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    Energy Gang

    Covering breaking news in clean tech, going deep on global energy policy, and debating the levers that need to move to accelerate the energy transition. Energy Gang is the podcast covering clean energy technology, renewable energy, and the environment. The world of clean energy moves fast, and you need a reliable source to stay on top of the news that matters. You’ll find it on Wood Mackenzie’s Energy Gang.

    How will changes to the US government affect decarbonisation and energy security? When will hydrogen, nuclear and carbon capture deploy at scale? Where’s the money for the energy transition green finance coming from and how much more is needed? What’s the outlook for EVs? What are the energy predictions for solar energy? What’s the latest on climate change?

    Get answers to questions like these, bi-weekly on Tuesdays at 7am ET. Plus, get special live episodes recorded at the biggest climate and energy events throughout the year, like COP30 and Climate Week NYC. Don’t worry if you can’t make it in person, Energy Gang brings you all the updates on energy policy, energy finance and energy innovation you need to hear.

    Energy Gang is presented by Wood Mackenzie and hosted by Ed Crooks, Vice-Chairman of Energy at Wood Mackenzie and a former Financial Times and BBC News journalist. Regular guests are Amy Myers-Jaffe (Director of NYU’s Energy, Climate Justice and Sustainability Lab), and Dr Melissa Lott (Partner at Microsoft) – plus a roster of industry leaders and policy influencers, like Jigar Shah (Industry figurehead and former director of the Loan Programs Office in the US Department of Energy), Caroline Golin (Head of North America, Global Energy Market Development and Policy at Google) and Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt (Former Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources).

    If you like The Energy Transition Show, Catalyst with Shayle Kann, The Big Switch from Columbia University, Open Circuit with Stephen Lacey or The Green Blueprint, you’ll enjoy Energy Gang.

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    Wood Mackenzie is the leading global data and analytics solutions provider for renewables, energy and natural resources. Learn more about Wood Mackenzie on the official website: https://www.woodmac.com/

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    Watt It Takes: Building Distributed, 'Restorative' Hydropower May 29, 2020
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    Gia Schneider and her brother Abe started Natel Energy based on a hydropower turbine their father designed. And after more than a decade of R&D, pilots, software development and a project for Apple, Natel is preparing for the next level of scale.

    “Our objectives have actually not wavered. But they haven’t wavered because of rigid adherence to dogma, they have not wavered because we check in consistently about ‘is this the right problem to solve?’” says Schneider.

    Natel is commercializing a turbine for low-head hydro applications at old dams, irrigation canals and run-of-river projects. It’s designed to protect wildlife and drastically cut the ecological impact of hydropower. The original design came from Gia’s father, who started working on low-flow turbines back in the 1970s -- but it’s come a long way since then.

    Gia also has a long history in energy. She worked at Constellation Energy and in Accenture’s utility practice. She started the energy and carbon trading desks at Credit Suisse. And in 2009, she launched Natel with her brother Abe.

    In March, Natel closed an $11 million round led by Schneider Electric and Breakthrough Energy Ventures, just before the economy shut down.

    In this episode, Powerhouse CEO Emily Kirsch talks with Gia about starting a company with her family, how to balance short-term tech development with long-term deployment goals, and how coronavirus could impact the next phase of growth.

    This series is normally recorded in front of a live audience. But we’re now recording the interviews remotely. See future events here

    We’re hosting a live episode of The Energy Gang on June 9. Sign up for free here.

    The Energy Gang is brought to you by Sungrow, the leading global supplier of inverter solutions for renewables. During these uncertain times, Sungrow is committed to protecting its employees and continuing to reliably serve its customers around the world. Sungrow has also leveraged its extensive network across the United States to distribute face masks to communities in need.

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    The Battery Boom Continues May 22, 2020
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    This week, we cover some hopeful signs amidst the economic destruction.

    First, we’ll look at the record-breaking activity in battery storage.

    A coal plant in North Dakota will be replaced in part with a one-acre battery array from Form Energy that uses a new technology capable of discharging for 150 hours – that’s more than 30 times longer than lithium batteries.

