Our Hills Are About to Become Giant Batteries

A solution to the uphill battle to meet the world’s energy needs

Stephen Moore
OneZero
Published in
5 min readMar 3, 2021

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A scenic photo of green hills
Photo: Waranont (Joe)/Unsplash

The world is facing a stored energy shortage. According to the International Energy Agency, the world needs to produce 10,000 gigawatt-hours of batteries and other forms of energy storage by 2040 — that’s a 50-fold increase on today’s current output — or risk being unable to…

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Stephen Moore
OneZero

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