Yesterday

Heavy Engineering Solutions for High-Emission Problems | Ep250: Emmanouil Kakaras

This week on Cleaning Up, Michael Liebreich is joined by Emmanouil Kakaras, engineer, academic, and Senior Advisor at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries EMEA, for a grounded, technical conversation about the intersection of emissions and engineering: gas turbines pushing the limits of t ... Show More

1h 10m

Mar 19

Can We Stop Data Centres Breaking The Grid? Ep249: Varun Sivaram & Steve Smith

This week on Cleaning Up, host Michael Liebreich sits down with Varun Sivaram and Steve Smith to explore one of the most urgent, and overlooked, challenges of the AI revolution: how to power it without breaking the grid. As AI demand explodes, hyperscale data centres are emerging ... Show More

1h 6m

Mar 11

Are Fossil Fuel Cars About to Have Their Kodak Moment? Ep248: Fiona Howarth

What happens when millions of electric cars become part of the energy grid? And could the key to cheaper, cleaner power already be sitting in your driveway? And why are so many automakers pushing back against EV targets? This week on Cleaning Up, host Bryony Worthington speaks wi ... Show More

1h 9m

Mar 2023

94. Heat Pumps are Hot - Mar23

3 million heat pumps were installed in Europe in 2022 (up 38% year on year) with some markets going crazy (Poland went up 120%). The movement is not limited to Europe, as US annual sales rose above 4 million units for the first time in 2022 (more than gas boilers). As the deploym ... Show More

31m 36s

Feb 2025

Heat Pumps / Comfort and Electrification w/ Copeland

In this informative episode, Josh Souders from Copeland joins Bryan to dive deep into heat pump technology, discussing everything from basic operations to advanced features in cold climate applications. The conversation begins with a fun ... Show More

31m 54s

Dec 2024

Networked geothermal for the neighborhood | Zeyneb Magavi, HEET

In this episode of Climate Positive, hosts Gil Jenkins and Guy Van Syckle chat with Zeyneb Magavi, Executive Director of HEET, a Massachusetts-based non-profit focused on designing a strategic evolution of aging gas systems into bidirectional ambient thermal grids, with the ai ... Show More

43 m

Aug 2024

Eavor Loop – the underground underdog | Jeanine Vany, Eavor

As the accelerating deployment of variable wind and solar resources pushes us ever closer to Net Zero – or the state whereby we’re not emitting any more greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere than we are simultaneously removing – we increasingly need to deploy both batte ... Show More

35m 15s

Oct 2024

Les pompes à chaleur permettent-elles vraiment de faire des économies d'énergie ?

Avec l'envolée des coûts de l'énergie à l'hiver 2024, de plus en plus de ménages français troquent leur chaudière pour une pompe à chaleur. Alors qu'habituellement, on se chauffe à l'électricité ou au gaz en France, cette nouvelle pratique permettrait d'alléger le portefeuille e ... Show More

4m 1s

Sep 2024

Banks warm up to nuclear power

OpenAI’s chief technology officer is leaving the company, major banks pledge to increase their support for nuclear energy, and hopes of an M&A comeback rise as global companies pursue blockbuster takeovers. Plus, a surge in female labour force participation emerges as a br ... Show More

9m 57s

Nov 2022

In Kenya It's Geothermal for the Win

Geothermal energy doesn't get near the attention that wind and solar do. But to decarbonize our energy systems, we need a <a href= "https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/building-zero-carbon-sports-team"> t ... Show More

25m 44s

Sep 2025

How can the grid help AI, and how can AI help the grid? Live from NYU at New York Climate Week, featuring leaders from Nvidia and Amazon | Energy Gang Live from Climate Week

Recorded in front of a packed room at NYU’s Kimmel Center during Climate Week NYC, Ed Crooks and Amy Myers Jaffe moderate a debate on the high-stakes topic of AI and energy. They dig deep into the questions raised by the surge of investment in data centers: what it means for g ... Show More

1h 8m

Sep 2025

EQT Says High Power Bills to Drive Energy Development

Anger over rising energy costs will eventually force states to allow more natural gas infrastructure to be built in the US, according to one of the nation’s largest producers of the fuel. “We’ve never produced more energy than we’re producing now, but Americans’ energy bills are ... Show More

12m 7s

Jul 2024

Greener ways to keep cool

Climate change is affecting us all. When the temperature goes up, many of us reach for the air conditioning. But that in itself is making things worse. AC units use a huge amount of electricity and most use hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants - also known as HFCs which contribute to c ... Show More

24m 12s

Green Heat (And Cooling) Under Our Feet ...