    Hawaii’s electric utility just awarded contracts for 16 projects that add up to more than 3 gigawatt-hours of storage, in order to replace an oil-fired and a coal-fired power plant.

    And in California, Southern California Edison signed contracts for 770 megawatts of batteries, many paired with solar projects, to replace gas plants. That’s 200 megawatts more than the entire battery capacity installed in 2019.

    Plus, in China, more hybrid wind/solar and battery plants are starting to emerge.

    This led Dan Finn-Foley, Wood Mackenzie’s head of energy storage, to declare: “The utility energy storage market is blowing through milestones faster than we can report them.”

    Then, renewables are surging and coal is declining. A new IEA report says that renewable generation will increase in 2020 -- pushing higher-cost fossil resources out of the market. "In all regions that implemented lockdown measures," the IEA report said, "the electricity supply underwent a notable shift towards low-carbon energy sources." We’ll look at why.

    Finally: presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden just unveiled a new climate task force. From the Sunrise Movement to a former EPA chief, we’ll talk about who’s on it, and look at their roles. What will this task force accomplish in terms of agenda-setting and setting the political tone?

    Recommended reading:

    • GTM: ‘Blowing Through Milestones’: Hawaiian Electric Picks Winners in Solar-Storage Bonanza
    • GTM: Long Duration Breakthrough? Form Energy’s First Project Tries Pushing Storage to 150 Hours
    • Bloomberg: China’s Great Energy Shift Sets Mega Hybrid Plants in Motion
    • Inside Climate News: With Planned Closing of North Dakota Coal Plant, Energy Transition Comes Home to Rural America
    • E&ENews: How Lockdowns Boost Renewables and Harm Coal
    • GTM: WoodMac: Global Solar Market Set to Resume Growth in 2021 as Coronavirus Impact Fades
    • Carbon Brief: Will China Build Hundreds of New Coal Power Plants in the 2020s?
    • Inside Climate News: Biden Names Ocasio-Cortez, Kerry to Lead His Climate Task Force, Bridging Democrats’ Divide
    • The Verge: How the Left is Trying to Fix Biden

    The Energy Gang is brought to you by Sungrow, the leading global supplier of inverter solutions for renewables. During these uncertain times, Sungrow is committed to protecting its employees and continuing to reliably serve its customers around the world. Sungrow has also leveraged its extensive network across the United States to distribute face masks to communities in need.

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    Layoffs Surge in Clean Energy May 15, 2020
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    This week, we look at sky-high layoffs in clean energy. How do we get people back to work?

    The first major analysis of unemployment in the clean energy sector has been released for April. According to E2 and BW Research, nearly 600,000 jobs were lost in energy efficiency, manufacturing, electric vehicles and clean power and fuels.

    We’ve seen a 17 percent drop in the green workforce since the start of the year. Those losses amount to double the employment growth in clean energy for the last three years.

    It’s likely to get worse before it gets better. How much should we worry? And what sectors will come back the fastest?

    Then, what do 200 of the world’s top economic advisers think about the most effective low-carbon solutions for economic recovery?

    And finally, we’ll revisit wildfires. Why can’t California utilities, especially northern giant PG&E, get it right when it comes to fire prevention?

    Recommended reading:

    • E2: Clean energy Unemployment Claims April 2020
    • NASEO & EFI: 2020 Energy & Employment Report
    • The New Republic: There are Green Jobs Hiding in the Oilfields
    • Oxford Report with Stern and Stiglitz: Will COVID-19 fiscal recovery packages accelerate or retard progress on climate change?
    • Axios: Clean energy and climate change unlikely to lead American recovery
    • PG&E: Q1 Earnings Report
    • CPUC: Draft Report
    • CA Current: Wildfire Plans Riddled with Deficiencies
    • Judge Alsup: Order Modifying Conditions of PG&E Probation
    • GTM: Why California Residents Could See Even More Blackouts This Year
    • L.A.Times: California Faces Perilous Fire Season as Coronavirus Threatens Firefighters

    The Energy Gang is brought to you by Sungrow, the leading global supplier of inverter solutions for renewables. During these uncertain times, Sungrow is committed to protecting its employees and continuing to reliably serve its customers around the world. Sungrow has also leveraged its extensive network across the United States to distribute face masks to communities in need.

