Podcasts about energy futures

This week we speak to Tristan Walker one of 40 people appointed as a fellow of The Energy Futures social innovation lab to have the hard conversations about how our energy systems can evolve to meet net-zero objectives. Tristan Walker of Massif Energy is working on the Alberta's Electricity Future initiative with a diverse group of Albertans. While the social sphere is dominated by polarization, and us-verses-them narratives the people in the lab from a wide cross section of society and industry come together to find common ground on some of the biggest issues of our time, such as how to get Alberta to net-zero. GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA.com Podcast Learn more in our blog at GreenEnergyFutures.ca

The Energy Futures Lab is like a breath of fresh air in today's polarized world, where meaningful discussions about real-world problems are scarce. Every year, they invite 40 talented individuals from various fields to join their mission and tackle some of the most challenging issues facing us, like how to get Alberta to net-zero emissions. To celebrate their 10th anniversary, we caught up with Maureen Kolla from the Energy Futures Lab and Tristan Walker, an energy consultant who's part of the 40 fellows in 2024. Tristan is part of the Albertas Electricity Future group which is head up by Maureen Kolla and they recently released a vision for Alberta's electricity future, and we're excited to share it with you! GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA.com Podcast Learn more at GreenEnergyFutures.ca SUBSCRIBE TODAY!

Clarisse Fortuné brings you a round-up of society, culture and hot topics from across the continent. This week on Across Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia are running on empty as drought dries up their shared hydroelectric dam. Now they must grapple with how to ensure their energy futures. On the other side of the continent, Sierra Leone is turning to natural defences to preserve its threatened coastline and the communities that live along it. Plus, Kenya's Ice Lions roar on the rink.

How are spaces once imagined to be empty, vast, and mysterious transformed into something with material and cultural value? Two authors tackle this same question, one from the perspective of the seafloor, and one from Canada's oil sands: key spaces where the meaning of sustainability is actively negotiated. Deepwater Alchemy: Extractive Mediation and the Taming of the Seafloor by Lisa Yin Han looks at oceanic media and shows how deepwater mediation is entangled in existential hopes and fears for our planetary future. Petroturfing: Refining Canadian Oil through Social Media by Jordan B. Kinder looks at how an increasingly influential network of pro-oil groups in Canada work to reform the public view of oil extraction as something socially, economically, and ecologically beneficial. Here, Lisa and Jordan are joined in conversation with Thomas Pringle.Lisa Yin Yan is assistant professor of media studies at Pitzer College.Jordan B. Kinder is assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University.Thomas Pringle is assistant professor of cinema and media studies at the University of Southern California. Pringle is co-author, with Gertrud Koch and Bernard Stiegler, of Machine.REFERENCES:Nature's Metropolis / William CrononEthical Oil / Ezra LevantTar Wars / Geo TakachSustaining Seas / eds. Elspeth Probyn, Kate Johnson, and Nancy Lee (referencing essay by Lesley Green)Oceaning / Adam FishAnimal Revolution / Ron BroglioZoe Todd, “Fossil Fuels and Fossil Kin: An Environmental Kin Study of Weaponised Fossil Kin and Alberta's So-Called ‘Energy Resources Heritage,'” Antipode (2023)After Oil CollectiveIsabelle StengersPraise for Deepwater Alchemy:“An essential contribution to the watery depths of the blue humanities.”—Jennifer Gabrys“Deepwater Alchemy tells a story vital to our present.”—Stefan HelmreichPraise for Petroturfing:“A profound and necessary book.”—Janet Walker“Offers great insight into an underdeveloped aspect of the cultural study of energy.”—Stephanie LeMenager

Jason Bordoff is an expert on geopolitics, energy security and the clean energy transition. He is the Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, and he also held senior roles in the Obama administration, including on the National Economic Council, and the National Security Council. In this episode of World of DaaS, Auren and Jason discuss: The future of solarHow shale oil transformed US energyCritical minerals and energy securityRealities of the clean energy transitionLooking for more tech, data and venture capital intel? Head to worldofdaas.com for our podcast, newsletter and events, and follow us on X @worldofdaas.  You can find Auren Hoffman on X at @auren and Jason on X at @JasonBordoff.Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)

