Europe Must Go 'Ludicrous Speed' to Meet Climate Targets
The transition to a low-carbon economy has been at the center of policy making in the European Union over the last decade. But Europe is still not on track to meet its 2030 clean energy and climate go...
5 Mars 202133min
Texas Winter Storm – Lessons for Power, Gas, Oil
Prolonged frigid temperatures last weekend caused electricity demand in the Texas power grid, or ERCOT, to explode. The extreme cold resulted in more than 30GW of power plant outages, and a situation ...
19 Feb 202126min
How New EU Sustainability Disclosure Rules Will Affect Companies
The EU Taxonomy regulation, which defines what the European Union considers an environmentally sustainable economic activity, will require additional disclosures from large listed companies in Europe ...
12 Feb 202127min
Modeling the Energy Future: Ants, Birds and Dr. Strange
The engine behind the analysis in BloombergNEF's New Energy Outlook (NEO) is the New Energy Forecast Model, or NEFM. This week, Switched On speaks with Ian Berryman, modeling analyst for BNEF. He'll t...
29 Jan 202129min
In 2020 Vietnam Put Solar Panels on Everything
Vietnam had a boom in rooftop solar installations in December 2020 as installers raced to capture a generous feed-in tariff that expired at the end of the year. This week, Switched On speaks with Caro...
22 Jan 202123min
U.K.'s Climate Envoy on the Race to Net Zero
This week, Switched On speaks with Dr. John Murton, COP26 envoy for the U.K. government. During a conversation which was part of the BNEF Shanghai Summit on December 2, he and Veronika Henze, head of ...
8 Jan 202125min
Peak Oil and the Long Descent Down the Mountain
Electric vehicles, plastic alternatives, electrification of industrial processes – and more – are set to cut into demand for oil. In fact, we may have already reached a peak for the amount of oil prod...
18 Dec 202027min
Fake Meat, Real Food
Startups and food industry giants alike are working to improve the taste, texture, and appearance of alternative proteins, or fake meat. If they can get it good enough there is a huge market out there...
11 Dec 202028min