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    Trump’s Deregulation Push + Michael Moore’s Bad-Faith Movie May 08, 2020
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    This week: while the country is distracted by infection rates, deaths and protests, what else have we been missing?

    We peek out from behind the quarantine curtain to see what the Trump administration has been up to on the energy front.

    The Trump administration has declared a national emergency over cyber threats to the power grid. Equipment vendors “where a foreign adversary has an interest” will be banned. Most transformers are built in China. Will this create uncertainty or slow grid work?

    The executive branch has been busy with environmental rollbacks. The Trump administration wants to loosen as much environmental regulation as possible in the six months before the election. We look at the list.

    Then, we answer your questions. We sourced nearly 200 questions from our recent live show. And we’re going to tackle some of them.

    They include: Michael Moore’s bad-faith trashing of clean energy and the environmental movement; one group’s attempt to kill solar net metering nationwide; and how the current economic mess is impacting cities and corporates.

    The Energy Gang is brought to you by Sungrow, the leading global supplier of inverter solutions for renewables. During these uncertain times, Sungrow is committed to protecting its employees and continuing to reliably serve its customers around the world. Sungrow has also leveraged its extensive network across the United States to distribute face masks to communities in need.

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    Watt It Takes: From Self-Replicating Machines to Decarbonization Apr 30, 2020
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    This week on Watt It Takes: Powerhouse CEO Emily Kirsch sits down with Saul Griffith, the founder and chief scientist at Other Lab.

    Saul Griffith has a PhD in materials science and information theory. He’s co-founded over a dozen companies. And now he’s determined to prove that we already have what it takes to decarbonize the economy.

    “The reality is I think it's still possible to completely decarbonize by 2030 and save everyone money. And we just got to start thinking about it correctly,” says Saul.

    Other Lab is an R&D incubator and accelerator that helps pair startups in robotics and renewable energy with government labs and corporate investors. It has partnered with NASA, the Navy, the Department of Energy, Google, Facebook, GE and Ford to help build and fund projects in energy, automation, and robotics “in service of 100% decarbonization.”

    Saul co-founded Makani Wind, the high-altitude wind company acquired by Google, and the tracker company Sunfolding. He brings the grit of an entrepreneur, the rigor of a scientist, the dirty mouth of a sailor to his passionate work on climate change.

    A word of warning: there is some swearing in this interview. It might not be appropriate for some young ears.

    In this episode, Emily talks with Saul about the many companies he’s helped build, and how he’s taken on a new mission to convince people that we have most of what we need — right now — to decarbonize large swaths of the economy.

    This conversation was recorded at the Powerhouse headquarters in Oakland, California, before the pandemic. Our next episode will be recorded remotely for an online audience. You find more details here.

    Subscribe to GTM’s newsletter to learn more about the companies we profile on this series.

    This podcast is brought to you by CPower. CPower is offering a market-by-market analysis of the issues, trends, and regulations that organizations should understand in 2020 to make better decisions about energy. Get your copy today of the “2020 State of Demand-Side Energy Management in North America” here.

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    Live From Our Homes to Yours, Literally Apr 24, 2020
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    This week, we bring you a joint episode of The Energy Gang and The Interchange, recorded in front of a live audience from our quarantine quarters around the country.

    When we started making our podcasts seven years ago, it was clear that the energy transition would be a difficult one.

    Both shows were designed as a forum to grapple with tough issues in an accessible, candid way. The clean energy industry has faced its share of crises over the years — but nothing quite like the current pandemic and economic freeze.

    Supply chains are in limbo, funding opportunities for startups have vanished, and once-growing companies are at a standstill. Meanwhile, political leaders are trying to get money to struggling people and businesses, setting the stage for trillions more dollars in spending on infrastructure.

    How will it all pan out? We’re trying to figure it out, just like you.

    In this episode, we take listener questions about how to use the current crisis as an opportunity. We use some thought exercises as a way to break up the gloom, and do a mental health check-in with each other.

    Listeners submitted over 120 questions. We’ll be considering them on future shows. If you have any other show topic ideas, tag The Energy Gangand The Interchange on Twitter. (And please give us a rating and review on Apple podcasts!)

