Energi Talks

By Markham Hislop

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Journalist Markham Hislop interviews leading energy experts from around the world about the energy transition and climate change.

Episode Date
USA bombshell rocks clean energy world...Canada snoozes
Apr 28, 2024
Energi Talks Live! Kingsmill Bond on clean energy race to the top!
Apr 24, 2024
New technology set to increase transmission without new wires
Apr 24, 2024
A year later, no progress on Danielle Smith's "climate plan"
Apr 24, 2024
Post-invasion Europe: less dependence on Russian gas, but not enough progress
Apr 19, 2024
Eavor Technologies: the future of advanced geothermal
Apr 18, 2024
Canada's Sustainable Jobs Act
Apr 17, 2024
A vigorous debate about Canada's energy future
Apr 15, 2024
Huge electricity demand growth threatens US power grid
Apr 11, 2024
Big savings for California grid from Virtual Power Plants
Apr 11, 2024
Thin film solar may be answer to building renewables on farm land
Apr 11, 2024
Calgary utility hires university to create climate model for grid planning
Apr 10, 2024
Danielle Smith: incompetent chaos agent or savvy populist politician?
Apr 05, 2024
Clean energy takes off in the United States
Apr 05, 2024
EV sales slower recently, but long-term trends don't change
Apr 03, 2024
5 MW solar farm developed by Peace River co-operative
Apr 03, 2024
China leads the global energy transition by a big margin - live event
Apr 03, 2024
UK energy transition policies offer plenty of lessons for Canada
Mar 29, 2024
Long-duration energy storage needed before 2030
Mar 27, 2024
A conversation with Dr Doyne Farmer about complexity theory, energy transition
Mar 27, 2024
BC LNG's uncertain future
Mar 27, 2024
Old but revolutionary heat battery the solution for industrial decarbonization?
Mar 25, 2024
Global power grids: some get it right, some don't
Mar 14, 2024
Nuclear (large and small) a looming disaster for Ontario
Mar 09, 2024
Russia's invasion of Ukraine blew up world’s energy economy
Mar 07, 2024
A wind, solar developer's view of Alberta's renewables moratorium
Mar 06, 2024
An engineer's view of batteries, wind and solar on power grids
Mar 01, 2024
Cheap solar could create volatile electricity markets
Feb 29, 2024
Is UK energy transition stalling?
Feb 29, 2024
New Alberta wind, solar rules will stifle growth
Feb 29, 2024
How Canada could lose 33 Mt/year opportunity to lower emissions
Feb 23, 2024
How new tech helps wind turbine industry
Feb 23, 2024
Asian demand overstated by LNG bulls like Shell, Alberta
Feb 22, 2024
Do EV sales now rise and fall with gasoline prices?
Feb 20, 2024
'Climate Capitalism' - book interview with Akshat Rathi of Bloomberg
Feb 18, 2024
How renewables, new tech will revolutionize global power grids
Feb 16, 2024
Is new tech the key to modernizing old power grids?
Feb 14, 2024
Decarbonizing Germany's heating sector is a big job
Feb 13, 2024
China's EV revolution: What makes it tick?
Feb 13, 2024
'Kenneyism,' the book, with Jeremy Appel
Feb 11, 2024
Doug Ford's folly: refurbishing Pickering B nuclear power plant
Feb 09, 2024
How industries, governments negotiate energy and climate policies
Feb 09, 2024
Grid reliability challenge as climate disasters rise
Feb 09, 2024
Canadian auto sector worried about Chinese competition
Feb 09, 2024
China dominates global wind energy industry
Feb 09, 2024
Energy transition plan abandoned by Alberta Energy Regulator?
Feb 08, 2024
Michael Liebrich on electrifying the global economy
Feb 07, 2024
Canada disrupted! CEO survey shows 're-invention' not top of mind
Feb 06, 2024
AER report about well clean up is confused, unclear
Jan 19, 2024
Electric heavy trucks just about ready for prime time
Jan 19, 2024
Western Canada electricity market a tantalizing opportunity
Jan 18, 2024
Battery industry's wild ride just beginning
Jan 18, 2024
Microgrids slow to catch on in USA, but show great promise
Jan 17, 2024
Why 'carbon contracts for difference' may yet decarbonize Alberta oil and gas
Jan 16, 2024
Uncertain future for LNG impeding Canadian expansion?
