Grid

Making sense of the data center backlash

A crossover with Jigar Shah's "Energy Empire" podcast!

Jul 20 • David Roberts

59:00

Spreading the good news about electrification

A conversation with Hawaii state Senator Chris Lee about his Electric Innovation Initiative.

Jul 15 • David Roberts

1:01:37

Why is NERC so worried about data centers?

How massive AI & crypto loads are threatening grid stability, and what Colin McCormick and Doug Bryan say we must do to fix it.

Jun 10 • David Roberts

1:11:58

Sooner than you think, electricity is going to be cheap, abundant, and boring

How batteries can enable big new loads like data centers to reduce electricity rates and increase grid reliability.

May 20 • David Roberts

1:44:04

Telling the story of the grid

Stepchange podcast hosts Ben Eidelson and Anay Shah discuss the wild, complicated history of the largest machine ever built.

May 15 • David Roberts

1:29:47

The case for using prices rather than VPPs to coordinate distributed energy

Researcher Bruce Nordman explains how dynamic, real-time pricing can do the work of coordinating DERs.

May 8 • David Roberts

1:28:35

Doing data centers the not-dumb way

Jigar Shah joins me to break down why powering new data centers with behind-the-meter natural gas plants is an engineering and economic disaster.

Apr 15 • David Roberts

1:30:57

For data centers, a little flexibility goes a long way

Why developers are scrambling for off-grid jet engines, and how we could fix our broken grid interconnection process instead.

Mar 25 • David Roberts

1:10:37

What is PJM and why is everyone so mad about it?

Clara Summers & I discuss rising prices & growing political discontent in PJM, the country's largest power market.

Feb 20 • David Roberts

1:15:28

Taiwan's energy dilemma

Yeh-Tang "Ricky" Huang and I discuss the struggle to build renewables, the nuclear debate, and the promise of geothermal power.

Feb 4 • David Roberts

1:09:45

Let's dig a little deeper into virtual power plants (VPPs)

EnergyHub CEO Seth Frader-Thompson joins me to distinguish between old-school demand response and true virtual power plants (VPPs).

Jan 21 • David Roberts

1:15:18

Making the electricity grid work like the internet

Jonas Birgersson joins me to explain how "packet-switching" for electrons can lead to energy abundance and grid resilience.

Jan 14 • David Roberts

1:29:10

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