    This show is brought to you by CPower. Get your copy today of the 2020 State of Demand-Side Energy Management in North America at thecpowerway.com/future.

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    Reckoning With Utilities’ Dirty Past Apr 18, 2020
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    We’re doing a free live show from our homes! Sign up here to join us on Wednesday April 22nd. You can watch a behind-the-scenes recording with The Energy Gang and The Interchange.

    This week: The many ways that dirty energy has controlled the politics of clean energy.

    Dr. Leah Stokes, an expert on interest groups and their influence over policy, joins the gang. Her new book, Short Circuiting Policy, is the focus of our episode.

    Who are the truly bad actor utilities? How have they held back climate policy, and where would we be without their resistance?

    Suddenly, utilities are embracing much more ambitious carbon-free energy targets. How optimistic should we be about their intentions?

    We’ll talk about the history of clean energy politics detailed in Leah’s book, which she researched over a seven-year period.

    Then: the election. With Bernie Sanders out, what will his climate voters do? How long will they hold out, what influence do they have, and how will they wield it?

    Recommended reading:

    • Leah Stokes: Short Circuiting Policy
    • Washington Post: Elizabeth Warren says ‘government has been bought and paid for’ by big business. Political scientists say she’s got a point.
    • Guardian: Trump Administration Declines to Strengthen U.S. Clean Air Standards
    • L.A. Times: Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Higher Coronavirus Death Rates
    • The Atlantic: Trump’s New Auto Rollback is an Economic Disaster
    • The Atlantic: “We Knew They Had Cooked the Books”
    • NYT: Coronavirus Does Not Slow Trump’s Regulatory Rollbacks
    • NYT: Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Find Opposition Within: Staff Scientists
    • The Hill: Democrat questions WH transparency in rollback of bedrock env law
    • Inside Climate News:Joe Biden Must Convince Climate Voters He’s a True Believer
    • The Hill: State of the Race: Green groups press Biden after Sanders exits
    • Common Dreams: After Sanders Exits Race, Climate Campaigners Thank Him for 'Raising the Bar' and Urge Biden to 'Step Up'
    • Guardian Opinion: Dear Joe Biden, Here is how you can earn our support

    This podcast is brought to you by CPower. CPower is offering a market-by-market analysis of the issues, trends, and regulations that organizations should understand in 2020 to make better decisions about energy. Get your copy today of the “2020 State of Demand-Side Energy Management in North America” here.

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    Will Pollution Pauses Have a Lasting Impact? Apr 10, 2020
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    The world is experiencing a sudden, dramatic drop in all kinds of air pollution. The skies are dramatically different. People can hear birds they didn’t even know were there, and see landscapes that have been shrouded for decades.

    It’s saved thousands of lives in averted asthma and heart attacks. When this is all over, will people clamor for cleaner air? We discuss the potential long-term impacts on this week’s episode.

    Then: the 2020 climate summit is postponed. Could that be a good thing? What are the political benefits and diplomatic drawbacks?

    Finally, we’ll assess curtailments of solar and wind energy as electricity consumption drops around the world.

    Recommended reading:

    • Clean Air Memes from India: You Can See Los Angeles from Mumbai Now
    • Reuters: Biggest fall in carbon emissions since World War Two
    • WSJ: Coronavirus Lockdowns Clear the Air But the Effect Could be Fleeting
    • Twitter: Katharine Hayhoe’s Most Recent Cool Explainer
    • Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Will the coronavirus have a lasting impact on carbon emissions?
    • Forbes: Why Offering “Home-Office” Balance Leads to the Most Productive Employees
    • Bloomberg:What It Means to Have a Year Without Climate Diplomacy
    • E&ENews: Pandemic Delays Global Climate Summit
    • Climate Action Tracker: How the Pledges of Each Nation Stack Up
    • GTM: California Curtailment Surge as Coronavirus Cuts Demand
    • ITWeb: Eskom’s COVID-19 power curtailment bid stuns wind sector
    • GTM: 2017 Primer–Too Much of a Good Thing? An Illustrated Guide to Solar Curtailment on California’s Grid

    This podcast is brought to you by CPower. CPower is helping organizations chart a path to energy’s future. Visit thecpowerway.com/future to learn how CPower can guide your decisions on distributed generation, demand response and your energy spend.