Jan 15, 2024
Canada's EV manufacturing progress: punching above its weight class
Jan 12, 2024
The Great Reallocation of capital from fossil fuels to clean energy
Jan 12, 2024
Software now defines autos, especially EVs
Jan 11, 2024
New electricity 'social bargain' should focus on managing demand, not building more generation
Jan 08, 2024
BC EV-to-grid pilot tests using medium, heavy-duty vehicles to support grid
Jan 05, 2024
US Dept of Energy bullish on virtual power plants for modern power grid
Jan 03, 2024
Alberta Auditor General says AER hasn't corrected even one of his concerns
Dec 28, 2023
Alberta energy politics in 2023, a look ahead to 2024
Dec 27, 2023
Tales from inside the solar revolution: 'Mistakes were made'
Dec 22, 2023
Vroom vroom for EV sales, even if a bit slower in 2024
Dec 22, 2023
China’s solar production costs fall by 42% in 2023...and other energy transition stories
Dec 22, 2023
'Impossible' to triple nuclear power by 2050, says European expert
Dec 22, 2023
Canada's oil/gas part of North American energy advantage?
Dec 20, 2023
Canada's oil/gas methane emissions 1.5x to 2x official estimates
Dec 18, 2023
No stopping the clean energy transition, with journalist Steve Leahy
Dec 18, 2023
'Not Fit For Purpose' - devastating critique of oil sands mine financial security program
Dec 15, 2023
'Tipping points' negative and positive for natural world, clean energy systems
Dec 14, 2023
Colour me gobsmacked: Canada on track to hit 2030 climate targets
Dec 14, 2023
How innovation can help Alberta's orphan well problem
Dec 08, 2023
How Canadians (especially Albertans) think about the energy transition
Dec 06, 2023
Dr James Frith on 2023 battery news and a look ahead at 2024
Dec 06, 2023
China's incredible solar roll out in Inner Mongolia
Dec 04, 2023
The tragicomic tale of Alphabow Energy and the AER
Dec 02, 2023
US bill proposes charging 'carbon pollution' fee on imported goods
Dec 01, 2023
Behind the scenes policy work vital to Canadian energy transition
Nov 29, 2023
Speaking truth to power from inside Alberta's oil/gas industry
Nov 17, 2023
Talking 'The Water Brothers' with Alex and Tyler Mifflin
Nov 17, 2023
Tech adoption theory applied to EVs, with Colin McKerracher of BNEF
Nov 15, 2023
US state, local govts promoting clean energy. Canada? Not so much
Nov 08, 2023
Community solar on farms, schools, businesses becoming a thing
Nov 07, 2023
The many, many problems with oil sands tailings ponds
Nov 06, 2023
Ramping up clean energy, ramping down fossil fuels
Nov 06, 2023
Canadian carbon pricing is not dead
Nov 04, 2023
Should Canada ditch carbon pricing for a system that actually lowers GHGs?
Nov 01, 2023
Should Canada copy California, install 6 million heat pumps by 2030?
Oct 31, 2023
China's 'shuangtan' policy behind booming clean energy industry
Oct 31, 2023
Alberta attacks expertise, spreads energy policy misinformation
Oct 20, 2023
US gearing up to be battery superpower
Oct 18, 2023
New study on environmental liabilities calls for public inquiry into Alberta Energy Regulator
Oct 13, 2023
Canada losing investment to US IRA, clean energy tech subsidies
Oct 13, 2023
Rapid innovation ahead: Global battery market forecast to 2040
Oct 12, 2023
Perovskite cells ready to revolutionize solar industry
Oct 10, 2023
40% rise in oil sands environmental liabities to almost $50 billion
Oct 04, 2023
$12 trillion by 2050 needed for N.A. grids, renewables - report
Oct 04, 2023
The rise to dominance of China's EV industry
Oct 03, 2023
IEA's net-zero roadmap update shows major energy transition step change
Sep 29, 2023
Time to improve federal Impact Assessment Act (Bill C-69)?
