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Managing a distributed grid
Astrid Atkinson helped move Google search from a centralized, top-down system to a massively distributed system. Now she wants to do the same thing to…
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FERC is about to make some very important decisions about transmission
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is close to releasing its final rule on regional transmission planning. It may be the most important…
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An insider's view of the Biden years in clean energy policy
On stage at the third-annual Yale Clean Energy Conference, I chatted with Sonia Aggarwal, who recently re-emerged from years within the Biden…
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Don't Look Up: the first good movie about climate change
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Rooftop solar and home batteries make a clean grid vastly more affordable
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Welcome to Volts
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Another note to readers
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Voluntary carbon offsets are headed for a crash
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The cheapest way to permanently sequester carbon involves ... fizzy water
In Iceland, a company is carbonating water (like with a SodaStream!) and injecting it underground, where the CO2 mineralizes & becomes rock. How much…
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What rural people actually think about clean energy
A new survey reveals how rural Americans feel about clean energy & the developers who are selling it. It casts some light on the arguments that work and…
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The Volts/Catalyst pod crossover you didn't know you were waiting for
That's right, folks, it's the crossover event of the century. In today's episode I talk with veteran cleantech investor Shayle Kann, host of the…
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What? The sun isn't always shining?!
Having recently learned that the sun isn't always shining & the wind isn't always blowing, I turned to Princeton professor Jesse Jenkins to help explain…
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I'm coming to Yale in November
Recording a pod, live on stage!
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What's the deal with district energy?
District energy -- in which a group of buildings share a common source of heating & cooling -- dates back at least to the Roman Empire, but the…
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A few pictures & stories from Iceland
Here are a few of the places I visited in Iceland and the clever stuff they are working on.
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