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EVs in 2020: Buckle Up for Twists and Turns
Have you noticed more electric vehicles on the road recently? How about charging stations? Well, you’ll probably see a lot more in 2020. This week on…
6 years, 7 months ago
Chemical Recycling: Break It Down
Today less than 20% of plastic waste is recycled. This week on Switched On we talk with Ilhan Savut and Julia Attwood about chemical recycling, a new…
6 years, 7 months ago
IMO 2020: Holiday Gift Guide, No SOx
Remember acid rain and worries about sulfur emissions from your car? Maybe. Maybe not. It was a long time ago that sulfur was regulated out of the ga…
6 years, 8 months ago
A Solar Boom Without the Subsidy Gloom
In solar’s early days, getting electrons from solar panel to power grid was as much a financial as a technical challenge. Photovoltaic power cost mor…
6 years, 8 months ago
Ethical Cobalt: Feel Good About Your Batteries
We use cobalt every day. It's in the lithium-ion batteries in our phones, and in the growing fleet of electric vehicles out on the road. But chances …
6 years, 9 months ago
Asia Outlook: The Biggest of Everything
Asia has the biggest share of everything -- area, population, economic growth, and now, carbon dioxide emissions. Can Asia keep its pace of developme…
6 years, 9 months ago
Solar Thermal: All Night Long
Solar thermal power plants can provide electricity when demand is most high, during the evening, or even all night long. This ability could become mo…
6 years, 9 months ago
U.S. Anti-Climate Agenda: So What? Who Cares?!
The Obama-era Clean Power Plan is being cut out by the Trump administration. It probably doesn't matter so much because the U.S. power fleet is decar…
6 years, 9 months ago
Who's Boring Now: Utilities vs Oil
Oil has always carried with it the possibility of adventure and big wins to be had, and thereby a growth story for investors. Utilities, not so much.…
6 years, 10 months ago
Big Business Says: I've Got the Power
Governments play a role, but the private sector may hold the real keys to decarbonization. This week on Switched On, we talk with Kyle Harrison, a Bl…
6 years, 10 months ago