The Energy Transition Show with Chris Nelder

Latest Episodes:

[Episode #273] – Solar and Batteries Can Power the World Apr 08, 2026

Show notes

Can solar and batteries power the world cost-effectively? A new model says yes.

[Episode #272] – Global Energy Crisis 2026 Mar 25, 2026

Show notes

The damage to Persian Gulf oil and gas infrastructure and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has thrown the world into a global energy crisis.

[Episode #271] – China Update 2026 Mar 11, 2026

Show notes

Why have China’s total CO2 emissions been slowly falling for two years even as it’s building more coal-fired power plants than ever?

[Episode #270] – View from the Energy Transitions Commission Feb 25, 2026

Show notes

Lord Adair Turner shares his global perspective on the state of the energy transition, as seen from the Energy Transitions Commission.

[Episode #269] – Trump’s War on the Energy Transition Feb 11, 2026

Show notes

Can the energy transition in the US survive President Trump’s attacks on it?

[Episode #268] – Activism 101 Jan 28, 2026

Show notes

What do aspiring energy transition advocates need to know to become effective changemakers in their communities?

[Episode #267] – Japan: Petrostate or Electrostate? Jan 14, 2026

Show notes

As one of the most energy vulnerable countries on earth, Japan faces a difficult choice: join the petrostates, or the electrostates?

[Episode #266] – Global Electricity Review 2025 (Lagniappe edition) Dec 31, 2025

Show notes

Global carbon emissions from the power sector may be close to peaking thanks to an accelerating energy transition.

[Episode #265] – IEA World Energy Outlook 2025 Dec 17, 2025

Show notes

Chris returns to Paris to interview co-lead Tim Gould about the new World Energy Outlook 2025 report, and to explore the futures it contemplates.

[Episode #264] – History of the Transition in South Africa Dec 03, 2025

Show notes

A history of South Africa’s energy transition in the power sector kicks off a new Energy Transition Show miniseries on the African country.