I am not a management consultant, nor was I ever one (nor, as the old advertising trope goes, did I play one on TV1). That said, enough time in the information business has given me a sense for the value of mental models and heuristic devices to help us understand complex systems.
On Monday, Jack Policar, a climate tech founder and friend of Halcyon, posted a plea on LinkedIn. Seeking clear and transparent data on heat pump installation prices, he searched Google, and received its “AI overview” quoting average installation costs of $4,200 to $7,600.
The US Treasury is closing comment on its proposed guidance for two new clean energy credits. Halcyon has done a first cut on 1,500+ comments, with more to come next week.
Here at Halcyon we're attuned to how both the volume and frequency of new energy information publishing demand an alerts and notifications system. After Halcyon’s platform ingests documents from federal, state, and regional entities, we can send alerts about new filings from specific entities (like the California Public Utilities Commission or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) and on new specific types of documents (such as proposed regulatory decisions, or the signing of a power plant...
There is a healthy debate about the impacts of artificial intelligence on infrastructure, the global power grid, and business productivity. We at Halcyon welcome the discussion, which is earnest, data-driven, thoughtful and constructive. This week, I thought it worth reviewing the state of AI challenges, its impact on productivity, and why we need to remember that building AI infrastructure is not the same as what we build on top of it.
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