Energi Talks

Markham interviews Dr. Gunther Bachmann, a former director of the German Council for Sustainable Development, about the challenges posed by his country's energy transition plan, the Energiewende.

Markham interviews "rethinker" Tony Seba about his study, "Rethinking Energy 2020-2030: 100% Solar, Wind and Batteries is Just the Beginning."

Markham interviews Prof. Josh Rhodes of the University of Texas at Austin about big changes coming to global electricity markets. He uses examples drawn from the United States and Markham contributes information from the reporting he has done about Canadian (especially British Columbia and Alberta) markets.

Markham interviews Dr. James Sallee, economist and associate professor in the department of agricultural and resource economics, University of California, Berkeley.

Markham in conversation with New York-based Ed Crooks, chair of Americas for Wood Mckenzie, about what a Joe Biden presidency might mean for the American energy sector, including oil and gas.

Markham interviews Sam Abuelsamid, EV analyst for Guidehouse Research, about Amazon's Oct. 8 announcement it will buy 10,000 custom-designed Rivian electric delivery vans, deployment starting in just 2 years. Combined with other technical and process innovations, the e-van will be "the future of last mile delivery," says Amazon.

Markham interviews Dr. Kai-Philipp Kairies - CEO of ACCURE, a German battery intelligence data analytics firm - about Tesla's Sept. 22 "battery day." Tesla's key engineering and scientific advances explained in layman's terms by a battery scientist.

Markham interviews Kingsmill Bond, London-based energy strategist for Carbon Tracker, about the recent release of the International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook 2020. Bottom line: peak oil demand is either here or arriving shortly.

Check https://energi.media for show notes and links.

Bloomberg energy and climate journalist Dr. Akshat Rathi joins Markham Hislop to discuss China's Sept. 23 announcement it will reach peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. Not quite the same as net-zero emissions, says Rathi, but progress nonetheless.