Episode Details

In today’s episode, we’re taking you below ground, through busy intersections, and over cascading hydropower dams in stories about:

• The launch of the lab’s Geothermal Center of Excellence to accelerate geothermal energy deployment in the U.S. 
• A new tool that aims to make traffic signals more efficient, reducing crashes and delays at intersections  
• A technical assistance project in Washington state that modeled the impacts of coordinated operations in a system of hydropower plants.

This podcast is hosted by Jackson Fletcher, Kerrin Jeromin, Taylor Mankle, and Nataleah Small and written and produced by Hannah Halusker, Allison Montroy, and Kaitlyn Stottler. Editors are Joe DelNero, Brittany Falch, and Taylor Mankle. Graphics by Brittnee Gayet. Music by Ted Vaca and Chuck Kurnik, Jim Riley, and Mark Sanseverino of Drift BC. Peaks to Power is created by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden, Colorado. Email us at podcast@nlr.gov. Follow NLR on X, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, and Facebook.