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Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

I think it's the default.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

It might be 80%.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

Anyways, and then all they do is plug in when they get home and we'll decide exactly when it charges.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

They get the charge they want.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

But by us being able to control it automatically, it's not only grabbing electricity at the cheapest times, typically when it's windy and sunny, but it's also able to, for example, help balance the grid, help reduce the risk of the exact issues we've just been talking about.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

And in return, they get very cheap driving.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

So the scale of this is mad.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

In three years, we've gone from zero to 1.7 gigawatts.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

Now, that's the equivalent of nearly two mid-sized nuclear power stations.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

For free, right?

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

Because basically, this is a byproduct of the car.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

That's when cars, EVs, are only 5% of the fleet in the UK.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

So as you get towards EVs being 100% of the fleet, this isn't a bolt onto the energy system.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

It is the energy system.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

We're at the stage now

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

whether we're going to be winners and losers.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

So, for example, you mentioned zonal pricing and that, I mean, more than half the electricity in the OECD is under some locational pricing model.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

It is the norm.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

But as countries move to it, it means that, you know, some of the generators today that get paid that high national price for every unit, even though they'd happily charge less, get paid less.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?

They still get paid