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Will Hazlip

President, National Grid Ventures US · 1 appearance on the record.

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Will Hazelip leads the U.S. division of National Grid Ventures, overseeing investments in transmission, offshore wind, storage, and clean generation. He joined National Grid in 2015 following leadership roles at Duke Energy and serves on the board of Soluna Holdings.

9statements → 6claims → 3claims resolved → 67%fully supported → 3.44/5average certainty → 1.67/5average debate potential → ≈4.5/5argument clarity, estimated →

2 supported 0 partly supported 1 contradicted 2 not yet assessed 1 not checkable as stated how the 6 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

4 predictions · 2 assertions · 1 opinion · 1 disclosure · 1 what if · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 6 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved, 2 are not yet assessed, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Will argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Hazlip: Community Offshore Wind secured New York Bight lease for 3+ GW
“We're, you know, extremely happy, proud to partner with RWE and secure the lease area in the New York Bight that can host over three gigawatts of capacity, and that joint venture is called Community Offshore Wind.”
Will Hazlip May 1, 2023 ▶ 7:52 Creating the ‘energy capitals’ of a decarbonized grid [partner content]

Their most notable contradicted claim

Prediction Didn’t hold up
Hazlip: Upstate New York will host an early large-scale green hydrogen facility
“We think upstate New York is already gonna be home to the, one of the first large-scale clean, green hydrogen production facilities in the country, and that's because of the abundance of the clean energy in that area.”
Will Hazlip May 1, 2023 ▶ 3:47 Creating the ‘energy capitals’ of a decarbonized grid [partner content]

Expressed certainty vs assessment result

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weighted support: a fully supported claim counts one, a partly supported claim counts half. Each filled bar is clickable and opens exactly those claims; "none yet" means nothing said at that certainty level has resolved yet

How they sound: not measured why? →

We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself, and a fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured. There is too little of Will Hazlip on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

Everything Will Hazlip said on the Green Blueprint that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Prediction Open · timeframe May 2043
Hazlip: Long Island will connect 6 to 10 GW of offshore wind
“Probably six to 10 gigawatts of offshore wind connecting to Long Island over the next couple of decades.”
Will Hazlip May 1, 2023 ▶ 2:53 Creating the ‘energy capitals’ of a decarbonized grid [partner content]
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Hazlip: Upstate New York will host an early large-scale green hydrogen facility
“We think upstate New York is already gonna be home to the, one of the first large-scale clean, green hydrogen production facilities in the country, and that's because of the abundance of the clean energy in that area.”
Will Hazlip May 1, 2023 ▶ 3:47 Creating the ‘energy capitals’ of a decarbonized grid [partner content]
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Hazlip: New York will need 20 to 40 GW of battery storage
“New York has a six gigawatt goal. You know, our modeling suggests, you know, New York will need anywhere from 20 to 40 gigawatts of just basically four hour duration batteries.”
Will Hazlip May 1, 2023 ▶ 4:51 Creating the ‘energy capitals’ of a decarbonized grid [partner content]
Opinion
Hazlip: Hydrogen is a viable multi-day storage alternative to batteries
“We also see power generation applications, and so using hydrogen as an energy storage medium to be able to run power generation for longer periods of time than lithium ion batteries, right? So multiple days when the wind's not blowing, the sun's not shining we…”
Will Hazlip May 1, 2023 ▶ 6:30 Creating the ‘energy capitals’ of a decarbonized grid [partner content]
Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2050
Hazlip: New York needs 20 GW of added transmission by 2050
“We see about 20 gigawatts of additional transmission capacity, you know, through to 20 50, both within and connecting New York to other regions.”
Will Hazlip May 1, 2023 ▶ 10:30 Creating the ‘energy capitals’ of a decarbonized grid [partner content]
What-if
Hazlip: Long Island would need 15 GW dispatchable clean power without transmission
“If you didn't have that, you would need about 15 gigawatts of dispatchable emissions-free resources on Long Island.”
Will Hazlip May 1, 2023 ▶ 10:40 Creating the ‘energy capitals’ of a decarbonized grid [partner content]
Assertion Supported
Hazlip: Community Offshore Wind secured New York Bight lease for 3+ GW
“We're, you know, extremely happy, proud to partner with RWE and secure the lease area in the New York Bight that can host over three gigawatts of capacity, and that joint venture is called Community Offshore Wind.”
Will Hazlip May 1, 2023 ▶ 7:52 Creating the ‘energy capitals’ of a decarbonized grid [partner content]
Disclosure
Hazlip: Community Offshore Wind plans first phase online around 2030
“So, ah, we're planning to have our first phase of community offshore wind online by, ah, around 2030, ah, so about seven years from now.”
Will Hazlip May 1, 2023 ▶ 8:26 Creating the ‘energy capitals’ of a decarbonized grid [partner content]
Assertion Supported
Hazlip: Long Island has roughly 5 GW of generation capacity today
“Now, there's only about five, five gigawatts of generation capacity on Long Island today”
Will Hazlip May 1, 2023 ▶ 10:47 Creating the ‘energy capitals’ of a decarbonized grid [partner content]

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Creating the ‘energy capitals’ of a decarbonized grid [partner content] May 1, 2023 11m
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