Energy Evolution
Energy Evolution is a podcast from S&P Global Commodity Insights that explores how the energy industry is changing in response to the growing call for cleaner energy. Co-hosts Dan Testa and Taylor Kuykendall, veteran S&P Global Commodity Insights journalists, spend each episode talking to leading experts from the energy, mining and finance sectors and breaking down the energy transition trends that the policymakers, traders and industry professionals need to know about. The team uses the reporting firepower and data resources of Market Intelligence. It taps into experts worldwide to tackle the climate and energy issues of the day, as well as changes on the horizon.Podcasts
Unintended consequences: When politicians reshape utility regulation
Published: July 26, 2024, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 36 seconds
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Climate tech as economic driver a chat with former US Commerce Secretary Bill Daley
Published: July 19, 2024, 9 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 41 seconds
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Five years later, looking back at the Berkeley gas ban
Published: July 12, 2024, 9 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 4 seconds
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So you want to buy an EV: Moving past adoption barriers
Published: July 5, 2024, 9 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 29 seconds
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As the EU cracks down on 'forever chemicals,' is the energy sector prepared?
Published: June 28, 2024, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 21 seconds
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US government stepping into battery metals where private capital is hesitant
Published: June 21, 2024, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 23 seconds
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Europe has voted What does the rightward shift mean for energy?
Published: June 14, 2024, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 33 seconds
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Increasing electric vehicle range with new semiconductor technology
Published: June 7, 2024, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 47 seconds
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Microreactors promise nuclear power anywhere, deliverable by truck
Published: May 31, 2024, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 31 seconds
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Bridging the gap between conventional energy resources and newer technologies
Published: May 24, 2024, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 18 seconds
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Venture capital arm of mining giant Vale hunting for sustainable mining tech
Published: May 17, 2024, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 19 seconds
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Maintaining reliability in the face of an increasingly complex US power grid
Published: May 10, 2024, 9 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 5 seconds
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Space-based solar: Vast promises and major challenges
Published: May 3, 2024, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 6 seconds
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The century-old US law complicating offshore wind goals
Published: April 26, 2024, 9 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 48 seconds
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How renewables and AI drive cyber threats for utilities
Published: April 19, 2024, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 25 seconds
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Catching up with Innovators throughout the battery materials supply chain
Published: April 12, 2024, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 8 seconds
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National Grid, Portland General Electric CEOs share thoughts on the energy transition
Published: April 5, 2024, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 26 seconds
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Svante CEOs on the future of carbon capture
Published: April 3, 2024, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 58 seconds
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Catching up with the CEO behind the largest clean energy infrastructure project in US history
Published: March 29, 2024, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 25 seconds
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Energy transition insights from a former DOE Secretary and the COP24 President
Published: March 27, 2024, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 57 seconds
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Curbing emissions in the oil and gas industry
Published: March 22, 2024, 9 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 1 second
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Virtual power plants and the future electric grid
Published: March 21, 2024, 9 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 5 seconds
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Commodities leave crisis era as demand booms, economist says
Published: March 20, 2024, 9 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 33 seconds
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AI is changing the energy system, putting premium on flexibility
Published: March 19, 2024, 9:04 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 17 seconds
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Previewing 2024 cleantech trends ahead of CERAWeek 2024
Published: March 15, 2024, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 58 seconds
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Decarbonizing heavy industry with technology and policy
Published: March 13, 2024, 9 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 51 seconds
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Building from scrap: Fueling EV batteries with recycled materials
Published: March 8, 2024, 10 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 6 seconds
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Powering up the US EV battery manufacturing boom in Michigan
Published: March 1, 2024, 10 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 58 seconds
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Are cheaper solar panels opening up less sunny markets?
Published: Feb. 23, 2024, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 57 seconds
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Crux co-founder on how the transferability of tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act is leveling the energy playing field
Published: Feb. 16, 2024, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 23 seconds
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Robotic power plant inspectors can boost sustainability by catching problems early
Published: Feb. 9, 2024, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 32 seconds
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How a rural co-op is using artificial intelligence to get the most out of renewables
Published: Feb. 2, 2024, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes
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At COP28, a pledge to triple nuclear capacity - but can it be done?
