The rise to dominance of China's EV industry
Markham interviews Vivek Vaidya, principal and global client leader at Frost & Sullivan,
Oct 03, 2023•37 min•Ep. 204
Energi Talks
Journalist Markham Hislop interviews leading energy experts from around the world about the energy transition and climate change.
Episodes
IEA's net-zero roadmap update shows major energy transition step change
Markham interviews Kingsmill Bond is a senior principal in the Strategic Analysis & Engagement Group of the Rocky Mountain Institute.
Sep 29, 2023•48 min•Ep. 203
Time to improve federal Impact Assessment Act (Bill C-69)?
Markham interviews Marla Orenstein, director of the Canada West Foundation’s Natural Resources Centre.
Sep 07, 2023•23 min•Ep. 202
Oil/gas incumbents frustrate climate policy, risk carbon lock-in
Markham interviews Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon, Associate Professor, Department of Geoscience at the University of Calgary and co-author of Mission Impossible: The Influence of Incumbent Industries on Mission-oriented Innovation Policy Targeting Carbon Lock-in for the School of Public Policy.
Sep 07, 2023•37 min•Ep. 201
Shareholders will never pressure Alberta oil/gas companies to lower emissions
Markham interviews Truzaar Dordi, assistant professor in Sustainability Management at the University of York, UK, working in the fields of climate finance, energy, about his co-authored paper, “A voice for change? Capital markets as a key leverage point in Canada's fossil fuel industry.”
Sep 06, 2023•27 min•Ep. 200
Energy policy now a major risk to grid reliability in North America
Markham interviews Brian Slocum, North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s Reliability Issues Steering Committee chair and senior vice president and chief operating officer at ITC Holdings Corp., the largest independent electricity transmission company in the United States.
Sep 06, 2023•21 min•Ep. 199
Former ENMAX CEO dishes on Alberta power sector woes
Markham interviews Gary Holden, former CEO of ENMAX and now CEO of New Zealand-based Lodestone Energy, solar power, power generation, energy retailing and financial services.
Sep 05, 2023•56 min•Ep. 198
Peak demand set to disrupt oil companies
Markham interviews Krista Halttunen, a multi-disciplinary energy and climate change PhD researcher based at the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London and co-author of, "What if we never run out of oil? From certainty of 'peak oil' to 'peak demand'”.
Aug 31, 2023•45 min•Ep. 197
Deborah Yedlin, Calgary Chamber of Commerce, on energy's future
Markham interviews Deborah Yedlin, president and CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce since 2021. Before that, she spent more than two decades as a business columnist for various media outlets.
Aug 25, 2023•34 min•Ep. 196
Critical minerals cause of intense geopolitical competition
Markham interviews Isabel Al-Dhahir, Senior Analyst, Thematic Intelligence at GlobalData, which recently released its “Critical Minerals” report.
Aug 23, 2023•24 min•Ep. 195
Challenges of EVs and the US power grid explained
Markham interviews Carter Boyle is a consultant at 1898 & Co., a subsidiary of global engineering firm Burns & McDonnell.
Aug 23, 2023•40 min•Ep. 194
Joe Anglin on Danielle Smith, high cost of Alberta electricity
Markham interviews the outspoken but very well-informed Joe Anglin, former Wildrose MLA from 2012 to 2014, head of the Lavesta Area Group that opposed costly transmission projects over the past 20 years, now a lawyer and consultant for companies hoping to build wind and solar projects in Alberta.
Aug 22, 2023•41 min•Ep. 193
New hydrogen tech from Australia
Markham interviews Richard Allen, chairman of Australia's United H2 Ltd. The company claims to be the world’s largest hydrogen conglomerate, with investments in 37 companies.
Aug 22, 2023•27 min•Ep. 192
How much constitutional authority does Alberta have over oil and gas?
Markham interviews Professor Shaun Fluker of the University of Calgary faculty of law about Sections 91 and 92 of the Constitution Act, 1867 that sets out the powers of the provincial and federal governments.
