The policy environment in the US at the moment is challenging, but developers, utilities, and investors are still moving forward with decarbonisation goals and climate action; they’re just talking about it and approaching it in a different way. As RE+ (North America’s biggest clean energy event) kicks off, Sylvia Leyva Martinez talks to veteran climate journ ... 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
Apr 2025
What do the tariff wars mean for low-carbon energy? | Recorded live at Wood Mackenzie’s Solar & Energy Storage Summit
<p>“With great uncertainty comes great opportunity”, says Abby Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, in this special episode of the Energy Gang, recorded live at Wood Mackenzie’s Solar & Energy Storage Summit.</p><p>Is she right? And what ... Show More
30m 13s
Jun 2025
Geothermal, dealmaking, and the future of clean energy finance | live from the ACORE Finance Forum in New York
<p>In the third and final special episode recorded live from the ACORE Finance Forum, host Ed Crooks and regular guest Amy Myers Jaffe talk to industry leaders to explore some key issues in renewable energy technology and finance.</p><p>Amy starts the episode by speaking with Dav ... Show More
1h 11m
Oct 13
The Hardest Pivot I Ever Made, with Spencer Stuart’s Lisa Caswell
What happens when the support you need comes from someone you least expect?For Lisa Caswell, that moment came with an invitation to a surprise meeting halfway across the world. Today, Lisa is a Partner at Spencer Stuart, where she helps companies attract top Silicon Valley talent ... Show More
29m 47s
Aug 2024
The extraordinary resurgence of concentrated solar power
<p><strong>Complex, outdated, expensive: concentrating solar power used to be a clunky way of harnessing the sun. What’s changed to now make it viable? </strong></p><p>Concentrating Solar Power, or CSP, takes energy from the sun, converts it to heat, and uses it to drive a t ... Show More
56m 46s