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A list of essential episodes & a tool to search the Volts library
Aug 15
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Samuel R (Volts team)
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54:19
Are we finally getting 3D-printed batteries?
Sakuu's Karl Littau joins me to discuss how 3D-printing is poised to make battery manufacturing cheaper and more adaptable.
Sep 17
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David Roberts
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Volts community thread #22
Open to all free & paid subscribers.
Sep 15
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David Roberts
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Samuel R (Volts team)
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1:15:51
The debate over renewable energy certificates (RECs)
What does "100% renewable" really mean? A look inside the REC debate with Michael Leggett and Peggy Kellen
Sep 10
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David Roberts
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1:02:18
How inverters can stabilize a renewables-heavy grid
Daniel Duckwitz and Catarina Augusto explain how we can run stable electricity grids on inverter-based clean energy resources.
Sep 5
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David Roberts
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1:18:32
What's the deal with sodium-ion batteries?
Landon Mossburg on beating lithium-ion on cost and safety with a grid storage system that has no moving parts.
Sep 3
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David Roberts
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55:52
Climate philanthropy in a time of Trump
I get frustrated at liberals' refusal to fight, and take it out on Giving Green's Dan Stein of all people.
Aug 27
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David Roberts
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1:17:24
What does clean energy activism look like?
Bill McKibben and Jamie Henn join me to discuss a new vision for climate activism focused on celebrating and accelerating the global solar boom.
Aug 20
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David Roberts
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Volts community thread #21
Open to all free & paid subscribers.
Aug 18
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David Roberts
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Samuel R (Volts team)
56
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55:03
Trump's latest attempt to save coal
Frank Rambo joins me to discuss the multi-billion-dollar utility practice of running expensive coal plants and the Trump administration's efforts to…
Aug 13
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David Roberts
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12
59:43
What the FEOC?
A conversation about "foreign entity of concern" rules with Jake Higdon and Isabel Munilla -- why they are needed and how Republicans are botching them.
Aug 6
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David Roberts
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1:07:25
A fireside chat with Jigar Shah
A diagnosis of the "sheer laziness" holding back the clean-energy movement.
Aug 1
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David Roberts
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1:36:32
US transit costs and how to tame them
Alon Levy explains how the US can build cheaper, better public transit by learning from the rest of the world.
Jul 30
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David Roberts
38
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1:05:27
Ann Arbor's experiment with a new kind of utility
Missy Stults explains Ann Arbor's novel plan to build a second, clean-energy utility alongside its incumbent.
Jul 23
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David Roberts
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