Best Post Script Media Podcasts (2025)

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The case for colocating data centers and generation 46:44

5d ago46:44

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Sheldon Kimber says the grid is broken — at least for new data centers and other large, industrial loads that need lots of clean power, fast. But the founder and CEO of Intersect Power believes there’s a workaround that enables larger data centers and speeds up time to power: colocating behind-the-meter generation and storage on megasites rich with…

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Ep 164 | Slievenamon to close, dad jokes & how to get DQ'd from a pro event 1:04:04

8d ago1:04:04

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On this week's edition of the podcast we discuss Thomas Detry's breakthrough win on the PGA Tour, LIV's legitimacy victory and how Donald Trump can make golf great again as our Irish ladies continue to boom around the globe. Peter and Ronan discuss the big breaking news over the weekend that Slievenamon Golf Club is to close down, and we have more …

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More 2025 trends: DeepSeek, plug-in hybrids, and curtailment 49:45

12d ago49:45

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Didn’t catch last week’s episode on Nat Bullard’s mega slide deck on energy transition? Start there. This is the second half of our extended conversation with Nat, the former chief content officer at BloombergNEF and current co-founder at data insights company Halcyon. In this episode, Shayle and Nat dig into topics like: Rising solar installations…

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Ep 163 | McIlroy looks major ready + Nolan impresses again 58:59

14d ago58:59

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On this week's podcast, we celebrate the first Irish victory of the season as Rory McIlroy skillfully held off Shane Lowry for a remarkable Irish one-two at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Peter and Ronan delve into the implications of this triumph for McIlroy this season, discussing why the hype train may remain firmly on track this year. It's been …

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Are utilities ready to fully harness demand flexibility? [partner content] 30:49

14d ago30:49

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When it comes to decarbonization planning, utilities tend to focus heavily on the supply side. But they may be overlooking one of their most powerful tools for managing a cleaner grid — demand flexibility. Demand response and time-varying rates have been in use for decades. But many utilities still haven't fully embraced demand flexibility in their…

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2025 trends: aerosols, oil demand, and carbon removal 35:34

19d ago35:34

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Out today: Nat Bullard’s 200-page slide deck with data from across the energy transition. Nat is the former chief content officer at BloombergNEF and current co-founder at data insights company Halcyon. In part one of their two-part conversation, Shayle cherry-picked the most interesting slides and sat down with Nat to unpack them. They cover topic…

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Introducing: Hidden Island 27:52

20d ago27:52

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Introducing Hidden Island on Imagination Amplified Episode 1: Shipwrecked In the first episode of Hidden Island, Colin Robinson can’t make it home for Christmas, so he invites his family to join him on a remote research platform in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. When a powerful storm hits, they’re forced into a lifeboat, and the adventure of a li…

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Ep 162 | Behind the scenes at TGL + Nolan's big RSA payday 53:09

22d ago53:09

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On this week's edition of the podcast, a very despondent Peter gives his account of what he saw on the ground in Florida at the TGL and whether Tiger vs Rory can save the day on Monday night? Liam Nolan gave Irish men's golf something to cheer about early in the year with an excellent performance on the HotelPlanner Tour while there's plenty of mea…

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The climate-ag grab bag 40:44

26d ago40:44

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Here’s a three-part puzzle for global agriculture: How do you increase calories for a growing population, while zeroing out emissions and minimizing land usage? The stakes are enormous. According to the UN, the world has to feed an estimated 9.8 billion people by 2050. But agriculture currently accounts for about a third of global carbon emissions …

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Presenting: L.A. Wildfires: Rebuilding for a Hotter, Drier Future 38:52

27d ago38:52

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This week we are sharing a special bonus episode from Boiling Point, a new podcast produced by the LA Times and hosted by climate columnist Sammy Roth. This new audio series explores how climate change is impacting California and the American West. The first episode focuses on the recent wildfires in Los Angeles and what they mean for the future of…

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Ep 161 | McIlroy & McKibbin impress + Canice Screene chat 1:07:08

28d ago1:07:08

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On this week's edition of the podcast, Ronan and Mark talk through the Dubai Desert Classic, the performances of the Irish and a brilliant week for European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald as Tyrrell Hatton and Sepp Straka secured big wins on both tours. Also we have a chat with newly minted Ladies European Tour professional Canice Screene as the 23-…

