Archive - Volts

Sen. Martin Heinrich on the fight over clean energy in the Senate

The "Big Beautiful Bill" gutting the IRA, its impact on clean energy, AI, brain drain, and the lessons for Democratic policy.

Jun 13 •

42:12

Making electric motors better

Tackling a billion small gas engines with electric motors

Jun 11 •

54:17

A journey from clean-energy wonkery to influencer fame

Taylor Krause went from hydrogen policy at RMI to love, marriage, and fame on Netflix's Love Is Blind. We unpack her wild journey.

Jun 6 •

1:00:26

How to reduce the impact of mining

Johanna Wolfson of Azolla Ventures on funding cleaner mining for the energy transition.

Jun 4 •

1:00:46

May 2025

What the F is happening? Part 3

I talk with Senate vet Adrian Deveny about the House GOP's "Big Beautiful Bill," which would almost entirely wipe out four years of climate policy.

May 30 •

1:32:36

Parking reform in Washington, parking reform everywhere!

Washington's bold new parking reform bill will make housing more abundant and inspire other states, explain Sightline's Catie Gould and Alan Durning.

May 28 •

1:04:24

The past and future of community choice aggregation

Dawn Weisz, a California CCA pioneer, joins me to talk about local governments taking charge of their electricity.

May 23 •

1:02:23

A "Google Maps for electrons"

Can a comprehensive map of every wire and transformer unclog the world's grid interconnection queues?

May 21 •

51:34

Embedding intelligence at the edge of the grid

How a credit-card-sized NVIDIA module is giving smart meters real-time AI brains, with Utilidata CTO Marissa Hummon.

May 16 •

57:36

Taming the hydrogen hype

Team Electron takes on the hydrogen hype and its underlying motivations.

May 14 •

1:18:34

Volts community thread #18

Open to all free & paid subscribers.

May 12 •

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Samuel R (Volts team)

Trying to bring geothermal heat pumps to scale

Kathy Hannun on Dandelion’s Swedish drilling rigs, custom heat pumps, and a new 1,500-home partnership.

May 9 •

1:02:50

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