energy + hardware
energy writing
energy projects
I share research and thoughts at my newsletter, this is going to be electric.
Topics I’ve written about:
- a high-level intro to the future of clean energy x tech x policy
- generation: solar, wind, hydropower
- generation: geothermal, biomass, nuclear
- what is energy transmission?
- what is interconnection?
- interconnection solutions and startups
- what is energy distribution?
visualizing the energy stack
building a solar-powered battery pack for backpacking
In high school, I debated carbon taxes. In college, I studied policy and sat on University advisory councils and the Board of Trustees as student body president. At my first job, I supported HVAC efficiency climate tech startup Sealed as part of the InNYC Startup Accelerator.
I want to solve problems in energy because it’s essential; for national and economic security - and everyone needs it. It’s also a gnarly problem space. I care that we rise to meet the current onslaught of energy demand responsibly, that we win the energy transition.
As a first step, I quit my job a few months ago to develop renewable power for data centers.
I cohost monthly energy / climate dinners in NYC with my friend Johann. Our aspiration is to build a local community for more energy folks to meet each other, yap about the industry, and recruit more people into the space.
Please reach out if you’d like to join us for dinner or just to chat about energy and infrastructure!
[Incomplete].
A visual exploration of the energy stack, from generation to distribution. Covering 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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hardware
Currently exploring the gap between AI progress + hardware implementation across industrial sectors.
Spoke to engineers at Meta, Apple, Nvidia, John Deere, and medtech firms who aren't leveraging these advances - most still do failure analysis via Excel screenshots and manual workflows. Bottlenecks seem to be technical, regulatory, and cultural. Interested in how AI collides with physical constraints including robotics and infrastructure buildout.
energy + hardware
energy writing
energy projects
I share research and thoughts at my newsletter, this is going to be electric.
Topics I’ve written about:
- a high-level intro to the future of clean energy x tech x policy
- generation: solar, wind, hydropower
- generation: geothermal, biomass, nuclear
- what is energy transmission?
- what is interconnection?
- interconnection solutions and startups
- what is energy distribution?
visualizing the energy stack
building a solar-powered battery pack for backpacking
In high school, I debated carbon taxes. In college, I studied policy and sat on University advisory councils and the Board of Trustees as student body president. At my first job, I supported HVAC efficiency climate tech startup Sealed as part of the InNYC Startup Accelerator.
I want to solve problems in energy because it’s essential; for national and economic security - and everyone needs it. It’s also a gnarly problem space. I care that we rise to meet the current onslaught of energy demand responsibly, that we win the energy transition.
As a first step, I quit my job a few months ago to develop renewable power for data centers.
I cohost monthly energy / climate dinners in NYC with my friend Johann. Our aspiration is to build a local community for more energy folks to meet each other, yap about the industry, and recruit more people into the space.
Please reach out if you’d like to join us for dinner or just to chat about energy and infrastructure!
[Incomplete].
A visual exploration of the energy stack, from generation to distribution. Covering 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
contact
hardware x AI
Currently exploring the gap between AI progress + hardware implementation across industrial sectors.
Spoke to engineers at Meta, Apple, Nvidia, John Deere, and medtech firms who aren't leveraging these advances - most still do failure analysis via Excel screenshots and manual workflows. Bottlenecks seem to be technical, regulatory, and cultural. Interested in how AI collides with physical constraints including robotics and infrastructure buildout.
energy + hardware
energy projects
I share research and thoughts at my newsletter, this is going to be electric.
Topics I’ve written about:
- a high-level intro to the future of clean energy x tech x policy
- generation: solar, wind, hydropower
- generation: geothermal, biomass, nuclear
- what is energy transmission?
- what is interconnection?
- interconnection solutions and startups
- what is energy distribution?
visualizing the energy stack
building a solar-powered battery pack for backpacking
In high school, I debated carbon taxes. In college, I studied policy and sat on University advisory councils and the Board of Trustees as student body president. At my first job, I supported HVAC efficiency climate tech startup Sealed as part of the InNYC Startup Accelerator.
I want to solve problems in energy because it’s essential; for national and economic security - and everyone needs it. It’s also a gnarly problem space. I care that we rise to meet the current onslaught of energy demand responsibly, that we win the energy transition.
As a first step, I quit my job a few months ago to develop renewable power for data centers.
I cohost monthly energy / climate dinners in NYC with my friend Johann. Our aspiration is to build a local community for more energy folks to meet each other, yap about the industry, and recruit more people into the space.
Please reach out if you’d like to join us for dinner or just to chat about energy and infrastructure!
[Incomplete].
A visual exploration of the energy stack, from generation to distribution. Covering 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
contact
hardware x AI
Currently exploring the gap between AI progress + hardware implementation across industrial sectors.
Spoke to engineers at Meta, Apple, Nvidia, John Deere, and medtech firms who aren't leveraging these advances - most still do failure analysis via Excel screenshots and manual workflows. Bottlenecks seem to be technical, regulatory, and cultural. Interested in how AI collides with physical constraints including robotics and infrastructure buildout.