Astrid Atkinson

Astrid is an expert on large scale distributed systems architecture, reliability engineering, and organizational leadership. Prior to founding Camus, she was a Senior Director of Software Engineering at Google.
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Solving the Grid Bottleneck: Why Flexible Interconnections Are Key to Decarbonization

Data centers are reshaping the grid—will they lock in fossil fuels or accelerate clean energy? Explore how flexible interconnections can fast-track decarbonization.

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Camus Recognized by World Economic Forum as a “Technology Pioneer”

The World Economic Forum announced today that Camus has been selected to join the Forum's Centre for Energy and Materials and lend the organization’s expertise as part of this prestigious group.

Astrid's Updates

The Climate Impact of Camus

Leading climate investor Congruent Ventures released their 2023 climate impact report – featuring portfolio companies like Camus. Learn how Camus is driving decarbonization impact in our latest update from Astrid.

Astrid's Updates

The Rising Need for Grid Edge Technologies in the Midwest

Midwest utilities face a $23B price tag for transmission upgrades to serve new load. How local resource flexibility help utilities lower these costs, accommodate load faster, and boost reliability? Hear from Camus' CEO Astrid on her vision.

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Why Utilities Need Grid Orchestration Today

Utility leaders are feeling the pressure to actively manage the impacts of these local resources. Learn why utilities need to invest in grid orchestration today with 3 real-world examples.

Astrid's Updates

Bridging the Gaps: Better Data for a DSO Future

Real-world distribution grid data is often messy, slow to gather, and incomplete. To operate a more distributed grid, utilities need to bridge these gaps and pursue a robust data landscape.

Astrid's Updates

Today’s data for tomorrow’s grid (ESIG Webinar)

Hear from Google pioneer and distributed systems expert Astrid Atkinson on how utilities can leverage existing data to create real-time visibility for more complex grid operations.

Company News

Camus Energy Secures $16M Series A to Advance Grid Management

Leading the charge towards a community-centric grid, Camus Energy secures $16M Series A to advance real-time utility operations

Astrid's Updates

How to unlock the potential of virtual power plants? Virtualize the grid.

The technology to create virtual power plants made up of distributed energy resources (DERs) is here. They can replace conventional, fossil-fueled power plants and enable a cleaner, cheaper and more resilient grid.

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Why is Camus developing Open Source?

When we started Camus, one of our goals was to contribute our software expertise to the most important problem of our lifetimes. We know that technology can be a powerful enabler for change, and we wanted to bring best practices from the software industry into the grid sector.

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Internet Lessons for DER Architecture

At Google I helped define a distributed computing approach which scaled us more than 10,000x. As the grid makes a similar jump, from 1000s of reliable generators to millions of unreliable participants, what can we learn?

Astrid's Updates

Reflections on Internet Scale Systems and Applications in Grid Management

We just finished sharing thoughts on large scale monitoring and telemetry with MISO, and I wanted to share a few reflections on applying lessons from internet scale systems to managing the electrical grid.

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Our Response to COVID-19

These are strange times; due to covid-19 the Bay Area went under a “shelter in place” order at midnight. Like all local companies, we at Camus Energy are managing through this, and we wanted to share a little of how we are thinking about that.

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The Unsexy Valley of Applying Tech to the Energy Transition

Building these systems is hard, and there’s not a good name for it (we’d call it “distributed systems engineering”). It is the model that the cloud was built to enable, and it’s a fundamental shift from the way that software worked before.

Astrid's Updates

Welcome to the 2020s: A message to the Camus Energy team

Hey all, as we kick off the new year, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on 2019 and take a look forward. We’re entering a new decade, which is a momentous occasion – and at a time which is particularly delicately balanced.

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