Elemental Energy: Simplifying Decarbonization

Text me your feedback!

Join Michelle Brechtelsbauer and I in a discussion about small scale nuclear reactor technology, 20MW micro reactors in fact. We are talking about an innovative way of taking proven, pressurized water reactors and condensing them down into fully packaged modularized power plants, introducing the company Last Energy. Where the goal of selling small scale nuclear energy to anyone needing baseload power generation, is becoming a reality.

• Fully packaged nuclear power plants
• The economic model of Last Energy and its customer applications
• Constraints around new small nuclear technology coming online at the same time
• Timelines of having small nuclear power generation from Last Energy

Link to her eHour with Michigan State YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LIH--mfZiI

Support the show

Text me your feedback!

Join Heath Lovell and I to discuss the ground up of CCUS Project Development, its origin story if you would. Helping introduce CCUS and how it is coming to fruition through commercial project development.  Heath has a large picture of upfront project stakeholder engagement and development processes. In this episode, I am trying to learn and understand what the ideal model looks like for the carbon capture market to make sense!

• Stakeholder engagement 
• CCUS project development
• Ideal Customer and commercial model for CCUS
• Sink leasing as a possible concept to control carbon futures
• Midstream regulations holding back transportation of CO2 in lines, resulting in carbon capture hubs

Support the show

Text me your feedback!

The public perspective of nuclear is positive, nearly half of a global survey of over 20K people are in support of it. This data is a step towards showing where we may need to educate and inform others on the nuclear industry along with many other messages to policymakers, governments, and nuclear producers. The narrative that nuclear is unpopular is dead. Nuclear is also being reinvigorated at a time when discussions surrounding Peak Oil are starting to resurface. 

 In this episode, we discuss the following:

• Recent release of Clean Energy Report, Nuclear Energy
• The overall findings of public acceptance of nuclear
• People can be worried about the safety of nuclear and waste, but still support it
• Industrial application versus utility application

https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-ollington-9b519aab/

Support the show

Text me your feedback!

Join Dane Pehrman and I to discuss the current offshore wind (OSW) market in the United States. OSW is still in high demand for the eastern states where the power demand is equally high, in other regions the markets are still developing. Power to X and recent 45V IRA regulations may help build the case for industrial locations like that of the Gulf Coast. In this episode, we discuss the following:

-Progression and history of offshore wind in the United States
-Current state of economics
-Details regarding OSW, including distances of leases, turbine sizes, output specs, and depths
-Fixed bottom OSW versus floating offshore wind
-Offshore lease updates
-Power Purchase agreements being canceled versus projects along the East Coast
-High-level introduction of Power to X

Support the show

Text me your feedback!

Join Ryan Pickering and I as we discuss coal's continued use until we can implement cleaner technologies, be it Natural Gas or Nuclear. Coal is reliable, "cheap" if you do not account for all of the environmental and health impacts associated with it, and infrastructure is already established, contributing ~20% of the United States energy demand and is simple in the technological application - meaning it is not so complex that we have to have massive supply chain advancements for it to be supported. 

Coal reliance does not give us an excuse to stop the process of innovating new energy technology or implementation, and its continued phase-out is still necessary for us to achieve climate goals! 

-Pros of coal on site and fuel storage vs. natural gas

-Coal Fired Generation Capacity here in the United States

-Coal to nuclear conversions 

-Traditional Nuclear being overlooked currently with focus on Advanced Nuclear technologies 

-Engaging younger generations to step into nuclear, what will it take?

https://gain.inl.gov/SiteAssets/2024AddNuclear2MixWorkshop/ResourceItems/NuclearMixHandout-RepurposingwithNuclear.pdf

Support the show

Text me your feedback!

Join Matthew Hill and I as we have a high-level, light-hearted discussion between two individuals who some may consider far right and far left parties in the energy industry. Which is absolutely not the case. We are all in this together and walking towards delivering energy security. Why not support the evolvement if there are better means of delivering reliant, affordable accessible energy? In this episode, we discuss:

-The feelings of energy transition in the conventional oil and gas space

-Energy Transition versus Energy Addition, and Energy Transformation

-Decarbonization vs. Human Need and Energy Security

-Monetary reasons for shifting to different energy sources

-Reutilization of existing energy infrastructure

Support the show

Text me your feedback!

This episode we are joined by the honorary Jeffrey Merrifield to discuss the International Energy Agency definition of Energy Security. The IEA defines energy security as "the uninterrupted availability of energy sources at an affordable price". In order to substantiate our energy security nuclear seems to be a big opportunity. After the discussions held at COP28 and having 24 different countries pledge to triple their nuclear output by 2050 this is a major shift in support and gives both the previous president elect NRC Commissioner and myself high hopes that nuclear is going to make a strong comeback.  This conversation covers where the United States sits in regards to energy security and also discusses the following:

• What is Energy Security – The IEA’s definition (https://www.iea.org/topics/energy-security)
• How the electrification movement affecting energy security here in the US
• Some major shifts that need to occur to achieve stronger energy security here in US
• How nuclear is playing a role in the shift
• The policy that surrounds nuclear .
• How to support the NRC to meet the newly promised nuclear increase by 2050

Energy Security – Topics - IEA

Commissioner Jeffrey S. Merrifield | NRC.gov

Support the show

Text me your feedback!

Energy Security has many meanings, which will be covered in a few different episodes, but the reason energy security is a hot topic surrounding decarbonization is one of the selling points people are promoting is “renewables help strengthen our energy security” which you can deep dive into the subject HERE. However, when I began to look into energy security further there seems to be a few different definitions of the subject. On today’s episode I am joined by Paul Robinson to discuss the Department of Energy’s definition of Energy Security and which is how we actually support the safety of our existing and future energy distribution infrastructure.  In this episode we discuss:

• How the electrification movement has impacted the industry of Energy Security
• Grid reliance and resiliency
• Weaknesses associated with our energy systems
• A wholistic view of how we can defragment our energy industry

https://www.energy.gov/ceser/energy-security

https://www.iea.org/topics/energy-security      

https://www.linkedin.com/in/r-paul-robinson/

Support the show

Text me your feedback!

This week's episode of Elemental Energy is a collaboration between myself and another podcast host (one of the top podcasts in the nation I might add) Paul Rodden, MBA GISP. Join us as we cover at a high level the following surrounding Hydrogen:

-Applications and uses of hydrogen

-The United States Hydrogen Hubs

-Economics and costs currently associated with blue and green 

-Transportation Constraints

-Standardization in the industry

-Addressing color scheme to introduce a carbon intensity measurement to the molecule to determine where it has been derived.

 

Paul Rodden, MBA GISP | LinkedIn
Home - The Hydrogen Podcast

Support the show

Text me your feedback!

Nuclear fusion will play a critical role in our energy future; the question is when. Nuclear fission is happening now and produces nuclear waste, what if we could generate nuclear energy without the waste? Join Sir Steven Cowley and myself in a slower paced philosophical discussion on nuclear fusion and the future of nuclear power generation. 

Steven Cowley | LinkedIn

Support the show