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Energi Talks

Markham Hislopenergi.media
Journalist Markham Hislop interviews leading energy experts from around the world about the energy transition and climate change.

Episodes

How innovation can help Alberta's orphan well problem

Markham interviews Peter Knight, President, WACORP and Aldean Sehlstrom, President, Vera-Line Service, about technology they’ve developed to significantly lower the cost of reclaiming these problem wells. Note: this is interview is far more technical than anything we've done before. You may have to Google some terms and definitions.

Dec 08, 202326 minEp. 230

How Canadians (especially Albertans) think about the energy transition

Markham interviews David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, is a pollster with his finger on the political pulse of Canada. His firm regularly asks Canadians what they think about climate change, the energy transition, and specific policies like the carbon tax.

Dec 06, 202337 minEp. 229

Dr James Frith on 2023 battery news and a look ahead at 2024

Markham interviews Dr. James Frith, a battery expert Energi Media first interviewed years ago when he was head of BloombergNEF’s energy storage division. He has now moved to venture capital firm Volta, which specializes in energy technology investing.

Dec 06, 202345 minEp. 228

China's incredible solar roll out in Inner Mongolia

Markham interviews Dr. Michal Meidan, head of China energy research at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Also read: China’s Remote Deserts Are Hiding an Energy Revolution Related podcast episode with Herbert Crowther: China's 'shuangtan' policy behind booming clean energy industry...

Dec 04, 202338 minEp. 227

Speaking truth to power from inside Alberta's oil/gas industry

In this episode I do something I rarely do in my journalism: interview a good friend. I first met Janet Annesley around 2010 when she was the VP of communications for CAPP, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. Over the years, while she was employed in a variety of very interesting jobs, including as chief of staff to Canada’s natural resources minister, I’ve watched the arc of her career bend toward the energy transition and the climate crisis. Now, as chief sustainability officer fo...

Nov 17, 202348 minEp. 223

Talking 'The Water Brothers' with Alex and Tyler Mifflin

Markham interviews Alex and Tyler Mifflin about their TVO Original series ' The Water Brothers ,' an eco-adventure documentary series that explores the world, uncovering the most challenging water stories of our time. Alex and Tyler investigate the problems and search for solutions, talking to conservationists, scientists, and citizens around the world.

Nov 17, 202332 minEp. 222

Ramping up clean energy, ramping down fossil fuels

Markham interviews Rana Adib, executive director of REN21 (a global “coalition of the willing” that wants to accelerate the development of renewable energy), who just returned from the International Vienna Energy and Climate Forum.

Nov 06, 202330 minEp. 217

Canadian carbon pricing is not dead

Markham interviews Dr. Mark Jaccard, noted energy and climate economist, and recently appointed Chair and CEO of the BC Utilities Commission.

Nov 04, 202350 minEp. 216

China's 'shuangtan' policy behind booming clean energy industry

Markham interviews Herbert Crowther, analyst for Energy/Climate/Resources at Eurasia Group and author of a recently published Oxford Institute for Energy Studies paper titled, “Three years on: Assessing power sector and renewable energy manufacturing policy in China since the announcement of dual carbon goals."

Oct 31, 202346 minEp. 213

US gearing up to be battery superpower

Markham interviews Dr. Ramez Elgammal, VP of Technology at The Coretec Group and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Tennessee.

Oct 18, 202337 minEp. 211