Podcasts about our energy future

In this episode, we meet with Kiana Michaan. Kiana is a renewable energy professional, clean energy advocate, and climate justice organizer. Kiana previously worked at Sologistics where she provided permitting, utility interconnection, and project management for hundreds of solar projects across New York City. She worked with Black Girl Environmentalist on community building and with Our Climate Voices on climate justice storytelling. Kiana has worked with WE ACT for Environmental Justice on equitable solar development. She was a 2022 fellow with the Clean Energy Leadership Institute. Kiana served as a member of the advisory panel for the non-profit Diversity in Sustainability and currently serves as a board member at Eco.Logic, a non-profit dedicated to environmental education and community building. She is currently producing and hosting a climate & energy justice focused podcast, called Climate with Kiana. -We learn about the historical inequities in energy access -We explore the need for financing structures in clean energy -We learn about ethical concerns of mining for minerals used for renewable energy Follow and connect with Kiana: Instagram: @kikisgroove LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiana-michaan Check out Kiana's Podcast - Climate with Kiana - https://open.spotify.com/show/2q5A05T45dz4vctflPrR6X?si=lYDpnpoyTlWRYxc2x9y0xw Check out YPE - Young Professionals in Energy and their mentorship program: https://ypenergy.org/new-york-city/ Check out CELI - Clean Energy Leadership Institute: https://www.cleanenergyleaders.org/ Kiana's book recommendations: The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future by Gretchen Bakke Revolutionary Power: An Activist's Guide to the Energy Transition by Shalanda Baker

Gretchen Bakke, the author of “The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future.”, joins the 21st show to discuss the current capabilities and flaws of America's power grid and what the country's energy future can look like.

Denny Wilkins' story is that of a geology major from Massachusetts turned into a journalism professor at St. Bonaventure.It's also the story of a professor who taught a generation of St. Boanventure journalism graduates — Brian included — to omit needless words.Denny and Brian, now colleagues at the Jandoli School of Communication, bring faculty meeting energy to this week's episode. Denny discusses the challenges of teaching college students how to write, the importance of curiosity, and how he teaches it. Denny talks about his own journalism experiences, why he views himself as a coach, and what he learned from former St. Bonaventure women's basketball coach (and current coach at Providence) Jim Crowley about teaching.Can you make each sentence one word shorter? If so, you're halfway to a better story.Yep. He also talks about what Brian was like as a student. I immediately regret this decision.Denny WilkinsSt. Bonaventure University Writing Style GuideGarbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash by Elizabeth RoyteThe Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future by Gretchen BakkeConcrete Planet: The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World's Most Common Man-Made Material by Robert CourlandThe Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Hentry PetroskiThe Road Taken: The History and Future of America's Infrastructure by Henry PetroskiRust: The Longest War by Jonathan WaldmanJohn McPhee's booksSubscribe:Apple PodcastsSpotifyOvercastRSS

Hour 1 * Guest: Chris Carlson – Without God, we can never win, With God, we can never lose, The Battle for Freedom is the Lord's, but we need to be engaged in the fight! * Wind and Solar is Our Energy Future and Always Will Be – Not! * “Biden's War on Cheap Energy” – WorldAffairsBrief.com * Biden invoked the Defense Production Act, targeting the country's solar production capacity and fuel cell production, among other forms of green energy. * The United States is not Infrastructure Self-Reliant: What makes us most vulnerable to a Nuclear EMP strike is that almost all our long-distance transformers are sourced in China, and are not stockpiled in any kind of quantity in the US. * Electric is not the Answer, Hydrogen is not the Answer, Ethanol is not the Answer – Why Are Refineries Shutting Down? * Rep. Brian Mast questions US Chief Climate Officer Jake Levine over pipelines during a subcommittee hearing. * What about Nuclear Power? – Noticeably absent in Biden's feigned concern over energy prices and supply is his failure to include the marvelous new and efficient micro-nuclear power plants being developed – Here is our renewable energy source and its coming from the department of Energy! The only problem is that it would facilitate the growth and sustainability of civilization, and that is not what the globalists want. Hour 2 * Guest: Tom Jones, Why he's running 76 marathons in 76 days! – UnitedWePledge.org – The Run for Freedom is on! * Guest: Ryan Murtha, Film Maker with Tom Jones. * Come hear Tom tell his story at Liberty Hall on Friday evening, June 24th, 5:00 pm. * Dennis Leavitt of United We Pledge will share their vision of igniting the fire of patriotism in our youth with the American Village West. * Radio personality Sam Bushman will emcee, we'll have music and food, and it's all free. You don't have to register, just come and have a great evening with us at Liberty Hall on Friday, June 24th, at 5:00 pm. * Gallup: US Belief in God Hits a New Low It's dropped by 6% over the last 5 years. * Church attendance has been declining faster than Americans' belief in God. * Gallup says that in its latest poll , a new low of 81% of Americans said they believed in God, down from 87% in 2017 and from a solid 98% throughout the 1950s and 1960s. * Belief in God among women fell from 90% to 83%, according to Gallup. Among men, it fell from 83% to 80%. * Rand Paul also confronts on vaccine royalties for FDA panel – Art Moore, WND.com – Fauci sweats and stammers under the pressure of @RandPaul's questions. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

