Energy 360°
181 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsEnergy 360 examines the energy landscape from the intersection of policy, markets, technologies, and geopolitics. With commentary from leading energy and CSIS experts, we provide context and perspective on the most critical issues shaping energy today. Hosted by the CSIS Energy and National Security Program.
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Powering Decarbonization: Solutions and Strategy
April 15, 2024 19:07 - 40 minutesThis week, BCG’s Tom Baker joins Joseph Majkut to discuss opportunities for U.S. leadership in the clean energy transition, highlighting the potential role of technologies like hydrogen and new policies in driving progress. They look at areas that could slow the build-out for low-carbon energy including grid modernization and new infrastructure.
Middle East Risks and the Oil Market
April 10, 2024 14:01 - 25 minutesIn this week’s special episode, Ben Cahill and Jon Alterman discuss recent developments in the Middle East, U.S. policy objectives in the region, and how the oil market's response to geopolitical risks has changed. Further Reading: A Détente Option for Iran
The Case for Climate Capitalism
April 01, 2024 18:18 - 34 minutesThis week, Ben Cahill speaks with Akshat Rathi, a senior climate reporter for Bloomberg and author of the book Climate Capitalism. In his book, Rathi explores how governments can create the right policy environment to unlock the potential for innovative climate solutions from businesses and individuals. Further Reading: Climate Capitalism: Winning the Race to Zero Emissions and Solving the Crisis of Our Age.
U.S.–EU Energy Cooperation
March 20, 2024 18:27 - 23 minutesOn this special episode of Energy 360, Ditte Juul Jørgensen, Director General of DG Energy at the European Commission and Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt, Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources at the U.S. State Department, talk with CSIS Energy Program director Joseph Majkut about the U.S.-EU Energy Council and its agenda for jointly addressing energy security and climate change. Further reading: Joint Statement by the U.S. and EU following the 11th U.S.-EU Energy Council
The Growing Market for Certified Natural Gas
March 18, 2024 19:03 - 31 minutesThis week, Ben Cahill talks with Georges Tijbosch about how certifying natural gas could help create a lower-emission energy future. Georges is the CEO of a company called MIQ, or Methane IQ. MIQ is a global leader in methane emissions certification. It aims to create transparency by providing buyers with information about the emissions associated with the natural gas they are purchasing. Read More: Why Methane & Certification?
Decarbonization Trends with Nat Bullard
March 04, 2024 16:49 - 36 minutesThis week, climate expert Nat Bullard joins Cy McGeady to discuss the key trends that are shaping our decarbonization future. He and Cy talk through surprises and challenges to decarbonization progress, including the impact of interest rates on capital flows, the need for investment in hard-to-decarbonize sectors like steel, the role of technology, and the potential of AI to both increase energy demand and unlock solutions for climate change. Nat emphasizes the importance of maintaining momen...
Critical Minerals' Role in the Energy Transition
February 20, 2024 17:05 - 27 minutesThis week, Adam Johnson, Managing Partner with Metis Endeavor, joins Gracelin Baskaran to share his insights on the role of critical minerals in the energy transition. Adam and Gracelin look at the mining sector’s pathway for supporting and sustaining the transition. They drill into the impact of U.S. government policies on private investments, the importance of government support and coordinated efforts across the sector, as well as the need for increased financing for mining projects. Adam ...
Energy Transitions with Tim Gould
February 05, 2024 18:27 - 35 minutesThis week, Tim Gould, Chief Energy Economist at the International Energy Agency joins Joseph Majkut, director of the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program, to discuss highlights from the World Energy Outlook and the need to scale up renewables, improve energy efficiency, reduce methane emissions, and address critical minerals production in order to maintain momentum for clean energy deployment. Tim Gould was appointed the Agency's Chief Energy Economist in 2021. As Chief Energy Econ...
Energy Planning in South Africa
January 22, 2024 20:53 - 38 minutesThis week, André de Ruyter, former CEO of Eskom the South African national power utility, joins Cy McGeady and Gracelin Baskaran to discuss South Africa’s energy sector and its energy transition plans. In the discussion, Andre draws on his time at Eskom to emphasize the importance of long-term planning and policy decisions for the electricity sector in South Africa.
