We’re undergoing some great changes here on The Interchange! We’re bringing on a new producer and we’re going to be featuring new voices that will help us tackle the energy transition in new and compelling ways.
So while we reorient ourselves, we are bringing you an episode from 2018 called “8 bets about the future.” We debated and bet on a bunch of differ ... Show More
Nov 18
Energy policy, technology, and utility challenges: How industry leaders are overcoming barriers
<p>Utility-scale clean energy projects in development are still facing connection queues and regulatory barriers. RE+ may be done for 2025, but the debate is still going. Host Sylvia Leyva Martinez, Research Director at Wood Mackenzie, sits down with three leaders who are driving ... Show More
37m 32s
Nov 4
Will energy storage save the grid? How batteries and the software behind them are reshaping reliability in the age of AI demand
<p>Electrification is surging, AI data centres are multiplying, and volatility is rising on both sides of the meter. Can storage step in as the flexible backbone the US grid now needs? </p><p>Host Sylvia Leyva Martinez is joined by Joanna Martin Ziegenfuss, General Manager f ... Show More
47m 45s
Mar 2014
Anatomy of a Solar Power Boom: Can the Industry Keep it Going?
As expected, 2013 was yet another record year for solar in the U.S. With 5.1 gigawatts of PV and CSP coming online, the solar industry was the second largest provider of electricity capacity behind natural gas. But how long will it continue? With a tax credit expiration looming, ... Show More
43m 9s
Mar 2018
EVs, AVs and Sharing: Don't Screw Up the Transportation Revolution
<p>There are three forces coming together in the transportation sector: vehicle autonomy, vehicle sharing, and vehicle electrification.</p><p>On their own, app-based sharing and electric vehicles are powerful agents of change. Together with automation, "they're revolutionary," ar ... Show More
58m 48s
Jul 2023
What’s the next big trend in clean energy?
For decades, we have wildly underestimated the growth of renewables. Now that cost curves and deployments have exceeded all expectations, what’s next for the clean energy industry?
This week, we feature a conversation between journalist David Roberts and futurist Ramez Naam about ... Show More
52m 58s
Oct 2022
The Energy Gang looks ahead to COP27: are we still heading in the right direction?
<p>On this episode of the Energy Gang, it’s a think-tank showdown. Host and referee for the day Ed Crooks is joined in the ring by Samantha Gross from the Brookings Institution, making her Energy Gang debut, and Joseph Majkut from the Center for Strategic and International Studie ... Show More
54m 18s