Fundamentals and Basics. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. As discussions and debates heat up on renewable resources and replacing fossil fuel burning power plants with solar and wind, the topic of reliability and economics is often lost in the shuffle and the point is usually muddled in those conversations if it is […]
Power Systems for the Rest of us (Perspectives on Energy)
Fundamentals and Basics. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. As discussions and debates heat up on renewable resources and replacing fossil fuel burning power plants with solar and wind, the topic of reliability and economics is often lost in the shuffle and the point is usually muddled in those conversations if it is […]
Grid Storage and Blackouts (Perspectives on Energy)
Batteries Used as Grid Forming Resources. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. As renewable resource variability has a well-documented impact on grid reliability, and Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) still beyond the commercially available horizon, utility scale batteries and their associated inverter-based technologies may not only smooth out that variability, but also serve as […]
HALEU – High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (Perspectives on Energy)
A New Era of Nuclear Power is Coming. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. As the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission work to get the commercial use of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium – HALEU – on the horizon, many in the legacy nuclear industry are still not quite up to speed […]
MARVEL – Micro Reactor Design Milestone (Perspectives on Energy)
Reaching Final Step. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL) Project has achieved reached 90 percent of its final design, a key step that will allow the project to move forward with fabrication and construction. Given the recent […]
History of Kanu O Ka ‘Āina Charter School (History is Here to Help)
A Hawaiian Charter School. The host for this show is Carl Ackerman. The guest is Taffi Wise. The discussion focuses on the history of one of the oldest and most established Hawaiian based charter schools on the Big Island of Hawai’i. The many joys and struggles in accomplishing the mission of Kanu are presented. The […]
YSH Empowering Youth (History is Here to Help)
Teaching Service-Learning. The host for this show is Carl Ackerman. The guest is Judy Cramer. Youth Service Hawaii has engaged students and teachers in Hawai’i for over two decades. Teaching kids to engage in service is a way to build good, model citizens and people of good character. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show […]
Are Reopened Schools Restoring Learning (The State of the State of Hawaii)
Do Students Benefit from Huge Fed Funding. The host for this show is Stephanie Dalton. The guest is Cheri Nakamura. Expert guest Dr. Cheri Nakamura, Director of HE’E Coalition, discusses how reopened schools are managing after years of Covid closings and remote instruction. She explains the influx of massive funding from the federal government to […]
Disinfecting the Air in Hawaii Schools (ThinkTech Tech Talks)
Deactivate Virus, Bacteria, Molds and Mildew. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Duane Ashimine. Duane Ashimine of Energy Industries brings us current on the Upper Room Air Disinfection unit that uses UV-C light to actively deactivate virus, bacteria and molds and mildew in the air above our heads. Energy Industries […]
DERs and Peer-to-Peer Energy Marketing (Perspectives on Energy)
Energy Trading at the Consumer Level. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. As rooftop solar, electric vehicles and other forms of energy generation and storage become widely available and affordable, more residential consumers of electricity will become ‘prosumers.’ This means they will have the capability of producing energy beyond their needs, storing it, […]