Energi Talks
Markham Hislop
Journalist Markham Hislop interviews leading energy experts from around the world about the energy transition and climate change.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Dec 22, 2023 • 1h 6min
Tales from inside the solar revolution: 'Mistakes were made'
Markham interviews Mike Andrade, CEO of Morgan Solar.
Dec 22, 2023 • 54min
Vroom vroom for EV sales, even if a bit slower in 2024
Markham interviews Sam Abuelsamid, automotive engineer and EV analyst for Guidehouse Research.
Dec 22, 2023 • 55min
China’s solar production costs fall by 42% in 2023...and other energy transition stories
Markham interviews Dr Steven Knell, VP of power and renewables at international consultancy Wood Mackenzie.
Dec 22, 2023 • 35min
'Impossible' to triple nuclear power by 2050, says European expert
Markham interviews Mycle Schneider, project coordinator and lead author of the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report.
Dec 20, 2023 • 47min
Canada's oil/gas part of North American energy advantage?
Markham interviews energy economist Kevin Birn, one of the co-authors of the new S&P Global report, "The North American advantage: Secure oil and gas production."
Dec 18, 2023 • 38min
Canada's oil/gas methane emissions 1.5x to 2x official estimates
Markham interviews engineering professor Matthew Johnson from Carleton University’s Energy and Emissions Research Lab, who recently released Canada’s first-ever upstream oil and gas methane census.
Dec 18, 2023 • 22min
No stopping the clean energy transition, with journalist Steve Leahy
Markham interviews Stephen Leahy is an award-winning Canadian environmental journalist, author, and writer of the Need to Know by Stephen Leahy substack.
Dec 15, 2023 • 38min
'Not Fit For Purpose' - devastating critique of oil sands mine financial security program
Markham interviews Drew Yewchuk, a public interest lawyer at the University of Calgary, about a study he co-authored titled, "Not Fit For Purpose," about why the Alberta Energy Regulator's oil sands Mine Financial Security Program is a disaster waiting to happen.
Dec 14, 2023 • 28min
'Tipping points' negative and positive for natural world, clean energy systems
Markham interviews Professor Steve Smith of Exeter University about new report, Global Tipping Points.
Dec 14, 2023 • 50min
Colour me gobsmacked: Canada on track to hit 2030 climate targets
Markham interviews Rachel Doran, vice-president of policy & strategy at Clean Energy Canada, about the first Progress Report on the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan (2030 ERP).