In this electrifying episode of "The Insiders' Guide to Energy," we're joined by Scott Case, the visionary founder of Zetawatts, a pioneering company driving transformative change in the clean energy sector. Scott, who brings an entrepreneurial spirit from his days at Priceline.com to tackling global public health challenges, now focuses his formidable expertise on addressing one of today's most pressing issues: climate change and the urgent need to expand clean energy supplies rapidly.Zetawatts stands at the forefront of revolutionizing how electricity is procured and consumed, aiming to triple the United States' energy supply through carbon-free solutions. Scott discusses the major hurdles in achieving these ambitious goals, emphasizing the need for innovative approaches to overcome systemic bottlenecks that hinder progress in clean energy deployment.The conversation dives deep into the intersection of technology and energy. Scott outlines how Zetawatts leverages software to streamline the complex market dynamics between energy project developers and corporate energy consumers. This innovative approach facilitates long-term agreements essential for financing new clean energy projects, thereby accelerating the transition to sustainable energy sources.Listeners will gain insights into the evolving landscape of environmental regulations, the pivotal role of corporate responsibility in achieving net-zero emissions, and the potential of software solutions to reduce Scope 2 emissions dramatically. Scott also sheds light on the challenges and opportunities presented by the current energy market, offering a glimpse into the future of energy procurement.This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the nexus of technology, entrepreneurship, and sustainable energy. Whether you're a professional in the energy sector, a technology enthusiast, or a concerned citizen, you'll find invaluable perspectives on driving meaningful change in the energy landscape. Tune in to discover how Zetawatts is powering up a cleaner, greener future.

Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - British Columbia is feeling the strain of a rapidly expanding EV market. On January 11, 2024, BC Hydro stated there are more than 150,000 EVs on the province''s roads. While It is more difficult to access local data, ICBC figures show that in 2022 there were 11 EVS registered on Cortes Island, 19 in Quathiaski Cove, 172 in Powell River, 190 in Campbell River, 228 in Comox, and 370 in Courtenay. In addition to being hailed as a partial solution to the climate crisis, an increasing number of drivers find they prefer EVs to gas cars. 96% of the EV owners who responded to a BCAA survey last year stated they found EVs to be more affordable and intend to purchase another in the future. There are currently about 5,000 EV chargers in the province and Clean BC set a goal of 10,000 chargers by 2030. A report by Energy Futures suggests that four times this number may be needed. There will also be a need for more electrical generation to service the new electric vehicles. BC Hydro states, “We're predicting there will be around 330,000 EVs on B.C. roads by 2030. This is estimated to add an additional 1,000 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity load per year.” To which the Energy Futures report responds, “Meeting the minimum new vehicle sales targets will require approximately 2,700 GWh of added electricity by 2030, about half the annual production of the Site C Dam. By 2040, this requirement will grow to 9,700 GWh or equivalent to two Site C Dams.”  Image credit: Screenshot from CleanBC website

Darin Barney is a professor in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University. He has written some really impactful work in communication studies, and received several awards for his academic work. He is a member of the Petrocultures Research Group, the After Oil collective and Future Energy Systems at the University of Alberta, among other groups. Jesse Goldstein is an assistant professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a printmaker and has been a member of numerous art collectives, including Space 1026 in Philadelphia and more recently the Occuprint Collective. His current research focuses on the political economy of green technologies. Hannah Tollefson is a media and environmental studies scholar who works on questions of ecology, economy, and infrastructure. She studies how territory is technically mediated; the work of infrastructure in shaping relationships of place and scale; and the politics of energy transition. She is working on a project with Darin about contemporary efforts to develop oil sands bitumen for non-combustion uses and to devise formats for transporting bitumen in solid phase. Her work has appeared in a number of academic journals and anthologies. This conversation is focused on the reality that there is a surprising lack of friction between the fossiil fuel and the cleantech industries. Rather than posing a threat to the domination of everyday life by fossil fuels, we're seeing the ways in which compartmentalization of climate action and the diversification of portfolios is leading to a wholesale corporate capture of the future for energy, or, we should say, for fuels. In the case of Darin and Hannah's writing, their research has taken them into the boardrooms of companies that are vying for a place in the market for solid state bitumen products. With Jesse's work, there is a focus on how greenwashing as we know it has evolved into an ideology of only valuing innovation and imagination within narrow market terms, even when the innovation in question is devoted to cracking the climate crisis. In both instances, there is, in this critique of capitalist enclosure of clean energy or emergent forms of fuel, a sense that actually those that are involved in contemporary entrepreneurialism do want to have a positive social impact. The issue is that, as Jesse argues, the narrowing of innovation under capitalism means that these sorts of entrepreneurs are more or less obligated to concentrate their energy on doing well financially, rather than doing good socially or ecologically.

