Nuclear fusion, space-based solar, and other cool changes are on the horizon. But what has stayed the same over the past decade? This short reflection is the last episode of the show before I graduate with my masters focused on the electric power industry. 

Timestamps:

• 0:00-Intro
• 00:30-Nuclear Fusion vs SMRs
• 01:30-Natural Hydrogen
• 02:15-Solar Power From Space
• 03:50-Selling Electricity Directly to your Neighbors
• 05:30-AI challenges are new but also old
• 07:30-Transmission
• 08:15-Markets and Resilience
• 09:15-Concluding Thoughts
• 11:00-Secret Hidden Extras

Let me know how the electricity sector has changed since you started following/working/studying the sector. Episode comments are enabled on Spotify or find me on Twitter or Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/backonthegrid.bsky.social

Extras referenced at the end:

• My paper on a small part of PJM’s Capacity Market
• Building Energy Paper