How a Texas electric co-op rebuilt for reliability | Sponsored content from Rayburn Electric
As Texas battles another bout of bitterly cold weather, Energy Gang looks at the lessons that one generation and transmission electric co-operative learned from Winter Storm Uri in 2021. The freeze an...
27 Jan 45min
Venezuela and what to expect from energy in 2026
The new year has only just begun, and already we have seen an event with massive significance for the world of energy. The US operation to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro opens a new era fo...
8 Jan 51min
Electric vehicles create problems for the grid. Could they also help solve them? The plan to turn EVs into reliable grid infrastructure
As we head into 2026, electricity grids aren’t just under strain; they are facing transformational change because of the shifts in the ways that we work, entertain ourselves, and get around. EVs are o...
6 Jan 54min
Energy Gang’s year in review: the highs, the lows, the people and the technologies of 2025
It’s the final Energy Gang of the year, and host Ed Crooks is joined by regulars Amy Myers Jaffe, Director of NYU’s Energy, Climate Justice and Sustainability Lab, Shanu Mathew, a portfolio investor a...
18 Dec 20251h 1min
California’s grid under pressure: affordability, AI, and the future of electricity markets
California is often described as the state where you can see the future of the US, and of the world. That has certainly been true in terms of some of the problems faced by the electricity grid. Califo...
9 Dec 202544min
What happened at COP30? The key points on cutting emissions, adapting to a warming world, and raising the finance to pay for it
The COP30 climate talks in Belem wrapped up over the weekend, and reactions to the outcome were sharply divided. Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, said “climate cooperation is still ali...
25 Nov 202556min
What happened in COP30’s first week? Support for energy efficiency and a status report on methane show which climate initiatives are still making progress
Negotiations in the COP 30 climate talks are continuing in Belem, Brazil. The headlines are focusing on the divisions between countries that are shaping this year’s climate talks. But despite the doom...
19 Nov 202552min
The COP30 climate talks are under way In Brazil. What is the point of the conference?
COP30, which began this week in Belém, Brazil, marks a decade since the Paris Agreement was adopted at COP21 in 2015. It’s being billed as the “implementation COP”: instead of grand new announcements ...
13 Nov 202548min
