“A lot of climate technologies are sitting in a laboratory somewhere and haven’t found a pathway to market,” Alexander Bent, managing partner at investment firm Undivided Ventures, said on Friday at the BEYOND EXPO 2024 tech conference in Macao. Distributed energy resourcesThe stark reality is that among all the emerging climate technologies that have the potential to enable a clean energy transition, less than half of them have been put to use at scale. Distributed solar power, which usually refers to solar panels installed on the roofs of homes, are tipped to become another major source of renewable energy in China. In fact, an integrated solution comprising solar panels and EV batteries could be ideal for families looking to power their mode of transport by their own renewable energy source. People will be able to charge their electric cars with solar energy, “a safe, reliable, and cost-wise [affordable solution],” said Wan Xiaojun, a director of EVPS Anhui Co., Ltd, a Chinese lithium-ion power battery maker.