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FOAK tales 57:34

1M ago57:34

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First-of-a-kind projects need infrastructure investment, the kind of money that costs less than venture capital and usually comes in the form of deals worth tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. But infrastructure investors are notoriously conservative and convincing them to bite can be challenging. So what do infrastructure investors really wan…

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Ep 160 | Rory's disappointment at McKibbin LIV move + is the TGL on thin ice after week two ? 1:14:07

1M ago1:14:07

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On this week's edition of the podcast the lads dive deeper into Tom McKibbin's proposed move to LIV Golf and whether his Holywood club mate Rory McIlroy can persuade him to stay with the DP World Tour and PGA Tour. McIlroy made some strong comments on the situation during his pre-tournament press conference in Dubai where he revealed he offered McK…

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Leah Stokes: 2024 Schneider Award Winner 52:19

1M ago52:19

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In this episode of A Matter of Degrees, we partner with Climate One to share an inspiring conversation between Dr. Leah Stokes and Greg Dalton, the founder and co-host of Climate One, when Leah received the 2024 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication in December. And as a double feature, this episode also includes …

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Ep 159 | TGL Recap and McKibbin to LIV reaction + 2025 Predictions 57:21

1M ago57:21

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On the first podcast of the new year it's a full house as Peter, Ronan and Mark reflect on the inaugural staging of TGL in Florida. What worked, who shone and what needs to improve. Plus the lads react to the bombshell news that Tom McKibbin is set to sign a multi year deal with LIV Golf to join Jon Rahm's Legion XIII team. And Mark dishes out the …

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Making DERs work for load growth 40:21

1M ago40:21

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To meet AI-driven load growth utilities and big tech companies have been building — or reopening — big power plants. Georgia Power, for example, is planning to expand its fleet of natural gas plants. And Microsoft signed a deal last September to re-open Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear plant But could we meet a portion of that load growth w…

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Lithium’s wild ride 38:26

2M ago38:26

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If you’ve followed global lithium prices over the past few years, you know what a wild ride it’s been. Chinese spot prices shot to record highs in 2022 and then came crashing back down by 2024 — with big consequences for batteries and EVs that depend on the mineral. So what happened? And what could happen next, especially as EV sales have been slow…

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Drew Baglino on Tesla’s Master Plan 1:04:47

2M ago1:04:47

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Editor’s note: For the holiday break, we’re bringing you one of our most popular episodes of the year — a conversation about Tesla’s Master Plan 3 with Drew Baglino, who stepped down as the company’s senior vice president for powertrain and energy in April. Tesla’s Master Plan Part 3 lays out the company’s model for a decarbonized economy — and mak…

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Scaling low-carbon products with book and claim systems 37:48

2M ago37:48

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A mismatch between suppliers and buyers is making it hard to grow the supply of low-carbon products like cement, steel, and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). If you want to produce a product like SAF, you want to find the cheapest place to do it — someplace where there’s cheap, low-carbon hydrogen, for example. But the buyers who have the incentive …

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Cleaning Up Industry 35:54

2M ago35:54

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The industrial sector makes all of our physical stuff – the clothes we wear, the cars we drive, the buildings we live in, and much more. It’s also one of the biggest sources of U.S. climate pollution. In this episode of A Matter of Degrees, we bring on guest host Dr. Eric Masanet, world-leading industrial decarbonization expert, to break down how w…

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What went wrong at Northvolt? 39:15

2M ago39:15

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Northvolt’s ambition was to become a European batterymaker to rival Chinese battery behemoths like CATL and BYD. They wanted to offer a homegrown supply chain to western automakers. But in November, the company announced its bankruptcy. So what went wrong? In this episode, Shayle talks to Sam Jaffe, principal at 1019 Technologies. They walk through…

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How cyber attacks could threaten the energy transition [partner content] 23:46

2M ago23:46

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Security experts often say there are two kinds of companies. “There are those companies that have been hacked, and those that don't know that they are being hacked – especially when we look at the energy industry,” says Bilal Khursheed executive director of Microsoft's global power & utilities business. Khursheed works with companies to deploy digi…

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Explaining the 'Watt-Bit Spread' 42:59

