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On today’s episode, we talk with Amy Simpkins, CEO of muGrid Analytics about Microgrids, Innovation, and Travel.   Read her full bio below.

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Showtimes:
1:38 Nic & Sam talk about trains
5:48  Interview with Amy Simpkins starts
14:53  Microgrids
29:45  Innovation
42:00  Travel

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Connect with Amy Simpkins at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amylsimpkins/

Guest Bio:
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. muGrid provides bankable techno-economic analysis, optimized control, and project development of renewable energy, energy storage, and microgrids to maximize economic return, increase energy resilience, and promote energy equity in the US and around the world. Amy is the author of Spiral: A Catalyst for Innovation and Expansion and host of the Power Flow Podcast, which amplifies diverse voices in the clean energy revolution. Amy holds Master's in Astronautical Engineering from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor's in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT.

Music Credits
Intro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace Mesa
Outro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs Muller

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