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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.
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David Roberts
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1:05:27
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.
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David Roberts
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1:02:50
Catching up with enhanced geothermal
A deep dive into Fervo's geothermal breakthrough: slashing costs, scaling up, and uniting the political spectrum behind always-on clean power
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David Roberts
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1:09:42
Thermal energy networks are the next big thing
Could gas utilities transform into "thermal utilities"? Here's how networked heat pumps could give them a whole new business model instead of going…
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David Roberts
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1:22:57
A few pictures & stories from Iceland
Here are a few of the places I visited in Iceland and the clever stuff they are working on.
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David Roberts
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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…
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David Roberts
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48:45
Enhanced geothermal power is finally a reality
A decade ago, engineer Tim Latimer moved from oil & gas into geothermal power with a plan to apply the latest technologies from the former to the…
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David Roberts
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1:20:59
What's going on with geothermal?
A conversation about the state of the geothermal industry -- the investment, the startups, the new consortia and initiatives -- with Jamie Beard…
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David Roberts
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1:06:40
The extraordinary potential value of enhanced geothermal power
Geothermal power has conventionally been viewed as a baseload, always-on resource, like nuclear. But new research suggests it could play a much more…
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David Roberts
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1:04:46
Volts podcast: Audrey Schulman and Zeyneb Magavi on how to replace natural gas with renewable heat
A visionary solution to America's aging, leaking natural gas infrastructure: replace it! In place of pipes carrying gas, lay pipes carrying water warmed…
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David Roberts
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1:06:07
The minerals used by clean-energy technologies
For the second post in my clean-energy minerals series, I take a somewhat technical detour into specifics. To wit: which technologies use which…
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