Alexia Parks, founder and President of 23ZIP, Inc. – a public benefit corporation – home of the First Food Responders - has been called “One of 50 people who matter most on the NET” by Newsweek for her launch of Votelink.com in 1995. It was the first successful electronic democracy system on the Internet. In 2012, Alexia spent 18-months as a United Nations Mentor to a young woman leader from Africa who became Fortune Magazine's #1 Social Impact Award Winner in 2014 at their Most Powerful Women in the World Summit.Over her career Alexia Parks has launched 100 successful social impact projects including setting up an outdoor education program for ALL elementary schools in Boulder in the 1970s, and received funding from the City of Boulder to create the Energy Futures and Walking Cities conferences. As a science-journalist she received funding from the RAND corporation in 1980 to represent public opinion on nuclear issues at high level meetings in Washington D.C. As a science journalist, Alexia Parks covered environmental topics for the national desk of The Washington Post, had a nationally syndicated column, then moved to New York City where she published VisionUSA magazine. TIME magazine acquired it.Alexia is a keynote speaker at conferences in the US and abroad, including the USMayors.org Winter Conference in Washington D.C. and the COP conference on Climate Change in Bali 2008. Since 2000 Colorado State University has offered continuing education credit for her programs. Alexia Parks is an award-winning entrepreneur, best-selling author of 18 books and chair of the Alexia Parks 10TRAITS Leadership Institute, a tax-exempt organization founded in 1990.

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In this episode of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Dr. Evan Mills, a recently retired Senior Scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), operated by the University of California--one of the world's leading research centers on energy and environment. He was past leader of LBNL's Center for Building Science, which represented the work of about 400 people, and continues his collaborations with "The Lab" as an Affiliate. He is also a Research Affiliate at the Energy Resources Group, operated by the University of California.Dr. Mills is a member of the international body of scientists under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC collectively shared the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 with former U.S. Vice President Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. He and Ted discuss his background, growing up in the LA Hollywood Hills amongst creatives of all sorts. His academic career began at an alternative high school in Southern California. He then attended the University of California at Santa Cruz and was exposed to energy and building energy, and transferred as a sophomore to the University of California at Berkeley. While completing his Bachelors of Science degree in Conservation and Resource Studies at Berkeley, he studied and taught about green buildings with Sim van der Ryn. He received a Masters of Science degree from Berkeley's Energy and Resources Group (where he is now a Research Affiliate) and a Ph.D. from the Department of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies under Thomas B. Johansson at Lund University in Sweden. In Sweden, he worked closely with the Swedish State Power Board (Vattenfall) and the Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development on national energy planning projects, while serving as an energy advisor to the Swedish Parliamentary Working Group on Energy Futures. He then spent most of his career at LBNL. His closest mentor and collaborator there was Art Rosenfeld, for whom he served as his Deputy Director of the Center for Building Science, later leading the Center. He also currently consults widely for private industry and the public sector.Dr. Mills research centers on the impacts of climate change and mitigating those impacts through reduced emissions and loss prevention. His specialties are energy efficiency in buildings and industry and the intersection of energy technology, global climate, and risk management. His interests further center around pinpointing "sleeper" uses of energy and empowering policymakers, consumers, and non-traditional market actors to capture improved efficiencies, reduced greenhouse-gas emissions, resilience, and other non-energy benefits. Specifically, he highlights the edge cases and topics that don't get attention from mainstream policies, programs, or research agendas like the problem of kerosene lighting in the developing world, the issue of housing insurance in the face of climate change, green-gaming, the carbon footprint of cannabis cultivation, and remaining optimistic about the areas of improvement in building commissioning. 

