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Climate Stack, the podcast where digital technology meets the fight against climate change! If you're a software professional with a passion for solving hard problems and a drive to make a difference, you're in the right place. Your hosts Mansi and Joshua, are seasoned technologists who have dedicated decades to building enterprise software solutions in Silicon Valley. Driven by a shared commitment to leave behind a better world, they transitioned to climate action. Through Climate Stack, th ...
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The EV Grid Challenge: Making 280 Million Cars Work for the Grid w/ Apoorv Bhargava, CEO of WeaveGrid
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Show Notes We hear a lot about electrification as quickly as possible, but most of that takes the electric grid for granted that it can handle the demand. But our guest today, Apoorv Bhargava, points out that the demand posed by electric cars is akin to putting industrial levels of demand in every residential neighborhood. With ⅓ of new cars in the…
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"The Cure For Depression Is Action", Two Software Engineers fighting Climate Crisis!
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ClimateStack is all about showing that the technology skills you already have can be applied readily to real problems that matter. In this episode, we have two guests who are parade examples of this fact. They run a climate technology consultancy, and have seen great variety of climate tech projects from several angles. About Our Guests Jaime and J…
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Harnessing Data for Clean Power: Tyler McCandless on AI in Renewables
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In this episode of The Climate Stack, we dive into the cutting-edge applications of machine learning in renewable energy with Tyler McCandless, Head of Data Sciences at Equilibrium Energy. Tyler shares how data science is driving innovation in the sector, from improving risk modeling and ROI forecasting to predicting failures and optimizing energy …
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Powering the Future: Vish Ganti on Virtual Power Plants and Open Standards
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In this episode of The Climate Stack, Mansi sits down with Vish Ganti, a visionary product leader at the nexus of clean energy, AI, and fintech. Together, they explore the transformative potential of virtual power plants (VPPs) in reducing reliance on carbon-intensive peaker plants and stabilizing the grid. Vish sheds light on how VPPs integrate di…
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Data-Driven Charging: Jamie Schiel’s Vision for Smarter EV Infrastructure
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To beat fossil fuels for energy density and portability, EV charging has to be fast and ubiquitous. But the infrastructure to deliver charging is expensive, both in the chargers themselves and the power infrastructure to deliver the electricity. Companies delivering charging infrastructure are thus cautious, wanting to be sure they’ll make back the…
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Targeting Industrial Emissions with Eugenie.AI and Dr Soudip Roy Chowdhury
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In this episode we speak with Dr Soudip Roy Chowdhury, CEO of Eugenie.ai. Eugenie is building an AI platform that is helping to reduce carbon emissions from asset-heavy manufacturing operations. Many industrial processes, such as steel and cement production, require large amounts of energy to generate high temperature process heat. The current reli…
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Architecting Carbon Conscious Software, with Charles Humble
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In this episode we speak with Charles Humble, climate polymath and author, about why we as software engineers should think about energy consumption of our workloads. We also talk about how nascent legislation and standards are turning externalities into real costs, forcing innovation that gives us more control over software energy usage. Charles ha…
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AI Weather Forecasts for Climate Adaptation with Dr. Peetak Mitra
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In this episode we speak with Dr Peetak Mitra, veteran of countless climate change projects, on the founding team of Excarta, core member of ClimateChange.AI, and gracious human being. He illuminates the role AI/ML can play in adapting to a warming planet, describes the ML techniques his company employs in their breakthrough tools, and gives advice…
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