Energi Talks

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Energi Talks episodes

August 08, 2022 Unpacking the Inflation Reduction Act's effect on US climate policy
Markham interviews Dr. Neha Patankar, energy modeller and researcher for the REPEAT Project at Princeton University.
32 min
August 05, 2022 Western Canada's CO2 storage capacity is huge
Markham interviews Sean McCoy, assistant professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Calgary about a new report from the Transition Accelerator titled, "Review of Carbon-Dioxide Storage Potential in Western Canada: Blue Hydrogen Roadmap to 2050" that he co-authored with Richard Hares and David B. Layzell.
28 min
July 29, 2022 New study on economics of US advanced nuclear power
Markham interviews Jonah Messinger, energy analyst, The Breakthrough Institute, co-author of "Advancing Nuclear Energy: Evaluating Deployment, Investment, and Impact In America’s Clean Energy Future."
34 min
July 26, 2022 US right-wing Atlas Network funding pro-oil and gas activism in Canada
Markham interviews Geoff Dembicki, investigative climate reporter and author of a July 18 Narwhal article, “How a conservative U.S. network undermined Indigenous energy rights in Canada.” He also has a new book, 'The Petroleum Papers' out in September.
23 min
July 21, 2022 How Alberta oil/gas can decarbonize AND transition to new net-zero products
Markham interviews economist Chris Bataille about his new paper, "How the sector can decarbonize operations and develop new net zero products," for the Canadian Climate Institute.
Link: https://climateinstitute.ca/scoping-papers/
33 min
July 15, 2022 EV battery swapping taking off in China
Markham interviews Shazan Siddiqi, technology analyst with the EV team at IDTechEx, about the new report, “Battery Swapping for Electric Vehicles 2022-2032: Technology, Players and Forecasts."
28 min
July 15, 2022 Removing carbon from bitumen is cheap, creates valuable feedstock for materials manufacturing
Markham interviews Warren Chung, professional engineer and president of Well Resources Inc., located in Calgary about his company's commercially viable process to remove asphaltines and other carbon-intense residue from Alberta oil sands bitumen.
27 min
July 06, 2022 How much should governments own of Canadian power grids?
Markham interviews energy economist Dr. Chris Bataille.
22 min
July 05, 2022 How Alberta's power grid can be net-zero by 2035
Find more information about the report here: https://www.aeso.ca/market/net-zero-emissions-pathways/
32 min
June 27, 2022 The good and the bad of Vaclav Smil
Mark Jaccard is the author of the 2020 book, “The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success: Overcoming Myths that Hinder Progress.”
The Financial Post Markham quoted: https://financialpost.com/opinion/vaclav-smil-why-net-zero-2050-really-wont-work
35 min