
Big Companies Quietly Embracing the Energy Transition
Big energy giants around the world are investing heavily in renewables and cleantech. But there’s a whole class of companies making moves in the sector behind the scenes.In this episode, we’re looking...
3 Maj 201929min

A Futurist’s Take on ‘Exponential’ Energy Shifts
It’s taken decades for renewables to compete with fossil fuels. But we’re now entering the third phase of the clean energy transition, when new renewables are beating existing coal and gas plants on p...
23 Apr 201952min

PG&E's Wildfire Saga
This week: we dig into the causes of PG&E’s latest bankruptcy: wildfires.PG&E’s restructuring is one of the biggest in U.S. history — and it could be considered the first climate bankruptcy. The utili...
17 Apr 201930min

Why Shell Is Pouring Billions Into Batteries, Microgrids, EVs and Electrification
Global energy giants have been on a distributed energy acquisition spree over the last few years. With the formation of its New Energies unit in 2016, Shell is leading the oil & gas majors in investme...
10 Apr 201936min

Which Legacy Automaker Is Leading the Electric Vehicle Race?
Within the next decade, automakers will invest up to $300 billion in electric models, according to a recent tally from Reuters. These automakers are also spending billions more on autonomy to complime...
4 Apr 201927min

Transmission: The 800kV Gorilla
We asked on a recent Interchange episode: how are we going to manage all this distributed energy on the grid?This week, we’re asking: how to we manage all this centralized renewable energy hitting the...
26 Mars 201936min

Replay: Ode to the Pivot!
We're on spring break this week. So we're offering a replay of an earlier episode -- it's all about pivots.Did you know that Nokia started out as a paper mill in Finland? Or that Nintendo once made in...
18 Mars 201936min

What’s Up With Tesla’s Energy Business?
This week, the history and future of Tesla Energy.Back in 2006, Elon Musk posted a manifesto outlining his vision for a high-end sports car that would push unit volume and lower costs. It also include...
12 Mars 201940min



















