The Energy Transition Show with Chris Nelder

What is the full potential for distributed solar power in the US?

What kinds of messages resonate with people and get them interested in taking action on climate and participating in the energy transition?

What is the new FERC Order 1920, and how can it help pave the way for more transmission capacity to unlock the potential of wind and solar in the US?

Should we believe projections of surging electricity demand from data centers, crypto miners and AI? And are new gas plants the best way to meet new demand?

What is the role and potential of demand-side solutions in the energy transition?

Will the final proposed rules for the US 45V hydrogen production tax credit stimulate a vibrant green hydrogen industry without increasing carbon emissions?

As we phase out fossil fuels, can the revenues they have supplied to some communities be replaced by revenues from clean energy projects?

How can green industrial policy harness the tools of capitalism and growth to make the energy transition successful?

What causes inflation? And how is it connected to the energy transition?

Author Akshat Rathi shares key insights from his new book, Climate Capitalism, about how the private sector provides scalable solutions to climate change.

Nuclear power’s long track record of failure, including that of small modular reactors (SMRs), shows why it will not contribute to the energy transition.

A new report details policies that can accelerate the decarbonization of the entire US economy, along with the risks and barriers to their implementation.

Retrofitting buildings to the Passivhaus standard can make them far healthier and more comfortable, while consuming far less energy than conventional buildings.

What will cause global demand for oil to peak and decline until it reaches zero by 2050?

How must the oil and gas industry prepare for the world to stop using their products entirely by 2050?

Climate scientist Dr. Michael E. Mann answers some of the hottest questions today about climate science.

Is offshore wind dead in the water, or just facing some temporary turbulence? Chris Nelder reports on the offshore wind sector from the UK.

A small island in Scotland became the world’s first community to launch an off-grid electric system powered by wind, water and solar. Here’s how they did it.

Why do some people believe we should accelerate the energy transition, while others claim that it will never work and advocate for things like degrowth policies instead?

Are EV sales about to go through a rapid adoption phase, portending a peak in global oil demand before the end of this decade?

Contra the new pro-nuclear zeitgeist that has bamboozled climate hawks, nuclear power is not at the dawning of a new age, but at the end of its old age.

Can ancient architectural and building techniques be used today to help keep buildings comfortable without using energy?

Energy researcher Jonathan Koomey rejoins us to review the major stories we have covered over the past year and see how the energy transition has progressed.

Regulatory capture is rife in Texas, and it explains a lot about how the losers of the energy transition have rigged the state’s systems in their favor.

How can we maximize the role of distributed energy resources as we rebuild the power grid using a decentralized architecture?