At ARC London, OpenMinds co-founder and Executive Director David Baldwin joins Scott Tinker to discuss the Dual Challenge of more energy and less emissions, and why solving it takes a systems approach that blends innovation, collaboration and practical action across regions.
Key points
- Baldwin recalls leading a team that drilled the first horizontal wells in the world, early in the shale revolution, before stepping away to bring energy and climate leaders into the same room.
- OpenMinds has grown to about 140 organizations around a shared mission of more energy, less emissions, as quickly and affordably as possible, putting progress over ideology.
- He says affordable energy tools have grown from a handful a decade ago to eight or nine today, and that batteries, solar and wind supplied all of last year's roughly 2.5% growth in world electricity demand.
- He calls for combining the best of each region, including Europe's efficiency, China's lower-cost renewables and U.S. shale gas, into one system.
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