2023 Energy and Climate Review
December 15, 2023 15:20 - 47 minutesKevin Book, ClearView Energy Partners and Senior Adviser (non-resident), CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program, and Liam Denning, Columnist, Bloomberg Opinion, joined Joseph Majkut, CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program to assess which energy developments in 2023 have staying power and look ahead to the energy and climate issues to watch next year. Watch the CSIS Event: 2023 Energy and Climate Review
Clean Investment Trends
December 11, 2023 16:20 - 31 minutesThis week, Trevor Houser, a partner at the Rhodium Group, joins Allegra Dawes (CSIS) to discuss highlights from the Clean Investment Monitor. The Clean Investment Monitor, a joint project of Rhodium Group and MIT’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, tracks public and private climate investments since 2018. In the past year, clean energy investment in the United States totaled $213 billion, a 37 percent increase from the previous year, largely due to new legislation passed in...
The Prospects for Renewable Natural Gas
November 27, 2023 17:19 - 29 minutesThis week, Geoff Dietz with the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) joins Ben Cahill with the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program to discuss renewable natural gas (RNG). RNG is a domestic clean energy resource derived from the capture, cleaning, and conditioning of methane and other gaseous emissions from organic waste. Landfill projects and agricultural projects, particularly in dairy states, are the main sources of RNG production. Geoff and Ben discuss the future...
Responsible Mining with Rohitesh Dhawan
November 13, 2023 17:39 - 46 minutesThis week, Rohitesh Dhawan, the President and CEO of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), talks with Gracelin Baskaran about responsible mining and the challenges faced by the global mining industry. They discuss the role of ICMM in improving the standards of responsible mining, emphasizing the importance of obtaining the consent of mining-affected communities and the need for a fair and balanced dialogue among stakeholders. Dhawan also shares his personal journey and passio...
South Korea and Japan: Divergent Paths to Energy Security
October 31, 2023 15:14 - 21 minutesThis week, Dr. Seong-ik Oh, Director General of the Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, joins Jane Nakano, senior fellow with the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program, to look at the differences between South Korea and Japan's energy policies and the factors that developed these different strategies. Dr. Oh also discusses how the dual challenge of energy security and climate change is advancing how Korea and Japan diversifying their energy production, including ...
New Shores Episode Five: Toward a New Model for Global Trade
October 26, 2023 13:31 - 25 minutesIn the weeks following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, there was a flurry of articles, commentaries and videos predicting that the event signaled the end of globalization. Part of this prediction was based on policymakers and business leaders seeing the risks of global supply chains in countries with dissimilar political, economic and human rights alignments. What does the push to onshore and friend shore clean energy supply chains mean for global trade? How can trade be used as a tool to addre...
New Shores Episode Four: A Tale of Two Technologies
October 12, 2023 13:42 - 23 minutesIn this episode, we look at two different sectors – the solar industry and the offshore wind industry. Both technologies are set to play important roles in decarbonizing the US’ and the world’s power supply. Allegra Dawes hosts this episode with MJ Shiao, the Vice President of Supply chain and Manufacturing for the American Clean Power Association; Scott Moskowitz, the Director of Strategy and Market Intelligence at QCells; Atin Jain, Senior Associate, BloombergNEF; and Varun Sivaram, the Gro...
New Shores Episode Three: From the Mine to the Battery
October 12, 2023 13:37 - 20 minutesBatteries are critical for the energy transition. Can the US build a domestic industry for batteries from mining for minerals to producing batteries at scale? Allegra Dawes hosts this episode with Jay Turner, a professor of environmental studies at Wellesley College; Jasper Jung, the Executive Director of Global strategic initiatives and public policy with General Motors; Steve LeVine the editor of the online publication, the Electric; and Jon Evans, the CEO and President of Lithium Americas.
New Shores Episode Two: An Experiment in Green Industrial Policy
September 28, 2023 15:16 - 20 minutesGreen industrial policy is the new tool to address climate change, stimulate domestic manufacturing, and counter China. Where did this new policy experiment come from and what is at stake? Allegra Dawes hosts this episode with Jane Flegal, the former Senior Director for Industrial Emissions at the White House; David Victor, a professor of innovation and public policy at UC San Diego; and Joanna Lewis, an associate Professor of Energy and Environment at Georgetown University.
New Shores Episode One: In the Wake of the IRA
September 28, 2023 15:15 - 17 minutesIt’s been a little over a year since the passage of the IRA. How has the bill impacted the US’ energy transition strategy? Joseph Majkut and Deputy Secretary Dave Turk of the Department of Energy discuss how investment in clean energy has developed in the wake of the IRA.
Introducing New Shores
September 21, 2023 14:16 - 2 minutesThe CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change team is launching a new podcast miniseries, New Shores, that will dive into the world of clean energy supply chains in the wake of the Inflation Reduction Act. Join us to learn about onshoring and friendshoring the energy transition.
