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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

The role of gas in a renewables-heavy power grid

Markham interviews UK-based energy journalist Seb Kennedy, who writes the newsletter Energy Flux and penned an article about the German grid titled “Value over volume: Gas-fired power demand is crashing, but its system value is soaring.”

Nov 09, 202427 minEp. 384

BC LNG economics just don't work

Markham interviews Janetta McKenzie, Pembina’s Oil and Gas Program Manager; Tom Green, Senior Climate Policy Adviser, David Suzuki Foundation; and Maeve O’Connor, Analyst, Oil, Gas and Mining, Carbon Tracker, about the new report Turning Tides: The economic risks of B.C.’s LNG expansion in a changing energy market ....

Nov 07, 202434 minEp. 383

Working from home really does cut greenhouse gas emissions

Markham interviews Farzam Sepanta, Carleton University, co-author of “Quantifying the net impact of hybrid work on greenhouse gas emissions associated with workplace and residential energy consumption.”

Nov 02, 202424 minEp. 378

Hydrogen stationary power generation coming, but still costly

Markham interviews UK-based IDTechX analyst Maia Benstead about her new report “Stationary Fuel Cell Markets 2025-2035: Technologies, Players & Forecasts,” which suggests that the stationary fuel cell market will exceed US$8 billion by 2035.

Oct 30, 202420 minEp. 376

The Ontario energy plan isn't much of a plan

Markham interviews Prof. Mark Winfield, of York University's Environmental and Urban Change and co-chair of the Faculty's Sustainable Energy Initiative.

Oct 30, 202426 minEp. 375

Dr. Joe Vipond in defence of the climate narrative

Markham interviews Dr. Joe Vipond, a Calgary ER doctor and well-known climate activist, who asked to appear on Energi Talks to rebut the argument that we should stop talking about climate and focus instead on the energy transition.

Oct 30, 202437 minEp. 374

The energy conversation Alberta SHOULD be having

Markham interviews Chris Severson-Baker, executive director, Pembina Institute, and co-author of a recent op-ed, “The new energy economy has arrived, and Canada must pay attention.”

Oct 29, 202449 minEp. 373

Why battery prices are headed lower and lower

Markham interviews Dr. Alex Holland, Research Director at UK-based IDTechEx and author of the new report, “Li-ion Battery Market 2025-2035: Technologies, Players, Applications, Outlooks and Forecasts.”

Oct 29, 202427 minEp. 372

Canadian support for climate measures falls 14%

Markham interviews David Coletto of Abacus Data about his recent survey that shows Canadian concern about climate change has dropped 14 points since last year due to worries about affordability. Link: https://abacusdata.ca/from-climate-action-to-immediate-relief/

Oct 22, 202425 minEp. 369

Does oil have a future?

Markham interviews Jim Burkhard, a vice president of S&P Global, the American analytics firm. He heads up the Global Commodity Insights crude oil research and energy and mobility research on how the automotive ecosystem impacts demand and influences the energy and automotive industries.

Oct 22, 202425 minEp. 367

Are Canadian taxpayers on the hook for an $18 billion TMX subsidy?

Markham interviews Tom Gunton of the the International Institute for Sustainable Development, which recently released a report titled, “ Assessment of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Canada: A case study of the Trans Mountain Pipeline .”

Oct 12, 202438 minEp. 364

Oil sands workers reject green energy jobs

Markham interviews Parker Muzzerall, a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. " Oilsands workers are resistant to sustainable jobs, new research finds. "

Oct 10, 202444 minEp. 363

How China became a Great Power to rival the USA

Markham interviews Oriana Skylar Mastro, a centre fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and courtesy assistant professor of Political Science at Stanford University. Dr. Mastro is the author of, " Upstart: How China Became a Great Power ."

Oct 08, 202427 minEp. 362

Building cleantech bridges to Europe

Markham interviews ClimateDoor’s CEO Chad Rickaby about the state of cleantech finance in Canada and the new Low Carbon and Circular Economy Business Action Canada initiative in Vancouver.

Oct 04, 202426 minEp. 361

Role of incumbents in the British Columbia hydrogen sector

Markham interviews Orland Clark, graduate student in the Department of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick, about his thesis, which examines the role of incumbent companies in the development of the BC hydrogen industry. Thesis title: "Hydrogen and the Carbon Trap: Hydrogen Coalitions and the Feedback Effects of the BC Hydrogen Strategy."

Sep 24, 202439 minEp. 357