Nuclear is not the future
Markham interviews Dr. M.V. Ramana, the Simons Chair in Global Disarmament and Human Security at the school of public policy and global affairs at UBC about his new book, “Nuclear is Not the Solution:...
1 Aug 202440min
Peak battery mineral mining in 10 years
Markham interviews Daan Walter of the Rocky Mountain Institute about a new report, The Battery Mineral Loop, which describes a strategy to address the rising demand for battery minerals.
29 Jul 202450min
New hope for US power grid expansion as bill lands in Senate
Markham interviews Rob Gramlich of Grid Strategies in Washington, DC.
23 Jul 202427min
What if all the cars in the world are made in China? With Michael Dunne
Markham interviews Michael Dunne, automotive analyst and writer of the Dunne Insights Newsletter, and the main topic of the interview is the meteoric rise of China’s electric vehicle industry.
22 Jul 202457min
Bill Gates-backed thermal battery promises to boost wind, solar adoption
Markham interviews Arvin Ganesan, CEO of US firm Fourth Power, which makes a utility-scale thermal battery technology that provides short- and long-duration energy storage for intermittent renewables.
16 Jul 202427min
Can DERs like solar, batteries save the grid?
Markham interviews Dr. Nick Laws and his University of Texas at Austin co-authors' recently published a paper in the Science Direct journal argues that expanding distributed energy resources like roof...
2 Jul 202437min
Importance of battery storage depends upon the power grid
Markham interviews Dr. Tilo Buehler, global product manager for Hitachi Energy's Grid Edge Solutions.
2 Jul 202435min
Not ambitious enough: BC's new clean energy strategy
Markham interviews Betsy Agar, director of the Pembina Institute's buildings program, about British Columbia's recently announced clean energy strategy.
29 Jun 202442min