The Future of Global Energy Markets with Christyan Malek
September 18, 2023 16:32 - 43 minutesThis week Christyan Malek, Managing Director and Global Head of Energy Strategy for JP Morgan and Head of EMEA Oil & Gas Equity Research, joins Joseph Majkut, director of the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program to discuss energy market conditions, energy security, barriers to investment and what’s next for the energy transition. Christyan Malek, a Managing Director and Global Head of Energy Strategy for JP Morgan and Head of EMEA Oil & Gas Equity Research. Christyan and his team...
Summer Wrap Up
September 05, 2023 17:07 - 28 minutesThis week, CSIS experts Joseph Majkut, Ben Cahill, and Gracelin Baskaran cover recent developments in global oil markets, BRICS expansion, critical minerals, and the geopolitics of energy. Further Reading from the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program Oil Market Tightens but China Looms Large Six New BRICS: Implications for Energy Trade Prospects for U.S. Minerals Engagement with Africa
Oil Market Update
July 24, 2023 17:37 - 52 minutesThis week, Adi Imsirovic (Surrey Clean Energy) joins Ben Cahill (CSIS) to discuss developments in global oil markets, demand and supply outlooks for the rest of 2023, and the OPEC+ - Russia relationship. Adi is the Director at Surrey Clean Energy and former Global Head of Oil Trading at Gazprom Marketing and Trading, and was a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. He is also the author of: ‘Trading and Price Discovery for Crude Oil’ and editor of ‘Brent Crude Oil...
Europe’s Energy Crisis and the Transatlantic Partnership
July 11, 2023 13:12 - 37 minutesThis week, Simone Tagliapietra, a Senior Fellow with Bruegel, joins CSIS program director Joseph Majkut to discuss how Europe is managing the ongoing energy crisis and moving away from Russian energy supplies while advancing decarbonization efforts, also look at the future of energy security in Europe, and the state of U.S.-EU energy policy cooperation. Further Reading After the great energy crisis: Europe’s new landscape, Testimony before the U.S. Senate Climate Change Task Force Rebooting ...
Rebuilding Ukraine’s Energy Sector
June 26, 2023 13:57 - 33 minutesIn this week’s episode, Steven Burns, Chief Director of Energy and Infrastructure for Europe and Eurasia, USAID, joins Ben Cahill with the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program, for an update on Ukraine’s energy sector. Steve describes the current state of Ukraine’s energy sector and the extensive damage done by Russian attacks this past winter, especially to the electricity sector. Steve outlines the role that USAID is playing in the reconstruction, with the help of its partners an...
China’s Electric Power Sector: Leading on Renewables and Coal?
June 12, 2023 17:53 - 42 minutesThis week, David Fishman, a Senior Manager at The Lantau Group, joins Cy McGeady to look at the Chinese electric power sector. China is leading in renewable energy deployment but at the same time is building and using coal-fired power plants. David and Cy look at the Chinese sector to understand how both these things can be true and what it means for China’s energy future.
Meeting India’s Energy Targets
June 07, 2023 13:12 - 30 minutesThis week, Rick Rossow, Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies here at CSIS, joins Joseph Majkut to discuss India’s ambitious renewable energy targets, where it is exceeding or failing to meet those targets, subnational collaboration with counterparts in U.S. states, and India’s position on the world stage over the next decade. Further Reading: Accelerate: 175: A Plan for Targeted Renewable Energy Cooperation with Key Indian States
Setting Up the Energy Future
May 30, 2023 19:06 - 43 minutesThis week, Laszlo Varro (Shell) joins Joseph Majkut (CSIS) to discuss the latest Shell Scenarios, called Sky and Archipelago, and how they relate to the world’s present geopolitical, energy, and climate developments. Laszlo Varro is Vice-President, Global Business Environment at Shell, where he leads their analyses of energy scenarios, macroeconomics, climate policy, and geopolitics. Varro joined Shell in 2021, after ten years at the International Energy Agency. For more, check out the Shell ...
G7 Addresses Energy and Climate Change
May 15, 2023 14:48 - 36 minutesThis week, Tatsuya Terazawa, Chairman and CEO of The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ), joins Jane Nakano (CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program) to look at key energy and climate issues on the G7 agenda. In April, Japan hosted the G7 Ministers Meeting on Climate, Energy, and Environment, in advance of the upcoming G7 Summit on May 19-21. They discuss highlights from the G7’s Communique, including energy security, decarbonization efforts, and renewable energy development a...
