New frontiers of clean energy emerge

by | Sep 21, 2023 | Podcasts

Renewables and electric vehicles are on a tear, and they’ll soon likely attract $2 trillion in yearly investment. But global emissions have not peaked. So what are the new frontiers of technology that will make renewables and storage more valuable – and draw down...

Stopping geoengineering, by accident

by | Sep 14, 2023 | Podcasts

Solar geoengineering is a hot (er, cool?) topic these days. One method involves injecting a form of sulfur into the atmosphere to reflect solar radiation and help reduce global temperatures. But it could also cause unpredictable changes to ozone, rainfall, and...

The food-energy nexus

by | Sep 8, 2023 | Podcasts

Last episode we dug into the nexus between water and energy. This episode we’re diving into food. The connections are myriad.Food itself is just a means of energy storage, and a particularly good one at that. While photosynthesis is remarkably inefficient—averaging...

Inflation headwinds for offshore wind

by | Sep 7, 2023 | Podcasts

In the last few months, three major projects in Europe and America have been delayed or canceled, thanks to rapidly rising costs. Those projects make up more than 10% of current offshore wind capacity in the EU and US, according to Bloomberg. Another 9.7 gigawatts are...

Can the V2X dream become reality?

by | Aug 31, 2023 | Podcasts

Here’s the dream: Millions of EVs plugged into their charging docks, working in concert to relieve stress on the world’s power grids. They reduce charging load or even inject energy back onto the grid. They back up renewables when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun...