curiousChallenge Explorer
Energy Innovationadvanced~50 mins

Design an energy system capable of powering an entire sustainable community.

Powering a whole community sustainably means balancing generation, storage, demand and fairness — especially when the sun and wind don't follow our schedules..

Real-world context

Powering a whole community sustainably means balancing generation, storage, demand and fairness — especially when the sun and wind don't follow our schedules.

The challenge

Design an energy system capable of powering an entire sustainable community. Study who is affected, dig past the obvious symptoms to the real root causes, and design a solution that could actually work in the real world. There is no single correct answer — what matters is the quality of your thinking, the stakeholders you consider, and how clearly you justify your chosen direction.

Reflection prompts

  • Who is most affected by this problem, and how did you account for them?
  • What is the single biggest risk to your solution working?
  • Which assumption, if wrong, would break your whole idea?