David Roberts (Volts) - Latest News and Information
Energy journalist/podcaster covering power markets, VPPs, DERs, transmission, permitting, and decarbonization strategy.
Today on Volts: Kunal Girotra applied the lessons he learned from starting Tesla's home-energy business to Lunar, a startup sells simple, modular home battery & software systems. The idea is to make solar panels, smart devices, & VPPs "plug & play" & minimize the customer fiddling involved. https://www.volts.wtf/p/a-tesla-vet-tries-to-master-the-vpp
Today on Volts: perhaps you've heard that a group of billionaires is planning to build a big (400K residents) new city in Northern California. I talked to the ringleader Jan Sramek about it. And talked. And talked. The first half...
Today on Volts: for the next few decades, we'll be in the "mid-transition," with clean energy systems growing as FF systems decline. Those FF systems will not decline smoothly -- there will be thresholds, "cliffs," where they suddenly crumble --...
