Episode 017 - A Diverse Portfolio

In this episode Matt Lensink sits down with David Teichroeb to discuss diversifying your energy portfolio. From gas, to electricity and hydrogen technologies, Matt and Dave talk about a wide range of ways to consume energy and where we should focus our efforts going forward.

Background:

David is an advocate for expanding our economy’s access to affordable, resilient, renewable and non-emitting energy. His advocacy is based on real-life experience developing projects involving renewable natural gas, hydrogen, next-generation heating technologies and solar microgrids with storage. To achieve deep reductions in emissions, we need to move beyond the current herd thinking that focuses on “electrify everything”. Failing to embrace a diversified portfolio of renewable and non-emitting energy solutions would reduce energy supply diversity and limit how consumers access energy. Furthermore, it is detrimental to cold-climate economies in countries like Canada. It would erode access to existing cost-effective, seasonal energy storage that exists in our vast pipeline networks. Maintaining and growing this seasonal storage capability will be key to delivering real emission reductions as our intermittent supplies of renewable energy grow.