Elemental Energy: Simplifying Decarbonization

Text me your feedback! Geothermal energy, once known to be localized in certain geographical regions, has expanded its capacity with advanced drilling techniques. Unlike solar and wind, geothermal is not reliant on day-night cycles, weather conditions, or seasons. It can generate electricity 24/7 and provide what is called "baseload" power – a key component for a stable power grid. Join...

Text me your feedback! What is Energy Policy and why is it so important to promote clean energy innovation?  I had no idea how important energy policy was in the background of my day to day job supporting project decision making. From technologies like nuclear to carbon removals and beyond, there are several policies in place to help support their development further. Niko McMurry with Clear Path...

Text me your feedback! Are you curious about how successful oil and gas personnel are adopting nuclear? Listen here to find out. Doug Robison, CEO of Natura Resources is a third-generation oil and gas leader now taking his pioneering spirit into the nuclear sector. Natura Resources is advancing development of molten salt reactors in the USA. In this conversation, we levelized the current innovatio...

Text me your feedback! This episode I am joined by Lisa Grow, CEO of Idaho Power. We discuss how the state is achieving reliability that is safe, clean and affordable. Idaho has a substantial mix of hydropower, with a healthy mix of natural gas, coal, geothermal, biomass, solar, and wind. They also have plans to exit coal and deliver 100% clean energy by 2045. The progression of phasing out coal a...

Text me your feedback! Join Stuart Turley , CEO of Sandstone Group, founder of Energy News Beat , and fellow podcaster in a light-hearted conversation about, well….everything?! We went into the conversation with the intent to talk about subsidies and incentives in the energy industry, which I know very little about, then somehow dove into cloud seeding, climate change, and agriculture! We went all...

Text me your feedback! Welcome back Paul Rodden, Host of the Number 1 Global Hydrogen Podcast . He joins us again to give us an update on the Hydrogen market today. His macro picture of hydrogen and the market is gained from over 300 Episodes and following it passionately for the last half a decade. He joined me in Episode 017, go check out this one if you are new to H2 and want a basic understand...

Text me your feedback! Pioneering in the microreactor application space to support oil and gas, Nick Morriss with Shepherd Power a spinoff of NOV, is first in line! The integration of nuclear to deliver electricity and thermal support to upstream applications is becoming a reality, so much so that companies like Shepherd are forming in preparation of the uptick in need. Their model is as simple as...

Text me your feedback! From data centers to industrial and petrochemical integration, the new and novel applications of advanced reactors is gaining heavy traction! Join Tay Stevenson and I in a live two-day recap of the United States Nuclear Industry Council’s Advanced Reactor Summit. The shift in possibility from large, conventional power facilities for utilities (1000MW and above) to smaller, m...

Text me your feedback! Join Douglas Sandridge and myself (along with a very special guest, Adeline Leonard, age 6) to discuss the growing support of oil and gas professionals supporting nuclear power. The movement of upstream and downstream adopting the concept of nuclear into operations is not new! It is just having an insurgence with the need for increased power generation and new technologies t...

Text me your feedback! Join author Meredith Angwin and I as we discuss the movement of electrification and some of the major hurdles we must overcome to increase power production and support elimination of energy poverty. We rely on a grid system that is extremely fragile but one that must carry us into the future that is demanding it to supply more electricity than ever and will only increase. Ho...

Text me your feedback! Join Michelle Brechtelsbauer and I in a discussion about small scale nuclear reactor technology, 20MW micro reactors in fact. We are talking about an innovative way of taking proven, pressurized water reactors and condensing them down into fully packaged modularized power plants, introducing the company Last Energy . Where the goal of selling small scale nuclear energy to an...

Text me your feedback! Join Heath Lovell and I to discuss the ground up of CCUS Project Development, its origin story if you would. Helping introduce CCUS and how it is coming to fruition through commercial project development.  Heath has a large picture of upfront project stakeholder engagement and development processes. In this episode, I am trying to learn and understand what the ideal model lo...