* Guest: Chris Carlson - Without God, we can never win, With God, we can never lose, The Battle for Freedom is the Lord's, but we need to be engaged in the fight! * Wind and Solar is Our Energy Future and Always Will Be - Not! * “Biden's War on Cheap Energy” - WorldAffairsBrief.com * Biden invoked the Defense Production Act, targeting the country's solar production capacity and fuel cell production, among other forms of green energy. * The United States is not Infrastructure Self-Reliant: What makes us most vulnerable to a Nuclear EMP strike is that almost all our long-distance transformers are sourced in China, and are not stockpiled in any kind of quantity in the US. * Electric is not the Answer, Hydrogen is not the Answer, Ethanol is not the Answer - Why Are Refineries Shutting Down? * Rep. Brian Mast questions US Chief Climate Officer Jake Levine over pipelines during a subcommittee hearing. * What about Nuclear Power? - Noticeably absent in Biden's feigned concern over energy prices and supply is his failure to include the marvelous new and efficient micro-nuclear power plants being developed - Here is our renewable energy source and its coming from the department of Energy! The only problem is that it would facilitate the growth and sustainability of civilization, and that is not what the globalists want.

In this week's episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Robert Godby, an associate professor of economics at the University of Wyoming. Wyoming is the subject of their conversation: It's been a major energy-producing state for over a century and is the nation's largest producer of coal by far. But energy production in Wyoming has declined substantially in recent years, raising major challenges for the state's economy and public revenues. And with the need to reduce emissions much further, the outlook for Wyoming's energy future is highly uncertain. References and recommendations: “The Grid: The Fraying Wires between Americans and Our Energy Future” by Gretchen Bakke; https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/grid-9781632865687 “Short Circuiting Policy: Interest Groups and the Battle Over Clean Energy and Climate Policy in the American States” by Leah Stokes; https://www.leahstokes.com/book “Decommissioning Orphaned and Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells: New Estimates and Cost Drivers” by Daniel Raimi, Alan Krupnick, Jhih-Shyang Shih, and Alexandra Thompson; https://www.rff.org/publications/journal-articles/decommissioning-orphaned-and-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-new-estimates-and-cost-drivers/

Show Notes: 0:00 Super drought & climate crisis on the west coast 25:53 Nuclear energy, virtue signaling, cognitive laziness, positive signals of optimism 36:50 Friedberg's "anti-science" theory 44:48 San Francisco chaos, "crime is down" controversy, viral crime videos 59:42 Are Israel's recent COVID vaccine findings problematic? Follow the besties: https://twitter.com/chamath https://linktr.ee/calacanis https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/theallinpod https://linktr.ee/allinpodcast Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://twitter.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://twitter.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: Nuclear energy timeline https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GSIb-vyIvZalcE9LCBFqbQjsvE4uu-c-/view?usp=sharing The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future https://www.amazon.com/Grid-Fraying-Between-Americans-Energy-ebook/dp/B01DM9Q6CQ MarketWatch - Target shortens hours in San Francisco due to ‘alarming rise' in shoplifting https://www.marketwatch.com/story/target-shortens-hours-in-san-francisco-due-to-alarming-rise-in-shoplifting-11625688560 Israel Ministry of Health - Decline in Vaccine Effectiveness Against Infection and Symptomatic Illness https://www.gov.il/en/departments/news/05072021-03 Tweets: https://twitter.com/friedberg/status/1413044148735672322 https://twitter.com/michelletandler/status/1411362359734542343 https://twitter.com/michelletandler/status/1411943649231851522 https://twitter.com/cyantist/status/1412478525014085632 https://twitter.com/briansugar/status/1412507632267534340 https://twitter.com/activeasian/status/1412252070829182976 https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1412160046046203909 https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1412163715676327950 https://twitter.com/ThomasSowell/status/1412858750747217922 https://twitter.com/robkhenderson/status/1412899033933307911 https://twitter.com/sfchronicle/status/1409170317826793474 https://twitter.com/briansugar/status/1412507632267534340

