Since 2020, aircraft flying in North America and Europe must broadcast out Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADSB) data*. I’ve been working on a project, SkyZero.io since September that makes use of this data. Since the aircraft broadcasts are by design readable by anyone with the right radio hardware and software, several networks have cropped up that … Continue reading
Category Archives: Climate Tech
Optimizing Energy Monitoring Tools for Distributed Energy Systems
If you are operating a portfolio of distributed energy systems, chances are that you’re interacting with a number of different inverter manufacturers, and relying on the data from the cloud-based monitoring systems that they provide. One critical question to ask if you are relying on these different data sources is, “Do all of the monitoring … Continue reading
Revolutionizing Urban Mobility: The Rise of Battery Swapping in East Africa
Living in the US, Canada, or even much of Europe you’d be excused for thinking the story about electric vehicles (EVs) is largely about passenger cars. Our media seems to promote this belief, publishing mostly stories about automakers and passenger cars. This enthusiasm is well placed, of course, as in 2022 Bloomberg NEF estimated the … Continue reading