May 19
The grid's immune system is retiring: Synchronous condensers, AI data centers and the physics gap that software alone can't close
As coal and gas plants retire, the energy transition conversation focuses on replacing their generation capacity. What gets far less attention is the loss of the physical properties those machines provided for free: inertia that stabilises frequency, fault current that supports v ... Show More
1h 2m
May 5
Beyond combustion: Long Island's first hydrogen-powered linear generator and the fuel-flexible answer to the dispatchable emissions-free resource problem
Utilities are under pressure to deliver generation that is dispatchable, affordable, and clean enough to satisfy increasingly stringent environmental rules, notoriously hard to do in one asset. As renewables grow, the gas turbines and engines that have historically filled the gap ... Show More
39m 43s
Apr 2023
The Energy Gang Live from NYU’s '2040 Now' Event
<p>It’s a special edition of the Energy Gang this week. New York University’s 2040 Now event is an initiative focused on addressing the challenges posed by climate change, and this week the Energy Gang joined in. As part of the week of exercises, talks, exhibitions and discussion ... Show More
56m 42s
Sep 2021
Will Direct-Air Carbon Capture Be Viable?
<p>Carbon capture has long been criticized as too nascent, too expensive, and too distracting. Is that changing?</p><p>This month, the Swiss company Climeworks <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-09-08/inside-the-world-s-largest-direct-carbon-capture-plant?sref= ... Show More
54m 8s
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
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
Jun 2023
Big Green Is Under Attack - As Clean Energy Scales Up, Criticism Grows
<p>More money will be invested this year in the solar industry than in oil production. </p><p><br></p><p>So said Faith Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, last week. Amy Harder, executive editor of Cipher, attended the Cleanpower 2023 event in New O ... Show More
55m 29s
What if we could see into the future? In 2020, we got our clearest view yet.
Last March, lockdowns swept across Europe, forcing an eerie silence on some of the world’s most iconic and bustling cities. It caused a steep drop in electricity consumption -- putting pressure on thermal generators and giving renewables a greater share of the generation mix.
“And ... Show More
<p>This episode originally aired on <em>The Interchange.</em></p><p>Back in 2016, <a href="https://twitter.com/mateojaramill?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mateo Jaramillo</a> left Tesla, where he was le ... Show More
