I host panel on The Future of Energy with representatives from Duke Energy, Southern Company, and Dominion Energy. For accompanying PowerPoint, pictures, and additional info, visit http://www.energy-cast.com/65-naygn.html

We discuss the potential to end excessive flaring in North Dakota's Bakken Shale region and jumpstart a new economy with second-time guest Mike Hopkins. For pictures and additional info, visit http://www.energy-cast.com/64-bakken.html

We speak to Department of Energy’s Ed McGinnis about the potential of both Small Modular Reactors and the next generation of large-scale commercial facilities in the United States. For pictures and additional info, visit http://www.energy-cast.com/63-doe.html

We discuss an ambitious new plan from the Department of Energy to expand geothermal energy 60 gigawatts by midcentury. For pictures and additional info, visit http://www.energy-cast.com/62-gto.html

We meet a Utah startup that has a plan for producing hydropower and clean water from the atmosphere, using an unmanned zeppelin. For pictures and additional info, visit http://www.energy-cast.com/61-chaac.html

On location in Virginia, we tour the Bath County Pumped Storage Station, the largest energy storage facility on earth. For pictures and additional info, visit http://www.energy-cast.com/60-dominion.html

Celebrating their 25th anniversary, we discuss the evolving energy efficiency sector with Wisconsin-based Franklin Energy’s Founder and CEO Paul Schueller. For pictures and additional info, visit http://www.energy-cast.com/59-franklin.html

We explore the potential to refine coal with New York-based Clean Coal Technologies, Inc., who have their sights set on world markets as power proliferates abroad. For pictures and additional info, visit http://www.energy-cast.com/58-cct.html

We meet the Texas developer planning the world’s first compressed air energy storage (CAES) facility in 30 years, which will be the largest storage facility of any kind ever constructed. For pictures and additional info, visit http://www.energy-cast.com/57-apex.html

In D.C., we speak to NRL Researcher Debra Rolison, whose team has developed a way to safely recharge zinc alkaline batteries, which could possibly have several advantages over lithium ion cells in our greater energy needs. For pictures and additional info, visit http://www.energy-cast.com/56-zinc.html