Energi Talks

Markham interviews Chloe Herrera, an analyst at Lux Research who leads the Energy Storage team’s coverage of battery technology for electric vehicles and stationary storage.

Markham interviews Paul Martin, a chemical engineer with a 30 year history of working with hydrogen and a member of the Hydrogen Science Coalition.

Markham interviews Colin Guldimann, economist with RBC, and author of “The Price of Power: How to cut Canada's Net Zero electricity bill.” Link to the report: https://thoughtleadership.rbc.com/the-price-of-power-how-to-cut-canadas-net-zero-electricity-bill/

Link to the report David mentions during the interview: https://transitionaccelerator.ca/techno-economics-of-a-new-hydrogen-value-chain-supporting-heavy-duty-transport/

Link to study:  https://www.cell.com/joule/pdf/S2542-4351(22)00410-X.pdf

Link:  https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-projects-zero-emissions-medium-and-heavy-duty-electric-trucks-will-be-cheaper-diesel

Markham interviews Ethan Zindler, head of Americas for BloombergNEF and lead author on a new report, "Energy Transition Investment Trends 2022: Tracking global investment in the low-carbon energy transition."

Markham interviews Olivia Chen of the International Energy Agency about the recently released World Energy Employment report.

Markham interviews Dr. Mark Jaccard, director and distinguished professor with the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University, and co-author of the Sept 23 Policy Options article, "Getting Canada’s proposed clean electricity regulations right to reverse our poor climate performance"?

Markham interviews Dr. Bentley Allan, research director at the Transition Accelerator and an associate professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. He’s the lead author of “A Roadmap for Canada’s Battery Value Chain: Building a national strategy for critical minerals and green battery metals.”

S&P Global press release, including link to the report, upon which the interview is based:  New Pipeline Projects Appear Enough to Solve Recurring Capacity Constraints for Canadian Crude--But Permanent Relief is Not Guaranteed

The IISD deep dive upon which the interview is based. " Peak oil demand is coming soon, says IEA " - Markham's interview with Olivier Lejeune, oil analyst for the International Energy Agency

Markham interviews Max Fawcett, lead columnist for the National Observer.

Markham interviews Katherine Blunt, about her new book, "California Burning." She covers renewable energy and utilities for The Wall Street Journal and is a Pulitzer Prize finalist.

Markham interviews Evan Pivnick, Clean energy program manager with Clean Energy Canada, whose new report, “Canada’s New Economic Engine,” explores how Canada can successfully build an EV battery supply chain in order to become a North American battery powerhouse.

Markham interviews Bernadette Del Chiaro, Executive Director, California Solar & Storage Association, about the critical role played by rooftop solar and battery storage in supporting California's strained power grid during the crippling heat wave of the first few weeks of September, 2022.

Markham interviews Henry Sanderson, Executive Editor, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence and author of the new book, "Volt Rush, the Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green," about why the battery industry needs to invest $200 billion in gigafactories to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles and energy storage by 2030.

Markham interviews Rick Smith, president of the Canadian Climate Institute, about his August 15, 2022 op-ed in the Toronto Star titled, “Four ways the Inflation Reduction Act can accelerate Canada‘s clean energy transition.”

Markham interviews Prof. Gregory Nemet, professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs, about technology change, the energy transition, and his book, "How Solar Became Cheap: A Model for Low-Carbon Innovation."

Markham interviews Angelo DiCaro, research director for Unifor, Canada's largest private sector union organization, about its new report “Navigating the road ahead – rebuilding Canada’s powerhouse auto sector."

Markham interviews Dr. Neha Patankar, energy modeller and researcher for the REPEAT Project at Princeton University.

Markham interviews Sean McCoy, assistant professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Calgary about a new report from the Transition Accelerator titled, "Review of Carbon-Dioxide Storage Potential in Western Canada: Blue Hydrogen Roadmap to 2050" that he co-authored with Richard Hares and David B. Layzell.

Markham interviews Jonah Messinger, energy analyst, The Breakthrough Institute, co-author of "Advancing Nuclear Energy: Evaluating Deployment, Investment, and Impact In America’s Clean Energy Future."

Markham interviews Geoff Dembicki, investigative climate reporter and author of a July 18 Narwhal article, “How a conservative U.S. network undermined Indigenous energy rights in Canada.” He also has a new book, 'The Petroleum Papers' out in September.

Markham interviews economist Chris Bataille about his new paper, "How the sector can decarbonize operations and develop new net zero products," for the Canadian Climate Institute. Link: https://climateinstitute.ca/scoping-papers/