Energi Talks

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Energi Talks episodes

September 22, 2022 Enough Canadian oil pipelines for now, but shortage looming?
S&P Global press release, including link to the report, upon which the interview is based: New Pipeline Projects Appear Enough to Solve Recurring Capacity Constraints for Canadian Crude--But Permanent Relief is Not Guaranteed
22 min
September 22, 2022 Canada and the "steep decline" of global oil demand
The IISD deep dive upon which the interview is based.
"Peak oil demand is coming soon, says IEA" - Markham's interview with Olivier Lejeune, oil analyst for the International Energy Agency
29 min
September 22, 2022 Max Fawcett interview: Pierre Poilievre and conservative energy politics
Markham interviews Max Fawcett, lead columnist for the National Observer.
42 min
September 15, 2022 California burning: PG&E's epic fail
Markham interviews Katherine Blunt, about her new book, "California Burning." She covers renewable energy and utilities for The Wall Street Journal and is a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
22 min
September 15, 2022 Building Canada's EV battery sector is a sprint, not a marathon
Markham interviews Evan Pivnick, Clean energy program manager with Clean Energy Canada, whose new report, “Canada’s New Economic Engine,” explores how Canada can successfully build an EV battery supply chain in order to become a North American battery powerhouse.
24 min
September 14, 2022 Did residential batteries save California's power grid?
Markham interviews Bernadette Del Chiaro, Executive Director, California Solar & Storage Association, about the critical role played by rooftop solar and battery storage in supporting California's strained power grid during the crippling heat wave of the first few weeks of September, 2022.
30 min
August 31, 2022 Building $200 billion of battery factories by 2030 is herculean task
Markham interviews Henry Sanderson, Executive Editor, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence and author of the new book, "Volt Rush, the Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green," about why the battery industry needs to invest $200 billion in gigafactories to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles and energy storage by 2030.
28 min
August 25, 2022 Can US Inflation Reduction Act accelerate Canada‘s clean energy transition?
Markham interviews Rick Smith, president of the Canadian Climate Institute, about his August 15, 2022 op-ed in the Toronto Star titled, “Four ways the Inflation Reduction Act can accelerate Canada‘s clean energy transition.”
26 min
August 22, 2022 Solar as the model for technology change in the energy transition
Markham interviews Prof. Gregory Nemet, professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs, about technology change, the energy transition, and his book, "How Solar Became Cheap: A Model for Low-Carbon Innovation."
33 min
August 18, 2022 New Canadian auto sector strategy from Unifor focuses on EVs
Markham interviews Angelo DiCaro, research director for Unifor, Canada's largest private sector union organization, about its new report “Navigating the road ahead – rebuilding Canada’s powerhouse auto sector."
37 min