Energy & Infrastructure – Venki Ramachandran

Agile MDM Is Back: Why the Market is Ready for Verdeeco 2.0

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The electric utility industry is undergoing one of its most significant digital transformations. As utilities modernize grids, integrate renewables, and face increasing pressure to reduce costs while improving reliability, Meter Data Management (MDM) systems have taken center stage. More than a decade ago, my co-founder, Musaddeq Khan (MK), and I launched Verdeeco—a bold, cloud-first vision […]

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A Circular Pathway to Truly Clean Fuels: What It’ll Take

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This week’s five-part series explored an unconventional but viable pathway to clean fuels, combining geothermal energy and waste methane as foundational pillars. If you missed any, here’s what we covered: Concept to Implementation The world doesn’t need another theoretical solution—we need one that works in practice and works now. The pathway explored this week—integrating geothermal

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Geothermal-Powered Hydrogen: Rethinking Steam Methane Reforming

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As the global energy sector races to decarbonize, innovative hybrid approaches that repurpose existing technologies are emerging as practical, scalable solutions. This weeklong series explores one such pathway—blending geothermal energy, waste methane, hydrogen production, and synthetic fuels into a circular, low-emissions system. Each article breaks down a different piece of the puzzle, inviting leaders across

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Can Waste Methane Be the Hero? Navigating Classification and Compliance

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As we continue exploring how to produce clean fuels from geothermal wells and waste methane, one challenge looms large: regulatory clarity. Specifically, how do we classify waste methane — and will that classification help or hinder our clean fuel goals? Can we get production tax credit (PTC) under section 45, 45Z and 45Y, or Investment

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A Novel Clean Fuel Strategy: Where Geothermal Meets Waste Methane

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The global push for clean fuels often centers on solar, wind, and hydrogen — but there’s a lesser-known path worth more attention: combining geothermal energy and waste methane to create cleaner fuels. This approach not only unlocks new value from existing infrastructure but also offers a more practical, scalable way to decarbonize some of the

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Data-Driven Utilities: Turning Raw Meter Reads into Business Intelligence

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Smart meters have revolutionized how utilities capture data, but for many organizations, the real revolution is still ahead. Each day, millions of raw meter reads are streamed into utility systems, including usage by hour, voltage levels, outage indicators, and demand peaks. But unless that data is actively transformed and analyzed, it remains just that—raw. The

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Direct Air Capture: Turning Atmospheric Carbon into Clean Fuel

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As global momentum accelerates toward net-zero targets, it’s clear that reducing emissions alone won’t be enough. To curb climate change, we must also remove existing carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere, especially the legacy emissions accumulated over decades. That’s where Direct Air Capture (DAC) comes in, which can also feed the ongoing clean fuels production

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The Untapped Power Beneath Us: Geothermal’s Rise in U.S. Policy

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The Untapped Power Beneath Us: Geothermal’s Rise in U.S. Policy Geothermal energy, harnessing the Earth’s internal heat for power generation, has long been underutilized. Historically contributing to less than 0.3% of global electricity generation (in 2023), technological and economic challenges have overshadowed geothermal’s potential. However, recent policy shifts and technological advancements position geothermal energy as

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