There are several parts of this but the path is fairly clear with China and Australia leading the way. On the Utility-scale solar, wind (and other) power generation, and utility-scale batteries (including pumped hydro, and Energy vaults.
On the Home scale there is home solar, home batteries (Australia is championing this), EVs, ebikes, induction cooking, and heat pumps.
Utility scale elecrification
For local, regional governments to implement.
- Solar power
- Cheapest form of energy, though does have up-front capital investment
- Wind power
- Now as cheap as solar, and complementary (geographically and generation times)
- Utility-scale batteries
- One such is Energy vault utlity-scale battery
- similar to pumped hydro, but buildable anywhere on land
- One such is Energy vault utlity-scale battery
Home scale electrification
For consumers, but also companies (for generation and storage)
- Home solar
- Home battery
- EVs (the batteries can do Vehicle to Load storage for savings)
- Ebikes (for local/neighborhood transportation, displacing motorcycles)
- Induction cooking (charcoal and gas no longer needed)
- Heat pumps (more efficient than traditional air conditioners)
Bill McKibben's latest on electrification
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