergy Vault -BUSTED!
Thunderf00t
0 HN recommender · 2019–2022
0 mo on HNThe Contradictions of Battery Operated Vehicles | Graham Conway | TEDxSanAntonio
TEDx Talks
0 HN recommender · 2022–2022