

Energi Talks
Markham Hislop
Journalist Markham Hislop interviews leading energy experts from around the world about the energy transition and climate change.
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May 23, 2024 • 23min
Northern Indigenous communities benefit from new energy technologies
Markham interviews Omar Osorio, Hitachi Power Grid, about renewable energy projects in northern Alberta Indigenous communities Fort Chipewyan and Old Crow First.

May 14, 2024 • 29min
Low-carbon fuels to power medium, heavy-duty trucks
Markham interviews Hongyu Xiao of Pembina Institute about Fuelling the Transition: Low-carbon fuel choices for road freight.

May 13, 2024 • 39min
Alberta oil sands production forecast rising, says new report
Markham interviews Kevin Birn, VP, Canadian Oil Markets Chief Analyst and Head of Center for Emissions Excellence for S&P Global. His team recently released its annual 10-year Production Outlook for the Canadian Oil Sands.

May 10, 2024 • 27min
Virtual power plant project will unlock billions of savings for consumers
Markham interviews Renew Home CEO Ben Brown about the launch of North America’s largest residential virtual power plant.

May 8, 2024 • 1h 14min
Creating a Western Canadian power grid to boost wind, solar - an Energi Talks Live episode!
Markham interviews Professor Kristen van de Bizenbos of the California Western School of Law in San Diego, California, an expert on North American energy law and, until recently, a former faculty member at the University of Calgary.

May 6, 2024 • 27min
Squeezing emissions from buildings: new rules, new tech, new approaches
Markham interviews Pablo La Roche, global head of sustainable building design for Arcadis and the author of "Carbon-Neutral Architectural Design."

May 3, 2024 • 52min
The Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline debate, with Max Fawcett
Markham discusses TMX, which is now transporting crude oil from Alberta to the West Coast, with award-winning columnist Max Fawcett. They discuss Markham's May 1 column, My TMX mea culpa.

Apr 28, 2024 • 48min
USA bombshell rocks clean energy world...Canada snoozes
Markham interviews Canadian economist Dr. Chris Bataille, who was in the room when US Climate Envoy John Podesta gave his momentous April 16 speech at the Columbia Global Energy Summit.

Apr 24, 2024 • 59min
Energi Talks Live! Kingsmill Bond on clean energy race to the top!
Kingsmill Bond of the Rocky Mountain Institute joins Markham and Energy Circle members to talk about his recent report, "The Race to the Top: Cleantech competition between China, Europe, and the United States.

Apr 24, 2024 • 30min
New technology set to increase transmission without new wires
Markham interviews Julia Selker, Executive Director of the WATT Coalition, about the US Department of Energy's “Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Innovative Grid Deployment” report, which found that Grid Enhancing Technologies – dynamic line ratings, advanced power flow control and topology optimization – increase transmission capacity by making existing infrastructure more efficient.