Energy

For the past few weeks, I have been working for a renewable energy firm (Ecovolve LLC). While working for them, I have learned a ton about the mystery that is "renewable energy." There are SO MANY technologies out there that, if brought out of the experimental phase, could help significantly in bringing us to a fossil fuel-independent future. What I love most is that research is being done from all over the globe. Forexample, India is actually leading the research for developing biomass gasification, a novel technology that Ecovolve actually works with. Essentially, biomass gasification converts agricultural waste into a biochar (that can be used as a fertilizer, and also to sequester Carbon Dioxide from the air), and a Hydrogen syngas that can itself be burned to generate heat, or be put in a turbine to generate electricity. Meaning, it can be a way to help people who live off the grid (ex. in a forest, or a remote rural location) get electricity without incurring a 5-8% transmission loss of energy (which results from transporting electricity from a centralized location to a place 100-1000 km away). Yay! I'm so happy to be a part of the battle to achieving clean, distributed energy.