Published: Jan. 26, 2024, 10 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 20 seconds
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A 'real chance' of tripling renewable energy by 2030, IEA says
Published: Jan. 19, 2024, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 49 seconds
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Digging Space? Startups set sights on the moon, asteroids for resources
Published: Jan. 12, 2024, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 2 seconds
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Energy Evolution crew previews energy transition themes to watch for in 2024
Published: Dec. 29, 2023, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 7 seconds
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Communication technology and its role in the energy transition
Published: Dec. 22, 2023, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 21 seconds
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The startups grappling with wind powers recyclability problem
Published: Dec. 15, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 41 seconds
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Tackling the challenge of tracking Scope 2 emissions
Published: Dec. 8, 2023, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 34 seconds
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US utility execs share plans for continuing the energy transition amid rising costs
Published: Dec. 1, 2023, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 30 seconds
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The path to net-zero: An overview of efforts across commodity companies
Published: Nov. 17, 2023, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 2 seconds
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Fighting climate change with carbon offsets and fossil fuel retirement credits
Published: Nov. 10, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 6 seconds
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Biodiversity and wind power: Are they at odds, and what are the solutions?
Published: Nov. 3, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 19 seconds
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Power of AI: How artificial intelligence is changing the energy and mining sectors
Published: Oct. 27, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 50 seconds
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The hockey Hall-of-Famer installing geothermal systems in New York
Published: Oct. 20, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 22 seconds
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Why there are so few women at the top of energy companies and why it matters
Published: Oct. 13, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 2 seconds
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National Grid Ventures' US Northeast President on the future of US offshore wind and more
Published: Oct. 6, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 23 seconds
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Improving nickel sustainability for electric vehicle batteries
Published: Sept. 29, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 47 seconds
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How compressed air can make it easier to close coal, natural gas plants
Published: Sept. 27, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 58 seconds
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How does the Biden administration plan to fix permitting?
Published: Sept. 22, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 43 seconds
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Artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency guzzle electricity, but can they also support the grid?
Published: Sept. 15, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 53 seconds
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Supporting community efficiency with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
Published: Sept. 8, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 33 seconds
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Mining the magnet minerals key to decarbonization
Published: Sept. 1, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 45 seconds
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Energy transition drives a jobs and manufacturing boom in the US
Published: Aug. 25, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 21 seconds
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Brewing up sustainability: Decarbonizing beer and other industries reliant on steam
Published: Aug. 18, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 55 seconds
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Possibilities for generative AI to transform energy sector 'nearly endless'
Published: Aug. 11, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 33 seconds
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How renewables supported the Texas grid through intense heat
Published: Aug. 4, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 54 seconds
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Finding the metals critical to an energy transition
Published: Aug. 3, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 4 seconds
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Supporting rooftop solar power for rentals and apartments
Published: July 28, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 17 seconds
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Grid operator PJM navigates surge in renewables and rapid fossil retirements in the US
Published: July 21, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 10 seconds
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Electrifying commercial vehicle fleets, one charger at a time
Published: July 14, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 36 seconds
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Crux startup aims to unlock hundreds of billions in clean energy tax incentives
Published: July 7, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 12 seconds
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Mining industry increasingly a larger part of the energy transition discussion
Published: June 30, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 16 seconds
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Vast CEO aims to bring concentrated solar power tech back into focus
Published: June 28, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 18 seconds
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Wind turbine makers' peril and what size has to do with it
Published: June 23, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 20 seconds
