Michael Barnard welcomes CEO and co-founder of Camus Energy, Astrid Atkinson, to Redefining Energy - Tech for the second half of their lengthy discussion. Astrid shares her background in big tech at Google before transitioning to grid management in the energy industry. She discusses the parallels between building reliable software systems and decarbonizing the grid. Her interest in climate change inspired her to apply her skills towards creating utility grade reliability for electrical...

Michael Barnard welcomes CEO and co-founder of Camus Energy, Astrid Atkinson, to Redefining Energy - Tech for the first half of their lengthy discussion. Astrid shares her background in big tech at Google before transitioning to grid management in the energy industry. She discusses the parallels between building reliable software systems and decarbonizing the grid. Her interest in climate change inspired her to apply her skills towards creating utility grade reliability for electrical...

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) along with Canadian, EU and other jurisdictional policies are incentivizing a transition to green hydrogen, albeit in different ways and with often foolish use cases. If governmental money is a thumb on the scale, they should be insuring that the hydrogen actually is green. From that perspective, three terms become important: additionality, temporality and locality. They aren't in the debate for heat pumps or EVs, but are in the debate for hydrogen. Paul...

As heat waves bake Asia, Gerard, Laurent and Michael discuss the implications. Even at 1.2° Celsius of warming, the impacts are already very significant, and more warming is baked in. But this black cloud comes with silver linings.CATL made significant announcements related to batteries, and in Gerard’s opinion, CATL has earned credibility, so unlike many announcement in the battery space, these don’t need a cubic meter of salt. 500 Watt/hour per kilogram solid-state batteries roll over the...

Michael Barnard has been researching, analyzing and publishing on the biggest hitters in decarbonization transformation for years. His multi-decade scenarios of major concern areas such hydrogen, marine shipping, aviation and grid storage help shape investment, policy and corporate strategies around the world. He assists investors, Boards and start ups to pick the best course through the next few years by understanding what is most likely to still be valuable in the 2030s and 2040s. And now...

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This is Episode 54 of Redefining Energy MInutes