Energi Talks

Markham interviews Dr. Danny Cullenward, Stanford energy economist and lawyer, and co-author with Dr. David G. Victor, of the new book, "Making climate policy work."

Markham interviews Ben Kujala, director of power planning for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council based in Portland, Oregon. They discussed the extent to which natural gas should be relied upon as a "bridge fuel” as the Pacific NW considers the right mix of wind, solar, storage, nuclear and hydropower to provide carbon-free energy at an affordable and reliable level.

Markham interviews Dr. Thomas Rowlands-Rees of BloombergNEF about US greenhouse gas emissions falling, but only because of the switch away from coal in the power generation sector.

Markham debates climate activist and academic Seth Klein about his new book, "A GOOD WAR: MOBILIZING CANADA FOR THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY," which argues that governments should direct economic activity to lower greenhouse gas emissions just like Canada did to support its military commitment during World War II.

Markham interviews Heymi Bahar, the International Energy Agency's senior analyst for renewable energy markets and policy and lead author for "Renewables 2020 Analysis and forecast to 2025." Correction: the study was released on Nov. 10, not Nov. 17 as Markham says at the start of the conversation.

John's column that we discuss on the show: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-power-kemp/column-chinas-rise-and-u-s-fears-about-decline-kemp-idUSKBN2762DR

Markham interviews Dr. Gunther Bachmann, a former director of the German Council for Sustainable Development, about the challenges posed by his country's energy transition plan, the Energiewende.

Markham interviews "rethinker" Tony Seba about his study, "Rethinking Energy 2020-2030: 100% Solar, Wind and Batteries is Just the Beginning."

Markham interviews Prof. Josh Rhodes of the University of Texas at Austin about big changes coming to global electricity markets. He uses examples drawn from the United States and Markham contributes information from the reporting he has done about Canadian (especially British Columbia and Alberta) markets.

Markham interviews Dr. James Sallee, economist and associate professor in the department of agricultural and resource economics, University of California, Berkeley.

Markham in conversation with New York-based Ed Crooks, chair of Americas for Wood Mckenzie, about what a Joe Biden presidency might mean for the American energy sector, including oil and gas.

Markham interviews Sam Abuelsamid, EV analyst for Guidehouse Research, about Amazon's Oct. 8 announcement it will buy 10,000 custom-designed Rivian electric delivery vans, deployment starting in just 2 years. Combined with other technical and process innovations, the e-van will be "the future of last mile delivery," says Amazon.

Markham interviews Dr. Kai-Philipp Kairies - CEO of ACCURE, a German battery intelligence data analytics firm - about Tesla's Sept. 22 "battery day." Tesla's key engineering and scientific advances explained in layman's terms by a battery scientist.

Markham interviews Kingsmill Bond, London-based energy strategist for Carbon Tracker, about the recent release of the International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook 2020. Bottom line: peak oil demand is either here or arriving shortly.

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Bloomberg energy and climate journalist Dr. Akshat Rathi joins Markham Hislop to discuss China's Sept. 23 announcement it will reach peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. Not quite the same as net-zero emissions, says Rathi, but progress nonetheless.