How a 1% Gain in Fossil Fuel Efficiency Could Rival Renewables
March 21, 2017
by Big Think Editors
Today, one billion people have little or no access to electricity. Even more have limited access, or have service which is unreliable. This is due partly to the legacy technology which continues to power the world, namely large steam turbines powered by the burning of fossil fuels.
Energy entrepreneur and Hertz Foundation Fellow Dr. Max Mankin wants to solve this issue. By innovating new solutions to current technology, Mankin has a plan to bring at-scale improvements to energy efficiency. Dr. Mankin is the cofounder of Modern Electron, a company dedicated to creating cheap, localized, and reliable electricity by means of ultra thin, scalable, nano-generators.
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