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 Juli 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 Juli 201750min
Mark Jacobson Responds to Skeptics of 100% Renewable Energy
Not long ago, energy nerds were pondering the feasibility of 20 percent renewables on the electric grid. We're long past that. Today, the conversation is centered around 100 percent renewables economy...
12 Juli 20171h 18min
A Guide to Blockchain and Energy
Over the last 18 months, blockchain has evolved from an obscure concept in cryptocurrency circles into a mainstream corporate tool for "disrupting” entire industries. If you don’t have a blockchain st...
30 Juni 201729min
The Changing Market Rules for Energy Storage
What happens when the most important market signal for energy storage gets stripped away virtually overnight? That’s what happened earlier this year when the regional transmission operator PJM put in ...
21 Juni 201725min
Inside the Minds of Top Utility Executives
Utility executives poured into Boston from across the country this week for the Edison Electric Institute’s annual conference. They talked about everything from crazy national politics to rate design ...
16 Juni 20171h
Journey to the Center of the Solar Industry
There are two stories playing out in solar today. One of them is decidedly negative. The other is extraordinarily positive. And they're both unfolding at the exact same time. In this week's podcast, w...
7 Juni 201737min
Suniva Trade Case: A Doomsday Scenario for US Solar?
Here we go again. America's solar industry is in the midst of yet another trade dispute. In late May, the U.S. government officially accepted Suniva's request to review the impact of imported cells an...
1 Juni 201734min
