From pandemic to power grids

From pandemic to power grids

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National Grid maps its wildfire risk

From his early days as a paper boy and eagle scout to his time as a naval officer decades later, Casey Kirkpatrick has always believed in service. Today, after more than 25 years with the energy giant National Grid, he’s still serving. Casey directs National Grid’s strategic engi ...  عرض المزيد

How millions of small shifts make gigawatts of energy capacity

Most kids don’t think much about how buildings are powered or how much energy they waste. But growing up in an old, inefficient apartment building in New York, Ben Brown did. From an early age he knew he wanted to work on climate solutions and energy efficiency. That interest led ...  عرض المزيد

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Rick Caruso on LA’s Wildfires, Policy Failures, and the Path Forward
No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups

This week on No Priors, Elad sits down with Rick Caruso, LA real estate developer and runner-up in the 2022 mayoral race. With experience serving under three LA mayors, as well as on the police commission and the board of water and power, Rick offers a unique perspective on the s ...  عرض المزيد

What Can We Do About Wildfires? With Convective Capital’s Bill Clerico
No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups

This week on No Priors, Sarah and Elad sit down with Bill Clerico, founder of Convective Capital, an early stage venture fund focused on technology-driven solutions for wildfire mitigation and climate resilience. The wildfires in Los Angeles have caused unprecedented property dam ...  عرض المزيد

The politics of fire
Today, Explained

Wildfires overtook Los Angeles, firefighters ran out of water, and the political finger-pointing began. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Travis Larchuck, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Peter Balonon-Rosen, engineered by Patrick Boyd and A ...  عرض المزيد

Get Wired: The Science of Fire Tornadoes
Have A Nice Future | WIRED

California’s catastrophic 2020 wildfire season kicked off midway through the hottest August on record with a dry thunderstorm in which 12,000 lighting strikes ignited hundreds of fires over the course of a week. America’s best fire researchers have been trying to learn more about ...  عرض المزيد