The Carbon Copy
We’ve entered a new era of mass deployment of climatetech solutions. How will it play out? The Carbon Copy is a weekly narrative-news show that explains the business and tech trends shaping decarbonization. Each week, host Stephen Lacey digs into the business and technology stories that explain the rise of clean energy, the challenge to fossil fuels, and how the energy system is transforming in dramatic ways.
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The grid may never get an AI superbrain, but a wave of automation is here. Here’s how it can meet new grid challenges.
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The rise of heat batteries
Could intermittent renewables, bricks, and heating coils be the solution to industrial decarbonization?
Inside Apple’s failed car program
After a decade of trying to build an autonomous car, Apple finally killed Project Titan. What happened?
The Latitude: Could government rules mess with green hydrogen's growth?
The industry in the U.S. is split over whether new requirements will prevent projects from penciling out.
Data is the achilles heel for AI in the power system
Utilities are awash in data. How can they unlock it faster?
The urgent need to simplify clean energy finance
As the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund attracts new lenders, they need better tools to manage deals efficiently, says Banyan Infrastructure’s Amanda Li in this partner podcast episode.
New demand is straining the grid. Here’s how to tackle it.
As utilities scramble to meet new demand, a former Microsoft VP is exploring creative ways to unlock new grid capacity.
There's a better way to recycle batteries
Battery recycling could create a lot of hazardous waste. But it doesn’t have to be that way, says Aqua Metals CEO Steve Cotton, in this partner podcast episode.
Views on the $1.8 trillion clean energy economy
Some optimistic and cautionary takes on the investment trends guiding the energy transition