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About the Episode:

Occasionally on the anniversary of an episode that really impacted us, we like to run a vignette of something we learned from such an episode to give new listeners (or those of you who just missed it originally) insight from the excellent content in our back catalog, much of which we believe is worth revisiting.

Wenbo Shi, CEO and Founder of Singularity Energy, discusses the pressing issue of GHG emissions and the vital role of accurate carbon data in fighting climate change. Many lack real-time data on their carbon footprint, especially in electricity usage. Traditional methods, offering outdated regional averages, don't align with the dynamic power grid, since there is increased renewable presence on the grid. Singularity Energy, born from Wenbo's pivot from energy management to carbon data, addresses this gap. The company provides precise, real-time carbon intensity data by merging public and proprietary utility data, exemplified by their partnership with Eversource. 

This episode highlights the critical role of real-time carbon data in emission reduction, aligning perfectly with Singularity Energy's mission to deliver up-to-date, granular grid carbon data. This empowers entities to make well-informed decisions, steering them towards effective carbon emission reduction strategies.

If you find this interesting, there's a lot more where that came from in the longer episode that ran exactly a year ago with Wenbo (link below).

Key Takeaways:

  1. Carbon Footprint Awareness: Most consumers and businesses have a limited understanding of their precise, real-time carbon footprint, particularly in relation to their electricity consumption. Visibility to this data can fundamentally change decision-making.

  2. Hyper-local Insight: Singularity Energy provides real-time, location-specific carbon intensity data by analyzing both public and proprietary utility grid operations data. Access to proprietary utility data allows for more accurate local carbon estimates than what is possible with public data alone.

  3. Progress Tracking: The detailed carbon data provided by Singularity Energy aids organizations in setting realistic emissions reduction targets and monitoring their progress towards these goals. Accurate carbon data measurement also facilitates prioritization of emissions reduction efforts, helping to justify costs and make data-driven decisions.

NOTEWORTHY QUOTE:

“Once you have the measurements, then you will have a much better understanding of which part of the system is more carbon intensive, it’s kind of like those hotspots on the maps, right. And then you will also have be able to identify specifically where you want to prioritize, right so that you can leverage those data and insights to inform those decisions, right so that you can accelerate and then measure the progress against your goals, so that you’re using the best information to make the best decisions to accelerate that process.”
— Wenbo Shi

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