Aug 22, 2023•36 min•Ep. 191
Sorting out Alberta regulations for wind, solar isn't easy
Markham interviews Mark Dorin, Alberta land rights and administrative law expert.
Aug 18, 2023•36 min•Ep. 190
Suncor stepping back from energy transition, climate
Markham interviews Max Fawcett of the National Observer about his column, “Suncor waves the white flag on climate change.”
Aug 17, 2023•55 min•Ep. 189
How to turn Alberta into a clean electricity superpower
Markham interviews Alberta energy economist David Gray. Video interview with David: Albertans paying double what they should for electricity?
Aug 15, 2023•44 min•Ep. 188
The science behind turning bitumen into carbon fibre
Markham interviews Dr. Kevin Hodder, University of Alberta, whose team is participating in Alberta Innovates' Carbon Fibre Grand Challenge.
Aug 02, 2023•32 min•Ep. 187
BloombergNEF 2023 EV Outlook: ICE is dead tech walking
Markham interviews Colin McKerracher, head of advanced transport for BloombergNEF.
Jul 28, 2023•21 min•Ep. 186
Explained: Canada Energy Regulator's net-zero modelling for oil and gas
Markham interviews Jean-Denis Charlebois, chief economist, Canada Energy Regulator, about the net-zero modelling for oil and gas in "Canada’s Energy Future 2023."
Jul 20, 2023•43 min•Ep. 185
A civil conversation about narratives, future of Alberta oil and gas
Markham interviews Bill Whitelaw, managing director, Strategy & Business Development at geoLOGIC Systems Ltd. & JWN Energy, and author of the Troy Media op-ed, “Canadian oil and gas sector misunderstands the power of narratives.”
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 184
Mandate letters are fascinating peek into Alberta energy policies
Markham interviews Dr. Lisa Young, professor of political science at the University of Calgary and author of the What Now?! Newsletter about Alberta politics.
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 183
How costly will Canadian oil/gas clean up be?
Markham interviews researcher Megan Egler of the Parkland Institute, author of the report, "Past Due: Tallying the Costs of Oil and Gas Cleanup in Canada," for Environmental Defence Canada.
Jul 14, 2023•49 min•Ep. 182
Should Canada's oil and gas be phased out? Is there an alternative?
Markham interviews Aaron Cosbey, development economist with the International Institute for Sustainable Development, and co-author of “Setting the Pace: The Economic Case for Managing the Decline of Canada’s Oil and Gas Production.”
Jul 06, 2023•51 min•Ep. 181
Will Global South support oil/gas as demand falls in North?
Markham interviews Justin Locke, managing director of Rocky Mountain Institute’s Global South Program.
Jul 05, 2023•43 min•Ep. 180
Geothermal poised for rapid growth as oil drilling companies buy in
Markham interviews Peter White, CEO and co-Founder, Rethink Technology Research, about his new "Geothermal forecast to 2050."
Jul 03, 2023•33 min•Ep. 179
North America hit peak oil demand in 2019. Where to from here?
Markham interviews Gregor Macdonald, energy journalist and author of the Gregor Letter.
Jun 16, 2023•28 min•Ep. 178
Time running out for Canada's decision on LNG build out
Markham interviews Cynthia Leach, assistant chief economist, RBC, about her co-authored report, Canada's Conundrum: Three Ways To Address The World's Gas & Climate Crises...
Jun 08, 2023•24 min•Ep. 177
Oil a sunset industry, says prominent energy economist
Markham interviews Dr Phil Verleger: Ph.D. in Economics from MIT in 1971 Worked in the Ford and Carter administrations Taught at Yale University VP in the Commodities Division at Drexel Burnham Lambert Taught at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary
Jun 01, 2023•55 min•Ep. 176
Exponential growth key to understanding clean energy revolution
Markham interviews Kingsmill Bond is a senior principal in the Strategic Analysis & Engagement Group of the Rocky Mountain Institute, about his post, The energy transition in five charts .
Jun 01, 2023•48 min•Ep. 175