Clean Electricity

A tool that enables solar-first home electrification

James Quazi of Balto Energy helps California homeowners navigate the complex puzzle of optimizing the mix of electrification, solar, and batteries for…

Sep 13, 2024 •

50:35

What's the deal with perovskite solar?

For years, perovskite solar cells have been the Next Big Thing in solar. Joel Jean, co-founder and CEO of Swift Solar, explains what exactly perovskites…

Jul 31, 2024 •

1:00:48

Michigan targets clean electricity and faster permitting

When Democrats won total control of Michigan government in 2022, they wasted no time in passing a series of clean energy bills, including a new clean…

Jan 19, 2024 •

58:37

A Connecticut reformer is shaking up utility regulation

Marisa Gillett, chair of Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), talks about her aim to reform the cozy regulatory environment…

Jan 10, 2024 •

1:00:54

Decarbonizing a sprawling university system

Lindsey Rowell is charged with developing a plan to decarbonize the California State University -- the largest public university system in the country…

Jan 3, 2024 •

1:02:43

What's going on with offshore wind?

The news is full of grim headlines for the US offshore wind industry -- costs are up, projects are getting canceled. What's going on? Is this a…

Dec 13, 2023 •

1:16:55

Getting local communities on board with renewable energy, Australia edition

I talk with a scholar & activist in Australia who has spent her career thinking about how communities can share in the benefits of renewable energy…

Dec 8, 2023 •

42:16

Checking in on solar power

Jenny Chase has led a team analyzing the business of solar power for almost 20 years now; she's also the author of a fantastic introductory book on the…

Nov 29, 2023 •

1:03:52

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…

Nov 22, 2023 •

1:21:11

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…

Nov 1, 2023 •

1:34:37

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…

Oct 25, 2023 •

59:59

What's the deal with Iceland?

I talk with Halla Hrund Logadóttir of Iceland's National Energy Authority about the country's history with geothermal, its current energy mix, and it…

Oct 18, 2023 •

48:45

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