[Episode #222] – Green Industrial Policy
How can green industrial policy harness the tools of capitalism and growth to make the energy transition successful?
Apr 17, 2024•26 min•Ep. 222
The Energy Transition Show with Chris Nelder
Straight talk about the world’s transition from fossil fuels to renewables with energy expert Chris Nelder
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[Episode #221] – Fossilflation
What causes inflation? And how is it connected to the energy transition?
Apr 03, 2024•22 min•Ep. 221
[Episode #220] – Climate Capitalism
Author Akshat Rathi shares key insights from his new book, Climate Capitalism, about how the private sector provides scalable solutions to climate change.
Mar 20, 2024•20 min•Ep. 220
[Episode #219] – Nuclear Illusions
Nuclear power’s long track record of failure, including that of small modular reactors (SMRs), shows why it will not contribute to the energy transition.
Mar 06, 2024•20 min•Ep. 219
[Episode #218] – Accelerating Decarbonization in the US
A new report details policies that can accelerate the decarbonization of the entire US economy, along with the risks and barriers to their implementation.
Feb 21, 2024•27 min•Ep. 218
[Episode #217] – Passivhaus in Scotland
Retrofitting buildings to the Passivhaus standard can make them far healthier and more comfortable, while consuming far less energy than conventional buildings.
Feb 07, 2024•27 min•Ep. 217
[Episode #216] – COP28 and the Outlook for Oil
What will cause global demand for oil to peak and decline until it reaches zero by 2050?
Jan 24, 2024•24 min•Ep. 216
[Episode #215] – IEA’s New Oil & Gas Outlook
How must the oil and gas industry prepare for the world to stop using their products entirely by 2050?
Jan 10, 2024•26 min•Ep. 215
[Episode #214] – Countering Climate Doomerism
Climate scientist Dr. Michael E. Mann answers some of the hottest questions today about climate science.
Dec 27, 2023•24 min•Ep. 214
[Episode #213] – Offshore Wind in the UK
Is offshore wind dead in the water, or just facing some temporary turbulence? Chris Nelder reports on the offshore wind sector from the UK.
Dec 13, 2023•18 min•Ep. 213
[Episode #212] – Transition in Eigg
A small island in Scotland became the world’s first community to launch an off-grid electric system powered by wind, water and solar. Here’s how they did it.
Nov 29, 2023•26 min•Ep. 212
[Episode #211] – Doomers vs. Transitionistas
Why do some people believe we should accelerate the energy transition, while others claim that it will never work and advocate for things like degrowth policies instead?
Nov 15, 2023•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 211
[Episode #210] – Transportation Transition Update
Are EV sales about to go through a rapid adoption phase, portending a peak in global oil demand before the end of this decade?
Nov 01, 2023•31 min•Ep. 210
[Episode #209] – End of the Nuclear Age
Contra the new pro-nuclear zeitgeist that has bamboozled climate hawks, nuclear power is not at the dawning of a new age, but at the end of its old age.
Oct 18, 2023•27 min•Ep. 209
[Episode #208] – Vernacular Architecture
Can ancient architectural and building techniques be used today to help keep buildings comfortable without using energy?
Oct 04, 2023•22 min•Ep. 208
[Episode #207] – 8th Anniversary Show
Energy researcher Jonathan Koomey rejoins us to review the major stories we have covered over the past year and see how the energy transition has progressed.
Sep 20, 2023•29 min•Ep. 207
[Episode #206] – Regulatory Capture in Texas
Regulatory capture is rife in Texas, and it explains a lot about how the losers of the energy transition have rigged the state’s systems in their favor.
Sep 06, 2023•22 min•Ep. 206
[Episode #205] – Rebuilding the Grid from the Bottom-up
How can we maximize the role of distributed energy resources as we rebuild the power grid using a decentralized architecture?
Aug 23, 2023•26 min•Ep. 205
[Episode #204] – Regulatory Reform
What do regulators and governments need to do differently to lead the energy transition?
Aug 09, 2023•23 min•Ep. 204
[Episode #203] – The Case for Climate Optimism
Why does so much media focus on unlikely, pessimistic climate scenarios when our progress should make us optimistic about combating global warming?
Jul 26, 2023•27 min•Ep. 203
[Episode #202] – UK’s Green Day
Simon Evans of Carbon Brief reviews the highlights of the UK’s latest policy proposals, including how the government plans to meet its emissions-reduction goals.
Jul 12, 2023•24 min•Ep. 202
[Episode #201] – India Update Part 2
In this second part of the interview from Ep. 199, we see how India’s energy transition is changing its oil and gas, grid power, cooling, and mobility sectors.
Jun 28, 2023•27 min•Ep. 201
[Episode #200] – ETS Retrospective
The Energy Transition Show marks its 200th regular episode with a look back at the progress of the energy transition and of the show since it launched in 2015.
Jun 14, 2023•25 min•Ep. 200
[Episode #199] – India Update Part 1
In this first part of a 3.5-hour, two-part interview, we see how India is coming along with its energy transition, with focus on its coal, solar, and wind power.
May 31, 2023•23 min•Ep. 199
[Episode #198] – The Coal Trap
Why has West Virginia denied the reality of the energy transition and clung to coal for so long, especially when it’s against their own economic interests?
May 17, 2023•28 min•Ep. 198
[Episode #197] – Virtual Power Plants (VPPs)
Virtual Power Plants are finally ready to scale up, making it possible for the grid to do more with less as we “electrify everything.”
May 03, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 197
[Episode #196] – Unglamorous Solutions
What if the most fundamental, transformative, and enduring aspects of the energy transition aren’t about technology at all, but rather policy and investment?
Apr 19, 2023•26 min•Ep. 196
[Episode #195] – Permafrost and Climate ‘Tipping Points’
Is the Arctic permafrost in a warming feedback loop that will unleash a methane bomb and push the planet past a tipping point and into inevitable climate doom?
Apr 05, 2023•29 min•Ep. 195
[Episode #194] – Materials Requirements of the Transition
Does the availability of key minerals and materials—like “rare earth” metals—pose a fundamental limitation to the energy transition?
Mar 22, 2023•27 min•Ep. 194
[Episode #193] – Harmonizing EU and US Climate Policies
How will Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (or CBAM) avoid “carbon leakage,” and how can the EU and US harmonize their climate policies?
Mar 08, 2023•21 min•Ep. 193
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