Energy flexibility is becoming a standard way of operating an electricity grid. By orchestrating DERs to reduce demand or export electricity we can reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and make energy cheaper.

What happens when techno-optimism meets energy system realism? My latest for @BloombergNEF is a long read on AI, called The Power and the Glory. So that's Boxing Day sorted!
about.bnef.com/blog/liebrei...

The next piece in my series about Grid Management Software is about Orchestration platforms: www.software.energy/p/grid-manag...

There are already standards for demand response such as OpenADR and IEEE 2030.5. Curious to know what Kraken and EPRI are thinking here: www.utilitydive.com/news/epri-kr...

This is a great piece about how software can help quicken the process for adding renewable energy sources to the grid by @jeffstjohn.bsky.social : www.canarymedia.com/articles/tra...

If you just arrived, and you're still processing last week's loss, here's some personal reflections, drawing on my two decades in the climate fight, on where we go next...

Fascinating piece about how Google X's Tapestry project aims to provide a Google Maps for electrons: www.latitudemedia.com/news/in-chil...

The next post in my series about grid management software is about Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS): www.software.energy/p/grid-manag...

A bit late to this but this was a great podcast about smart meter data by @volts.wtf. Lots of great stuff about software and open standards: www.volts.wtf/p/free-the-s...

this is bonkers @zaneselvans.org

"Bitcoin miners either sell power back to providers at a profit or stop mining for a fee, paid by ERCOT. Doing so has become more lucrative than mining itself. In August 2023 Riot collected $32m from curtailing mining and just $8.6m from selling bitcoin."

"And as with the Cummings plan, which he claimed to have modelled on Nasa, there will also be access to real-time data to track key metrics — such as NHS waiting times, prison places and crime statistics — on which to base decisions."

Will mission teams need "real time data"? 🧵

Interesting piece about using GPUs to do power flow simulations on the electricity grid: www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-tra...

I made two Starter Packs of journalists who work on climate, energy, and the environment.

Here’s the first one (I ran out of room so there’s another). I hope it’s useful and please let me know if there’s someone else I should add (to the second one).

go.bsky.app/2TNd1Ya

This is a great piece about the limitations of data when it comes to public policy making: issues.org/limits-of-da...

Having just read "The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet" & @akshatrathi.bsky.social's "Climate Capitalism" back-to-back, it feels like one clear takeaway is "Capitalism" means too many different things to different people for it to be useful without sharing a lot more context. 🔌💡

Historically the electricity grid has been a top-down, centralised system. This is now changing due to DERs, EVs and battery storage. We need new software solutions to handle the changing grid such as Advanced Distributions Management Systems (ADMS).

"If you're using the most sustainable digital infrastructure you can find, and then using it to accelerate oil and gas extraction and slow down a transition away from fossil fuels, it does more than just cancel out your hard work to source and design systems responsibly"

@mrchrisadams.bsky.social

I've written about Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) and software: open.substack.com/pub/stephend.... We’re seeing more and more distributed energy resources (DERs) coming onto the grid (e.g. EVs, home batteries, smart thermostats etc).