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Renewable Rides is the guide to the corporate energy transition. Featuring interviews with industry experts and business leaders, Renewable Rides aims to help companies tackle challenges and maximize opportunities in the pursuit of a resilient, profitable, and thriving energy future. Hosts Gareth Evans and Dan Roberts, founders of VECKTA, shed light on the energy transition and the benefits it presents for company brand, operations and resilience.
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Top Moment from 2026 Energy Predictions and 2025 Reflections with Bill Nussey
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Is the massive AI data centre build-out solving tomorrow’s problems or creating new ones? In this highlight episode, we explore one of the most pressing questions at the intersection of energy, technology, and infrastructure: whether today’s AI-driven demand for power is sustainable, overstated, or heading toward a major correction.
You’ll learn how behind-the-meter energy systems, distributed batteries, and on-site generation could reshape the grid and why many companies are now “re-underwriting” their existing solar and energy assets to unlock more value. We also unpack the risks of an AI data centre bubble, how power demand may collapse faster than expected due to efficiency gains, and what this could mean for utilities, property owners, investors, and the broader economy.
What You’ll Learn in Today’s Episode:
- Why behind-the-meter energy matters more than people think.
- How batteries can relieve grid constraints.
- How AI data centers are driving energy narratives.
- Why AI power demand may be overstated.
- How efficiency gains could collapse grid demand.
- The risk of stranded data center assets.
- Lessons from past infrastructure bubbles.
- Why distributed energy could win long term.
Resources in Today's Episode:
- Bill Nussey: LinkedIn | X | Facebook | Podcast
- Freeing Energy: How Innovators Are Using Local-scale Solar and Batteries to Disrupt the Global Energy Industry from the Outside by Bill Nussey
- Gareth Evans: LinkedIn
- Dan Roberts: LinkedIn
- VECKTA: News
You can view a video of the conversation on VECKTA's website here: https://tinyurl.com/3t57e3bh