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Volts Jump-Start guide
A list of essential episodes & a tool to search the Volts library
Aug 15, 2025
•
Nate
and
Samuel R (Volts team)
153
12
5
42:38
Best of September 2026
Highlights from the seven conversations released last month.
Oct 2
•
David Roberts
35
3
7
1:03:29
What’s up with heat-pump water heaters?
A conversation with Luke Winston-Almanzar of Reservoir.
Sep 30
•
David Roberts
44
17
7
1:04:13
Do small residential batteries make sense?
A conversation with Cole Ashman of Pila Energy.
Sep 23
•
David Roberts
58
16
10
Volts community thread #30: what should I ask the Danes?
Open to all free & paid subscribers.
Sep 21
•
David Roberts
and
Nate
41
48
7
Latest
Top
Discussions
1:28:34
How energy politics work inside DC
A conversation with Frank Maisano.
Sep 18
•
David Roberts
41
9
5
1:13:19
How to build a more flexible, quieter, less obnoxious data center
A conversation with Nelson Abramson of Verrus.
Sep 16
•
David Roberts
56
13
6
1:59:17
Building a big, abundant, clean grid
A conversation with Jane Flegal.
Sep 11
•
David Roberts
54
25
12
1:03:00
Is there way more conventional geothermal than we thought?
A conversation with Carl Hoiland & Joel Edwards of Zanskar.
Sep 9
•
David Roberts
45
4
5
Win tickets to an upcoming event! My NY climate week lineup, new faces at Volts, and just, hey, how’s it going
Also: dogs, Denmark, and a birthday request. Mostly dogs.
Sep 7
•
David Roberts
77
8
9
45:11
Best of August 2026
Highlights from the eight conversations released last month.
Sep 4
•
David Roberts
34
1
8
1:10:17
How to respond to disinformation about clean energy, at scale
A conversation with Leah Qusba of GoodPower.
Sep 2
•
David Roberts
58
24
16
1:08:44
Could we use Trump's tricks to make good green policy?
A conversation with Todd Tucker of the Roosevelt Institute.
Aug 28
•
David Roberts
49
8
9
51:56
Making data centers flexible so they can serve the grid rather than stress it out
A conversation with Varun Sivaram of Emerald AI.
Aug 26
•
David Roberts
39
5
5
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