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Volts

By: David Roberts
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  • Volts is a podcast about leaving fossil fuels behind. I've been reporting on and explaining clean-energy topics for almost 20 years, and I love talking to politicians, analysts, innovators, and activists about the latest progress in the world's most important fight. (Volts is entirely subscriber-supported. Sign up!)

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Episodes
  • The energy transition's 5 supervillains and 5 superheroes

    The energy transition's 5 supervillains and 5 superheroes
    May 1 2024

    In this episode, longtime clean-energy analyst Michael Liebreich assesses five causes for pessimism about the net-zero transition, alongside five causes for optimism.



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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Making geothermal heat pumps work for big buildings

    Making geothermal heat pumps work for big buildings
    Apr 26 2024

    In this episode, Joselyn Lai of Bedrock Energy describes hardware and software improvements that enable geothermal heat pumps to be installed more quickly and less expensively, even in large commercial and industrial buildings in tight urban spaces.



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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Rising electricity demand requires new gas plants? Not so fast.

    Rising electricity demand requires new gas plants? Not so fast.
    Apr 24 2024

    What’s the best way to handle rising US electricity demand? Contrary to what some large utilities and regulators think, it’s not building new fossil gas plants. In this episode, Eric Gimon and Michelle Solomon, coauthors of a new report from policy shop Energy Innovation, make the case that utilities have more effective options to address both short- and long-term demand.



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    59 mins
Political Science
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