Is Solar About to Get Screwed or Saved in California?

California is the proving ground for every major change that President Biden wants to accelerate nationally: 100% carbon-free electricity, fossil fuel phaseouts, climate-resilient grid hardening. The ...

9 Huhti 202158min

The systems that support growing, shipping and processing food make up one-third of heat trapping gases.How can Agtech help us tackle this tangled and underserved sector? We’ll look at investment acti...

2 Huhti 202152min

This week, the nuts and bolts of climate policy: infrastructure.With a $2 trillion covid relief package under his belt, Biden looks to harness another $3 trillion on building clean energy, hardening t...

25 Maalis 202153min

This week: natural gas bans are the newest flash point in the energy transition. What does it mean for the electrify-everything movement -- and the gas industry’s public relations battle?Then: how do ...

18 Maalis 202155min

This week, we present a crossover episode of our sister podcast, The Interchange. In this episode, host Shayle Kann talks with fellow venture capitalist Abe Yokell about the state of climate tech inve...

9 Maalis 202151min

Jigar Shah has been our co-host since 2013. But now he's moving on to new pastures.Starting this this week, Jigar will be leading the Department of Energy's loan programs office -- running the governm...

3 Maalis 202142min

This week, we have a bonus episode of Watt It Takes featuring Stephen Lacey, our founding host and executive producer.Back in December, Powerhouse CEO Emily Kirsch interviewed Stephen for a holiday ed...

26 Helmi 202151min

Even for energy veterans, the depth of failures in Texas last week were breathtaking. As arctic air froze power plants, gas lines, and mechanical instruments, the grid was shut down -- leaving 4 milli...

24 Helmi 20211h 2min