Sep 07, 2023
Oil/gas incumbents frustrate climate policy, risk carbon lock-in
Sep 07, 2023
Shareholders will never pressure Alberta oil/gas companies to lower emissions
Sep 06, 2023
Energy policy now a major risk to grid reliability in North America
Sep 06, 2023
Former ENMAX CEO dishes on Alberta power sector woes
Sep 05, 2023
Peak demand set to disrupt oil companies
Aug 31, 2023
Deborah Yedlin, Calgary Chamber of Commerce, on energy's future
Aug 25, 2023
Critical minerals cause of intense geopolitical competition
Aug 23, 2023
Challenges of EVs and the US power grid explained
Aug 23, 2023
Joe Anglin on Danielle Smith, high cost of Alberta electricity
Aug 22, 2023
New hydrogen tech from Australia
Aug 22, 2023
How much constitutional authority does Alberta have over oil and gas?
Aug 22, 2023
Sorting out Alberta regulations for wind, solar isn't easy
Aug 18, 2023
Suncor stepping back from energy transition, climate
Aug 17, 2023
How to turn Alberta into a clean electricity superpower
Aug 15, 2023
The science behind turning bitumen into carbon fibre
Aug 02, 2023
BloombergNEF 2023 EV Outlook: ICE is dead tech walking
Jul 28, 2023
Explained: Canada Energy Regulator's net-zero modelling for oil and gas
Jul 20, 2023
A civil conversation about narratives, future of Alberta oil and gas
Jul 14, 2023
Mandate letters are fascinating peek into Alberta energy policies
Jul 14, 2023
How costly will Canadian oil/gas clean up be?
Jul 14, 2023
Should Canada's oil and gas be phased out? Is there an alternative?
Jul 06, 2023
Will Global South support oil/gas as demand falls in North?
Jul 05, 2023
Geothermal poised for rapid growth as oil drilling companies buy in
Jul 03, 2023
North America hit peak oil demand in 2019. Where to from here?
Jun 16, 2023
Time running out for Canada's decision on LNG build out
Jun 08, 2023
Oil a sunset industry, says prominent energy economist
Jun 01, 2023
Exponential growth key to understanding clean energy revolution
Jun 01, 2023
How micro grids are revolutionizing California's electricity system
May 31, 2023
The complicated world of Alberta's abandoned wells
May 31, 2023
Alberta's electricity market is broken. Here's how to fix it
May 30, 2023
Alberta's $130 billion liability for abandoned wells explained
May 29, 2023
The case for BC LNG, redux
May 18, 2023
Report critical of Suncor's plan to cut northern wetland in half
May 01, 2023
Canada must step up its clean energy industrial policy or fall behind
Apr 21, 2023
Michael Liebreich on why hydrogen is NOT a silver bullet
Apr 21, 2023
Citizens sue SaskPower over natural gas power plants
Apr 18, 2023
Poilievre, Musk and the Lügenpresse campaign to de-legitimize CBC
Apr 18, 2023
The Hidden Scourge: Alberta Energy Regulator is a horror show
Apr 16, 2023
Did Canada grossly overpay for the St Thomas VW battery plant?
Apr 13, 2023
How will US Inflation Reduction Act affect emerging hydrogen economy?
Apr 03, 2023
New tech uses algae in paint to capture carbon
Mar 30, 2023
Clean energy jobs will soon outnumber traditional energy employment
Mar 29, 2023
Interview with Zach Karabell: Why we should be optimistic about the climate and energy future
Mar 27, 2023
Blockbuster revelations about Alberta oil/gas regulations from auditor general
Mar 27, 2023
Greenpeace files federal competition complaint over oil sands ad campaign
Mar 17, 2023
Opportunities, challenges for European hydrogen
Mar 16, 2023
Alberta geophysicist on Kearl leak/spill, regulatory reform
Mar 16, 2023
Electric federalism: How to grow Canadian power grids 2x-3x by 2050
Mar 15, 2023
Latin America's wind and solar potential off the charts
Mar 15, 2023
Energy as a technology vs. energy as a commodity
Mar 15, 2023
US Ambassador Peter Pham on minerals shortage for clean energy tech
Mar 15, 2023
Book interview: 'Anger and Angst: Jason Kenney’s Legacy and Alberta’s Right.
