Re-release: Flexibility as a service: Can Octopus's acquisition of Uplight finally make US residential VPPs work?
Millions of enrolled devices, 60 utilities, and the participation rate gap that's been embarrassing the US market for a decade. US residential virtual power plants have been a promising idea that's co...
3 Nov 45min
Re-release: Fuel cells are powering AI data center demand: they’ve moved from interesting clean tech to major player
We're looking back at some of our most popular episodes of the year. Here is one from January this year.US data centre announcements are averaging 435MW a month, and there’s around 175GW of large-load...
20 Okt 43min
Re-release: Building the plane while it’s flying: data centers, utilities, and the new rules of power
After more than a decade of flat demand, the US power sector is now facing explosive growth, arriving faster than grids, generation, and transmission can be built. In this episode, Interim host of Int...
6 Okt 44min
When hydro is no longer enough: Colombia’s race to diversify before the next El Niño
Colombia’s power system was built around a powerful advantage: abundant hydropower backed by domestic gas, delivering electricity that was relatively cheap, relatively clean, and largely local. But th...
22 Sep 42min
The fastest path to more power: How advanced conductors could unlock grid capacity without new transmission
The pressure on the power system is no longer theoretical. AI, data centers, electrification, and new industrial load are arriving faster than utilities can build generation and transmission through c...
15 Sep 46min
Speed to power: Why data-center load growth is creating a new opening for C&I solar, storage, and microgrids
After a decade of flat demand, power markets are being forced to absorb a very different problem: rapid load growth arriving faster than transmission, large-scale generation, and utility interconnecti...
8 Sep 49min
Thorium’s nuclear pitch: Can molten salt reactors cut cost, use waste, and scale faster than conventional designs?
Electricity demand is rising, capital is tightening, and nuclear is back in the conversation as utilities, governments, and large power users look for firm low-carbon supply. But the central question ...
25 Aug 39min
The inverter security turn: How Europe and the US are redrawing solar procurement around Chinese hardware
Solar demand remains strong, storage is scaling fast, and inverter technology is becoming more central to how modern power systems actually function. But the conversation around inverters is no longer...
11 Aug 38min
