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This oil shock won't be like the others
Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay break down why global inflation and Chinese manufacturing mean the old fossil fuel playbook no longer works.
Jun 5
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David Roberts
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1:12:23
Are plug-in DERs going to spark a grid revolution?
James McGinniss on the rise of permissionless, plug-in energy storage and why it will eventually outcompete the utility-scale kind.
Jun 3
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David Roberts
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1:12:10
May 2026
Giving clean electricity a political voice of its own
Investor Steve McBee discusses a new effort to give the clean electrification sector more political muscle & swagger.
May 29
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David Roberts
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1:39:38
A limited defense of Biden's everything-bagel industrial policy
A conversation with Betony Jones.
May 27
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David Roberts
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1:06:29
How to phase out residential gas equitably
Panama Bartholomy and Kristin George Bagdanov explain why neighborhood-level "chunky decarbonization" is the key to a fast and fair transition.
May 22
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David Roberts
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6
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1:06:20
Sooner than you think, electricity is going to be cheap, abundant, and boring
How batteries can enable big new loads like data centers to reduce electricity rates and increase grid reliability.
May 20
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David Roberts
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1:44:04
Volts community thread #29
Open to all free & paid subscribers.
May 18
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David Roberts
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Samuel R (Volts team)
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Telling the story of the grid
Stepchange podcast hosts Ben Eidelson and Anay Shah discuss the wild, complicated history of the largest machine ever built.
May 15
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David Roberts
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1:29:47
Electrifying industrial steam with heat pumps
Addison Stark unpacks how geopolitical gas volatility is making electrified thermal energy an economic necessity for manufacturers.
May 13
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David Roberts
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11
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1:02:55
The case for using prices rather than VPPs to coordinate distributed energy
Researcher Bruce Nordman explains how dynamic, real-time pricing can do the work of coordinating DERs.
May 8
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David Roberts
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23
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1:28:35
Streamlining the difficult work of whole-home retrofits
Grant Gunnison explains how digitizing project design can save local contractors from the grueling overhead of the HVAC sales process.
May 6
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David Roberts
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1:02:28
April 2026
Enabling ordinary people to invest in renewable energy projects
Energea co-founder Mike Silvestrini explains why the best returns in renewable energy are hiding in places often overlooked by traditional investors.
Apr 29
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David Roberts
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1:03:48
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