Radical environmentalists have convinced people that we are doomed if we continue to use fossil fuels. We are doomed if we stop using them. Original Article: "Energy and Economic Efficiency: The Market versus the Politicization of Our Energy Futures"

Radical environmentalists have convinced people that we are doomed if we continue to use fossil fuels. We are doomed if we stop using them. Original Article: "Energy and Economic Efficiency: The Market versus the Politicization of Our Energy Futures"

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Robert is joined this week by Professor Ray Wills, futurist, consultant and academic, who's current research interests include adoption rates and convergence of technology, disruptive tech including solar and storage, electric cars, mobility, and robotics, and the communities that rely on them, and the impact of social media on markets. Diving straight into a broad range of connected topics, this podcast is a fascinating look at how the concept of balancing the energy equation is being addressed.

The next issue of the MIT Energy Initiative's Energy Futures magazine is releasing this month. In this episode, we are sharing a sneak peek of some of the engaging energy stories in our upcoming issue. Read the transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/news/coming-soon-in-energy-futures-magazine Listen to more audio articles: https://energy.mit.edu/energyreads Join the mailing list or send us feedback: ⁠⁠⁠https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/subscribe⁠⁠

The EV team convene for a special episode on the inaugural AREG energy futures conference in Aberdeen.  Featuring guests at the event and an interview with keynote speaker Lolita Jackson of Sustainable Development Capital LLP -  a 9/11 survivor – EVOL digs into key takeaways from the event.   About Energy Voice Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what's coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight. For more information on how you can speak to those professionals across multiple platforms to build your brand and generate actionable business leads, visit energyvoice.com/content-services. For a 30 day free trial subscription to the Energy Voice website and app, visit energyvoice.com/subscriptions.

Energy is complicated. There are many different perspectives on what the future of energy entails, and the bottom line is that energy is essential to modern life. With a topic so complicated and wide reaching, it's easy to assume we'll just continue talking past each other. I think there is a lot of room for common ground. Join me for Energy Futures - conversations with people from across the world of energy to explore how the future of energy is evolving and where it is heading next. 

How will we site and build out the sheer amount of solar and wind energy needed to reach ambitious renewable energy targets while preserving farmland, expanding habitat, and maintaining the sense of place that communities have come to appreciate? That was the focus of the conversation among leading renewable energy planners and practitioners during this Energy Futures event from CERTs. Join Nathan Cummins with The Nature Conservancy, Brian Ross with Great Plains Institute, and Sarah Mills with University of Michigan as they dig into the research, discuss the issues, and surface best practices. Learn more.

Alberta's oil and gas sector has been hit hard by the turmoil of the last 5 years. Crashing oil prices in 2015 and 2018, the blocking of pipeline expansions, a financial forecast that never materialized. A significant investment exodus from Canada is already underway, especially in Alberta's fossil fuel industry, and with it a risk of eroding human capital. This is why the Energy Futures Policy Collaborative (EFPC), a two-year, multi-organization partnership stewarded by the Energy Futures Lab, is aiming to help policy leaders build better visions, establish bridges across seemingly divided camps, and — most critically — enable the development of policy signals that can reignite investor engagement/confidence in Alberta's hydrocarbon resources, assets, and expertise. Together, a group of experts in technology, sustainable finance, policy, climate science, and energy transitions are working to answer the following question: How might Alberta leverage its existing hydrocarbon resources, assets, and expertise to build the clean economy of the future? This question is a growing imperative for a sector and industry historically at the heart of Canada's economy, but which is now facing prevalent sustainability challenges and fast-evolving global energy systems and markets. In this episode, Louisa DeCarlo discusses the EFPC initiative with Keren Perla, Director of the Energy Futures Policy Collaborative, Marla Orenstein, Director of the Natural Resources Centre at Canada West Foundation, and Adam MacKay, Director, Business Development with Fluor Canada. Special thanks to Allan To, Senior Supply Chain Management Leader and Strategic Advisor and Vice President of CHOA, who acted as co-host. Once again, we would like to thank our sponsor, Fluor Canada Ltd. We are grateful to have such a wonderful company supporting us, thank you Fluor Canada!

