The Energy Transition Show with Chris Nelder

Global carbon emissions from the power sector may be close to peaking thanks to an accelerating energy transition.

Are biofuels and other forms of bioenergy truly ‘renewable’ and ‘carbon neutral?'

How can a country replace a critical technology like blast furnaces with a low-carbon alternative while preserving national security and jobs?

How will South Australia maintain stability and reliability as it becomes the world’s first gigawatt-scale grid to operate with a 100% renewable energy supply?

Will Russia finally get on board with the energy transition, or will it just white-knuckle its energy exports all the way down to zero?

Dr. Martin Green, the “father of solar cells,” recounts the evolution of modern solar PV cells, and we interview the CEOs of two CSP companies in Australia.

What will it take to make next-generation geothermal energy economically competitive and commercially available all over the world?

Numerous energy innovations in Australia help to integrate DERs, VPPs, microgrids, advanced solar and grid technologies, efficient buildings, and more.

How is the Australian government is working with the grid power sector to plan and execute its transition away from fossil fuels and toward renewables?

How is Great Britain developing a coordinated plan to evolve all of its energy networks toward complete decarbonization?

What makes for good, effective, and enduring green industrial policy?

Heat pumps are a low-cost way to decarbonize space heating. Dr. Richard Lowes explains how to design policies to encourage the adoption of heat pumps.

What are the implications of the IEA’s view that world demand for all fossil fuels will peak and begin a slow decline within the next five years?

In this second part of a miniseries on how the UK is evolving its energy system, we discuss innovations on the electricity grid.

In this first part of a miniseries on how the UK is evolving its energy system, we discuss its world-leading efforts to meet its decarbonization goals.

Why have most economic models consistently underestimated the actual speed of the energy transition?

Europe’s energy transition is still gathering momentum and moving ahead according to European energy expert Jan Rosenow.

Why do governments continue to push nuclear power when it is the most expensive, risky, and slow way to decarbonize the power grid?

What are the specific industrial sectors and processes that produce greenhouse gas emissions, and how can we decarbonize them?

Is China relying on coal to power its growth, or renewables? Are their emissions on track to increase, decrease, or go flat? We review the facts!

Chris travels to Australia and interviews Giles Parkinson, a longtime journalist and observer of the energy transition Down Under.

Is it time to break up the utility monopolies in the US and turn ownership and control of the grid over to the public?

What will it take to make the vision of “smart homes” and smart appliances real?

Why haven’t our climate policies been more effective at stopping carbon emissions, and what kinds of policies would work better?

How is the public EV charging sector evolving, and what is needed to make it more usable and affordable for EV drivers?