Fixing the messy voluntary carbon market
The voluntary carbon market is a mess. Oil majors, big tech, and many other industries purchase voluntary credits hoping to offset their carbon emissions. But years of reporting have revealed major pr...
4 Jan 202448min
Financing first-of-a-kind climate assets
There’s a hole in the finance world. Fighting climate change means scaling up lots of new technologies, but financing those first-of-a-kind (FOAK) projects is incredibly difficult. New technologies in...
21 Dec 202346min
What do you do with a 100-hour battery?
It’s time to get specific. In the power industry “long-duration energy storage” could mean anything from 4 to 10 to 100 hours of energy. But Form Energy’s Mateo Jaramillo argues that batteries in the ...
14 Dec 202349min
Update: What the new Treasury rules mean for EV supply chains
The U.S. Treasury proposed guidance last Friday that would significantly restrict what battery parts and materials can qualify for incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act. The rules label China and ...
7 Dec 202346min
EV charging on both sides of the pond
For those of us in the U.S., Europe's strong electric vehicle market might offer a glimpse into the future of EV charging. In 2022 the electrification haven of Norway had a whopping 166 plugin-in elec...
30 Nov 202338min
The cost of nuclear
Nuclear construction costs in the U.S. are some of the highest in the world. Recent estimates put it at more than $6,000 per kilowatt, as measured by overnight capital cost. But high costs are a probl...
16 Nov 202346min
Mailbag episode! Interest rates, carbon dioxide removal, load growth, and more
It’s about that time again. You sent in great questions for Shayle, and in this episode we’re tackling them with the help of Sarah Golden, vice president of energy at GreenBiz. Together Shayle and Sar...
9 Nov 202353min
The Volts crossover episode
Some technologies grab the spotlight even beyond #energytwitter, and some fly under the radar. Which ones are getting more attention than they deserve, and which aren’t getting enough? This is the epi...
3 Nov 20231h 7min
