Policymakers Can't Keep Up With Battery and Solar Costs
It's difficult to keep up with cost and performance trends for technologies like batteries and solar PV. It's particularly hard for regulators and policymakers, who often rely on outdated analysis. Th...
6 Sep 201733min
Travis Fisher on DOE's Epic Grid Reliability Report
We are getting a clearer picture of the Energy Department's direction under Secretary Perry. In the four months after Perry requested special report on threats to baseload power plants, we saw an unpr...
29 Aug 20171h 12min
From the Vault: Elon Musk and Grid Fan Fiction
What makes Elon Musk tick? What will the grid look like in 2030? This week, we (re)answer both of those questions. We're featuring a couple of our favorite podcast segments for your summer listening e...
22 Aug 201757min
Debating Google's Track Record in Energy
It’s been 10 years since Google shifted its attention from bits and bytes toward the world of therms and electrons. It started with a wide-ranging investment and R&D initiative, called RE See Privacy...
18 Aug 201744min
Can We Make Nuclear Great Again?
That nuclear revival that many people hoped for? It’s not looking so good. The latest blow came last week, when two South Carolina utilities backed away from a half-completed nuclear project in the st...
9 Aug 201758min
So You Want to Build a Cleantech Startup?
While venture capitalists swoon over startups devoted to making people click on ads and stare at their phones longer, they’re decidedly less interested in solving more difficult real-world problems --...
3 Aug 201756min
100% Renewables: A Dead End?
We’re back in familiar territory on the podcast this week. Once again, we are revisiting Mark Jacobson’s famous -- some might say infamous -- 100% renewable energy scenario. This week, we’re rounding ...
26 Jul 20171h 8min
Leaked Study Puts Energy Dept. in an Awkward Position
In April, Energy Secretary Rick Perry requested an analysis on whether renewable energy poses a threat to baseload power plants and the broader health of the grid. Last week, an early draft of that hi...
20 Jul 201750min
