The Energy Transition Show with Chris Nelder

What do regulators and governments need to do differently to lead the energy transition?

Why does so much media focus on unlikely, pessimistic climate scenarios when our progress should make us optimistic about combating global warming?

Simon Evans of Carbon Brief reviews the highlights of the UK’s latest policy proposals, including how the government plans to meet its emissions-reduction goals.

In this second part of the interview from Ep. 199, we see how India’s energy transition is changing its oil and gas, grid power, cooling, and mobility sectors.

The Energy Transition Show marks its 200th regular episode with a look back at the progress of the energy transition and of the show since it launched in 2015.

In this first part of a 3.5-hour, two-part interview, we see how India is coming along with its energy transition, with focus on its coal, solar, and wind power.

Why has West Virginia denied the reality of the energy transition and clung to coal for so long, especially when it’s against their own economic interests?

Virtual Power Plants are finally ready to scale up, making it possible for the grid to do more with less as we “electrify everything.”

What if the most fundamental, transformative, and enduring aspects of the energy transition aren’t about technology at all, but rather policy and investment?

Is the Arctic permafrost in a warming feedback loop that will unleash a methane bomb and push the planet past a tipping point and into inevitable climate doom?

Does the availability of key minerals and materials—like “rare earth” metals—pose a fundamental limitation to the energy transition?

How will Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (or CBAM) avoid “carbon leakage,” and how can the EU and US harmonize their climate policies?

How should we measure and count the greenhouse gas emissions that are associated with producing clean hydrogen?

It looks like days of growth are over for US shale oil production. What does that portend for the US, the world, and for the project of the energy transition?

How can MDBs like the World Bank derisk utility-scale renewable energy projects in developing countries and motivate more private capital to participate?

Why is it so much more expensive to finance clean energy projects than fossil fuel projects in emerging economies? And what can be done about it?

What are some of the pathways to a 100% clean power grid, and how can we meet the last 10% of the need even through winter weeks of low solar and wind output?

This show tells the story of the demand side of the energy transition in Vermont, based on interviews with local experts in October 2021.

This show tells the story of the supply side of energy in Vermont, based on interviews with local experts in October 2021.

Can we coordinate replacing fossil-fueled assets with clean, zero-carbon assets so that both systems remain functional and affordable during the transition?

Is the Energy Returned on Investment (EROI) of renewable energy high enough to power our modern world?

How is the world managing the ongoing global energy crisis, and why is the energy transition the only real path out of it?

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.

Can free-market capitalism survive the energy transition? Or are we entering a new era of “command capitalism?”

What are the challenges and opportunities for energy transition in Alberta, and can it make a successful pivot away from its traditional fossil fuel industry?