energy

energy writing

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I share research and thoughts at my newsletter, this is going to be electric.

 

Topics I’ve written about:

 

 

 

 

visualizing the energy stack

building a solar-powered battery pack for backpacking

I’ve been drawn to climate work since early high school.

 

In public forum debate I argued the merits of carbon credits. At Duke, I studied policy and sat on the University’s Climate Commitment Advisory Council (CCAC) as student body president. At McKinsey I worked with HVAC efficiency climate tech startup Sealed while helping scale the InNYC Startup Accelerator. Today, I’m compelled by energy not just because it’s essential, but because it’s hard.

 

It’s hardware-first, governed by regulation. Demand is set to rise 50% by 2050, largely due to AI. I care that we rise to meet that demand through a clean transition.

I’m an optimist at heart and especially curious about the intersection between hard x soft tech.

Over the past few months, I’ve been writing and sharing projects on Substack. I cohost monthly energy dinners in NYC with my friend Johann.

 

If you’re building in energy or exploring, reach out!

Link here [WIP].

 

I’m building a visual exploration of the energy stack, from generation to distribution. It covers 6 clean power generation sources (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass, nuclear) + storage (batteries) + DERs (distributed energy resources), interconnection, transmission lines, substations, distribution lines, and delivery to end users, like you and me.

I built from scratch a solar-powered battery pack to charge my electronics with for my July 2025 backpacking trip to Banff. It was my first ever hardware project. With Claude’s help, it only took me ~3 days.

 

The project was inspired by a conversation had at Edge Esmeralda. My takeaway from it was that in this day and age, there’s no reason why you can’t just build anything.

 

You can read about starting the project and building the MVP in part 1 and completing the build, taking it into the wild, and LLM learnings in part 2.

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energy writing

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I share research and thoughts at my newsletter, this is going to be electric.

 

Topics I’ve written about:

 

 

 

 

visualizing the energy stack

building a solar-powered battery pack for backpacking

I’ve been drawn to climate work since early high school.

 

In public forum debate I argued the merits of carbon credits. At Duke, I studied policy and sat on the University’s Climate Commitment Advisory Council (CCAC) as student body president. At McKinsey I worked with HVAC efficiency climate tech startup Sealed while helping scale the InNYC Startup Accelerator. Today, I’m compelled by energy not just because it’s essential, but because it’s hard.

 

It’s hardware-first, governed by regulation. Demand is set to rise 50% by 2050, largely due to AI. I care that we rise to meet that demand through a clean transition.

I’m an optimist at heart and especially curious about the intersection between hard x soft tech.

Over the past few months, I’ve been writing and sharing projects on Substack. I cohost monthly energy dinners in NYC with my friend Johann.

 

If you’re building in energy or exploring, reach out!

Link here [WIP].

 

I’m building a visual exploration of the energy stack, from generation to distribution. It covers 6 clean power generation sources (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass, nuclear) + storage (batteries) + DERs (distributed energy resources), interconnection, transmission lines, substations, distribution lines, and delivery to end users, like you and me.

I built from scratch a solar-powered battery pack to charge my electronics with for my July 2025 backpacking trip to Banff. It was my first ever hardware project. With Claude’s help, it only took me ~3 days.

 

The project was inspired by a conversation had at Edge Esmeralda. My takeaway from it was that in this day and age, there’s no reason why you can’t just build anything.

 

You can read about starting the project and building the MVP in part 1 and completing the build, taking it into the wild, and LLM learnings in part 2.

home

exploring

gallery

writing

about me

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energy

energy writing

projects

I share research and thoughts at my newsletter, this is going to be electric.

 

Topics I’ve written about:

 

 

 

 

visualizing the energy stack

building a solar-powered battery pack for backpacking

I’ve been drawn to climate work since early high school.

 

In public forum debate I argued the merits of carbon credits. At Duke, I studied policy and sat on the University’s Climate Commitment Advisory Council (CCAC) as student body president. At McKinsey I worked with HVAC efficiency climate tech startup Sealed while helping scale the InNYC Startup Accelerator. Today, I’m compelled by energy not just because it’s essential, but because it’s hard.

 

It’s hardware-first, governed by regulation. Demand is set to rise 50% by 2050, largely due to AI. I care that we rise to meet that demand through a clean transition.

I’m an optimist at heart and especially curious about the intersection between hard x soft tech.

Over the past few months, I’ve been writing and sharing projects on Substack. I cohost monthly energy dinners in NYC with my friend Johann.

 

If you’re building in energy or exploring, reach out!

Link here [WIP].

 

I’m building a visual exploration of the energy stack, from generation to distribution. It covers 6 clean power generation sources (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass, nuclear) + storage (batteries) + DERs (distributed energy resources), interconnection, transmission lines, substations, distribution lines, and delivery to end users, like you and me.

I built from scratch a solar-powered battery pack to charge my electronics with for my July 2025 backpacking trip to Banff. It was my first ever hardware project. With Claude’s help, it only took me ~3 days.

 

The project was inspired by a conversation had at Edge Esmeralda. My takeaway from it was that in this day and age, there’s no reason why you can’t just build anything.

 

You can read about starting the project and building the MVP in part 1 and completing the build, taking it into the wild, and LLM learnings in part 2.

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