Texas plans a hydrogen hub
Markham interviews Paul Doucette, University of Houston Energy’s Hydrogen Program Officer.
Mar 06, 2023•37 min•Ep. 144
Energi Talks
Journalist Markham Hislop interviews leading energy experts from around the world about the energy transition and climate change.
Episodes
Corrupt system leads to oil sands tailings ponds leaks, spills
Markham interviews Mandy Olsgard, independent toxicologist and risk assessor about the 2022 release of industrial wastewater and the Feb. 4 spill of 5.3 million litres of wastewater from a storage pond at Imperial Oil's Kearl oil sands plant.
Mar 05, 2023•44 min•Ep. 143
Finally, a technology to clean up toxic oil sands tailings ponds?
Markham interviews Dr. Vikramaditya Yadav, associate professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of British Columbia and CEO and co-founder of Vancouver-based Tersa, a startup specializing in carbon-neutral solutions for remediating mining waste and recovering metals
Mar 02, 2023•40 min•Ep. 142
Canadian fleet managers eying zero-emission big trucks
Markham interviews Darren Plested, partner in Deloitte’s Future of Transportation and Mobility, new report, “ Electrified fleets pave the way to emissions reduction .”
Mar 01, 2023•36 min•Ep. 141
The home's role in the electrification of everything
Markham interviews US-based Matt Ferrell, creator of the Still To Be Determined Podcast and popular Youtube channel Undecided with Matt Ferrell (1.1 million subscribers).
Feb 27, 2023•33 min•Ep. 140
Euro-Nazis, Canadian conservatives, and oil/gas tribal politics
Markham interviews Max Fawcett, lead columnist for the National Observer and host of the Maxed Out podcast, about his recent column, Pierre Poilievre has to choose between the convoy and Canada .
Feb 27, 2023•53 min•Ep. 139
Canada must match US clean energy subsidies
Markham interviews Michael Bernstein, head of Clean Prosperity, and a co-author of “Creating a Canadian Advantage Policies to help Canada compete for low-carbon investment.” Link: https://cleanprosperity.ca/new-data-shows-what-canada-can-do-to-compete-for-low-carbon-investment/
Feb 24, 2023•51 min•Ep. 138
Is Calgary ready to be a regional hydrogen hub?
Markham interviews Dinara Millington, Western Network Lead at The Transition Accelerator, co-author of the recent report, “Towards A Fuel Hydrogen Economy in the Calgary Region: A Feasibility Study."
Feb 23, 2023•36 min•Ep. 137
'Alberta’s Roadmap to the New Energy Economy' released by Pembina Institute
Markham interviews Simon Dyer of the Pembina Institute about the think tank's new study, "Alberta’s Roadmap to the New Energy Economy."
Feb 22, 2023•40 min•Ep. 136
US journalist Gregor MacDonald talks energy transition
Markham interviews Gregor MacDonald, a freelance journalist who covers cities, climate, and energy. He is also author of The Gregor Letter about the economics of energy transition, which you can find on Substack. He joined us from Portland, Oregon.
Feb 19, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 135
Preparing for energy revolution: Impact on utilities of US Inflation Reduction Act
Markham interviews Michael Jung, Executive Director of the ICF Climate Center, former cleantech executive, and author of "5 actions for utilities to prepare for IRA impacts.”
Feb 16, 2023•54 min•Ep. 134
Can the US power grid handle the EV tsunami?
Dr. Kaushik Rajashekara, Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the University of Houston, recipient of the 2022 Global Energy Prize (the highest international award in the energy sector), and member of the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Inventors.
Feb 16, 2023•26 min•Ep. 133
Using public funds to "crowd-in" private capital for clean energy investments
Markham interviews Marisa Beck, clean growth director, Canadian Climate Institute, about the launch of the first publications in the Institute's Mobilizing Private Capital to Support Canada’s Clean Growth research series.
Feb 15, 2023•48 min•Ep. 132
With TIER changes, Alberta ready to hit 2030 oil/gas climate targets
Markham interviews Scott MacDougall, senior advisor with the Pembina Institute focused on carbon pricing, oil and gas, and carbon capture utilization and storage.
Feb 15, 2023•26 min•Ep. 131
BC LNG: More evidence there is no business case for expansion
Markham interviews Andy Hira, professor of political science at Simon Fraser University, head of the Clean Energy Research Group, and lead author of “BC’s LNG Play: Reasonable Transition Fuel or Environmental Disaster?”