Overview: Today we're going to talk about consumer lending in Africa. We start by discussing lending in other emerging markets, discuss Africa's credit landscape, analyze lending tech companies across Africa & end with our overall outlook. This episode was recorded on June 27, 2021. Companies discussed: Navi, Creditas, Jumo, Carbon, Branch, Tala, Tugende, FairMoney, Shahry, Khazna, Branch, NuBank, Safaricom (M-Pesa), Alibaba (Ant Financial & AliPay), Mines (Migo), Numida, Tyme Bank, Lulalend & Evolve Credit Business concepts discussed: Consumer lending, SME lending & lending tech regulation Conversation highlights: (00:40) - Why we're talking about Lending (04:40) - Consumer lending context in India (10:10) - Navi deepdive & what African startups can learn (13:14) - Consumer lending context in Brazil (18:30) - Creditas deepdive (31:29) - Consumer lending context in China (38:30) - Consumer lending in Africa (51:18) - Lending startups in Southern Africa (1:04:06) - Lending startups in Western Africa (1:05:00) - Lending startups in Eastern Africa (1:16:16) - Lending startups in Northern Africa (1:26:50) - Olumide's overall thoughts (1:31:50) - Bankole's overall thoughts (1:45:30) - Recommendations and small wins Olumide's recommendations & small wins Recommendation: Howard Lindzon on Angel Podcast - Amazing banter, really funny and insightful Recommendation: Feeling by Ladipoe - Amazing. I can basically listen to it on repeat for hours Recommendation: Eni Duro - Olamide - Real life. Epic. Small win: Windows 11 announced. Can't wait to use it Other content: Decoding India's consumer lending opportunity Other content: Chinese microlending is getting weird and dangerous Special thanks to Deji Olowe for helping me think about lending (checkout his blog here) Bankole's recommendations & small wins Recommendation: The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future & The Grid: A Journey Through the Heart of Our Electrified World Small win: Attended a Seattle Sounders game v Real Salt Lake. Sounders W. Other content: Samora Kariuki Frontier Fintech & @getCarbon on Medium We'd love to hear from you. Please email info@afrobility.com to share feedback or propose topics you'd like to hear. All episodes at Afrobility.com

Our lives depend on it and most of us don't give it a moment's thought. But when the electricity goes off we feel frustrated— powerless.America's grid was an engineering triumph of the twentieth century, but as the recent sudden freeze and severe power outages in Texas have shown, our electricity infrastructure is fragile and in need of basic repair, especially as the world faces the growing reality of extreme weather events and climate change. On their own solar and wind power are not enough to meet rapidly growing electricity demand. What are other viable, carbon-free alternatives?We discuss strengthening the grid, re-imaging it according to modern values, and our relationship with electricity with cultural anthropologist, Gretchen Bakke, author of "The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future.""It's not just that electricity is a modern marvel," Gretchen tells us in this episode. "It almost starts to feel like a natural right. With the pandemic, we really feel how important electricity is to being connected with the world. Everything is plugged in."Recommendation: Jim is watching the hilarious French TV series, "Call My Agent" on Netflix. Richard suggests that we watch more movies and TV shows with subtitles from all parts of the world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

