Why Are We Electrifying So Slowly? The Electrification Staircase | Ep256: Adrian Hiel, Silvia Madeddu, William Drake & Thomas Butler
Every single scenario for the future that looks at a cleaner energy system has electrification growing to 60, 70, 80% or more, and yet we don't make rapid progress. Why? One of the reasons we don't ma...
6 Mai 55min
Europe Needs Clean Tech More Than Ever | Ep 255: Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
This week Cleaning Up is back in Brussels, with a deep dive into European energy policy as the continent grapples with the reality of ambitious climate targets, very high energy prices and the vulnera...
29 Apr 1h 15min
The Era Of Fossil Fuel Unreliability Has Begun | Ep 254: Jennifer Granholm
What happens when global energy supply chains can no longer be trusted? Has the U.S. given up its edge in the clean energy race to China? And can politics keep up with the speed of the energy transiti...
22 Apr 45min
The Mother of All Energy Crises | Ep253: Fatih Birol
The news agenda this year has been entirely dominated by energy related stories, whether it's the war in Europe being pursued by Russia — formerly Europe's most significant energy provider — the U.S. ...
15 Apr 27min
Energy Shocks, Inflation & Risk: How a Central Bank Responds to Crisis | Ep252: Pierre Wunsch
How should a central bank respond to energy shocks? Will high oil and gas prices bolster the uptake of renewables? And what is the true cost of net zero 2050? This week on Cleaning Up, host Michael Li...
8 Apr 1h 7min
Can We Cool The Planet, And Should We Try? | Ep251: Ricken Patel
What happens if we’re underestimating the speed and scale of climate risk? This week on Cleaning Up, Bryony Worthington sits down with Ricken Patel, Principal at Climate Hub & Founder of activist netw...
1 Apr 1h 7min
Heavy Engineering Solutions for High-Emission Problems | Ep250: Emmanouil Kakaras
This week on Cleaning Up, Michael Liebreich is joined by Emmanouil Kakaras, engineer, academic, and Senior Advisor at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries EMEA, for a grounded, technical conversation about the...
25 Mar 1h 10min
Can We Stop Data Centres Breaking The Grid? Ep249: Varun Sivaram & Steve Smith
This week on Cleaning Up, host Michael Liebreich sits down with Varun Sivaram and Steve Smith to explore one of the most urgent, and overlooked, challenges of the AI revolution: how to power it withou...
19 Mar 1h 6min
