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Podcast #15: Analytics, IT & People will power Transformative Change

Written by Ed Maguire | June 20, 2018

The Coming Clean Energy Wave – How Analytics, IT and People Will Power Transformative Change  - An Interview with Dr. Chandu Visweswariah, CEO and Founder of Utopus Insights

Dr. Chandu Visweswariah leads one of the most forward thinking teams in all of energy.  Utopus Insights (acquired by Vestas in February 2018) applies deep analytics and domain expertise to energy transmission and distribution and clean energy production assets. In our conversation, Chandu outlines the powerful forces setting the stage for clean energy (mostly solar and wind) to become dominant in the future. He discusses lessons from building his own zero-carbon home, the multiple dimensions of digitizing the energy industry, unique technology dynamics involved with energy and his optimistic visions for a future powered by clean sources. He also shares some of the obstacles and challenges ahead for utilities and governments to effectively traverse the coming transition of the energy markets. 

 

Book recommendations:

The Last Days of Night: A Novel by Graham Moore

Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't (Rockefeller Habits 2.0) by Verne Harnish

 

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