One of the biggest challenges I face is trying to keep up with all the great books my guests recommend as part of the show. One that I absolutely loved and found incredibly useful was The Grid: The fraying wires between Americans and our energy future. After the recent black outs in Texas I thought it a great time to speak with the author Gretchen Bakke, and ask why that happened, what needs to change, and what opportunities that creates for cleantech start-ups, scale-ups and VCs. I’m delighted that Gretchen accepted my request and joins me on the podcast this week. About Gretchen Bakke:  Gretchen is interested in what people do when the systems they rely upon stop working. Whether speaking of the end of political systems like communism, infrastructural systems like the electric grid, economic systems like whaling, energetic systems like fossil fuels, or cultural systems like the contemporary university what unites my work is an abiding concern for both the inventive creativity and the normative impulses that systemic collapse begets. What is the nature of renewal, she asks, and what do people, diversely, make of things when all that is solid fades unexpectedly into air. About Grid- The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future: “A remarkable achievement. Bakke deftly shows us how a system most of us are happy to ignore–the electrical grid–is both inseparable from everything we think of as civilization and on the verge of complete failure.” Paul Roberts, author of The End Of Oil and The Impulse Society. “This book, about our aging electrical grid, fits in one of my favorite genres: ‘Books About Mundane Stuff That Are Actually Fascinating.’ … even if you have never given a moment’s thought to how electricity reaches your outlets, I think this book would convince you that the electrical grid is one of the greatest engineering wonders of the modern world. I think you would also come to see why modernizing the grid is so complex and so critical for building our clean-energy future.” - Bill Gates, “My Favorite Books of 2016 Social links:  Gretchen Bakke on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretchen-bakke-485067135/ Gretchen Bakke Website: http://bakkeconsolidated.org/about.php About Hyperion Executive Search: Hyperion are a specialist executive search firm working with some of the most innovative cleantech companies in the world, helping to find extraordinary talent to enable their growth and success. Partnering with leading cleantech VCs, as well as directly with founders and entrepreneurs in the sector. With our clients we are transforming business and growing a strong and prosperous cleantech economy. If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email info@hyperionsearch.com EPISODE LINKS How to Access Venture Capital – eBook - https://hyperionsearch.co.uk/download-guide-to-access-venture-capital/ The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future - https://www.powells.com/book/the-grid-9781608196104 Mission is Possible- Guidehouse podcast - https://missionispossible.podbean.com/ Follow us online, write a review (please) or subscribe I'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated. Twitter https://twitter.com/Cleantechleader Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DavidHuntCleantechGuide Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhuntcleantech/

Quantum Quote: “80% of homes and businesses can't install rooftop solar because they have an old house, or trees shade the roof, or they're facing in the wrong direction, or they rent. In 48 states, Community Solar let's people purchase the electricity from solar farms and get credit on their monthly electricity bill, just like they would if the panels were on the roof of their house ” – David Amster-Olszewski   Would you like to put solar panels in your home, but you don't have space to do so, or have too much shade to make it economical?   Are you hesitant to purchase solar services due to long-term contracts, or do you rent your home?   With community solar, you can have both the ease of service and the freedom to choose to cancel or renew the contract on short notice - even if you're a renter.   Situated in Colorado, David Amster-Olszewski and his company SunShare has been helping the world in making an impact on Earth's sustainability through clean, affordable electricity with community “solar gardens”.   David pioneered the concept of solar farms in Colorado starting in 2011. Now, over twenty states have legislation that mandates community solar programs, and the addition of voluntary utility programs makes community solar available in 48 states.    David originally got interested in clean and renewable energy back in his freshman days in Colorado College. This led to the inspiration of building his own solar farm right after his mother told him about the passage of the first Colorado Community Solar legislation in 2010.    In this episode, David talks about how Community Solar works as an easy, affordable way to enjoy clean, renewable energy and the subscription process to a community solar garden  that uses the utility grid to continue to deliver energy while you are incentivized with solar credits on your monthly electricity bill.    We'd like to hear from you! Please help us understand how AWESomeEarthkind can help you achieve your clean energy goals – and you'll automatically be entered into a Sweepstakes for a Free LED Light Fixture:   SEND YOUR FEEDBACK TODAY   SuperNova #1. “If you believe in something, don't give up.” – David Amster-Olszewski   SuperNova #2. “All of the things we've talked about here, don't think that they're out of your reach. Start looking into it. Start looking at the numbers. Look for options around you, and if there isn't an option… make that option around you… Now's the time to do it.” - David Amster-Olszewski   SuperNova #3. “If each of us gets out there and does one thing, we could make a significant difference. Don't think that it's a big problem you can't possibly solve that's outside your control. It's totally in your control, and your friends' and families' too. So just get out there and do something. Take one small step.” - David Amster-Olszewski   Worst Clean Energy Moment: When Minnesota was opening up in late 2014 and 2015, the program had so many applications that caused the utility to freak out. This led to them pausing the program for 18 months.    Best Advice He's Ever Received: Stay focused.   Most Energized about Today: The connectivity between renewable energy, energy storage, vehicle electrification and home electrification, and how close we are at achieving low-cost energy that will reduce carbon emissions by 80% - 90% in the next decade.   Personal Habits that Contribute to Success: Persistence. Not giving up.   Internet Resource: For solar news and renewable energy news - PV Magazine. https://www.pv-magazine.com/   Book Recommendation: “The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future”  by Gretchen Bakke.    Magic Wand: “If I could change one thing for everyone in the world, it would be empowerment. The mental perspective for people to realize there that they really can achieve their full potential.”   Parting Advice: “All of the things mentioned in the interview, don't think that they're out of your reach. Start looking into clean energy, and look for options around you. If an option doesn't come your way, create that option yourself.It's in your control.Take one small step.”   Connect: david@mysunshare.com info@mysunshare.com https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/david-amster-olszewski-4ba7355   Please Go to iTunes / Apple Podcast to Rate & Review AWESome EarthKind! Thanks!

