(Replay) Is Canada's Electrification Bet Still Current? | With Blake Shaffer
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This episode replays a conversation with Dr. Blake Shaffer about Canada's electrification strategy and its relevance in the context of AI data centres and clean electricity.
This is a replay of our conversation with Dr. Blake Shaffer, an energy economist at the University of Calgary, on Canada's electrification bet. We recorded this in spring 2023, right after the federal budget's big bet on clean electricity. With AI data centres now competing for the same grid capacity electrification needs, it might be even more relevant than it was in 2023. Chapters: 0:00 – Replaying Canada's electrification bet 4:52 – David's new gig: climate systems engineering at U...
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