118. Doubling Energy Efficiency - Feb24
Feb 5, 2024 ·
27m 32s
At COP28 was endorsed the concept of “tripling renewables” – all good, but a lot of people forgot to mention the rest of the sentence which is “and doubling of...
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At COP28 was endorsed the concept of “tripling renewables” – all good, but a lot of people forgot to mention the rest of the sentence which is “and doubling of Energy Efficiency”. In the latest IEA report, there is a 400bnUSD Energy Efficiency pie, almost at the level of Oil Upstream, and more than into Grids. Nobody talks about it. Buildings, Industrial, Transport. Electrification, Heat Pumps.
So, Laurent and Gerard thought that is was time. There are very few specialist of Energy Efficiency like Jonathan Maxwell.
Not only has he authored an extraordinary book called the EDGE, but he also manages Sustainable Development Capital SDCL, a multibillion Energy Efficiency fund. Efficient and decentralised generation of energy (or ‘EDGE’) solutions represent the largest, fastest, cheapest, and cleanest source of greenhouse gas emission reductions and energy security.
Datacenters, Lighting, Building, Heating, that’s the unknown world we are going to dive into. And it is a fast growing sector. Persistent tails winds such as energy security, decarbonisation and costs are powerful drivers for a continuous expansion of that sector.
We thank Aquila Capital for supporting our show
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So, Laurent and Gerard thought that is was time. There are very few specialist of Energy Efficiency like Jonathan Maxwell.
Not only has he authored an extraordinary book called the EDGE, but he also manages Sustainable Development Capital SDCL, a multibillion Energy Efficiency fund. Efficient and decentralised generation of energy (or ‘EDGE’) solutions represent the largest, fastest, cheapest, and cleanest source of greenhouse gas emission reductions and energy security.
Datacenters, Lighting, Building, Heating, that’s the unknown world we are going to dive into. And it is a fast growing sector. Persistent tails winds such as energy security, decarbonisation and costs are powerful drivers for a continuous expansion of that sector.
We thank Aquila Capital for supporting our show
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Sean
2 months ago
What a promising start to a podcast, that then so quickly went no where.
I am really surprised the hosts did not see the irony of talking about the energy efficiency of a 100MW power plant to power a Data Centre in Dublin. It seems the guest's company is involved in generation for this monstrosoty at a location closer than it would be otherwise - no mention of how much effeciency was to be gained, as there appears to be no outlet or need for the waste heat.
And come on - think a little and break it down - how much energy is going in to the CPU and memory doing real compute loads? I would wager less than 20%, while the rest is on fans and chillers to remove this heat.
While we're wagering - I'd bet some serious energy efficiencies could be gained through software optimization of both the processing load and utilization levels withing the data centre.
But I feel this is a combination of real men build data centres with their own generation - mainly so that they can't be blamed for overloading Irelands grid.
Seriously - we can't just say there is anything efficient about a 100MW data centre - to do so is putting lipstick on the pig.
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