S5E13 Paul Lee | Cities of the Future & Renewable Energy

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Aaron Moncur interviews Paul Lee about his career in renewable energy engineering and his role in the documentary "Cities of the Future." They discuss emerging sustainable energy technologies and the challenges and opportunities in transitioning to renewable sources

Main Topics:

• Space-based solar power
• Vertical air taxis
• Wind and solar farm technology
• Hydrogen fuel cells
• Smart buildings
• Battery storage
• Rooftop solar costs
• Engineering collaboration
• Cities of the future film

About the guest: Paul Lee is a renewable energy engineer in Los Angeles who is always searching for new ways to harness energy from sustainable sources. His current work involves planning resources for a 100% clean energy city as an Energy Policy Analyst with the Mayor’s Office of Energy and Sustainability of the City of Los Angeles. He has also worked on developing projects such as utility scale wind, solar, geothermal, biomass resources as well as energy storage such as batteries, pumped hydro, and other emerging technologies.

Links:

Paul Lee - LinkedIn
American Society of Civil Engineers
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1. S5E13 Paul Lee | Cities of the Future & Renewable Energy (00:00:00)

2. Paul Lee's motivation to become an engineer (00:02:40)

3. Discussion of Cities of the Future film (00:03:18)

4. Details on space-based solar power research (00:07:10)

5. Advancements in wind turbine technology (00:09:14)

6. Smart buildings technology deployment (00:13:28)

7. Advice for sustainable city policymakers (00:19:31)

8. Potential for hydrogen energy storage (00:21:51)