Feb 14, 2023•35 min•Ep. 130
Canada's clean energy industrial strategy lags robust USA approach
Link: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-canada-needs-its-own-bold-industrial-strategy-the-us-cannot-keep/
Feb 03, 2023•27 min•Ep. 129
Is there a business case for LNG in Canada?
Markham interviews Dr. Chris Bataille, economist and energy economics modeller.
Jan 31, 2023•31 min•Ep. 128
Energy technology disrupting global economy
Markham interviews Dr. Gregory Nemet, professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs.
Jan 24, 2023•38 min•Ep. 127
Challenges, opportunities of scaling Canadian clean technologies
Link to the Deloitte report: https://www2.deloitte.com/ca/en/pages/technology-media-and-telecommunications/articles/scaling-solutions-accelerating-the-commercialization-of-made-in-canada-clean-technology.html
Jan 23, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 126
US, Canada, Mexico carbon exchange idea
Link to paper: "A North American Carbon Exchange." https://www.policyschool.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ERG25-TriLateral-EnergyAgreement.pdf
Jan 19, 2023•38 min•Ep. 125
Energy transition, COVID-19, Russian militarism trigger global economic transformation
Markham interviews Dr. Werner Antweiler, director, Sauder School of Business Prediction Markets, associate professor and chair, Strategy and Business Economics Division, chair in International Trade Policy, University of British Columbia.
Jan 12, 2023•55 min•Ep. 124
Alberta has oil/gas industrial strategy and policy, but not for clean energy
Markham interviews Bentley Allan is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and an affiliate of the Environment, Energy, Sustainability, and Health Institute at Johns Hopkins University, as well as a research director at Alberta-based Transition Accelerator.
Jan 10, 2023•23 min•Ep. 123
Rest of Canadian economy 30 Mt/year short of emissions targets by 2030 - Part 4
Link to PowerPoint presentation: " Canada’s Path to Paris Targets: Forecasting Heavy Industry, Agriculture, Electricity, Land Use, Waste and other GHG Emissions in Canada for Period 2019 to 2030 ."
Jan 06, 2023•24 min•Ep. 122
Canada's building emissions won't hit 2030 reduction targets - Part 3
Building emissions PowerPoint presentation, " Canada’s Path to Paris Targets: Forecasting Buildings GHG Emissions in Canada for Period 2019 to 2030 ."
Jan 05, 2023•15 min•Ep. 121
Alberta could make carbon fibre from bitumen as early as 2026
Markham interviews Dr. Paolo Bomben, senior manager, Clean Technology Development, in the Clean Resources division of Alberta Innovates, about the Carbon Grand Fibre Challenge.
Jan 05, 2023•17 min•Ep. 120
Canadian oil/gas GHG cuts will miss 2030 targets by 33 Mt/yr - Part 2
Link to PowerPoint presentation: https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/Forecasting%20Oil%20and%20Gas%20GHG%20Emissions%20in%20Canada%20for%20Period%202019%20to%202030.pdf
Jan 04, 2023•27 min•Ep. 119
Oil and gas no longer driving prosperity in Alberta - CD Howe Institute
Markham interviews economist Glen Hodgson, a fellow in-residence at CD Howe Institute, who coauthored with Charles St-Arnaud, chief economist at Alberta Central, the Dec. 19 intelligence memo: "The Oilpatch is Gushing Money. Where’s the Boom?"
Jan 04, 2023•21 min•Ep. 118
Canada unlikely to hit transportation GHG targets by 2030 - Part 1
PowerPoint presentation with data, graphs, etc - Canada’s Path to Paris Targets: Forecasting Transportation GHG Emissions in Canada for Period 2019 to 2030 Link: https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/Forecasting%20Transportation%20GHG%20Emissions%20in%20Canada%20for%20Period%202019%20to%202030.pdf
Jan 04, 2023•16 min•Ep. 117
12 Canadian environmental predictions for the New Year
You can read Tim Gray's blog post that was the basis for this interview: " What’s in store for 2023? Here are our 12 environmental predictions for the new year ."
Jan 04, 2023•55 min•Ep. 116
Rapid fossil fuels peak, plateau, and decline already underway
Markham interviews Kingsmill Bond, a senior principal in the Strategic Analysis & Engagement Group of the Rocky Mountain Institute, about his team's nascent theory explaining how and why fossil fuels consumption will decline much more rapidly than many think.
Dec 23, 2022•58 min•Ep. 115