Archive - Volts

December 2024

Happy holidays!

See you next year.

Dec 23, 2024 •

The promise of residential VPPs

How Renew Home is building a massive virtual power plant by tapping into millions of smart thermostats that are already in people's homes 🏠⚡️

Dec 20, 2024 •

1:08:30

Should we put utilities in charge of distributed energy?

The grid needs to double in size - and the solution might be giving utilities control over DERs.

Dec 18, 2024 •

1:53:26

Volts community thread #13

Open to all free & paid subscribers.

Dec 17, 2024 •

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Time to stop taking hydropower for granted?

A closer look at hydropower's essential role in enabling renewable energy growth, and the challenges it faces.

Dec 13, 2024 •

1:02:51

Can we avoid the enshittification of clean-energy tech?

Cory Doctorow describes how software platform technologies go wrong and what it might look like when our homes and vehicles are on those platforms.

Dec 11, 2024 •

1:37:15

Some thoughts on Volts' fourth birthday

Sailing into darker waters, independent media is more important than ever.

Dec 6, 2024 •

Climate change and insurance: a growing fustercluck

Climate change is breaking the insurance market, and state governments can't afford to pick up the pieces

Dec 4, 2024 •

1:06:47

November 2024

Mailbag episode - Nov. 2024

Political dissociation, glimmers of hope, and we're all bad at predicting the future.

Nov 29, 2024 •

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