Modernizing The U.S. Regulatory System
May 01, 2023 18:42 - 38 minutesThis week, Noah Kaufman (Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University) joins Joseph Majkut (Energy Security and Climate Change Program at CSIS) to discuss the recent Executive Order on modernizing the regulatory review process, and its implications and benefits for the U.S. climate regulations. Executive Order on Modernizing Regulatory Review Preamble: Proposed OMB Circular No. A-4, “Regulatory Analysis”
How Capital Market are Shaping the Renewables Sector
April 17, 2023 14:50 - 21 minutesThis week, Allison Good with S&P Global Market intelligence talks with Cy McGeady with the CSIS Energy Program about how changing conditions in the capital markets may affect the U.S. energy transition. They discuss three recent shifts in the economic landscape and the role these play in shaping the renewable energy sector: the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank, implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, and the elevated cost of capital.
Oil and Gas Methane Regulations
April 04, 2023 14:17 - 29 minutesThis week Ben Cahill talks with Joseph Majkut about his recent work on efforts to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. The EPA is developing new U.S. methane regulations, due out later this year, and the EU is advancing methane legislation, though progress slowed over the last year. Ben also looks head for next steps for both countries, especially in the months leading up to COP28. Further Reading: What’s Next for Oil and Gas Methane Regulations: Emerging Rules in the Unite...
Peaks and the Global Energy Systems
March 21, 2023 19:16 - 30 minutesThis week, Jamie Webster with the Center for Energy Impact at BCG joins Ben Cahill (CSIS) to discuss energy transitions, what peak demand really means, and the resulting shifts in the global energy system.
U.S. EV Battery Outlook
March 06, 2023 18:58 - 35 minutesThis week, Steve LeVine joins Jane Nakano (CSIS) to discuss recent developments in the U.S. electric vehicle market and battery supply chain. Steve is editor of the Electric, a new publication looking at batteries, electric vehicles, and their impact on society, cities, and geopolitics. Further reading: U.S. Push to Secure EV Battery Supply Chains and the Role of China The Electric by Steve LeVine
Clean Energy Gaining Ground with Hal Harvey
February 21, 2023 17:10 - 43 minutesThis week, Hal Harvey (CEO of Energy Innovation and co-author of The Big Fix) joins Joseph Majkut (CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program) to talk about the progress he is seeing on clean energy goals and climate solutions, especially in the United States in light of the Inflation Reduction Act. Further Reading: The Big Fix Seven Practical Steps to Save Our Planet Top State Policies To Cut Carbon Emissions
Energy and Climate in the 118th Congress with Sen. Kevin Cramer
February 06, 2023 19:15 - 42 minutesThis week, Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota joins Joseph Majkut (CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program) to discuss energy and climate issues in the 118th Congress, the potential for bipartisan policymaking, the role of the United States as an energy exporter and the opportunity for U.S leadership in global energy security.
Update on the Russian Oil Sector
January 23, 2023 11:44 - 53 minutesThis week, Dr. Tatiana Mitrova (Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University) and Ben Cahill (Energy Security and Climate Change Program at CSIS) provide an outlook for the Russian oil sector, including the EU and G7 price cap on Russian oil and its impacts on the Russian economy. Further Reading: Can Russia’s War Chest Withstand the New Oil Cap? Progress Report on EU Embargo and Russian Oil Price Cap
U.S. Energy Information Administration Priorities with Dr. Joe DeCarolis
January 09, 2023 21:39 - 37 minutesEIA Administrator Dr. Joe DeCarolis joined CSIS Senior Fellow Ben Cahill for a discussion on priorities for EIA, outlining the role of EIA, how its data can be most useful to policymakers, and his plans for changes and improvements in the coming year. Dr. Joseph DeCarolis was confirmed Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on March 31, 2022. Before his appointment, Dr. DeCarolis served as a professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engi...
The Year in Energy and Climate
December 19, 2022 18:00 - 43 minutesIn our final episode of 2022, Kevin Book (ClearView Energy Partners) and Liam Denning (Bloomberg) join Joseph Majkut (CSIS) to make sense of the many energy and climate developments in 2022 and look at some under the radar issues to watch next year.
Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change
December 12, 2022 21:03 - 34 minutesThis week Dr. Friederike Otto with the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College London joins Dr. Joseph Majkut (CSIS) to discuss climate change attribution, which measures how climate change directly affects extreme weather events, like heat waves, floods, or droughts. Dr. Friederike (Fredi) Otto is a Senior Lecturer in Climate Science at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College. Her main research interest is on ext...
