Energi Talks
333 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJournalist Markham Hislop interviews leading energy experts from around the world about the energy transition and climate change.
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The best battery strategy for North America may surprise you
September 28, 2022 18:40 - 30 minutes - 42.5 MBMarkham interviews Dr. Bentley Allan, research director at the Transition Accelerator and an associate professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. He’s the lead author of “A Roadmap for Canada’s Battery Value Chain: Building a national strategy for critical minerals and green battery metals.”
Enough Canadian oil pipelines for now, but shortage looming?
September 22, 2022 00:09 - 21 minutes - 30 MBS&P Global press release, including link to the report, upon which the interview is based: New Pipeline Projects Appear Enough to Solve Recurring Capacity Constraints for Canadian Crude--But Permanent Relief is Not Guaranteed
Canada and the "steep decline" of global oil demand
September 22, 2022 00:07 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBThe IISD deep dive upon which the interview is based. "Peak oil demand is coming soon, says IEA" - Markham's interview with Olivier Lejeune, oil analyst for the International Energy Agency
Max Fawcett interview: Pierre Poilievre and conservative energy politics
September 22, 2022 00:04 - 41 minutes - 57.5 MBMarkham interviews Max Fawcett, lead columnist for the National Observer.
California burning: PG&E's epic fail
September 15, 2022 19:21 - 21 minutes - 29.8 MBMarkham interviews Katherine Blunt, about her new book, "California Burning." She covers renewable energy and utilities for The Wall Street Journal and is a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
Building Canada's EV battery sector is a sprint, not a marathon
September 15, 2022 18:56 - 23 minutes - 32 MBMarkham interviews Evan Pivnick, Clean energy program manager with Clean Energy Canada, whose new report, “Canada’s New Economic Engine,” explores how Canada can successfully build an EV battery supply chain in order to become a North American battery powerhouse.
Did residential batteries save California's power grid?
September 14, 2022 15:53 - 29 minutes - 40.3 MBMarkham interviews Bernadette Del Chiaro, Executive Director, California Solar & Storage Association, about the critical role played by rooftop solar and battery storage in supporting California's strained power grid during the crippling heat wave of the first few weeks of September, 2022.
Building $200 billion of battery factories by 2030 is herculean task
August 31, 2022 17:14 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBMarkham interviews Henry Sanderson, Executive Editor, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence and author of the new book, "Volt Rush, the Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green," about why the battery industry needs to invest $200 billion in gigafactories to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles and energy storage by 2030.
Can US Inflation Reduction Act accelerate Canada‘s clean energy transition?
August 25, 2022 16:42 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBMarkham interviews Rick Smith, president of the Canadian Climate Institute, about his August 15, 2022 op-ed in the Toronto Star titled, “Four ways the Inflation Reduction Act can accelerate Canada‘s clean energy transition.”
Solar as the model for technology change in the energy transition
August 22, 2022 18:28 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBMarkham interviews Prof. Gregory Nemet, professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs, about technology change, the energy transition, and his book, "How Solar Became Cheap: A Model for Low-Carbon Innovation."
New Canadian auto sector strategy from Unifor focuses on EVs
August 18, 2022 19:06 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBMarkham interviews Angelo DiCaro, research director for Unifor, Canada's largest private sector union organization, about its new report “Navigating the road ahead – rebuilding Canada’s powerhouse auto sector."
Unpacking the Inflation Reduction Act's effect on US climate policy
August 08, 2022 17:30 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBMarkham interviews Dr. Neha Patankar, energy modeller and researcher for the REPEAT Project at Princeton University.
Western Canada's CO2 storage capacity is huge
August 05, 2022 14:56 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBMarkham interviews Sean McCoy, assistant professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Calgary about a new report from the Transition Accelerator titled, "Review of Carbon-Dioxide Storage Potential in Western Canada: Blue Hydrogen Roadmap to 2050" that he co-authored with Richard Hares and David B. Layzell.
New study on economics of US advanced nuclear power
July 29, 2022 16:57 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBMarkham interviews Jonah Messinger, energy analyst, The Breakthrough Institute, co-author of "Advancing Nuclear Energy: Evaluating Deployment, Investment, and Impact In America’s Clean Energy Future."
US right-wing Atlas Network funding pro-oil and gas activism in Canada
July 26, 2022 18:07 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBMarkham interviews Geoff Dembicki, investigative climate reporter and author of a July 18 Narwhal article, “How a conservative U.S. network undermined Indigenous energy rights in Canada.” He also has a new book, 'The Petroleum Papers' out in September.