What’s it all about? My passion for helping cleantech start ups ot grow and scale has been a driving force behind founding and growing Hyperion Executive Search. On top of this in the last couple of years I have been working with an exploring both the cleantech VCs and global Incubators and Accelerators. You may have heard my recent podcast episode with Emily Reichart of Greentown Labs, one of the best known US Incubators. In this episode I talk to the clean energy Managing Partner at one of the best known European Accelerators, but one with a VC arm. Freerk is an amazing guy with a very storied and successful career as an entrepreneur, CEO, investor and programme manager. About Freerk Bisschop Freerk has more than 30 years of experience in energy business innovation, in various roles (science, advisory, management, entrepreneurial, funding, governance, policy). Started, managed and sold energy retailer Echte Energie, led international energy & climate consultancy Ecofys as a CEO, chairs investment committee of Amsterdam Climate and Energy Fund AKEF. Currently, Freerk is a Program director of Smart Energy Accelerator since 2016, while having been involved as a mentor & investor in earlier 2 editions. Has a degree in Physics and PhD in solar semiconductor science. Freerk is convinced that the energy transition is beyond the tipping point of becoming driven by decentralized, decarbonized energy systems, with digital tech as enabler & disruptor. About Rockstart Rockstart launched in 2011 in Amsterdam as one of Europe’s first startup accelerators. Rockstart is a domain-focused accelerator-VC with follow-on growth funding that supports and empowers the best startups on their way to success across four domains: Energy, Health, AgriFood, and Emerging technologies. We provide startups with access to the capital, market, community, and expertise by connecting them to partners, investors, mentors and the wider Rockstart network. Rockstart also creates programs that are customized to boost collaboration between startups and corporates, driving faster access to co-creation, commercial partnerships, and investment. Rockstart has experience in designing and executing programs for Maersk, Shell, Dutch Ministry of Health, and many others. Since its inception, Rockstart has invested in more than 200 startups and supported them in their journey to raise more than €89 million and hire more than 700 people. Rockstart is an international team of 35+ professionals dedicated to support and empower startups to become scalable and change their world for the better. Social links Freerk Bisschop on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fbisschop/ Rockstart Website: https://www.rockstart.com/ Rockstart on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rockstart Rockstart on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rockstart/ EPISODE LINKS The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grid-Fraying-Between-Americans-Energy/dp/1632865688 Books By Vaclav Smil - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vaclav-Smil/e/B001HCXT62?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1608051684&sr=1-1 Follow us online, write a review (please) or subscribe I'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated. Twitter https://twitter.com/Cleantechleader Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DavidHuntCleantechGuide Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhuntcleantech/

