Google wants to power all its facilities around the world with clean energy, every hour of every day, 24/7. I talk with the company's director of energy about how the effort is going, which technologies can help, and what policies can enable transformation for the entire grid.
When I listened to this Michael Terrell podcast I heard the discussion come up that Regional Markets, like in the south-east, would help the cause of combatting climate change. After talking with an official at the CA Energy Commision, he told me that CA does indeed import 30% of its energy from Hydro in Canada and other places. So we know that at least there is some Regional Markets in the West (Washington already has an extremely high renewable % of its total energy usage). As far as participation in Public Utility Commission hearings, I am aware of CA having a very packed house of citizens attending and phoning into the hearings against CA utilities Taxing rooftop solar and wanting to dramatically reduce the Net Metering refund to solar customers (1.4 million in CA) with excess solar energy. So we know that at least CA has very populated hearings.
I loved this episode, thank you for it. It also makes me hope that you might consider having Danny Cullenward on the podcast at some point to talk about carbon market policy and his book with David Victor, Making Climate Policy Work. I don't know Dr. Cullenward, but the book is a really thorough assessment/critique of offsets, carbon markets and policy. I think Terrell and the Google team are really going down the best path- I found Cullenward & Victor's book to be a helpful frame around the challenges and opportunities for how this might happen at scale.
David - the comment not so much on target with the posting re: Google. Am interested to hear thoughts about change in ownership status re: Twitter. And maybe more broadly, use of social media as means to move energy transition along . . . .
Volts podcast: Michael Terrell on Google's pursuit of 24/7 clean energy
When I listened to this Michael Terrell podcast I heard the discussion come up that Regional Markets, like in the south-east, would help the cause of combatting climate change. After talking with an official at the CA Energy Commision, he told me that CA does indeed import 30% of its energy from Hydro in Canada and other places. So we know that at least there is some Regional Markets in the West (Washington already has an extremely high renewable % of its total energy usage). As far as participation in Public Utility Commission hearings, I am aware of CA having a very packed house of citizens attending and phoning into the hearings against CA utilities Taxing rooftop solar and wanting to dramatically reduce the Net Metering refund to solar customers (1.4 million in CA) with excess solar energy. So we know that at least CA has very populated hearings.
I loved this episode, thank you for it. It also makes me hope that you might consider having Danny Cullenward on the podcast at some point to talk about carbon market policy and his book with David Victor, Making Climate Policy Work. I don't know Dr. Cullenward, but the book is a really thorough assessment/critique of offsets, carbon markets and policy. I think Terrell and the Google team are really going down the best path- I found Cullenward & Victor's book to be a helpful frame around the challenges and opportunities for how this might happen at scale.
AI and algorithms should be more energy efficient. E.g., https://pryon.com/2022/04/22/pryon-develops-eco-friendly-training-for-ai-algorithms/
David - the comment not so much on target with the posting re: Google. Am interested to hear thoughts about change in ownership status re: Twitter. And maybe more broadly, use of social media as means to move energy transition along . . . .