How can we learn from past energy generation and infrastructure design and move to a decarbonised and decentralised energy network? What are the current challenges and key energy technologies for deployment? Lee is an Associate Director at Buro Happold. Currently, he is the Global Lead of Knowledge and Operations for the Building Environments group, which supports the advancement of the disciplines six strategic focus groups on: health, wellbeing and productivity, building performance, smart buildings, digital design, design for manufacture, and BIM for efficient production. His specialisms include designing beyond standard environmental assessment, optimisation of heating, ventilation and comfort cooling strategies, building physics, and low energy design with zero carbon technology. He is an advocate of new technologies ahead of mainstream application, including: integrated structural ventilation, ground and water source heat pumps, community and district heating networks using alternative technologies.

Spokesperson for Geelong Sustainability Sally Fisher spoke to the program about the group’s recent Geelong Energy Futures Forum. The post The Geelong Energy Futures Forum appeared first on Mitchell's Front Page.

Climate and energy debates rest on predictions. How many years left to save the planet? How cheap will solar power get? We dive into the dirty world of making such projections. What's the difference between climate models and energy system models? What do past forecasts tell us about the accuracy of these models? Hint: there's no shortage of overconfidence.  On Episode 16 of Energy vs Climate, David, Ed, Sara, and special guest Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution for Science Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University debate the use and abuse of models in energy decisions, and share behind-the-scenes insight into how David and Ken helped Bill Gates learn these topics.Tune into the Youtube version of the episode. Get on the email list at www.energyvsclimate.com

About the show: Welcome to Energetic Talk with Colby Abazs brought to you weekly by a partnership of Clean Energy Resource Teams and Two Harbors Community Radio. I am excited to bring you conversations about clean energy and get questions answered from guests near and far. You can listen on KTWH-LP 99.5 FM in Two Harbors, MN, stream online at ktwh.org, or search for "Energetic Talk" wherever you listen to podcasts. This week: Today I have a guest episode for you from my colleague Marie Donahue talking with Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) Statewide Director Lissa Pawlisch about advancing clean energy during COVID-19. This conversation kicked off our new Energy Futures podcast in 2020. Learn more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/energetic-talk/message

It’s clear that Energy Storage is necessary to reach our clean energy goals, but the amount, technologies, and applications we need are still emerging. We kicked off our Energy Futures events in 2021 in collaboration with our colleagues at the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment to talk about energy storage. The first event in this two-part series focused on the big picture of energy storage, what that expansive term can include, and what the future of energy storage may look like here in Minnesota and the Midwest. Speakers: Lissa Pawlisch was joined by moderator Akisha Everett, Energy Storage Project Coordinator with University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment. They spoke to Ellen Anderson, Climate Program Director at Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy; Marc Perez, Senior Researcher at Clean Power Research; and Todd Olinsky-Paul, Senior Project Director for Clean Energy Group. Learn more

Discussing with Prof.Anna Korre of Energy Futures Lab at Imperial College London on: Trends in energy research; Impact of COVID, Brexit, 'Green industrial revolution'; Energy Futures Lab; Carbon capture and storage; Life cycle assessment; Advice to become a professor at a top university

There are many people putting forward compelling ideas and visions for the future, and we have been craving a little time to step back and consider these fresh perspectives and how they can contribute to the clean energy future we’re building together. During the second virtual gathering of CERTs' new Energy Futures on October 21, 2020, we explored how energy efficiency and renewable energy work that is community-led and place-based can lead to real change, and has in the Lincoln Park neighborhood in Duluth. We heard from Jodi Slick of Ecolibrium3, Jacob Mans at University of Minnesota School of Architecture, and Mauricio León at Metropolitan Council. Read more. The Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) connect individuals and communities in Minnesota to the resources they need to identify and implement community-based clean energy projects. CERTs is a partnership of University of Minnesota Extension Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, Great Plains Institute, Southwest Regional Development Commission, and Minnesota Department of Commerce.

Prof Alexander David of the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, has developed a new framework that demonstrates the strong link between the slope of the futures curve and long-run exploration and production decisions of energy companies. Prof David’s model analyses the trends seen in the oil market by examining the impact of resource extraction through drilling, the effects of the amount of the commodity that the firms store, and the firms’ investment in exploration and development on current and future prices. In his paper, Prof David asks how oil futures prices affect exploration decisions.Read his paper in the Review of Financial Studies here: https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhy067

There are many people putting forward compelling ideas and visions for the future, and we have been craving a little time to step back and consider these fresh perspectives and how they can contribute to the clean energy future we’re building together. During the first virtual gathering of CERTs' new Energy Futures on September 23, 2020, we explored the future of low-carbon transportation fuels with Brendan Jordan of Great Plains Institute, Erin Meier with Green Lands Blue Waters, and Michael Reese at University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center. Read more. The Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) connect individuals and communities in Minnesota to the resources they need to identify and implement community-based clean energy projects. CERTs is a partnership of University of Minnesota Extension Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, Great Plains Institute, Southwest Regional Development Commission, and Minnesota Department of Commerce.