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Today Jonathan calls up newly minted Hugo Award winner for Best Novel, Arkady Martine, to talk about reading, writing, and working during the pandemic, how influence on writers is often quite different from what a reader might expect, the current state of space opera, her next novel, and a new novella coming late next year from Subterranean Press. Books mentioned include: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine Rose House by Arkady Martine (forthcoming) Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future by Gretchen Bakke Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City by Jonathan Mahler Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer

For a sustainable future, we need to turn away from fossil fuels and turn towards electricity. But to electrify everything — our cars, our buildings, our entire neighborhoods — we'll need to make some big changes first. In this episode, hosts Eric Jaffe and Vanessa Quirk explore the future of electrification with Gretchen Bakke, author of The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future, and Sidewalk Labs' director of sustainability Charlotte Matthews. For a link-rich transcript of this episode, click here.  City of the Future is produced by Benjamen Walker and Andrew Callaway. Mix is by Zach Mcnees. Art is by Tim Kau. Our music is composed by Adaam James Levin-Areddy. If you want to hear more of Adaam’s work, you can check out his band, Lost Amsterdam.  

About our Guest:   Benoy Thanjan   Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy and he is also an advisor for several solar startup companies. Reneu Energy is a premier international solar energy consulting firm and developer and the company focuses on developing commercial and industrial solar and utility scale solar plus storage projects. The company also sources financing for solar projects and hedges energy and environmental commodities. Reneu Energy has brokered $27 million in environmental commodities transactions.   Benoy received his first experience in Finance as an intern at D.E. Shaw & Co., which is a global investment firm with 37 billion dollars in investment capital. Before founding Reneu Energy, he was the SREC Trader in the Project Finance Group for SolarCity which merged with Tesla in 2016. He originated SREC trades with buyers and co-developed their SREC monetization and hedging strategy with the senior management of SolarCity to move into the east coast markets. Benoy also worked at Vanguard Energy Partners, Ridgewood Renewable Power, and Deloitte & Touche.   Thom Byrne   Thom Byrne is the Founder and CEO of Clean Capital; a financial technology company that makes it easy to invest in clean energy. Clean Capital has built a proprietary technology platform that identifies, screens, and manages clean energy projects enabling project owners an opportunity to exit their portfolios while providing accredited investors, including institutional investors, family offices, and investment funds, unique access to the clean energy investment market.   Thom received his start in environmental projects with Waterkeeper Alliance, where he helped launch local environmental organizations. After graduating from Berkeley Law school, he received extensive experience in the renewable energy finance arena through the law firms, Chadbourne and Parke, and then Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld. Using his experience, Thom dove deeper into renewable energy asset with True Green Capital, before founding Clean Capital. Episode Summary   Thom Byrne shares how as an entrepreneur, he addressed calculated risks to create Clean Capital, a company now providing investment opportunities in the tens of millions of dollars for solar energy. As opposed to smaller investments in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, what was once just a vision, is now injecting tremendous amounts of capital into the solar energy market not just domestically, but internationally as well.     Insight from this episode: How increasing larger institutional capital is vital for growing the renewable energy space. How technology plays a key role in efficient investments. What to look for in a potential market for investment. Strategies for finding solutions to getting capital into new markets. What macro drivers are affecting the Solar market today. How to determine if being an entrepreneur is right for you and if your idea should go to market.   Quotes from the show: “We always wanted to be mission oriented.” Thom Byrne, Episode 14   In regards to the renewable energy market: “Yes you can make money doing it, but it’s an important challenge to be trying to solve.” Thom Byrne, Episode 14 In regards to being an entrepreneur: “Life’s too short and the risk you perceive is not as big a risk as it really is. It’s more fearful when you look out at the risk than when you’re actually living in it.” Thom Byrne, Episode 14 In regards to being an entrepreneur: “There is a risk tolerance that you have to find acceptable. I think most people don’t find it acceptable and they don’t get into entrepreneurship but I would encourage people to evaluate the risk in the grand scheme of things and if you do that, you may find that it’s much more tolerable.” Thom Byrne, Episode 14 In regards to being an entrepreneur: “It’s better to try than to have regret.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode 14 “If you have the appetite to do it, to be an entrepreneur, you have to do it. That bug is not going to go away and you don’t want to wake up with grandchildren and just a story about something you were going to do, rather than having actually tried to do it.” Thom Byrne, Episode 14 “Everyone is talking about storage and how in the market, tariffs and costs continue to go down.” Benoy Thanjan, Episode 14 “A statistic the World Economic Forum put out, is that .5% of any institutional capital being put out is for clean energy.” Thom Byrne, Episode 14     Resources Mentioned: “Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet” by Varun Sivaram “The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future” by Gretchen Bakke   Stay Connected: Benoy Thanjan LinkedIn.com/bthanjan Facebook: Reneu Energy www.reneuenergy.com info@reneuenergy.com   Thom Byrne www.cleancapital.com Experts Only Podcast Linkedin: CleanCapital Facebook: @CleanCapitalCo Twitter: @CleanCapital_ tbyrne@cleancapital.com  

