Inevitable Ep 125: Michael Skelly, Sr. Advisor at Lazard and Co-Founder of Horizon Wind Energy
Oct 5, 2020
41:12
In today’s episode, we cover:
- Skelly’s background and journey as a renewable energy entrepreneur.
- His formative experience in canopy tourism.
- The reasons and motives that drove Skelly to get into wind energy.
- His reflection on the Industrial Revolution.
- What has changed in renewable energy since he first began working in it.
- Texas’ experience with renewable energy.
- Skelly’s thoughts on existing nuclear energy power plants.
- The prospect of putting a price on carbon.
- The importance of transmission line infrastructure and the current impediments.
- Skelly’s experience running for Congress in Texas.
- The Green New Deal and its viability.
- The role of big fossil fuel companies in renewable energy.
Links to topics discussed in this episode:
- Clean Line Energy Partners: https://www.cleanlineenergy.com/
- HBS Profile (with mention of Skelly’s experience in canopy tourism): https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=5899
- “Factfulness”: https://www.amazon.com/Factfulness-Reasons-World-Things-Better/dp/1250107814
- ERCOT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Reliability_Council_of_Texas
- Form Energy: https://formenergy.com/
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