E129: The AI Solution the Grid Desperately Needs with Gridmatic

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.This week on Everybody in the Pool, 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.We talk about:Why forecasting renewable output is so much harder than forecasting demandHow Gridmatic uses AI to predict real-time price spikes a full day ahead and position batteries accordinglyWhy Texas's grid interconnection queue has ballooned to 230 gigawatts when the state only uses 90 on its hottest dayWhat "Controllable Load Resources" are, and why they might be the key to unlocking faster grid interconnection for data centersThe crucial missing link between the vision of virtual power plants and actual grid reliability, and how software finally closes that loopLinks:Gridmatic: https://www.gridmatic.com/All episodes: https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/2EsDhwQC2zSubscribe to the Everybody in the Pool newsletter: https://www.mollywood.co/Become a member for the ad-free version of the show: https://everybodyinthepool.supercast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.