This week, Thomas Byrne sits down with Gretchen Bakke, cultural anthropology professor at McGill University, to discuss her most recent book “The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future.” In the last century, America’s electrical supply has evolved from a series of smaller, distributed energy sources to mostly monopolized large utility companies. And still the energy systems of America and other countries continue to evolve. On this week’s episode of Experts Only, our guest, Gretchen Bakke, shares insights from her book on the electrification of America, the development of the modern grid, and her thoughts on the future of utilities. Experts Only is made possible by CleanCapital. Learn more: http://www.cleancapital.com/expert-only Follow on Twitter: @CleanCapital_ About Gretchen: Gretchen Bakke is a cultural anthropologist and author of The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future. She is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at McGill University and currently holds a position as a Guest Professor at the Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems, Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. Learn more about Gretchen Bakke and her work: http://bakkeconsolidated.org/Welcome.html

One of the big conversation topics that comes up when talking about how to create a sustainable home is solar energy … and whether it’s worthwhile to install a solar system on your home. And so that’s what this episode - and the next - is all about. What you need to know about solar energy, and how to know a solar system will be worthwhile for your renovation or building project. SHOW NOTES: In this episode, I have the great pleasure of talking with Lucy Best, who is the Community Engagement Lead for the Moreland Energy Foundation Ltd, or MEFL. Lucy started with MEFL as a Community Outreach Worker on the Moreland Solar City Project. As part of this role Lucy worked directly with the community in engagement, education and strategy. Lucy manages community engagement and communications for MEFL including the Positive Charge and Our Energy Future programs, which provide advice on renewable energy and energy efficiency products to community members and councils. I found Positive Charge when I was looking for a way I could get some independent and impartial advice on solar power and what you need to know. Positive Charge is a programme of the Moreland Energy Foundation, a not-for-profit, independent organisation committed to tackling climate change. Positive Charge offers advice, regardless of whether or not people request a quote, so you can talk through your ideas and plans whatever stage you are at. Unlike other brokers we only work with suppliers after conducting a thorough procurement process, so you can be confident that we are offering high quality products and services at a good price, through company you can trust. Better still – Positive Charge will be on hand to support you along the way if needed. Lucy regularly delivers workshops and information sessions to range of communities including SMEs, schools, CALD groups, general interest and environmental groups and council staff. She also plans and coordinates all outreach and promotional activity. Lucy is one clever bunny when it comes to helping us be more informed about solar energy .. what we need to know, the questions we need to ask. And she taught me a thing or two about motivation for putting solar on you roof too, and how to think about it generally. Because this was such a meaty interview full of so much great advice and knowledge, I’m releasing it as two parts. So, in Part 1 (this episode), Lucy and I talk about: The components of a solar energy system … what they are, how they work, to physically get power from the sun to the electrical needs of your home How to work out how big a system you’ll need The difference between panels - Lucy actually shares some key tips to assess their power and potential, and what to know about your roof space and power use overall to inform what you choose We talk about the inverter - and from our own personal research for our place, the advice has been that it’s the part of the system where quality really makes a difference - and so Lucy had some great advice about this And we talk about batteries - and when going off grid is worthwhile, and surprises you may not be aware of when it comes to choosing a battery system, and that you may not be as ‘off-grid’ as you think The conversation is packed full of great information, and you might be surprised at how accessible solar is - this is no longer out-there or super expensive technology. It’s more affordable than you think. FOR RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST CLICK HER

