Energi Talks

Huge electricity demand growth threatens US power grid

April 11, 2024 20:32 - 42 minutes - 58 MB

Markham interviews Dan Forman of Copper Labs, an expert in energy usage and efficiency, as well as commercial and residential demand response.

Big savings for California grid from Virtual Power Plants

April 11, 2024 20:07 - 34 minutes - 48.1 MB

Markham interviews Ryan Hledik, a principal with the Brattle Group, about a recent report on the potential for Virtual Power Plants in California.

Thin film solar may be answer to building renewables on farm land

April 11, 2024 18:39 - 28 minutes - 39 MB

Markham interviews Paul Warley, CEO of Ascent Solar Technologies.

Calgary utility hires university to create climate model for grid planning

April 10, 2024 16:06 - 20 minutes - 28 MB

Markham interviews Jennifer Saldana, director of ESG performance and reporting for ENMAX, and Professor David Sauchyn, director of the Prairie Adaptation and Research Collaborative and professor of geography and environmental studies at the University of Regina.

Danielle Smith: incompetent chaos agent or savvy populist politician?

April 05, 2024 18:02 - 38 minutes - 52.2 MB

Markham interviews Duane Bratt, professor of political science, Mount Royal University, about Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's first 18 months in power.

Clean energy takes off in the United States

April 05, 2024 17:59 - 25 minutes - 35.7 MB

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.

EV sales slower recently, but long-term trends don't change

April 03, 2024 23:45 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MB

Markham interviews Corey Cantor, a senior associate with BloomberNEF, about inflection points on the S-curve and the adoption of electric vehicles. Slow down in the global marketplace?

5 MW solar farm developed by Peace River co-operative

April 03, 2024 23:41 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MB

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.

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

April 03, 2024 23:34 - 1 hour - 96.2 MB

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.

UK energy transition policies offer plenty of lessons for Canada

March 29, 2024 18:26 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MB

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.

Long-duration energy storage needed before 2030

March 27, 2024 18:45 - 44 minutes - 60.7 MB

Markham interviews technology analyst Conrad Nichols' recent IDTechEx report about long duration energy storage for utility scale applications.

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

March 27, 2024 12:23 - 45 minutes - 62.6 MB

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.

BC LNG's uncertain future

March 27, 2024 12:17 - 46 minutes - 63.9 MB

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

Old but revolutionary heat battery the solution for industrial decarbonization?

March 25, 2024 17:37 - 46 minutes - 63.4 MB

Markham interviews John O’Donnell, CEO of Rondo Energy.

Global power grids: some get it right, some don't

March 14, 2024 20:15 - 43 minutes - 59.6 MB

Markham interviews Bogdan Avramuta, director of market research for Rethink Energy.

Nuclear (large and small) a looming disaster for Ontario

March 09, 2024 17:35 - 43 minutes - 60.4 MB

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.”

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

March 07, 2024 20:15 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MB

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.”

A wind, solar developer's view of Alberta's renewables moratorium

March 06, 2024 17:42 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MB

Markham interviews Dan Balaban, CEO of Greengate Power, a Calgary-based developer of wind and solar projects.

An engineer's view of batteries, wind and solar on power grids

March 01, 2024 17:44 - 36 minutes - 50.8 MB

Markham interviews Josh Tucker of engineering firm Burns & McDonnell.

Cheap solar could create volatile electricity markets

February 29, 2024 19:23 - 36 minutes - 49.6 MB

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.”

Is UK energy transition stalling?

February 29, 2024 16:40 - 31 minutes - 43.5 MB

Markham interviews Frank Ketelaars, operations manager for UK & Ireland at DNV Energy Systems.

New Alberta wind, solar rules will stifle growth

February 29, 2024 16:36 - 39 minutes - 54.4 MB

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.

How Canada could lose 33 Mt/year opportunity to lower emissions

February 23, 2024 18:11 - 27 minutes - 37.4 MB

Markham interviews Brendan Frank, who leads policy development and analysis for Clean Prosperity.

How new tech helps wind turbine industry

February 23, 2024 18:10 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MB

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

Asian demand overstated by LNG bulls like Shell, Alberta

February 22, 2024 19:38 - 35 minutes - 48.6 MB

Markham interviews Christopher Doleman, LNG/Gas Specialist, Asia for US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.

Do EV sales now rise and fall with gasoline prices?

February 20, 2024 00:53 - 53 minutes - 74.1 MB

Markham interviews noted American economist Phil Verlager, who has been researching and writing about crude oil markets for over 50 years.

