Fueling the Future of Transport Podcast

This week's episode features Margo T. Oge, 32-year veteran of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, who was at the forefront of U.S. policies reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. We talk about clean fuels, vehicle electrification, the Inflation Reduction Act and how everything affects the global marketplace now and into the future.

In this episode, we talk with three experts in the field of biofuels working on the Clean Energy Ministerial Biofuture Campaign. We will learn what it is, what it can it do for governments and for private industry.

India's quest to achieve E100 and other ambitious alternative fuels goals far surpasses the U.S. and many other countries. Hear from the India's foremost expert on biofuels, Y.B. Ramakrishna on policy changes that have been implemented to move India and producers to these goals.

In the second part of this mini-series examining Dr. Daniel Sperling's book, The Three Revolutions, we continue our insightful discussion on his views of the future of transportation. On this episode, we'll talk about future fuels, charging and the entire industry and why he sees now as the ultimate time for change.

Dr. Daniel Sperling literally wrote the book on the future of transportation and we're delighted to have him talk with us about his book, The Three Revolutions. In part one of this mini-series, we'll talk about how policies, incentives and the private sector will prompt the U.S. and the world to migrate to a day when transportation will be electric, shared and automated.

What needs to happen to propel low carbon fuels such as renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel forward? We talk with Mikala Grubb from Topsoe about what needs to happen from the technology, market and policy perspective.

The pace of vehicle electrification in the U.S. has rapidly accelerated in the past few years and while great strides have been made, plenty of barriers and challenges still exist. With support from the Biden Administration and funding for the expansion of EV charging under the recently enacted infrastructure legislation our guest, Britta Gross says, "We're really starting to see real alignment!"

#68. Moving Faster With Hydrogen (37m) The hydrogen fuels market is growing globally and is becoming a viable alternative to diesel for fleet vehicles. In this episode we talk with Parker Meeks, Chief Strategy Officer for Hyzon Motors about the state of the hydrogen fuels market, waste-based hydrogen sourcing, the U.S. regulatory landscape and all the benefits of this fuel that is rapidly growing...

For this podcast, I spoke with Cory Bullis , Senior Public Affairs Specialist for FLO . FLO is one of the leading EV charging providers in North America. We spoke about both challenges and opportunities in the EV charging space, what new funding under the infrastructure legislation means for charging and how FLO sees it scaling up, policies needed to help expand charging as well as EV scale up in...

For this video podcast, I spoke with Alba Soler Estrella,  Science Associate Low-Carbon Pathways, at Concawe, the European refining industry’s scientific and technical body, Dr. Calliope Panoutsou of the Imperial College London Consultants and Dr. Kyriakos Maniatis , recently retired from the European Commission, DG Energy about “ Sustainable Biomass Availability in the EU to 2050 .”  The study, ...

This video podcast is a follow up to the recent web conference on the future of HVO, featuring speakers  Bruce Comer , Managing Director of Ocean Park, Eric van den Heuvel , Founder and Partner of Studio Gear Up for their insights, and my co-host Philippe Marchand , Bioenergy Steering Committee Member, European Technology and Innovation Platform (ETIP) and Senior Biofuels Expert recently retired f...

For this video podcast, I spoke with Dr. Felix Leach , Associate Professor of Engineering Science at Oxford University and Dr. Peter Kelly Senecal , Co-Owner and Vice President, Convergent Science on their just-released book, Racing Toward Zero: The Untold Story of Driving Green . Following are a couple of excerpts from our discussion, which you can view or download below, or listen to in ITunes,...

For this video podcast, I spoke with Fred Ghatala , Director of Carbon and Sustainability for Advanced Biofuels Canada . We talked about the industry’s engagement in and reaction to the recently released draft Canadian Clean Fuels Regulation (CFR) . Following are a couple of excerpts from our discussion, which you can view or download below, or listen to in ITunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts o...

Following the  successful Q&A roundtable discussion on the future of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in December 2020, I decided to do a video podcast series with several SAF producers and technology developers to get their insight into the future of SAF. For this video podcast, I spoke to Larissa Perotta , technology team manager for the biotechnology renewables group at Axens . We spoke abou...

For this video podcast, I spoke to Brendan Jordan , Vice President Transportation and Fuels at the Great Plains Institute (GPI) . We spoke about GPI’s work in developing the Midwest Clean Fuels Policy and how he sees low carbon fuels evolving in the Midwestern states. Following are a couple of excerpts from our discussion, which you can view or download below, or listen to in ITunes, Spotify...

For this video podcast, I spoke to Dr. David Rapson , Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California at Davis about a study he and colleagues recently completed on electric vehicles (EVs), “ Low Energy: Estimating Electric Vehicle Electricity Use” in which the team provided the first at-scale estimate of EV home charging by matching 12 billion observations of hourly e...

For this video podcast, I spoke to Joe Britton , Executive Director of the newly formed Zero Emission Transportation Association (ZETA) about ZETA’s mission to achieve 100% EV sales by 2030 and what needs to happen on the policy side to get there. Following are several excerpts from our discussion, which you can view or download below, or listen to in ITunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or Tune...

For this video podcast, I spoke to Matteo Muratori , Team Lead – Integrated Transportation and Energy Systems Analysis at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) about the lab’s work on electrification.  Following are several excerpts from our discussion, which you can view or download below, or listen to in ITunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or TuneIn. On Transitioning Mobility:...

For this video podcast, I spoke to John May , Managing Director of Hamilton Clark, about his long experience in project finance in the biofuel and industrial biotech sectors, what investors are looking for in biofuels projects and the upswing of investment in the sector.  Following are several excerpts from our discussion, which you can view or download below, or listen to in ITunes, Spotify, Goog...

Following the successful Q&A roundtable discussion on the future of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in December 2020, I decided to do a video podcast series with several SAF producers and technology developers to get their insight into the future of SAF. For this video podcast, I spoke to both Neville Hargreaves , Vice President, Waste to Fuels and Drew Miller , Project Finance Director of Vel...

Following the  successful Q&A roundtable discussion on the future of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in December 2020, I decided to do a video podcast series with several SAF producers and technology developers to get their insight into the future of SAF. For this video podcast, I spoke to Jimmy Samartzis , CEO of LanzaJet , about the company’s scale up plans and the future of the SAF in...

Following the successful Q&A roundtable discussion on the future of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) last month, I decided to do a video podcast series with several SAF producers and technology developers to get their insight into the future of SAF. First on deck is a discussion with Dan Szeezil, Product Marketing Manager for UOP. Following are several excerpts from our discussion, which you ca...

On this episode of the Fueling the Future podcast I spoke with Steele Lorenz , head of sustainable business at Farmer’s Business Network . We spoke about a topic that I think is exciting and that could deliver real GHG reductions at the farm-level across the U.S. while supporting the country’s farmers (and in turn, farm communities): paying farmers for reductions in farm-level carbon i...

On this episode of the Fueling the Future podcast, I spoke with Erika Myers , Principal, Transportation Electrification of the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) . Erika and I have gotten to know one another a bit through our work together on the Fuels Institute’s Electric Vehicle Council , which I am chairing. It’s been fascinating to learn more about utility engagement in the elect...

On this episode of the Fueling the Future podcast, I spoke with Mike Roeth , Executive Director of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) . Following are a few excerpts from our discussion, which you can download or listen to at the link below or listen to in ITunes. On the Potential for Heavy-Duty Electrification: “I had my doubts, and I still do. Let me just tell you how...