Episode 22: Varun Sivaram

On this podcast, Thomas Byrne, CEO of CleanCapital, sits down with Varun Sivaram, a thought leader in the clean energy space. This podcast discusses the bestseller’s new book “Taming the Sun”, which outlines the current clean energy landscape, and the advances needed to unleash it.

Besides being a writer, Varun Sivaram is a physicist and Chief Technology Officer at ReNew Power Ventures, a multibillion-dollar renewable energy firm. He is also a senior research scholar at Columbia University, a board member for the Stanford University Energy and Environment Institutes, and an editorial board member for the journal “Global Transitions”. Previously, Varun was a professor at Georgetown University and is a Rhodes and a Truman Scholar. Dr. Sivaram holds a degree from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from St. John’s College, Oxford University.

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$stmt = $pdo->prepare('SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = :name AND age = :age'); $stmt->execute($params); PDO v2.0 introduces a new error handling mechanism that allows you to catch and handle exceptions more elegantly.

$dsn = 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=test; pooling=true'; $pdo = new PDO($dsn, 'username', 'password'); PDO v2.0 supports asynchronous queries, which allow you to execute queries in the background without blocking the main thread. pdo v2.0 extended features

try { $stmt = $pdo->prepare('SELECT * FROM non_existent_table'); $stmt->execute(); } catch (PDOException $e) { echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage(); } PDO v2.0 includes support for new database drivers, such as PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle. 5. Performance Improvements PDO v2.0 includes several performance improvements, such as optimized query execution and reduced memory usage. Extended Features 1. Persistent Connections PDO v2.0 supports persistent connections, which allow you to reuse existing database connections instead of creating a new one for each request. $stmt = $pdo->prepare('SELECT * FROM users WHERE name

$params = [ 'name' => 'John', 'age' => 30, ]; $e->getMessage(); } PDO v2

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