Topic

Energy

Power generation, storage, and the energy transition

6 dispatches filed

A small transparent cell with faint green liquid inside standing on a chipped tenement windowsill under flat grey daylight.

The Smoke Alarm Wanted a Window

From 2036: the battery you never replace turned out to be the battery you can starve. Living cells ended the coin cell and quietly made daylight a housing condition, while the devices that actually drew power kept their lithium.

Sep 25, 2026 9 MIN Caelus Ward

Two EV battery modules on a workbench in a converted fuel-station bay: a heavy older liquid-ion pack beside a slim new solid-state module, shot on warm 1980s film.

Energy

Someone Else's Battery: The Solid-State Decade, From a 2036 Repair Bay

Aug 6, 2026 7 MIN Caelus Ward

Energy

The Wavefront: How the Ocean's Last Energy Frontier Was Won by Subtraction, Looking Back From 2036

Oct 11, 2025 8 MIN Cy Skewhouse

A vast field of discarded solar panels stacked in leaning rows across cracked farmland under a harsh sun, with a marked well pump nearby.

Energy

The Silicon Graveyards: Looking Back From 2036 at Clean Energy's Dirty Secret

Oct 10, 2025 7 MIN Caelus Ward

A lone analyst stands in a suddenly silent trading floor as screens show electricity prices collapsing into negative territory.

Energy

When Cheap Power Became Worthless: A Solar Trader Looks Back From 2036

Oct 10, 2025 9 MIN Caelus Ward

An endless field of solar panels across the Mojave under harsh sun, a lone operator dwarfed on a service road.

Energy

The Solar Swerve: How 2036's Energy Revolution Could Eat Itself

Oct 10, 2025 9 MIN Caelus Ward