Hydrogen is now surging to the top of the global decarbonisation agenda. Australia’s competitive advantages, including local expertise and infrastructure, proximity to Asian markets, and abundance of renewable energy, could mean we become a globally significant player through hydrogen exports, with important domestic spill-over benefits. The dual objectives of the strategy are to build a clean, innovative and competitive hydrogen industry, and to position Australia’s hydrogen industry as a major global player by 2030. Listen to Australia’s Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel AO discuss the hydrogen strategy at the Energy Futures forum, co-hosted by the Grattan Institute and the Melbourne Energy Institute (MEI). Dr Finkel's presentation is followed by a panel discussion with Grattan Institute’s Energy Program Director Tony Wood and MEI’s Hydrogen and Clean Fuels Program Leader Prof. Paul Webley, moderated by Prof. Sandra Kentish, Head of the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at The University of Melbourne.

Australia’s commitment to the Paris Agreement means cutting carbon emissions to near zero over the next 30 years. Doing this at reasonable cost while maintaining reliability will require reforms and investment unprecedented in scale and complexity. Yet, recent history raises concerns that we need new foundations to underpin the policy reform agenda. This is an event recording of a public forum in the Energy Future series, hosted by Melbourne Energy Institute and Grattan Institute. Speakers Chloe Munro, Professorial Fellow, Monash University Richard Bolt, Vice President of Strategy and Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Tony Wood, Energy Program Director, Grattan Institute Moderator Madeleine Morris, Reporter, 7.30 at Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Today we look at tensions around our energy systems and the future of energy: What role does oil & gas play? What about renewables like, solar, geothermal, wind? How to we balance the environment with the economy? Today’s episode was developed in collaboration with the Engineering Change Lab - a catalyst for change in the engineering community. Alison Cretney is Managing Director of the Energy Futures Lab. It’s an award-winning initiative to accelerate the transition to a ‘fit for the future’ energy system. Alison manages the strategic direction and operations of the Energy Futures Lab, including supporting dozens of entrepreneurs, energy companies and stakeholders in generating opportunities to identify, test and scale new initiatives and collaborations. She’s worked at the intersection of energy, environment and collaboration for over 15 years.

Episode 8 of Crosscurrents takes you to a front row seat at the Climate Change and Energy Futures Workshop organized by sociology professor Mark Stoddart.

Tune in for talks and short interviews from the Climate Change and Energy Futures Workshop organized by Sociology Professor Mark Stoddart at Nexus in October 2019

Almost everything we thought we knew about energy is ripe for transformation – and rich in both risk and opportunity. Oil suppliers have more unsellable than unburnable oil; they are more at risk from market competition than from climate regulation. Electricity suppliers also face a swarm of disruptors that will transform their businesses beyond recognition as the electricity and auto industries merge to eat the oil industry, as insurgents challenge incumbents in all three of these immense sectors, and as integrative design yields expanding returns to investments in radical energy efficiency.

Energy policy has played a central role in the removal of another Australian Prime Minister, highlighting our inability to integrate energy and environmental policy. What policies and market structure do we need in this new world and how will they balance energy prices, reliability and emissions? Our panel of experts, including Chloe Munro, Ross Garnaut and Michael Brear, threw light on these questions in the final Future Energy Series of public policy forums for 2018.

Biophysical economist Paavo Järvensivu and philosopher Tere Vadén explore the near future of a world in capital and climate crisis. [16:52]

Event podcast: At this Energy Futures event ACCC Chair Rod Sims, Grattan Institute’s Tony Wood and Dr Leslie Martin from The University of Melbourne's Department of Economics and the Centre for Market Design, discussed the ACCC report, its recommendations to governments on solutions and the expectations we should have for real improvements in the short to medium term.

