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Journalist Markham Hislop interviews leading energy experts from around the world about the energy transition and climate change.
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Clean energy takes off in the United States

Markham interviews Lisa Jacobson, president of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, and Tom Rowlands-Rees, BloombergNEF head of research for North America, about the 2024 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook.

Apr 05, 2024•26 min•Ep. 292

5 MW solar farm developed by Peace River co-operative

Markham interviews Colin Smith, project manager of the Peace Energy Cooperative, which recently received approval from the Alberta Utilities Commission to go ahead with the Peace River Energy Project, a 5 MW grid-connected solar farm.

Apr 03, 2024•39 min•Ep. 289

China leads the global energy transition by a big margin - live event

Energi Media's Markham Hislop and Sandy Garossino, National Observer columnist, discussing the role of China in the global energy transition. Recorded live at a March 27 event in Parksville, British Columbia, Canada that was organized by Roy Collver of the Energy Circle.

Apr 03, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 288

UK energy transition policies offer plenty of lessons for Canada

Markham interviews Marla Orenstein, the Canada West Foundation’s director of resources, environment and economy, recently travelled to the U.K. as part of an Energy Commentators Mission organized by the British Consulate. She wrote about the UK’s energy transition and climate policies in the Foundation’s latest Energy Innovation Brief.

Mar 29, 2024•38 min•Ep. 287

A conversation with Dr Doyne Farmer about complexity theory, energy transition

Markham interviews Dr. Doyne Farmer is the Baillie Gifford Professor of Complex Systems Science at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, at Oxford University. He is the author of “Making Sense of chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World” that will be published by Allen Lane on April 25.

Mar 27, 2024•46 min•Ep. 285

BC LNG's uncertain future

Markham interviews Mark Zackarias, executive director of Clean Energy Canada.

Mar 27, 2024•46 min•Ep. 284

Nuclear (large and small) a looming disaster for Ontario

Markham interviews Professor Mark Winfield of York University, who says that Ontario remains on the “same high-carbon, high-risk and high-cost pathway of nuclear and natural gas-fired generation expansion that it was on before.”

Mar 09, 2024•44 min•Ep. 281

Russia's invasion of Ukraine blew up world’s energy economy

Markham interviews Gernot Wagner, climate economist at the Columbia Business School, who recently wrote a piece called “The Ukraine War Blew Up the World’s Energy Economy.” But it was the sub-head that really caught my attention: “And the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act is surprisingly well-designed to deal with the fallout.”

Mar 07, 2024•27 min•Ep. 280

Cheap solar could create volatile electricity markets

In his introduction, Markham says "Conference Board of Canada" rather than "The Conference Board," which is the US organization for which economist Alex Heil wrote the report, “Too Much Sun? Heavy Focus on Solar Might Create Volatile US Electricity Markets.”

Feb 29, 2024•36 min•Ep. 277

New Alberta wind, solar rules will stifle growth

Markham interviews Jason Wang, a senior analyst working on the Pembina Institute's electricity program, about the policy guidance the Alberta government provided to the Alberta Utilities Commission on February 28, 2024.

Feb 29, 2024•40 min•Ep. 275

How new tech helps wind turbine industry

Markham interviews Josh Riedy, CEO and Founder of Thread, a pioneer of enterprise-scale autonomous data collection for inspection insights and utility management.

Feb 23, 2024•29 min•Ep. 273

'Climate Capitalism' - book interview with Akshat Rathi of Bloomberg

Markham interviews Dr. Akshat Rathi to talk about his new book, Climate Capitalism. Akshat is a London-based senior reporter for Bloomberg News. Climate Capitalism is his first book. It’s about, as he writes, “how we tackle climate change within the world’s dominant economic system and ensure that the wheels of progress don’t come to a halt or, worse, go into reverse.”

Feb 18, 2024•59 min•Ep. 270

Decarbonizing Germany's heating sector is a big job

Markham interviews Ralf Dickel, senior visiting research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, about his recent paper, "Decarbonizing Germany’s heating sector."

Feb 13, 2024•37 min•Ep. 267