Podcasts: Fixing Texas’ Energy Grid | Doug Lewin | The Mining Pod 🔗 1 year ago
- Category: Podcasts | Compass Podcast | Bitcoin Mining News
- Author(s): William Foxley
- Published: 3rd January 2023 12:00
Today we are joined by Doug Lewin, President of Stoic Energy. We discuss the recent winter snap in Texas, what ERCOT is doing to fix the energy grid and how Bitcoin miners and other flexible loads fit into the Texas market.
https://douglewin.substack.com/p/2022-cold-snap-shows-resistance-is
Doug’s Podcast: https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/the-texas-power-podcast/
Doug Lewin: https://twitter.com/douglewinenergy
Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Start
00:52 Intro
01:36 Doug Lewin
02:21 Current state of the Texas grid
08:50 What energy source is to blame for failures?
11:13 Bad / Good Reductivity
15:56 House insulation & energy demand
22:15 Soulutions?
28:49 New power generation
34:46 Central planning of Texas grid
38:21 Energy storage
41:33 Bitcoin & critical flexible loads
44:03 2023 predictions
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