Energi Talks

Markham Hislop
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Sep 22, 2022 • 29min

Canada and the "steep decline" of global oil demand

The IISD deep dive upon which the interview is based."Peak oil demand is coming soon, says IEA" - Markham's interview with Olivier Lejeune, oil analyst for the International Energy Agency
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Sep 22, 2022 • 42min

Max Fawcett interview: Pierre Poilievre and conservative energy politics

Markham interviews Max Fawcett, lead columnist for the National Observer.
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Sep 15, 2022 • 22min

California burning: PG&E's epic fail

Markham interviews Katherine Blunt, about her new book, "California Burning." She covers renewable energy and utilities for The Wall Street Journal and is a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
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Sep 15, 2022 • 23min

Building Canada's EV battery sector is a sprint, not a marathon

Markham interviews Evan Pivnick, Clean energy program manager with Clean Energy Canada, whose new report, “Canada’s New Economic Engine,” explores how Canada can successfully build an EV battery supply chain in order to become a North American battery powerhouse.
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Sep 14, 2022 • 29min

Did residential batteries save California's power grid?

Markham interviews Bernadette Del Chiaro, Executive Director, California Solar & Storage Association, about the critical role played by rooftop solar and battery storage in supporting California's strained power grid during the crippling heat wave of the first few weeks of September, 2022.
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Aug 31, 2022 • 28min

Building $200 billion of battery factories by 2030 is herculean task

Markham interviews Henry Sanderson, Executive Editor, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence and author of the new book, "Volt Rush, the Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green," about why the battery industry needs to invest $200 billion in gigafactories to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles and energy storage by 2030.
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Aug 25, 2022 • 25min

Can US Inflation Reduction Act accelerate Canada‘s clean energy transition?

Markham interviews Rick Smith, president of the Canadian Climate Institute, about his August 15, 2022 op-ed in the Toronto Star titled, “Four ways the Inflation Reduction Act can accelerate Canada‘s clean energy transition.”
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Aug 22, 2022 • 32min

Solar as the model for technology change in the energy transition

Markham interviews Prof. Gregory Nemet, professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs, about technology change, the energy transition, and his book, "How Solar Became Cheap: A Model for Low-Carbon Innovation."
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Aug 18, 2022 • 37min

New Canadian auto sector strategy from Unifor focuses on EVs

Markham interviews Angelo DiCaro, research director for Unifor, Canada's largest private sector union organization, about its new report “Navigating the road ahead – rebuilding Canada’s powerhouse auto sector."
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Aug 8, 2022 • 31min

Unpacking the Inflation Reduction Act's effect on US climate policy

Markham interviews Dr. Neha Patankar, energy modeller and researcher for the REPEAT Project at Princeton University.

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