# The missing link to renewable energy

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2012
- Speaker: Donald Sadoway
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/donald_sadoway_the_missing_link_to_renewable_energy)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What's the key to using alternative energy, like solar and wind? Storage -- so we can have power on tap even when the sun's not out and the wind's not blowing. In this accessible, inspiring talk, Donald Sadoway takes to the blackboard to show us the future of large-scale batteries that store renewable energy. As he says: "We need to think about the problem differently. We need to think big. We need to think cheap."

## Lectures

1. [The missing link to renewable energy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/donald_sadoway_the_missing_link_to_renewable_energy/ba6e4ac8c6f4), 15 min (TED's player)