Energi Talks

Mar 17 2025 416 ep. 37 mins 50

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Journalist Markham Hislop interviews leading energy experts from around the world about the energy transition and climate change.

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Canada vs USA, clean energy, innovation with Josh Dorfman

Mar 17 2025 47 mins

Markham interviews Josh Dorfman, climate entrepreneur, author, and media personality. As CEO and host of Supercool, Josh hosts the company’s weekly podcast spotlighting real-world climate solutions that cut carbon, boost the bottom line, and improve modern life.

PBO brutally muffs the math of oil/gas emissions cap impacts

Mar 13 2025 40 mins

Energy journalist Markham Hislop interviews economist Dave Sawyer of Enviro Economics about the Parliamentary Budget Officer's math mistakes in its economic impact study of the Government of Canada's proposed oil and gas emissions cap. The cap is extremely contentious, especially in Alberta, the epicentre of Canada's oil and gas industry.

Over-generate with wind, solar to keep gas in the Alberta grid

Jan 15 2025 39 mins

Markham interviews Kristina Pearson about her paper, co-authored with Sara Hastings-Simon of the University of Calgary, titled “The mid-transition in the electricity sector: impacts of growing wind and solar electricity on generation costs and natural gas generation in Alberta.”

Electrification will increasingly drive US economy, but where will the power come from?

Jan 13 2025 24 mins

Markham interviews Eddie Soleymani and Shidan Gouran, founders of Bluesphere Ventures, a venture capital firm that funds and nurtures startups addressing America’s escalating energy demands. It brings together industry-leading entrepreneurs and experts to develop solutions across energy storage, clean energy marketplaces, carbon capture, and renewable energy credit systems.

AER's outrageous oil sands spill reporting errors subject of new paper

Jan 06 2025 60 mins

Markham interviews Dr. Kevin Timoney, who has spent most of his career studying the ecological impact of the oil sands, about his recently published paper, “Regulatory failure to monitor and manage the impacts of tailings spills, Alberta, Canada," in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.

Demand is skyrocketing...where will US get the electricity it needs?

Jan 02 2025 38 mins

Markham interviews Rob Gramlich of Washington-based Grid Strategies LLC.

Arrogance, complacency behind legacy automakers' failure in China

Dec 26 2024 44 mins

Markham interviews Bill Russo, formerly Chrysler’s top executive in China and now an EV consultant with his firm Automobility.

Is solar's best opportunity at utility-scale or rooftops?

Dec 26 2024 26 mins

Markham interviews Prasanna Krishnan of Surya Energy Consulting and Andy Hira, professor of political science at Simon Fraser University about their new paper, “The macro view of solar policy: The case for supporting utility-scale power.”

E-fuels, biofuels have plenty of promise and hurdles

Dec 19 2024 25 mins

Markham interviews Chingis Idrissov, Senior Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, author of the new report, "Sustainable Biofuels & E-Fuels Market 2025-2035: Technologies, Players, Forecasts."

Rystad's long-term oil forecast: after 2030, it's all downhill

Dec 19 2024 32 mins

Markham interviews Jarand Rystad, founder and CEO of highly respected consulting firm Rystad Energy, which recently released a new report, Long-term Oil Macro Scenarios.