Podcast Episodes

A New Era of Grid Planning: "Folks Are Frustrated"

Are we entering a new era of grid planning? In recent years, we've assumed that sweeping reforms are the best way to get distributed energy built. Bu…

7 years, 8 months ago

Why SunPower Is Buying SolarWorld USA

SunPower couldn’t convince the Trump Administration to abandon tariffs on imported solar panels. So now it plans to buy one of the companies pushing …

7 years, 8 months ago

Statoil Bets on Floating Wind and Carbon Capture

Statoil is the largest operator of oil and gas rigs around the world. Consequently, the company's biggest low-carbon investments are offshore: floati…

7 years, 9 months ago

Reality Check? Global Fossil Fuel Consumption Grows

After a multi-year decline, global carbon emissions are on the upswing.

The International Energy Agency now says that emissions grew in 2017 -- caused…

7 years, 9 months ago

Trouble at Silicon Valley Car Companies

It’s been a bad couple of weeks for two of Silicon Valley’s top car companies.

After a pedestrian was killed by one of Uber’s autonomous cars in Arizo…

7 years, 9 months ago

The SunEdison Origin Story

In the early 2000s, investors weren't very interested in SunEdison's business plan to finance solar with power purchase agreements.

"No one wanted to …

7 years, 9 months ago

EVs, AVs and Sharing: Don't Screw Up the Transportation Revolution

There are three forces coming together in the transportation sector: vehicle autonomy, vehicle sharing, and vehicle electrification.

On their own, app…

7 years, 9 months ago

What Utilities Can Learn From Amazon [Original Content From Tendril]

Amazon's analytical approach to understanding the customer allowed it to move beyond books and dominate the retail space. Entire industries are getti…

7 years, 10 months ago

The Coal Boss, the Comedian and the Squirrel

Last June, comedian John Oliver devoted a long segment to the struggling coal industry on his HBO show Last Week Tonight. 

He turned his attention to …

7 years, 10 months ago

A Historic Moment for Energy Storage

If storage is the Swiss Army Knife of the electric grid, then U.S. energy regulators are breaking out their tool belts.

Last week brought a historic r…

7 years, 10 months ago