Event Podcast: At this Energy Futures Seminar, ESB Chair, Kerry Schott, Grattan Institute’s Tony Wood and Tim Nelson from AGL as they explained, discussed and debated these issues. The Forum was moderated by Jennifer Hewett from the Australian Financial Review and was hosted by the Melbourne Energy Institute, Grattan Institute and the State Library of New South Wales.

Event podcast: Electricity network costs continue to be an area of significant focus for consumers, government, regulators and media, as well as network businesses themselves. In some cases, claims have been made that network prices are paying for investments the value of which has since been questioned. Experts from Grattan Institute, Powerlink and the Melbourne Energy Institute debated and explored these challenges in this first of our Energy Future Series for 2018.

Energy Futures by Urban Squeeze What does the future look like in terms of energy generation? How can we produce cheaper and cleaner energy to power our cities? Should you put solar panels on your roof? Tony Matthews and Jason Byrne discuss these and other questions, as well as the challenges of connecting renewable energy to the grid and new innovations in the sector. @drtonymatthews @CityByrne

Event podcast: Energy policy in 2017 has been constantly in the media headlines, driven by the reality of the impact of high prices and security uncertainty and the ongoing, intense politicisation of energy and climate change policy. The chair of the Energy Security Board, Kerry Schott, and the chair of the ACCC, Rod Sims, came together for our last Energy Futures forum for 2017 to reflect on 2017 and what we need in 2018.

More Americans work in the booming solar or windpower industries than in the coal industry, yet renewables are often claimed to be unreliable. Amory Lovins, Cofounder and Chief Scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute explains why that’s a myth.

Event Podcast: This Energy Futures Seminar followed the release of the Final Report of the Finkel Review. Dr Finkel and a panel of experts discussed how Australia can respond to challenges that our electricity system faces. Please note the sound quality for this recording is poor due to audio issues on the night.

The Center on Global Energy Policy, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, and The Earth Institute of Columbia University hosted a conversation with physicist Amory Lovins, consultant to business and government leaders, cofounder and Chief Scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute. 

On this week's CKUA Green Energy Futures podcast we look back on 2015, the year that marked the dawning of the age of the net-zero home. Full story: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/favourite-stories-2015-part-2

We look back at 2014 and pick out our three favourite clean energy stories.

The best gifts for the green energy or energy efficiency nerd in your life.

Dartmouth Jones Seminar on Science, Technology, and Society. "Global Energy Futures Modelling: Making Sense Out of Chaos." Lewis Fulton, Institute for Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis.

Green Energy Futures best of 2013 episode: Rediscover our favorite story about energy from pooh on the farm; find out which story went viral on YouTube; which City Hall is heated with biomass; and which home builder has pledged to make every home he builds net zero by 2015.

Part I of our Green Energy Futures gift guide. In this episode we recommend the Pedego electric bike, the Nest thermostat and LED light bulbs.

In part II of our Green Energy Futures gift guide we suggest a home energy audit, a home energy monitor that helps track down your power vampires like a detective and giving the gift of green energy! Best of the season!

Promo ad for Green Energy Futures Best of 2013 episode on CKUA Radio in Alberta. We pick our favorite episodes from 2013. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/56-best-stories-2013

Friday, March 15, 2013——The Environmental and Energy Studies Institute (EESI) and the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) held a briefing on the conclusions of the newly released EERE Transportation Energy Futures (TEF) study. The study identifies a combined set of strategies to achieve deep cuts in petroleum use and carbon emissions from the U.S. transportation sector, emphasizing underexplored opportunities and challenges along the path to a more sustainable transportation energy future.

In our last Green Energy Futures CKUA podcast of 2012 we take a tour through our favourite stories, interviews and sounds. We go to Nova Scotia, Ontario, Calgary and our homebase of Edmonton and we talk to regular folks, writers and even a premier. Join us as we recount the top stories and sounds of this year. See blog and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/24-our-favourite-stories-2012

When Medicine Hat aka “The Gas City” created the Hat Smart program to inject a little sustainable energy into their natural gas-fired electricity system residents really got fired up about solar energy and energy efficiency as Alderman Ted Clugston explains in this week’s Green Energy Futures CKUA podcast. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/pilot/medicine-hats-smart-energy-revolution