<p>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.</p><br><p>This week on <em>Everybody in the Pool</em>, 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.</p><p><br></p><h3>We talk about:</h3><ul><li>Why forecasting renewable output is so much harder than forecasting demand</li><li>How Gridmatic uses AI to predict real-time price spikes a full day ahead and position batteries accordingly</li><li>Why Texas's grid interconnection queue has ballooned to 230 gigawatts when the state only uses 90 on its hottest day</li><li>What "Controllable Load Resources" are, and why they might be the key to unlocking faster grid interconnection for data centers</li><li>The crucial missing link between the vision of virtual power plants and actual grid reliability, and how software finally closes that loop</li></ul><h3>Links:</h3><ul><li>Gridmatic: <a href="https://www.gridmatic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gridmatic.com/</a></li><li>All episodes: <a href="https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/</a></li><li>Join our <strong>Discord</strong>! <a href="https://discord.gg/2EsDhwQC2z" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/2EsDhwQC2z</a></li><li>Subscribe to the Everybody in the Pool newsletter: <a href="https://www.mollywood.co/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mollywood.co/</a></li><li>Become a member for the ad-free version of the show: <a href="https://everybodyinthepool.supercast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://everybodyinthepool.supercast.com/</a></li></ul><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>