The Washington Post chronicles his next act: exporting a hard-won playbook worldwide today. A Physicist Walks Into an Energy CrisisIn 2008, Ramón Méndez Galain was a particle physicist, teaching students about the origins of the universe. Méndez Galain, who described himself as “a simple university professor,” hesitated—but said yes. “We proved that yes, it is possible to manage a power system with almost 100 percent renewables,” Méndez Galain told The Washington Post. But as Méndez Galain stressed to The Washington Post, the real revolution began with rules, models, and persuasion.