ESG Investing with Terrence Keeley
November 28, 2022 21:30 - 39 minutesThis week, finance industry veteran and author Terrence Keeley joins Joseph Majkut to discuss his book “Sustainable: Moving Beyond ESG to Impact Investing”, and the promises and limitations of ESG investing. More Reading: Sustainable: Moving Beyond ESG to Impact Investing “Why ESG Funds Fail, and How They Could Succeed” "Was Milton Friedman the First 'Woke' Capitalist?" Terrence Keeley has been an adviser to the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, national pension plans, endowments, found...
Energy in the U.S. Midterm Elections
November 14, 2022 17:40 - 33 minutesDid energy and climate play a role in the US midterm elections? David Goldwyn and Joseph Majkut look at how the energy and climate agendas may have factored into specific elections and what the outcome means now for the U.S. domestic and international energy and climate agendas. David Goldwyn is president of Goldwyn Global Strategies, LLC, an international energy advisory consultancy and chairman of the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center’s Energy Advisory Group. Mr. Goldwyn served as t...
Global Climate Governance with David Victor
October 31, 2022 19:10 - 48 minutesThis week Joseph Majkut talks with David Victor, professor with the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego and author, with Charles Sabel, of Fixing the Climate: Strategies for an Uncertain World. David and Joseph look at how the process of global climate governance has shaped the climate community, providing examples for where leaders in government, civil society and the private sector can craft practices to move faster on global climate action. David Victor is a professor o...
Permitting Reform for the U.S. Energy Future
October 17, 2022 15:37 - 1 hourThis week, Joseph Majkut (CSIS) talks with Mike Catanzaro (CGCN) and Marcela Mulholland (Data for Progress) about the need for permitting reform to allow for new energy infrastructure to be built in the United States. Without significant reforms to the permitting process, energy security and the climate agenda in the U.S. could be at risk as new energy projects will see continued delays and struggle to be built. Michael Catanzaro is President and Chief Policy Officer at the CGCN Group. Bef...
Europe’s Energy Concerns with Gerassimos Thomas
October 14, 2022 15:29 - 16 minutesGerassimos Thomas, the Director-General at the European Commission in charge of Taxation and Customs Union, spoke with Joseph Majkut about the energy challenges in Europe this winter, the future of energy security and climate measures, and the state of U.S.-EU cooperation.
New York to Pittsburgh: Climate Takes from Two Cities
October 03, 2022 16:23 - 29 minutesLast month, climate and clean energy experts convened in New York for Climate Week 2022 and then Pittsburgh for the Global Clean Energy Action Forum. With ambitious agendas set out for each, we asked 3 people who participated in the formal and informal events which discussions caught their attention: Kartikeya Singh (Climate Imperative Foundation and a CSIS non-resident associate), Sandeep Pai (CSIS Global Just Transition Network), and Morgan Higman (CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Pr...
Just Transition Planning in the U.S. and South Africa
September 19, 2022 17:07 - 34 minutesJesse Burton (University of Cape Town) and Joey James (Downstream Strategies) join Sandeep Pai (CSIS) to discuss progress and challenges in creating and implementing Just Transition policies in Coal communities in the United States, South Africa and India. They look at local remediation efforts, and state policies and frameworks, look forward to how these countries may further integrate just Transition Planning into broader, global climate policies. Joey James is Principal at Downstream Str...
Enhancing U.S. Resilience to Climate Change
September 06, 2022 17:25 - 42 minutesThis week, Paul Farnan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Installations, Energy and Environment, and Allison Riley, Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, join Morgan Higman, Fellow in the Energy Security and Climate Change program, to discuss climate preparedness strategies of the U.S. Army and state and local governments. Guests Paul W. Farnan is Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environme...
Making Sense of the IPCC Report: Mitigation
August 08, 2022 17:44 - 33 minutesThis week, Dr. Sarah Burch (University of Waterloo, Canada) talks with Joseph Majkut (CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program Director) about key findings from the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change, which provided an updated assessment of global climate change mitigation progress and pledges. Dr. Sarah Burch holds a Canada Research Chair in Sustainability Governance and Innovation and is an Ass...
Energy in the U.S. Midterm Elections
July 25, 2022 15:16 - 42 minutesThis week, Kevin Book (ClearView Energy Partners and CSIS) joins Joseph Majkut (CSIS) to discuss how energy issues are at play in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections and what it may mean for the future of the U.S. energy and climate agenda.