Mar 14, 2023
Alberta Energy Regulator is captured by oil and gas. Now what?
Mar 13, 2023
Has community solar's time arrived?
Mar 10, 2023
Big Oil's big lobby on Parliament Hill
Mar 08, 2023
Budget reveals BC short on clean energy industrial strategy, policy
Mar 07, 2023
Radical 'Take Back Alberta' group dominates UCP
Mar 07, 2023
Texas plans a hydrogen hub
Mar 06, 2023
Corrupt system leads to oil sands tailings ponds leaks, spills
Mar 05, 2023
Finally, a technology to clean up toxic oil sands tailings ponds?
Mar 02, 2023
Canadian fleet managers eying zero-emission big trucks
Mar 01, 2023
The home's role in the electrification of everything
Feb 27, 2023
Euro-Nazis, Canadian conservatives, and oil/gas tribal politics
Feb 27, 2023
Canada must match US clean energy subsidies
Feb 24, 2023
Is Calgary ready to be a regional hydrogen hub?
Feb 23, 2023
'Alberta’s Roadmap to the New Energy Economy' released by Pembina Institute
Feb 22, 2023
US journalist Gregor MacDonald talks energy transition
Feb 19, 2023
Preparing for energy revolution: Impact on utilities of US Inflation Reduction Act
Feb 16, 2023
Can the US power grid handle the EV tsunami?
Feb 16, 2023
Using public funds to "crowd-in" private capital for clean energy investments
Feb 15, 2023
With TIER changes, Alberta ready to hit 2030 oil/gas climate targets
Feb 15, 2023
BC LNG: More evidence there is no business case for expansion
Feb 14, 2023
Canada's clean energy industrial strategy lags robust USA approach
Feb 03, 2023
Is there a business case for LNG in Canada?
Jan 31, 2023
Energy technology disrupting global economy
Jan 24, 2023
Challenges, opportunities of scaling Canadian clean technologies
Jan 23, 2023
US, Canada, Mexico carbon exchange idea
Jan 19, 2023
Energy transition, COVID-19, Russian militarism trigger global economic transformation
Jan 12, 2023
Alberta has oil/gas industrial strategy and policy, but not for clean energy
Jan 10, 2023
Rest of Canadian economy 30 Mt/year short of emissions targets by 2030 - Part 4
Jan 06, 2023
Canada's building emissions won't hit 2030 reduction targets - Part 3
Jan 05, 2023
Alberta could make carbon fibre from bitumen as early as 2026
Jan 05, 2023
Canadian oil/gas GHG cuts will miss 2030 targets by 33 Mt/yr - Part 2
Jan 04, 2023
Oil and gas no longer driving prosperity in Alberta - CD Howe Institute
Jan 04, 2023
Canada unlikely to hit transportation GHG targets by 2030 - Part 1
Jan 04, 2023
12 Canadian environmental predictions for the New Year
Jan 04, 2023
Rapid fossil fuels peak, plateau, and decline already underway
Dec 23, 2022
Ontario fumbling electricity policy once again
Dec 23, 2022
Will Canadian oil be the last barrel sold?
Dec 22, 2022
New study shows oil sands are low-cost, competitive producer
Dec 21, 2022
How one venture capitalist supports battery startups
Dec 20, 2022
Alberta tightens industrial emitter carbon tax, but is it enough?
Dec 16, 2022
Oil demand to begin long-term decline this decade...what does this mean for Canada?
Dec 16, 2022
New energy security concerns accelerate global energy transition
Dec 16, 2022
Zinc-ion batteries ready to dominate stationary storage?