How Alberta oil/gas can decarbonize AND transition to new net-zero products
July 21, 2022 22:40 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBMarkham interviews economist Chris Bataille about his new paper, "How the sector can decarbonize operations and develop new net zero products," for the Canadian Climate Institute. Link: https://climateinstitute.ca/scoping-papers/
EV battery swapping taking off in China
July 15, 2022 16:21 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBMarkham interviews Shazan Siddiqi, technology analyst with the EV team at IDTechEx, about the new report, “Battery Swapping for Electric Vehicles 2022-2032: Technology, Players and Forecasts."
Removing carbon from bitumen is cheap, creates valuable feedstock for materials manufacturing
July 15, 2022 16:06 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBMarkham interviews Warren Chung, professional engineer and president of Well Resources Inc., located in Calgary about his company's commercially viable process to remove asphaltines and other carbon-intense residue from Alberta oil sands bitumen.
How much should governments own of Canadian power grids?
July 06, 2022 21:25 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBMarkham interviews energy economist Dr. Chris Bataille.
How Alberta's power grid can be net-zero by 2035
July 05, 2022 18:49 - 31 minutes - 29 MBFind more information about the report here: https://www.aeso.ca/market/net-zero-emissions-pathways/
The good and the bad of Vaclav Smil
June 27, 2022 17:53 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBMark Jaccard is the author of the 2020 book, “The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success: Overcoming Myths that Hinder Progress.” The Financial Post Markham quoted: https://financialpost.com/opinion/vaclav-smil-why-net-zero-2050-really-wont-work
Clean energy Marshall Plan needed for developing countries
June 27, 2022 17:49 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBMarkham interviews Dr. Homi Kharas, Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Sustainable Development with Brookings Institution based in Washington, DC, about his Brookings policy brief: “A Global Sustainability Program: Lessons from the Marshall Plan for addressing climate change"
Global economy more prosperous if we invest in energy transition
June 24, 2022 23:56 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBMarkham interviews Matthew Stewart, director in the Economics and Financial Advisory group, at Deloitte Canada about the firm's new report, “The Turning Point.”
Canada's energy minister explains transition challenges, opportunities - exclusive interview
June 16, 2022 15:45 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBMarkham interviews the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s natural resources minister, about Canada and the global energy transition. They talk about technology disruption, electrifying Canada's economy while doubling or tripling power generation, what the transition means for energy workers, what to do about Alberta and the Canadian oil and gas industry, and the role of hydrogen in the energy future.
Buckle up, the global energy system is being DISRUPTED!
June 08, 2022 18:25 - 25 minutes - 23 MBMarkham interviews Werner Antweiler, director, Sauder School of Business Prediction Markets, associate professor and chair, Strategy and Business Economics Division, chair in International Trade Policy, University of British Columbia.
New BloombergNEF forecast shows EVs starting exponential growth
June 03, 2022 19:27 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBLink to the BloombergNEF study: https://bnef.turtl.co/story/evo-2022/page/1?teaser=yes
Technology disruptions leading to a new, more advanced society?
May 31, 2022 17:26 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBLink to Dr. Ahmed's blog post: https://rethinkdisruption.com/next-economy-growth-degrowth/
"How to Be a Climate Optimist," with author Chris Turner
May 27, 2022 23:21 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBInterview with Chris Turner, National Business Book Award winner and author of the new book, “How to Be a Climate Optimist,” which overflows with possibility in a moment of great panic, upheaval and uncertainty over a world on fire.
Community-owned power utilities electrifying US economy
May 24, 2022 17:54 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBMarkham interviews Paul Zummo, manager of policy research and analysis, American Public Power Association.
The Big Switch: Why Canada's electricity system must be bigger, cleaner, smarter
May 11, 2022 17:27 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBMarkham interviews economist Jason Dion, Mitigation Research Director, Canadian Climate Institute, about the new report, “The Big Switch.” Making Canada’s electricity system bigger, cleaner, and smarter.
Alberta cleantech could create 170,000 jobs by 2050
May 03, 2022 16:40 - 23 minutes - 22 MBMarkham interviews John Rilett, vice president, innovation and cleantech at The Delphi Group, and one of the authors of the report, “Alberta Energy Transition” for Calgary Economic Development.
Can oil and gas use digital tech to forge a low-carbon future?
April 21, 2022 16:48 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBMarkham interviews Geoffry Cann, an oil industry veteran, expert on digital technology, and author of the new book, “Carbon, Capital, and the Cloud: A Playbook for Digital Oil and Gas.”