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Commodity trading giant Trafigura shares a path to greener shipping
Published: June 21, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 34 seconds
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24/7 Clean energy: How hourly matching enables big energy buyers to go carbon-free
Published: June 16, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 46 seconds
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Crafting tomorrows electric vehicle battery chemistries
Published: June 9, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 43 seconds
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The role of the US nuclear fleet, old and new, in the energy transition
Published: June 2, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 40 seconds
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Europes solar revival dream overshadowed by harsh new realities
Published: May 26, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 59 seconds
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Electric vehicles: Earning money from the grid, keeping batteries cool and extracting lithium from oilfield brines
Published: May 19, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 6 seconds
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Cloud technology and smart grid modernization with Amazon Web Services and Duke Energy
Published: May 12, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 50 seconds
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Scale up to phase down: World Bank's roadmap to finance energy transition in developing countries
Published: May 5, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 59 seconds
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Building out green steel for the energy transition
Published: April 28, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 6 seconds
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Tackling the challenges electric vehicles present for utilities, featuring Sunny Elebua from Exelon
Published: April 21, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 21 seconds
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Solar as a service versus a product sale and the race for green energy
Published: April 14, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 16 seconds
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Smart buildings, vehicle chargers and the energy transition with Powerflex and GridPoint
Published: April 7, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 59 seconds
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Building a global green hydrogen ecosystem, featuring Plug Power Chief Strategy Officer Sanjay Shrestha
Published: March 31, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 33 seconds
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Hitting net-zero targets across industries, featuring 8 Rivers President Damian Beauchamp
Published: March 24, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes
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Funding the energy transition, with Jigar Shah of DOE's Loan Program Office
Published: March 17, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 1 second
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Battery makers and miners turn to blockchain to solve transparency concerns, incentivize investment
Published: March 10, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 6 seconds
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New lithium battery tech an energy transition game-changer, says Li-Metal President Kunal Phalpher
Published: March 3, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 32 seconds
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The Russia-Ukraine conflict and the energy transition
Published: Feb. 24, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 37 seconds
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Are world superpowers in a green tech arms race?
Published: Feb. 17, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes
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Investing in the battery minerals fueling the energy transition
Published: Feb. 10, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 14 seconds
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How big are the implications of the nuclear fusion ignition breakthrough?
Published: Feb. 3, 2023, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 48 seconds
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A transition to cleaner energy drives demand for new nickel mines
Published: Jan. 20, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 36 seconds
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Looking ahead to the energy transition in 2023
Published: Jan. 19, 2023, 6:52 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 7 seconds
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Recycling batteries will be key to meeting future lithium demand, says Li-Cycle CEO
Published: Dec. 28, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 42 seconds
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Carbon offsets and the path to net-zero emissions
Published: Dec. 12, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds
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Europe's looming energy crisis
Published: Nov. 22, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 18 seconds
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New York's aggressive climate goals create a market for manufacturers
Published: Nov. 18, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 34 seconds
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Climate, conflicts prompt reappraisal of nuclear power
Published: Nov. 8, 2022, 2:27 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 30 seconds
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US climate law to fire up public power sector's investment in clean energy
Published: Oct. 3, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 42 seconds
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A skills shortage imperils the global energy transition
Published: Sept. 12, 2022, 6 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 30 seconds
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Building electrification movement gathers East Coast momentum
Published: Aug. 29, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 55 seconds
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How will US Democrats' new deal on climate affect the energy transition?
Published: Aug. 5, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 24 seconds
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How will the Supreme Court's West Virginia v. EPA decision impact the energy transition?
