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Smart Meters, Dumb Rules, and Why AI is the New Electrification, with Felix Krause of Vireo Ventures
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Felix Krause is the Managing Partner at Vireo Ventures, a European VC fund betting that the future of energy is electric, distributed, and intelligently managed. Based in Berlin, Felix brings sector-specific clarity to the sprawling world of climate investing and makes a strong case for why electrons, not moonshots, will define the next great energy transition.
In this episode we talked about:
🔋 Why electrification isn’t just inevitable—it’s the most capital-efficient climate solution on offer
🔄 What "sector coupling" means, and how heat pumps, EVs, and industry can all talk to each other
🧠 Why AI is the new electrification, and how it makes an increasingly complex energy system legible
⚡ The distributed grid, smart meters, and how regulation is slowing everything down
🔐 Why cybersecurity for backyard solar systems might be our next national security crisis
🔌 The dark horses of climatetech: agrivoltaics and bi-directional EV charging
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Chapters
1. Sector Coupling in an Electrified World (00:00:00)
2. AI's Crucial Role in Energy Systems (00:09:27)
3. Distributed vs. Centralized Energy Models (00:14:46)
4. Making Energy Systems Legible with AI (00:24:29)
5. Cybersecurity Risks in Distributed Systems (00:27:32)
6. Underhyped Innovations: Agrivoltaics and EVs (00:30:03)
7. Building Successful Climate Tech Startups (00:35:11)
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