The world is producing more energy than ever before. Solar farms stretch across deserts. Wind turbines rise from coastlines. Governments announce record-breaking capacity numbers year after year. And yet, in many places, the lights still flicker.
Not because energy is unavailable, but because it cannot be used when it is needed.
Solar power peaks at midday. Demand peaks in the evening. Wind is abundant one hour and gone the next. Entire regions now generate surplus electric