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    Does the Economic Crisis Shift the Clean Energy Calculus? Apr 03, 2020
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    This week: The coronavirus shockwave brings staggering losses of lives, jobs, and money.

    So many applied for unemployment last week – 5 times more than ever before – that it was hard for graphic artists to draw a Y-axis that would fit them in historical comparisons. We’re now at 10 million unemployment claims.

    With so much turmoil and uncertainty, we are going to dig back into some of the big themes of the week.

    First, we’ll have a recap of stimulus activity. The day after the unprecedented unemployment numbers, the federal government approved a boost to the economy twice as large as any before in the history of the United States. What’s in it? What’s coming next?

    Then, essential workers in energy: how grid operators are making sure that all-important juice keeps flowing to your home or essential workplace.

    And finally, how the oil price shock may – or may not – impact renewables investment from fossil fuel majors.

    Mentioned on the show:

    • Gail Tverberg: Our Infinite World
    • DSIRE: The database of renewables
    • Energy Storage News: Editor’s Blog

    Recommended reading:

    • VOX: How the Covid-19 Recession Could Become a Depression
    • WSJ: After 3 Coronavirus Packages, Congress is Already Prepping a Fourth
    • The Hill: McCarthy Says Fourth Stimulus Might Not Be Necessary
    • Bloomberg: Winners and Losers in Congress’s $2 Trillion Rescue Plan
    • American Petroleum Institute: Open Letter to Congress and White House
    • Inside Climate News: Trump’s Move to Suspend Env. Enforcement is a Lifeline to Oil
    • E&ENews: Inside New York’s Grid Lockdown
    • DailyEnergyInsider: PJM Adapts to New Normal During Covid-19 Crisis
    • Bloomberg: US To Let Nuclear Plants Defer Repairs, Schedule Longer Shifts
    • OilPrice.com: Can Big Oil Still Fund Its Renewable Energy Push?

    This podcast is brought to you by CPower. CPower is helping organizations chart a path to the energy future. Visit thecpowerway.com/future to learn how CPower can guide your decisions on distributed generation, demand response and your energy spend.

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    Election Special: Coronavirus and Climate Collide Mar 27, 2020
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    This is a special crossover episode between The Energy Gang and Climate 2020.

    Coronavirus brought the 2020 election to a screeching halt. Climate was once a top issue in the Democratic primary, but it’s been overtaken by a virus and a looming economic apocalypse.

    Primaries are delayed. Traditional campaigning has stopped. Biden is hiding out, preparing for the general election. Bernie Sanders is hanging on. And the way we think about all kinds of issues has totally flipped.

    So how will climate, cleantech and the environment fit into this new political world?

    The climate community is struggling with how to message. What are the appropriate ways to keep the focus on climate change, while we face public health and economic crises?

    What about the intersection of extreme weather and coronavirus? Many state officials fear the next season’s floods, hurricanes and fires – events that can require evacuation while people are supposed to stay homebound. How will climate change compound the problem?

    The Gang includes Stephen Lacey, Katherine Hamilton and Jigar Shah.

    Jeff Nesbit, the executive director of Climate Nexus and co-host of the podcast Climate 2020, joins the gang for this special joint episode on politics. Jeff is also an author, former journalist, a senior public affairs official at the FDA, and Dan Quayle’s director of comms.

    Mentioned on the show:

    • Twitter: Rachel Bitecofer’s Feed
    • Twitter: Leak Stokes’ Feed
    • Priorities USA: Political Ad

    Recommended:

    • Scientific American: U.N. Shifts from Climate Change to Coronavirus
    • The New Yorker: The Coronavirus and the Climate Movement by Bill McKibben
    • Inside Climate News: In the Face of a Pandemic, Climate Activists Reevaluate Their Tactics

    This podcast is brought to you by CPower. CPower is helping organizations chart a path to the energy future. Visit thecpowerway.com/future to learn how CPower can guide your decisions on distributed generation, demand response and your energy spend.



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