Energi Talks

Markham interviews Dr. Douglas Macdonald, senior lecturer emeritus, School of the Environment, University of Toronto, about his book, CARBON PROVINCE, HYDRO PROVINCE: THE CHALLENGE OF CANADIAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE FEDERALISM.

Markham interviews US Energy Association acting executive director Sheila Hollis and senior program coordinator Elise Voorhis about the agency's recent work helping Uganda modernize and grow the country's electricity system.

Markham interviews TD Economics economist Francis Fong, co-author of "Don’t Let History Repeat: Canada’s Energy Sector Transition and the Potential Impact on Workers.

Markham interviews Dr. Chris Bataille, an associate researcher at the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, located in Paris.

Markham interviews Behnam Zakeri, research scholar with the Integrated Assessment and Climate Change Research Group about his co-authored paper, "Policy options for enhancing economic profitability of residential solar photovoltaic with battery energy storage."

Markham interviews economist Dr. Vaibhav Chaturvedi of India's Council on Energy, Environment, and Water about his recent paper, "Peaking and Net-Zero for India’s Energy Sector CO2 Emission."

Markham interviews Dr. Christina Hoicka, associate professor in sustainable energy economics, about her team's work developing a model to explain the diffusion of low-carbon innovations.

Markham interviews Prof. Mark Winfield, an expert in sustainable energy and environmental policy, about the crisis in Ontario's electricity, including the absence of provincial government climate and energy policy.

Markham interviews utility veteran Val Jensen about the electric utility of the future. New technologies, changing consumer needs, and climate policies are just some of the forces transforming the current utility business model.

Markham interviews Steve Pacala about the co-authored study, "Accelerating Decarbonization of the United States Energy System," which identifies key technological and socio-economic goals that must be achieved to put the United States on the path to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The report presents a policy blueprint outlining critical near-term actions for the first decade (2021-2030) of this 30-year effort, including ways to support communities that will be most impacted by the transition.