The energy revolution is coming, and it's all hands on deck. Amplifying the expertise of the leaders in the new energy economy and inviting diverse voices to the table, we'll talk solar power, battery storage and battery alternatives, microgrids, renewable energy, distributed energy architectures, energy policy, energy equity, and all things energy. I'm your host, Amy Simpkins, renewable energy CEO (and Rocket Scientist) and I am passionate about creating sustainable change. I believe that access to electricity is no longer a luxury -- it's a human right. I'm driven by the desire to leave this world better than I found it. I believe in the power of collaboration -- that innovation doesn't happen in a vacuum. And innovation is the only way our planet will survive. Recent natural disaster events impacting access to power, like the Texas Power Crisis during the winter storms of 2021 or the raging California wildfires of 2018-2020, combined with concern over anticipated future events, like a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake in Oregon, have elevated conversations about resilience, independence, and sustainability to new, more urgent heights...
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 5 hours 32 minutes
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episode 1: Episode 1.01 On Bringing All Minds to the Whiteboard with Amy Simpkins
In this episode, Power Flow host Amy Simpkins shares her vision for the podcast and the importance of collaboration in innovation.
Featuring conversations with energy experts, Power Flow showcases all things energy: the new energy economy, the all-electric future, sustainability, resilience, and equity.
Learn how microgrid project development is similar to spacecraft acquisition...
episode 2: Episode 1.02 On Battery Technology Innovation with Eloisa de Castro
In this episode, we get nerdy about batteries and how battery technology has the power to drive the energy transition.
Energy storage is a crucial piece of the clean energy future. It mitigates the intermittency of nondispatchable renewable generation like solar or wind and allows us to shift energy to when it is truly needed while also providing grid stability...
episode 3: Episode 1.03 On the Future of Transactive Energy with Kay Aikin
As we transition to an all-electric future, we are presented with an unprecedented opportunity to control individual device usage to be more efficient. How do edge devices “decide” whether it’s efficient to operate? Perhaps the answer lies in proper economic incentive. Transactive energy is a concept where the instantaneous price of energy allows the grid to communicate its challenges to users and for users to communicate back to the grid their priorities...
episode 4: Episode 1.04 On EV Infrastructure and Green Workforce Development with Kameale Terry
One of the biggest concerns I have heard from laypeople about the electric vehicle transition is about the availability of charging stations. Kameale Terry is helping to address that need with ChargerHelp! which boasts a specialized workforce of charging station maintenance professionals, able to troubleshoot non-working EV charging stations and get them back online...
episode 5: Episode 1.05 On Citizen Power for the Climate Crisis with Leslie Glustrom
What can regular citizens possibly do about climate change? To move the clean energy transition forward?
Leslie Glustrom was a humble scientist who "belongs in a lab working on a problem only one or two other people understand." But as a mom she couldn't shake the feeling that she needed to do something, anything, to leave a cleaner planet for her kids...
episode 6: Episode 1.06 On the Power of Holistic, Incremental Transformation with Liana Cassar
As an energy industry professional, I know that energy policy is important, but policymaking itself remains something of a black box.
State representative Liana Cassar of Rhode Island is pulling back the curtain for us today.
Liana's professional background is systems thinking and design for the health care sector, but as a legislator, she balances myriad legislative priorities including energy policy...
episode 6: 2.06 On Architecting the Clean Energy Future through Collaboration with Amy Simpkins featuring Laura Novak
For this 20th Power Flow episode, we flip the script - Power Flow Creative Director, Laura Novak, interviews our erstwhile host, Amy Simpkins, putting her on the hot seat and giving her a dose of her own tough questions.
As co-founder and CEO at muGrid Analytics, Amy Simpkins solves wicked problems at the intersection of energy technology and economics using math and modeling...
episode 7: Episode 1.07 On Stewardship of Aging Assets and Reuse with Zora Chung
Battery energy storage is getting a great deal of press because of the way it is revolutionizing transportation and vehicle electrification as well as how it enables higher penetration of non-dispatchable renewable energy generation, both in front of and behind the meter.
But questions about battery end of life plague the technology...
episode 8: Episode 1.08 On Weaving a Narrative of Hope with Una Nowling
The path to a clean energy future is likely not a straightforward one, strewn with complexities. Luckily, engineers love unpacking complexity.
Our guest this week is Una Nowling, a study in paradox. Una is a fuels engineer who knows so much about coal, she has been nicknamed by colleagues and clients "The Coal Goddess." Even so, Una is relentlessly committed to decarbonization...
episode 9: Episode 1.09 On Empowering Energy Champions with Katherine Lucey
Energy access affects health, safety, and education. Seventy-five percent of Africa’s population live without access to modern energy, and women are affected the most.
Our guest this week is Katherine Lucey, who is bringing the light to communities in Africa – literally. Her non-profit organization, Solar Sister, recruits women in sub-Saharan Africa and trains them in business skills...
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