Dec 15, 2022
Climate scientist explains sea level rise
Dec 12, 2022
Smith's Alberta Sovereignty Act ploughing same field as Trump
Dec 09, 2022
Rush is on to create North American EV battery supply chain
Dec 09, 2022
Corporate Knights Magazine's “The price of making peace with nature"
Dec 08, 2022
The electric transportation challenge for Canadian auto parts suppliers
Nov 29, 2022
Calgary ER doc: How to protect kids from flu, COVID-19, RSV
Nov 27, 2022
Paranoid populism and the rise of "disinformation nations" - with Justin Ling
Nov 23, 2022
10 Principles for policymaking in the energy transition
Nov 22, 2022
Oil sands makes pitch to be part of low-carbon future
Nov 16, 2022
Oil demand peaks in 2030, but much slower decline than anticipated- BloombergNEF
Nov 11, 2022
Forget globalization, "regionalization" is the next big thing for Canada, USA
Nov 11, 2022
The 10 Commandments of the Energy Transition
Nov 10, 2022
Energy storage and the electrification of Canada's economy
Nov 10, 2022
Can humanity make it to 1.5 °C?
Nov 02, 2022
Electrical utilities and micro-grids: disruption is coming
Nov 02, 2022
Long-duration energy storage is ready to save the world
Nov 01, 2022
The argument against hydrogen
Oct 31, 2022
Canada may suffer Europe-style energy crisis without action on electricity
Oct 19, 2022
Do hydrogen economics work? Yes, says expert
Oct 09, 2022
Oil/gas set for much more rapid decline than expected?
Oct 05, 2022
Heavy, medium duty trucks will be electric in near future - US govt lab
Oct 04, 2022
Global clean energy capital spending was $750 Billion in 2021, headed higher
Oct 03, 2022
IEA says over 50% of global energy workers in Asia...is North America losing clean energy race?
Sep 29, 2022
Can Canada get its clean electricity regulation right?
Sep 28, 2022
The best battery strategy for North America may surprise you
Sep 28, 2022
Enough Canadian oil pipelines for now, but shortage looming?
Sep 22, 2022
Canada and the "steep decline" of global oil demand
Sep 22, 2022
Max Fawcett interview: Pierre Poilievre and conservative energy politics
Sep 22, 2022
California burning: PG&E's epic fail
Sep 15, 2022
Building Canada's EV battery sector is a sprint, not a marathon
Sep 15, 2022
Did residential batteries save California's power grid?
Sep 14, 2022
Building $200 billion of battery factories by 2030 is herculean task
Aug 31, 2022
Can US Inflation Reduction Act accelerate Canada‘s clean energy transition?
Aug 25, 2022
Solar as the model for technology change in the energy transition
Aug 22, 2022
New Canadian auto sector strategy from Unifor focuses on EVs
Aug 18, 2022
Unpacking the Inflation Reduction Act's effect on US climate policy
Aug 08, 2022
Western Canada's CO2 storage capacity is huge
Aug 05, 2022
New study on economics of US advanced nuclear power
Jul 29, 2022
US right-wing Atlas Network funding pro-oil and gas activism in Canada
Jul 26, 2022
How Alberta oil/gas can decarbonize AND transition to new net-zero products
Jul 21, 2022
EV battery swapping taking off in China
Jul 15, 2022
Removing carbon from bitumen is cheap, creates valuable feedstock for materials manufacturing
Jul 15, 2022
How much should governments own of Canadian power grids?
Jul 06, 2022
How Alberta's power grid can be net-zero by 2035
Jul 05, 2022
The good and the bad of Vaclav Smil
Jun 27, 2022
Clean energy Marshall Plan needed for developing countries
Jun 27, 2022
Global economy more prosperous if we invest in energy transition
Jun 24, 2022
Canada's energy minister explains transition challenges, opportunities - exclusive interview
Jun 16, 2022
Buckle up, the global energy system is being DISRUPTED!
Jun 08, 2022
New BloombergNEF forecast shows EVs starting exponential growth
Jun 03, 2022
Technology disruptions leading to a new, more advanced society?
