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This week: how much methane are U.S. oil & natural gas drillers emitting? The data is accumulating — and it’s not looking good. A recent Wall Street Journal analysis found yearly methane emissions wer...

5 Syys 201936min

This week, we have an interview with Christopher Leonard, author of a new book, “Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America.”Earlier this month, David Koch passed a...

31 Elo 201945min

This week, we explore a possible financial time bomb for renewable energy: merchant risk.Since the dawn of grid-connected wind and solar, long-term power purchase agreements were the financial glue th...

25 Elo 201938min

This week, we’re talking about a trend that’s picking up in electricity markets: aggregation of distributed resources.Utilities have been remotely switching off air conditioners to manage demand for a...

13 Elo 201956min

Note: after this episode, we will be on hiatus for a few weeks while Stephen Lacey goes on paternity leave.This week, a conversation about what the Green New Deal reveals about public opinion on clima...

15 Heinä 201945min

This week, we present a special episode on behalf of Centrica Business Solutions.The Green New Deal is now a driving force in climate politics. But up until now, it’s been mostly theoretical.And then,...

11 Heinä 201924min

Every year, we see a wide range of models for the future global energy system.The scenarios come from a wide array of organizations: International Energy Agency and the Energy Information Administrati...

9 Heinä 201930min

On the docket this week: curtailment of renewable energy.Historically, we’ve thought about curtailment as a waste of valuable clean electricity — a financial penalty for renewable generators who need ...

26 Kesä 201938min