Podcast Episodes

A New Era for Climate-Focused Venture Capital

During the height of the pandemic in 2020, venture capital poured into climate technologies at record levels. It was a happy surprise amidst a collap…

4 years, 5 months ago

The M&A Turf Battle Over Wind, Solar and Storage Projects [Special Content]

In March of 2020, Covid shut down economies, closed off supply chains, and sent unemployment to historic levels. No one knew what would come next for…

4 years, 5 months ago

Extreme Weather Keeps Maxing Out the Grid

It’s been a very intense year for America’s power grid. Across the country, the electricity system just faced another stress-test as extreme heat tax…

4 years, 6 months ago

America's Transmission Challenge (Rebroadcast)

America is a place where if you can dream something — no matter how big or ambitious — you can do it. 

Unless you’re trying to string 700 miles of hig…

4 years, 6 months ago

A New Podcast: 'The Big Switch'

This week, we are offering the first episode of a new podcast: The Big Switch.

It’s a five-part series about how to clean up the energy system -- told…

4 years, 6 months ago

Tracking the Equity Outcome of Decarbonization

We can measure the energy transition in any number of ways. The hundreds of millions of solar panels and wind turbines installed. The gigatons of car…

4 years, 6 months ago

Coal Is Uncompetitive. Why Do We Burn So Much?

America gets 20 percent of its electricity from coal. That’s a 50 percent drop since the peak in 2007. But if coal is becoming so economically uncomp…

4 years, 7 months ago

A Wartime Plan for Electrifying America

What if someone told you that we have everything we need to decarbonize most of the economy? 

We would just need to start electrifying every new car, …

4 years, 7 months ago

What Are ‘Transformational’ Utilities Doing Right?

First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then they transform?

This week: a look at some positive trends guiding the utility…

4 years, 7 months ago

Is Offshore Wind *Finally* Coming to America?

The lack of progress on offshore wind in America is one of the most baffling and frustrating stories in energy. 

The technology and resource availabil…

4 years, 8 months ago