
Why We Underestimate Clean Energy Cost Declines
In 2010, solar modules cost a little over $2 per watt. Many people questioned whether solar costs could come down another 50%.Well, here we are today with solar modules well below 50 cents per watt, f...
1 Huhti 202136min

Oil Majors in a Post-Covid World
The oil majors are slowly recognizing that in a decarbonized world their fundamental business is going to have to change. So what are they thinking? Where are they deploying resources -- and not deplo...
26 Maalis 202141min

What Does a 'Climate Resilience Director' Do?
Heather Rock joined PG&E as director of climate resilience in 2018 -- just two weeks before a faulty PG&E line sparked the most destructive wildfire in U.S. history. It’s hard to imagine a more compli...
18 Maalis 202132min

Are Batteries at a Turning Point?
Imagine a battery that costs less than half of today's costs, can charge a vehicle in less than ten minutes, run for ten or more years with heavy usage, lasts over a million miles, and is produced wit...
11 Maalis 202141min

The State of Climate Tech Investing
Two years ago, we made an episode called “Cleantech Venture Capital Is Back.” After a decade in the wilderness, the world of climate tech has experienced a resurgence of investment and early-stage inn...
4 Maalis 202147min

How to Strip Carbon From the Atmosphere
Leading climate models point to a sobering reality: Even if the world’s economy reaches net zero emissions by midcentury, we will still have too much CO2 in the atmosphere. And so if we have to not ju...
26 Helmi 202149min

Decarbonizing Natural Gas
Last summer a record-setting heat wave in California caused rolling blackouts throughout the state. This week, a record-setting freeze knocked out power for millions of people in Texas and the Midwest...
18 Helmi 202142min

All Finance Is ‘Climate Finance’
Climate change has gone macro -- as in macroeconomics. It’s not just an environmental, health and justice issue. It has become an economic imperative for financial analysts, finance ministers and the ...
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