{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64558952edc160001121ec0b/69cdf6697d4a54c65716bef1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"E129: The AI Solution the Grid Desperately Needs with Gridmatic","description":"<p>The grid is getting smarter, cleaner, and infinitely more complicated all at once. Enter Gridmatic, a company using artificial intelligence to do what old-school grid modeling can’t: predict when the wind will blow, when prices will spike, and exactly when to charge or discharge a battery.</p><p><br></p><p>This week on <em>Everybody in the Pool</em>, Molly is joined by David Miller, Chief Commercial Officer at Gridmatic, to nerd out about why managing a grid full of renewables is so much harder than managing one full of coal and gas, and what it actually takes to make renewable energy reliable at scale.</p><p><br></p><h3>We talk about:</h3><ul><li>Why forecasting renewable output is so much harder than forecasting demand</li><li>How Gridmatic uses AI to predict real-time price spikes a full day ahead and position batteries accordingly</li><li>Why Texas's grid interconnection queue has ballooned to 230 gigawatts when the state only uses 90 on its hottest day</li><li>What \"Controllable Load Resources\" are, and why they might be the key to unlocking faster grid interconnection for data centers</li><li>The crucial missing link between the vision of virtual power plants and actual grid reliability, and how software finally closes that loop</li></ul><h3>Links:</h3><ul><li>Gridmatic: <a href=\"https://www.gridmatic.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gridmatic.com/</a></li><li>All episodes: <a href=\"https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/</a></li><li>Join our <strong>Discord</strong>! <a href=\"https://discord.gg/2EsDhwQC2z\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://discord.gg/2EsDhwQC2z</a></li><li>Subscribe to the Everybody in the Pool newsletter: <a href=\"https://www.mollywood.co/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.mollywood.co/</a></li><li>Become a member for the ad-free version of the show: <a href=\"https://everybodyinthepool.supercast.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://everybodyinthepool.supercast.com/</a></li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Molly Wood"}