The Energy Transition Show with Chris Nelder

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[Episode #203] – The Case for Climate Optimism Jul 26, 2023

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Why does so much media focus on unlikely, pessimistic climate scenarios when our progress should make us optimistic about combating global warming?

[Episode #202] – UK’s Green Day Jul 12, 2023

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Simon Evans of Carbon Brief reviews the highlights of the UK’s latest policy proposals, including how the government plans to meet its emissions-reduction goals.

[Episode #201] – India Update Part 2 Jun 28, 2023

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In this second part of the interview from Ep. 199, we see how India’s energy transition is changing its oil and gas, grid power, cooling, and mobility sectors.

[Episode #200] – ETS Retrospective Jun 14, 2023

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The Energy Transition Show marks its 200th regular episode with a look back at the progress of the energy transition and of the show since it launched in 2015.

[Episode #199] – India Update Part 1 May 31, 2023

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In this first part of a 3.5-hour, two-part interview, we see how India is coming along with its energy transition, with focus on its coal, solar, and wind power.

[Episode #198] – The Coal Trap May 17, 2023

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Why has West Virginia denied the reality of the energy transition and clung to coal for so long, especially when it’s against their own economic interests?

[Episode #197] – Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) May 03, 2023

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Virtual Power Plants are finally ready to scale up, making it possible for the grid to do more with less as we “electrify everything.”

[Episode #196] – Unglamorous Solutions Apr 19, 2023

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What if the most fundamental, transformative, and enduring aspects of the energy transition aren’t about technology at all, but rather policy and investment?

[Episode #195] – Permafrost and Climate ‘Tipping Points’ Apr 05, 2023

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Is the Arctic permafrost in a warming feedback loop that will unleash a methane bomb and push the planet past a tipping point and into inevitable climate doom?

[Episode #194] – Materials Requirements of the Transition Mar 22, 2023

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Does the availability of key minerals and materials—like “rare earth” metals—pose a fundamental limitation to the energy transition?

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