Paul Domjan, Founder and Chief Policy and Global Affairs Officer at ENODA, discusses grid infrastructure modernisation and the energy trilemma on Episode 19 of Scaling Green Tech, a podcast by Adopter.

Paul argues that the electricity grid designed by Nikola Tesla, George Westinghouse, and William Stanley 138 years ago was built for one-directional power flow from large centralised generators to passive consumers - a model fundamentally incompatible with distributed renewable energy that flows in both directions. He traces how this infrastructure gap manifests as renewable curtailment, harmonic distortion, and voltage instability, particularly at the distribution level where the grid meets homes and businesses. In Poland, more than 90% of renewable curtailment results from system balancing limitations rather than grid capacity constraints. ENODA's response is the Prime Exchanger, a device that replaces the distribution transformer serving 60 to 120 homes with digitally controlled infrastructure capable of managing voltage, correcting harmonics, and enabling reverse power flow in real time.

This episode is relevant for energy technology founders, grid infrastructure innovators and policymakers looking for the inside scoop on what the energy transition looks like today and in the future.

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