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

February 18, 2024 12:36 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MB

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.”

How renewables, new tech will revolutionize global power grids

February 16, 2024 18:23 - 40 minutes - 55 MB

Markham interviews Gerhard Salge, chief technology officer for Hitachi Energy.

Is new tech the key to modernizing old power grids?

February 14, 2024 17:46 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MB

Markham interviews Eran Inbar, CEO of Israel-based Prisma Photonics.

Decarbonizing Germany's heating sector is a big job

February 13, 2024 18:07 - 37 minutes - 51.1 MB

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

China's EV revolution: What makes it tick?

February 13, 2024 18:05 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MB

Markham interviews Anders Hove, a member of the China Energy Research Programme at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.

'Kenneyism,' the book, with Jeremy Appel

February 11, 2024 22:03 - 1 hour - 92.4 MB

Markham interviews independent journalist Jeremy Appel about his new book “Kenneyism,” released last week.

Doug Ford's folly: refurbishing Pickering B nuclear power plant

February 09, 2024 21:50 - 35 minutes - 48.4 MB

Markham interviews Professor Mark Winfield, head of Environmental and Urban Change at York University, Co-Chair of the Faculty's Sustainable Energy Initiative, and author of the February 6 Globe and Mail op-ed, “The folly of Ontario’s nuclear power play.”

How industries, governments negotiate energy and climate policies

February 09, 2024 21:47 - 23 minutes - 32.1 MB

Markham interviews law professor James Coleman of Southern Methodist University about his paper, “Policymaking by Proposal: How Agencies Are Transforming Industry Investment Long before Rules Can Be Tested in Court.”

Grid reliability challenge as climate disasters rise

February 09, 2024 21:44 - 24 minutes - 34 MB

Markham interviews Mish Thadani, CEO of grid edge software technology and utility solutions provider Rhizome.

Canadian auto sector worried about Chinese competition

February 09, 2024 17:47 - 37 minutes - 52.2 MB

Markham interviews Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association.

China dominates global wind energy industry

February 09, 2024 17:44 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MB

Markham interviews Endri Lico, Principal Analyst, Global Wind Supply Chain and Technology of international consultancy Wood Mackenzie, and author of "Wind turbine technology evolution is diverging quickly between China and the rest of the world."

Energy transition plan abandoned by Alberta Energy Regulator?

February 08, 2024 20:49 - 42 minutes - 59.1 MB

Markham interviews Carol Baker, who in 2016 wrote a strategic planning document titled “Grand Energy Transition” for the Alberta Energy Regulator.

Michael Liebrich on electrifying the global economy

February 07, 2024 18:31 - 1 hour - 92.4 MB

Markham interviews Michael Liebreich is a leading global expert on clean energy and transportation, smart infrastructure, technology, climate finance and sustainable development and founder of BloombergNEF.

Canada disrupted! CEO survey shows 're-invention' not top of mind

February 06, 2024 17:39 - 47 minutes - 64.8 MB

Markham interviews Shelley Gilberg, national platforms leader and ESG strategy partner, PwC Canada.

AER report about well clean up is confused, unclear

January 19, 2024 20:54 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MB

Markham interviews Drew Yewchuk, public interest lawyer with the University of Calgary.

Electric heavy trucks just about ready for prime time

January 19, 2024 18:35 - 44 minutes - 60.5 MB

Markham interviews Shazan Siddiqi, senior technology analyst at UK-based IDTechEx, about his new report, Electric Truck Milestones in 2023 and Outlook.

Western Canada electricity market a tantalizing opportunity

January 18, 2024 22:28 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MB

Markham interviews energy economist David Gray.

Battery industry's wild ride just beginning

January 18, 2024 17:55 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MB

Markham interviews Connor Watts, EV and battery analyst for Rethink Research. He joined us from the UK.

Microgrids slow to catch on in USA, but show great promise

January 17, 2024 00:13 - 35 minutes - 49 MB

Markham interviews Cameron Brooks, executive director of Think Microgrid.

Why 'carbon contracts for difference' may yet decarbonize Alberta oil and gas

January 16, 2024 18:50 - 33 minutes - 45.5 MB

Markham interviews Brendan Frank, policy development and analysis lead for Clean Prosperity.

Uncertain future for LNG impeding Canadian expansion?

January 15, 2024 17:17 - 48 minutes - 66.8 MB

Markham interviews Anne-Sophie Corbeau, a Global Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Her CV is lengthy and impressive, including stints at the International Energy Agency and as head of gas analysis at supermajor BP.

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