Gretchen Bakke spoke with us about the future of power generation and transmission. Her book is The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future. Gretchen is a professor of anthropology at McGill University. Gretchen’s website The book’s Facebook page Grechen’s first book is Anthropology of the Arts: A Reader

This week: Ellis interviews Dr. Gretchen Bakke, author of The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future. Listen for updated news from Kootenay Silver, new Yukon Mining Alliance sponsor Victoria Gold, Silvercrest Metals and Northern Vertex as Ellis tours the Moss Mine Project in NW Arizona. Pure Energy Minerals, Silvercorp Metals and Goldcliff Mining Corp round out the program this week.

This week: Ellis interviews Dr. Gretchen Bakke, author of The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future. Listen for updated news from Kootenay Silver, new Yukon Mining Alliance sponsor Victoria Gold, Silvercrest Metals and Northern Vertex as Ellis tours the Moss Mine Project in NW Arizona. Pure Energy Minerals, Silvercorp Metals and Goldcliff Mining Corp round out the program this week.

42 Minutes 251: Gretchen Bakke - The Grid - 11.30.2016 The program takes a hard look at the largest machine in the world for 42 minutes with cultural anthropologist Gretchen Bakke, author of The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future, published by Bloomsbury USA last July. Topics Include: Electricity, Flow, Oregon Coast, Katrina, Public Consciousness, Blackout, Renewable Energy, Wind, Solar, Fossil Fuels, Command & Control, Rail, Pipelines, Squirrels, Make America Great Again, Light, Corner Office, Edison, Tesla, Insul, ACDC, Microgrids, Money, Monopolies. http://amzn.to/2h9EqWU

We produce more wind and solar power than ever before, yet coal, oil, and gas constitute over 90 percent of our energy sources. Why? Blame it on the grid. While our electrical grid was once an engineering marvel, today it is the Achilles heel of energy efficiency. In her book, The Grid: The Fraying Wires between Americans and Our Energy Future, McGill University Professor Gretchen Bakke explains why. A former Fellow in the Science in Society Program at Wesleyan University, she holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of Chicago. In this interview, Bakke shares how our grid became what it is today and offers fascinating insights into the technologies, personalities, and policies that got us here. Along the way, she explains all the fascinating ways innovators are helping us rethink it and what the future of energy looks like. In this interview, we talk about:   What the U.S. electrical grid actually is The history that informs the grid Why it matters when we use electricity Why the more we invest in green energy the more fragile our grid becomes How our current grid binds us to non-renewable energy sources How overgrown trees, sagging power lines, and a computer glitch caused a massive blackout in 2003 How electricity became a monopoly and a commodity How grid complexity works against complete reliance on alternative energy The good, the bad, and the ugly of smart meters Why energy storage is the holy grail of the energy business The innovation of vehicle-to-grid initiatives The feasibility of wireless electricity How an energy platform can help us reimagine the grid How an energy cloud can help us de-regionalize our reliance on energy sources What a cultural anthropologist brings to our understanding of the grid The values and history embedded in our electrical grid The fact that we made the grid and the grid makes us Whether choreography serve as a tool for helping us rethink power Selected Links to Topics Mentioned Arc lamp Charles Edison Charles Brush Samuel Insull National Energy Act PURPA Energy Policy Act of 1992 Enron Walkable City by Jeff Speck Vehicle to grid Elon Musk The Paris Talks Energy cloud If you enjoy the podcast, please rate and review it on iTunes. For automatic delivery of new episodes, be sure to subscribe. As always, thanks for listening! Thank you to Emmy-award-winning Creative Director Vanida Vae for designing the Curious Minds logo, and thank you to Rob Mancabelli for all of his production expertise! www.gayleallen.net LinkedIn @GAllenTC

On this Earth Day, we'll spend the hour talking with several enviromental guests and also tell you how you can take part in local "green" activities. Our interviews include, film producer Terry Botwick, "Cool It," director Peter Bull, "Dirty Business: 'Clean Coal' & the Battle for Our Energy Future," and Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, Robert Hass, who is an environmentalist and was also Poet Laureate from 1995-97.