Welcome back to Wicked Problems. The climate tech podcast and newsletter that while not at Climate Coachella in person has spent enough time at ExpoCity in Dubai to wonder if COP28 kept the Irish pub on site.
Serious work was continuing at COP in between Siberian Jurassic Park Woolly Mammoth exhibitions and unalloyed trade show booths - including the pledge to #3xRenewables by 2030. That’s been the planned positive headline for this COP since January. And while it would be good news, is the grid ready for that? Or will too much of the wind and solar built using trillions in (mostly private) investment find itself curtailed - aka wasted - rather than replacing old fossil fuel generating plants and meeting new demand?
Gerhard Salge is Chief Technology Officer of Hitachi Energy and is one of the world’s foremo…
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