Published: July 20, 2022, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 46 seconds
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A better way to finance energy efficiency investment
Published: July 11, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 41 seconds
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'The next OPEC' Battery materials startup 6K on risks of US import dependence
Published: June 24, 2022, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 8 seconds
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Path to net-zero: How large companies across sectors are tackling emissions
Published: June 13, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 17 seconds
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TiVoing electricity: How Wartsila is solving renewable energys biggest problem
Published: June 3, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 20 seconds
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Examining the energy implications of Russia's war on Ukraine
Published: May 20, 2022, 12:12 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 56 seconds
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The consumer side of the energy transition
Published: April 25, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 4 seconds
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Heliene president says financing solar manufacturing in North America remains a challenge
Published: April 12, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 8 seconds
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Meet a few of the women driving the energy transition
Published: March 29, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 7 seconds
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Plug Power CEO says hydrogen's here today, not a fuel of the future
Published: March 15, 2022, 6 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 9 seconds
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How to launch a clean energy business
Published: March 1, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 51 seconds
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A preview of energy transition hopes and hurdles for 2022
Published: Feb. 2, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 7 seconds
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National Grid US president sees federal support as crucial for energy transition infrastructure
Published: Jan. 19, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 19 seconds
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Energy Evolution's year in review
Published: Dec. 18, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 26 seconds
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Former DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz talks energy and innovation
Published: Nov. 10, 2021, 3:08 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 59 seconds
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COP26 preview: World leaders aim to strengthen climate commitments
Published: Oct. 29, 2021, 8:30 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 15 seconds
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Mining lithium in North America to feed growing EV appetite
Published: Oct. 12, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 54 seconds
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U.S. poised for Atlantic Coast offshore wind power boom
Published: Sept. 20, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 14 seconds
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FERC's chairman on the urgent need for more transmission lines to combat climate change
Published: Aug. 25, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 13 seconds
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In ESG era, shale gas drillers try going green
Published: July 21, 2021, 6 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 4 seconds
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Helping communities impacted by the energy transition
Published: July 2, 2021, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 56 seconds
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Utilities eager to charge a growing US electric vehicle fleet
Published: June 15, 2021, 6 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 38 seconds
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Booming electric vehicle demand spurs on mining, metals sector
Published: May 11, 2021, 6 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 38 seconds
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Surging demand for battery metals drives push to mine ocean floor
Published: April 20, 2021, 2:58 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 28 seconds
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The mess with Texas
Published: March 16, 2021, 9 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 20 seconds
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US returns to Paris climate agreement, but faces 'credibility gap'
Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 9 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 4 seconds
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Has hydrogen energy's time come?
Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 15 seconds
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Sustainability-linked bonds: A financial tool to lower power sector emissions
Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 6 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds
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Pipeline company executives lead oil, gas firms toward net zero emissions
Published: Dec. 9, 2020, 5:01 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 20 seconds
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How the Biden administration could accelerate the energy transition
Published: Nov. 24, 2020, 5:01 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds
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The 2020 election's implications for fracking, FERC and utilities
Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 1:33 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 28 seconds
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Energy executives assess what's at stake in 2020 election
Published: Oct. 19, 2020, 1:52 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 26 seconds
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Growing battery storage market key to adding renewables to grid
Published: Sept. 16, 2020, 10 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 3 seconds
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Energy sector grapples with growing environmental justice movement
Published: Aug. 17, 2020, 12:52 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 46 seconds
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Grassroots movement working to keep natural gas out of new buildings
Published: July 8, 2020, 2:38 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 20 seconds
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Former DOE chief envisions a jobs revival coming from the energy transition
Published: June 1, 2020, 11:30 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 54 seconds
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Energy transition to be shaped by world response to COVID-19
Published: April 30, 2020, 7:17 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 8 seconds
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Small reactors could be a big deal for nuclear industry
Published: March 30, 2020, 4:06 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 1 second
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Coronavirus pandemic, oil price crash shake up energy industry
Published: March 13, 2020, 2:44 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 5 seconds
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Climate concerns are driving the financial world away from fossil fuels
Published: Feb. 20, 2020, 11:30 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 17 seconds
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The forces driving a gas-fired power plant glut
Published: Jan. 23, 2020, 5 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 54 seconds
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A very special Energy Evolution holiday episode
Published: Dec. 18, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 22 seconds
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Why solar energy could get even cheaper
Published: Nov. 20, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 19 seconds
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US energy officials push innovation to meet evolving energy needs
Published: Oct. 21, 2019, 4:58 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 54 seconds
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Energy futurist sees major obstacles for renewables in next 30 years
Published: Sept. 19, 2019, 4:10 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 18 seconds
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