May 31, 2022
"How to Be a Climate Optimist," with author Chris Turner
May 27, 2022
Community-owned power utilities electrifying US economy
May 24, 2022
The Big Switch: Why Canada's electricity system must be bigger, cleaner, smarter
May 11, 2022
Alberta cleantech could create 170,000 jobs by 2050
May 03, 2022
Can oil and gas use digital tech to forge a low-carbon future?
Apr 21, 2022
Green Teacher Magazine and evolution of green education
Apr 05, 2022
How Canada can seize opportunity during the energy transition
Mar 16, 2022
PBS host Llewellyn King on energy crisis, Russian invasion
Mar 10, 2022
2022 a bumpy ride for energy transition, but smoother sailing ahead
Feb 10, 2022
Is America's 125-year old power grid ready for the 21st century?
Jan 27, 2022
Can America's power grid run 100% on wind, solar with enough storage?
Jan 27, 2022
ExxonMobil's net-zero "ambition" by 2050 ain't great
Jan 25, 2022
Why isn't Canada modelling changes to electricity systems?
Jan 24, 2022
Do foreign-owned oil/gas companies unduly influence Canadian climate policy?
Dec 16, 2021
Nuclear power not a short-term fix for climate change
Nov 29, 2021
Making sense of the electrification of transportation
Nov 22, 2021
COP26 post-mortem
Nov 22, 2021
China's energy crisis
Nov 22, 2021
Tony Seba rethinks climate change
Sep 08, 2021
7 "feedback loops" speeding up the energy transition
Sep 08, 2021
The future of BC Hydro and the BC electricity system
Jul 16, 2021
EV beats ICE hands down on carbon emissions, says GREET
Jul 02, 2021
How will America retrofit its building stock to reach net-zero?
Jun 21, 2021
New Alberta oil sands Net-zero by 2050 plan unpacked and explained
Jun 09, 2021
Hydro's main value is not electricity generation, but storage for renewables
Jun 07, 2021
Canadian greenhouse gas dilemma: What to do about Alberta?
May 27, 2021
Uganda and the energy transition: Supporting sustainable diversification in Africa
May 13, 2021
TD Bank study says 50%-75% of Canadian oil/gas workers could lose jobs by 2050
Apr 27, 2021
Decarbonization pathways for Latin America
Apr 16, 2021
Rooftop solar economics: cost vs. value
Mar 30, 2021
India faces big decarbonization challenges - study
Mar 28, 2021
Geeking out on innovation diffusion theory
Mar 24, 2021
Ontario's broken electricity system
Mar 19, 2021
Coming soon: The electric utility of the future
Mar 11, 2021
A just decarbonizing of the American energy system
Feb 28, 2021
USA, China, Europe and the clean energy "arms race"
Feb 27, 2021
Net-zero US economy not difficult or expensive - study
Feb 21, 2021
Managing the energy transition: Pathways to Canada's net-zero future
Feb 10, 2021
Time for the United States to compete with China in global clean energy finance
Jan 16, 2021
Carbon pricing is over-hyped and not nearly enough
Jan 08, 2021
Pacific NW electricity going carbon free without natural gas?
Dec 22, 2020
Electricity sector responsible for all of American emissions reduction
Dec 16, 2020
Klein vs Hislop: Battle climate change like it's WWII?
Dec 04, 2020
Wind, solar adoption will soar during 2020s - IEA
Nov 16, 2020
China rises and America is nervous
Nov 12, 2020
Germany's Energiewende shows transitions are damned difficult
Nov 10, 2020
Tony Seba: Electric revolution by 2030?
Nov 06, 2020
Electricity market reform: No energy transition without it
Nov 05, 2020
California's 2035 zero-emission vehicle mandate
Oct 30, 2020
Biden's plans for US energy
Oct 26, 2020
10,000 Amazon delivery e-vans on road by 2022
Oct 22, 2020
Tesla "battery day" science explained
Oct 19, 2020
"Global consensus on peak oil shifting rapidly" - Kingsmill Bond
Oct 16, 2020
How is Big Oil navigating the Energy Transition?
Oct 13, 2020
China's 2060 carbon neutrality pledge - with Bloomberg journalist Dr. Akshat Rathi
Oct 06, 2020