Text me your feedback! The public perspective of nuclear is positive, nearly half of a global survey of over 20K people are in support of it. This data is a step towards showing where we may need to educate and inform others on the nuclear industry along with many other messages to policymakers, governments, and nuclear producers. The narrative that nuclear is unpopular is dead. Nuclear is also be...

Text me your feedback! Join Dane Pehrman and I to discuss the current offshore wind (OSW) market in the United States. OSW is still in high demand for the eastern states where the power demand is equally high, in other regions the markets are still developing. Power to X and recent 45V IRA regulations may help build the case for industrial locations like that of the Gulf Coast. In this episode, we...

Text me your feedback! Join Ryan Pickering and I as we discuss coal's continued use until we can implement cleaner technologies, be it Natural Gas or Nuclear. Coal is reliable, "cheap" if you do not account for all of the environmental and health impacts associated with it, and infrastructure is already established, contributing ~20% of the United States energy demand and is simple...

Text me your feedback! Join Matthew Hill and I as we have a high-level, light-hearted discussion between two individuals who some may consider far right and far left parties in the energy industry. Which is absolutely not the case. We are all in this together and walking towards delivering energy security. Why not support the evolvement if there are better means of delivering reliant, affordable a...

Text me your feedback! This episode we are joined by the honorary Jeffrey Merrifield to discuss the International Energy Agency definition of Energy Security. The IEA defines energy security as " the uninterrupted availability of energy sources at an affordable price ". In order to substantiate our energy security nuclear seems to be a big opportunity. After the discussions held at COP28...

Text me your feedback! Energy Security has many meanings, which will be covered in a few different episodes, but the reason energy security is a hot topic surrounding decarbonization is one of the selling points people are promoting is “renewables help strengthen our energy security” which you can deep dive into the subject HERE. However, when I began to look into energy security further there see...

Text me your feedback! This week's episode of Elemental Energy is a collaboration between myself and another podcast host (one of the top podcasts in the nation I might add) Paul Rodden, MBA GISP . Join us as we cover at a high level the following surrounding Hydrogen: -Applications and uses of hydrogen -The United States Hydrogen Hubs -Economics and costs currently associated with blue and g...

Text me your feedback! Nuclear fusion will play a critical role in our energy future; the question is when. Nuclear fission is happening now and produces nuclear waste, what if we could generate nuclear energy without the waste? Join Sir Steven Cowley and myself in a slower paced philosophical discussion on nuclear fusion and the future of nuclear power generation.  Steven Cowley | LinkedIn Suppor...

Text me your feedback! You don't have to be a scientist or an engineer to be an advocate for nuclear power. Nuclear power is one of the safest forms of energy production there currently is. Join Miss America 2023, Grace Stanke and myself to discuss nuclear power and learn how to advocate for its use! Grace Stanke | LinkedIn Grace Stanke – Miss America Support the show

Text me your feedback! Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage is one of the most impactful things we can do in the energy transition space. We still have a reliance on fossil fuels and CCUS is a critical technology to help decarbonize their use. Join Adam Green and myself in discussing the different applications for CCUS and to discuss at a high level why the government is focusing funding in the...

Text me your feedback! Power Density is an extremely important concept to understand in the energy industry. What you have to put into the system energy wise should be far less than what the return is. Join Robert and I as we discus Energy Return on Energy Invested, Power Density and what is energy vs power along with some other metrics that are commonly associated with Power Generation. Robert Br...

Text me your feedback! Gold Hydrogen. Is it naturally sourced, or organically enhanced and produced through bio-tech? Join the CEO of Cemvita Gold Hydrogen Charles Nelson and myself as we discuss the use of biotech in hydrogen production. With this technology, we can utilize already existing infrastructure in the form of abandoned wells and introduce naturally occurring extremophiles to produce hy...

Text me your feedback! Emission reductions in the oil and gas space is happening in the early phases of production and into the midstream space. Join Patrick McCarthy and I in "giving emissions the bird" while we discuss definitions of scope emissions, scopes one through three, Project Canary,  and talk about how monitoring emissions actually keeps product in the lines and benefits the o...