Energi Talks

Markham interviews Duane Bratt, professor of political science, Mount Royal University, about Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's first 18 months in power.

Markham interviews Lisa Jacobson, president of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, and Tom Rowlands-Rees, BloombergNEF head of research for North America, about the 2024 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook.

Markham interviews Corey Cantor, a senior associate with BloomberNEF, about inflection points on the S-curve and the adoption of electric vehicles. Slow down in the global marketplace?

Markham interviews Colin Smith, project manager of the Peace Energy Cooperative, which recently received approval from the Alberta Utilities Commission to go ahead with the Peace River Energy Project, a 5 MW grid-connected solar farm.

Energi Media's Markham Hislop and Sandy Garossino, National Observer columnist, discussing the role of China in the global energy transition. Recorded live at a March 27 event in Parksville, British Columbia, Canada that was organized by Roy Collver of the Energy Circle.

Markham interviews Marla Orenstein, the Canada West Foundation’s director of resources, environment and economy, recently travelled to the U.K. as part of an Energy Commentators Mission organized by the British Consulate. She wrote about the UK’s energy transition and climate policies in the Foundation’s latest Energy Innovation Brief. 

Markham interviews technology analyst Conrad Nichols' recent IDTechEx report about long duration energy storage for utility scale applications.

Markham interviews Dr. Doyne Farmer is the Baillie Gifford Professor of Complex Systems Science at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, at Oxford University. He is the author of “Making Sense of chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World” that will be published by Allen Lane on April 25. 

Markham interviews Mark Zackarias, executive director of Clean Energy Canada.

Markham interviews John O’Donnell, CEO of Rondo Energy. 

Markham interviews Bogdan Avramuta, director of market research for Rethink Energy.

Markham interviews Professor Mark Winfield of York University, who says that Ontario remains on the “same high-carbon, high-risk and high-cost pathway of nuclear and natural gas-fired generation expansion that it was on before.”

Markham interviews Gernot Wagner, climate economist at the Columbia Business School, who recently wrote a piece called “The Ukraine War Blew Up the World’s Energy Economy.” But it was the sub-head that really caught my attention: “And the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act is surprisingly well-designed to deal with the fallout.”

Markham interviews Dan Balaban, CEO of Greengate Power, a Calgary-based developer of wind and solar projects.

Markham interviews Josh Tucker of engineering firm Burns & McDonnell.

In his introduction, Markham says "Conference Board of Canada" rather than "The Conference Board," which is the US organization for which economist Alex Heil wrote the report, “Too Much Sun? Heavy Focus on Solar Might Create Volatile US Electricity Markets.”

Markham interviews Frank Ketelaars, operations manager for UK & Ireland at DNV Energy Systems.

Markham interviews Jason Wang, a senior analyst working on the Pembina Institute's electricity program, about the policy guidance the Alberta government provided to the Alberta Utilities Commission on February 28, 2024. 

Markham interviews Brendan Frank, who leads policy development and analysis for Clean Prosperity.

Markham interviews Josh Riedy, CEO and Founder of Thread, a pioneer of enterprise-scale autonomous data collection for inspection insights and utility management. 

Markham interviews Christopher Doleman, LNG/Gas Specialist, Asia for US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.

Markham interviews noted American economist Phil Verlager, who has been researching and writing about crude oil markets for over 50 years.

Markham interviews Dr. Akshat Rathi to talk about his new book, Climate Capitalism. Akshat is a London-based senior reporter for Bloomberg News. Climate Capitalism is his first book. It’s about, as he writes, “how we tackle climate change within the world’s dominant economic system and ensure that the wheels of progress don’t come to a halt or, worse, go into reverse.”

Markham interviews Gerhard Salge, chief technology officer for Hitachi Energy.

Markham interviews Eran Inbar, CEO of Israel-based Prisma Photonics.