Innovation

PG&E tries to prove that a big utility can innovate

Quinn Nakayama on PG&E's push to innovate on flexible interconnection and smart electrification.

Jul 4 •

1:16:41

The Department of Energy has gotten serious about technology commercialization

The Dept. of Energy's chief commercialization officer, Dr. Vanessa Chan, discusses her office's efforts to coordinate and accelerate the…

Oct 16, 2024 •

1:04:09

How to cram EV fast chargers into tight urban spaces

NYC’s Revel is trying to build urban EV fast chargers and demand for those chargers (in the form of its own EV rideshare network) simultaneously. In…

Aug 2, 2024 •

1:11:09

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

EV charging for those without a garage

Gabe Klein of DOE’s Joint Office of Energy and Transportation talks us through new approaches to EV charging for people in multifamily residences in…

Jul 17, 2024 •

54:10

We are closing in on zero-carbon cement

Making cement -- the most commonly used substance on Earth after water -- is responsible for 8% of global carbon emissions. It generates CO2 both…

Dec 27, 2023 •

1:08:54

Getting better at mining the minerals needed for clean energy

We're getting worse at finding key minerals, even as the clean-energy economy demands way, way more of them. I talk with Kurt House, CEO of KoBold…

Dec 20, 2023 •

59:29

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

The cheapest way to permanently sequester carbon involves ... fizzy water

In Iceland, a company is carbonating water (like with a SodaStream!) and injecting it underground, where the CO2 mineralizes & becomes rock. How much…

Nov 10, 2023 •

59:25

The Volts/Catalyst pod crossover you didn't know you were waiting for

That's right, folks, it's the crossover event of the century. In today's episode I talk with veteran cleantech investor Shayle Kann, host of the…

Nov 3, 2023 •

1:04:15

A super-battery aimed at decarbonizing industry

Storing electricity as heat! It's so, uh, hot right now. I talk with the head of a company that makes a thermal battery that outputs either heat or…

Oct 6, 2023 •

1:05:52

How to accelerate rooftop solar & household batteries in the US

Sunrun is the biggest residential rooftop solar installer in the US, and recently they've added batteries and EV chargers to their offerings. I talk…

Sep 15, 2023 •

1:09:45

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