Fixing Texas’ Energy Grid | Doug Lewin | The Mining Pod

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English - January 03, 2023 12:00 - 47 minutes - ★★★★★ - 36 ratings
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Today we are joined by Doug Lewin, President of Stoic Energy. We discuss the recent winter snap in Texas, what ERCOT is doing to fix the energy grid and how Bitcoin miners and other flexible loads fit into the Texas market.

https://douglewin.substack.com/p/2022-cold-snap-shows-resistance-is

https://linktr.ee/douglewin

Doug’s Podcast: https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/the-texas-power-podcast/

Doug Lewin: https://twitter.com/douglewinenergy

Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Start

00:52 Intro

01:36 Doug Lewin

02:21 Current state of the Texas grid

08:50 What energy source is to blame for failures?

11:13 Bad / Good Reductivity

15:56 House insulation & energy demand

22:15 Soulutions?

28:49 New power generation

34:46 Central planning of Texas grid

38:21 Energy storage