

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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Sep 6, 2023 • 27min
Shareholders will never pressure Alberta oil/gas companies to lower emissions
Markham interviews Truzaar Dordi, assistant professor in Sustainability Management at the University of York, UK, working in the fields of climate finance, energy, about his co-authored paper, “A voice for change? Capital markets as a key leverage point in Canada's fossil fuel industry.”

Sep 6, 2023 • 21min
Energy policy now a major risk to grid reliability in North America
Markham interviews Brian Slocum, North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s Reliability Issues Steering Committee chair and senior vice president and chief operating officer at ITC Holdings Corp., the largest independent electricity transmission company in the United States.

Sep 5, 2023 • 56min
Former ENMAX CEO dishes on Alberta power sector woes
Markham interviews Gary Holden, former CEO of ENMAX and now CEO of New Zealand-based Lodestone Energy, solar power, power generation, energy retailing and financial services.

Aug 31, 2023 • 45min
Peak demand set to disrupt oil companies
Markham interviews Krista Halttunen, a multi-disciplinary energy and climate change PhD researcher based at the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London and co-author of, "What if we never run out of oil? From certainty of 'peak oil' to 'peak demand'”.

Aug 25, 2023 • 34min
Deborah Yedlin, Calgary Chamber of Commerce, on energy's future
Markham interviews Deborah Yedlin, president and CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce since 2021. Before that, she spent more than two decades as a business columnist for various media outlets.

Aug 23, 2023 • 24min
Critical minerals cause of intense geopolitical competition
Isabel Al-Dhahir, Senior Analyst at GlobalData, discusses critical minerals and their supply risks. Topics include shortages by 2030, monopolization by specific regions, innovative lithium extraction, advancements in battery technology, rare earth elements in electric vehicle motors, and intense geopolitical competition.

Aug 23, 2023 • 40min
Challenges of EVs and the US power grid explained
Markham interviews Carter Boyle is a consultant at 1898 & Co., a subsidiary of global engineering firm Burns & McDonnell.

Aug 22, 2023 • 41min
Joe Anglin on Danielle Smith, high cost of Alberta electricity
Markham interviews the outspoken but very well-informed Joe Anglin, former Wildrose MLA from 2012 to 2014, head of the Lavesta Area Group that opposed costly transmission projects over the past 20 years, now a lawyer and consultant for companies hoping to build wind and solar projects in Alberta.

Aug 22, 2023 • 27min
New hydrogen tech from Australia
Markham interviews Richard Allen, chairman of Australia's United H2 Ltd. The company claims to be the world’s largest hydrogen conglomerate, with investments in 37 companies.

Aug 22, 2023 • 36min
How much constitutional authority does Alberta have over oil and gas?
Markham interviews Professor Shaun Fluker of the University of Calgary faculty of law about Sections 91 and 92 of the Constitution Act, 1867 that sets out the powers of the provincial and federal governments.