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About the Episode:
Christie Obiaya, CEO of Heliogen, discusses how their AI-controlled concentrating solar thermal technology is addressing one of the most challenging barriers to decarbonization: industrial emissions. Christie takes us through how this technology can be used to produce power for business operations, steam or heat for industrial purposes, and energy towards the generation of clean hydrogen. She also shares valuable insights on the application of renewable energy in industrial processes and the importance of education in decision-making to meet the necessary speed and scale of renewable technologies in the world's race to decarbonization.
Key Takeaways:
Long-Duration Storage: Heliogen's CSP technology provides 10+ hours of renewable energy storage, surpassing the efficiency of current batteries.
Versatile Outputs: Heliogen uses solar thermal technology, employing AI and innovative hardware for precision sunlight targeting and long-term energy storage. It can be used to produce multiple outputs like heat, steam, power, and hydrogen.
Timing: Christie emphasizes the importance of the advancements in modern chips like Nvidias GPUs for AI in allowing the level of precision necessary to finally bring CSP costs in line with PV and other generators.
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