Green Teacher Magazine and evolution of green education
April 05, 2022 19:23 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBMarkham interviews Ian Shanahan, the editor of Green Teacher Magazine.
How Canada can seize opportunity during the energy transition
March 16, 2022 16:19 - 44 minutes - 41 MBLink to study: https://transitionaccelerator.ca/canadas-future-in-a-net-zero-world/
PBS host Llewellyn King on energy crisis, Russian invasion
March 10, 2022 19:49 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBMarkham interviews long-time energy journalist Llewellyn King, host of PBS' White House Chronicle, about his storied 66-year career, the global energy crisis, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
2022 a bumpy ride for energy transition, but smoother sailing ahead
February 10, 2022 20:09 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBMarkham interviews Albert Cheung, head of analysis for BloombergNEF about his recent commentary, “Hold Your Nerve: Energy Transition Risks and Red Herrings in 2022.”
Is America's 125-year old power grid ready for the 21st century?
January 27, 2022 22:42 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBMarkham interviews Dr. Gretchen Bakke, assistant professor, university of Toronto and author of "The Grid."
Can America's power grid run 100% on wind, solar with enough storage?
January 27, 2022 20:51 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBMarkham interviews Jennie Jorgenson, energy systems engineer with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado and the principal researcher for the latest phase of the Storage Futures Study, which modelled the effects of large-scale adoption of storage technologies on power grids.
ExxonMobil's net-zero "ambition" by 2050 ain't great
January 25, 2022 20:06 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBMarkham interviews Dr. Akshat Rathi, Bloomberg energy and climate journalist, about ExxonMobil announcing an “ambition for net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050” on Jan. 18.
Why isn't Canada modelling changes to electricity systems?
January 24, 2022 18:23 - 28 minutes - 26 MBMarkham interviews energy systems modeller Dr. Taco Niet, a professor in the School of Sustainable Energy Engineering at Simon Fraser University in Surrey, British Columbia.
Do foreign-owned oil/gas companies unduly influence Canadian climate policy?
December 16, 2021 21:15 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBMarkham interviews Dr. Gordon Laxer, Political Economist, professor emeritus at the University of Alberta, founding Director and former head of Parkland Institute from 1996-2011, and co-author of a new study, “Posing as Canadian: How Big Foreign Oil captures Canadian energy and climate policy.”
Nuclear power not a short-term fix for climate change
November 29, 2021 19:04 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBMarkham interviews Dr. Allison Macfarlane, director of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia, chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 2012 to 2014, about her July, 2021 Foreign Affairs op-ed, "Is Nuclear Power the Way Forward to Combat the Climate Crisis?"
Making sense of the electrification of transportation
November 22, 2021 19:53 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBMarkham interviews Stacy Noblet, senior director, Transportation Electrification, for global consultancy ICF, about her recent blog post, “How electric vehicles can drive our clean transportation future.”
COP26 post-mortem
November 22, 2021 19:50 - 25 minutes - 23 MBMarkham interviews Prof. Matthew Hoffmann, co-director of the environmental governance lab at the University of Toronto.
China's energy crisis
November 22, 2021 19:49 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBMarkham interviews Dr. Michal Meidan, director of the China Energy Programme at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies and author of the paper “China’s power crisis: Long-term goals meet short-term realities.”
Tony Seba rethinks climate change
September 08, 2021 17:15 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBMarkham interviews Adam Dorr of RethinkX, an independent think tank co-founded by Tony Seba and James Arbib, about the new study, "Rethinking Climate Change."
7 "feedback loops" speeding up the energy transition
September 08, 2021 17:13 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBMarkham interviews Kingsmill Bond of Carbon Tracker about a new report, "Spiralling Disruption," which describes seven feedback loops that are driving disruption in the energy system.
The future of BC Hydro and the BC electricity system
July 16, 2021 19:18 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBMarkham interviews Dr. Mark Jaccard, professor and director of the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University and appointed to the 9-member expert committee that advised BC Hydro during the recent Phase 2 review.
EV beats ICE hands down on carbon emissions, says GREET
July 02, 2021 22:33 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBMarkham interviews Jarod Kelly, principal energy systems analyst at Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, about GREET (Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions and Energy Use in Technologies) model that the Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board - and 43,000 other users - use to compare vehicle emissions in the United States.
How will America retrofit its building stock to reach net-zero?
June 21, 2021 16:34 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBMarkham interviews Andy Frank, an energy efficiency industry expert, president of Sealed, a retrofitting company based in New York, and a board member of Alliance for Clean Energy New York.