Ep 15: Richard Powell - Executive Director, Clearpath

Published: April 18, 2018, 4:03 p.m.

Episode Content:

  • The origin story of Clearpath and politics role in the climate divide 

  • The "full toolkit" solution to world energy

  • The "more innovation and less regulation" approach to federal policy

  • An explanation of Production Tax credits and how they fit into energy markets

  • "Leveling the playing field" for zero emissions standards

  • How they focus on the innovation and the government's role in R&D

  • Refocusing the Department of Energy's R&D efforts with moonshot initiatives

  • Changing the paradigm of how we build new nuclear

  • Three other research groups intensely focused on understanding construction costs

  • China - and the risks of us ceding world nuclear leadership to them

  • Energy's role in international political relationships

  • The three things we need to move the industry forward...