3M ago42:59

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Every data center company is after one thing right now: power. Electricity used to be an afterthought in data center construction, but in the AI arms race access to power has become critical because more electrons means more powerful AI models. But how and when these companies will get those electrons is unclear. Utilities have been inundated with …

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The Questions We Ask Matter with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 39:15

3M ago39:15

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In this live episode of A Matter of Degrees, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson joined Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson for a conversation on Ayana’s new book, What If We Get It Right, Visions of Climate Futures. The need to build community and the imperative to imagine the futures we want are now more important than ever. These topics are at the heart of this dis…

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Frontier Forum: Why utilities should go big on VPPs 27:43

3M ago27:43

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In the next five years, Arizona Public Service estimates peak demand will grow by 40%. In order to meet that peak, the utility is increasingly turning to demand-side flexibility. A few years ago, APS started working with EnergyHub to experiment with smart thermostats as a resource to manage peak demand. The initial resource was modest – a few megaw…

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From biowaste to “biogold” 42:23

3M ago42:23

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Editor’s note: In honor of all the frying oil used this Thanksgiving, we’re revisiting an episode with Julio Friedmann, chief scientist at Carbon Direct, on the possibilities and perils of using biowaste for biofuels. Since it was published in June 2022, there has been increasing investment in biofuels from oil majors, especially for sustainable av…

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TEA breakdown: green ammonia and synthetic methane 42:26

3M ago42:26

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Shayle and his team at Energy Impact Partners (EIP) review a lot of climate-tech pitches. The best kind of pitch uses a solid techno-economic analysis (TEA) to model how a technology would compete in the real world. In a previous episode, we covered some of the ways startups get TEAs wrong — bad assumptions, false precision, focusing on parts inste…

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Ep 158 | Holywood script in Dubai + no pay no play? 58:47

3M ago58:47

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On this week's edition of the podcast Peter and Ronan dust off the cobwebs to digest a crowning weekend for Irish Golf. Rory McIlroy unlocked his Seve level of legendary status with a sixth Race to Dubai win while Tom McKibbin will get to sample Donald Trump's American dream after he booked his spot on the PGA Tour. It's another big week for Séamus…

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Getting heat pumps right 43:27

3M ago43:27

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Oh, the heat pump — a climate tech darling that still hasn’t hit the big time yet. One challenge for heat pumps is that the customer experience can be difficult, involving a complex installation process, poor installation jobs, and even technicians that don’t want to sell you one. What’s it going to take to get heat pumps right? In this episode, Sh…

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What the Election Means for Climate Policy 58:08

3M ago58:08

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The election is over, but climate progress doesn’t have to be. How can we continue to push for equitable climate policies and defend current investments in clean energy? What are the state and local avenues for addressing the climate crisis? In this live episode of A Matter of Degrees, Dr. Leah Stokes is joined by Adrian Deveny, the Former Director…

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Fixing the refrigerant problem 30:08

3M ago30:08

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The bad news: The refrigerants we use in air conditioners, fridges, and vehicles absorb hundreds to thousands of times more heat than carbon dioxide does. The good news: We’re in the middle of a global effort to replace them with lower impact alternatives. Will we replace them fast enough to hit climate targets? And in the meantime, can we prevent …

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Why climate tech startups get this one thing wrong 49:38

4M ago49:38

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This might be our wonkiest topic yet: Techno-economic analysis, or TEA. Before a startup proves its technology is commercially viable, it models how a technology would work. These TEAs include things like assumptions about inputs, prices, and market landscape. They help investors and entrepreneurs answer the question, will this technology compete? …

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The unexplored frontier of methane removal 42:49

4M ago42:49

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We capture concentrated methane emissions from point sources like dairy barns, landfills, and coal mines. Mitigating methane emissions is essential to hitting net-zero targets, but could we capture diluted gasses straight from the atmosphere, too? In this episode, Shayle talks to Dr. Gabrielle Dreyfus, Chief Scientist at the Institute For Governanc…

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Minnesota’s Climate Breakthrough 34:11

4M ago34:11

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On this episode of A Matter of Degrees, we tell the story of how a powerful grassroots movement, ambitious lawmakers, and Governor Tim Walz turned Minnesota into a climate leader. Then, we talk about using the Minnesota blueprint to make change everywhere else. It’s election season, but the federal government isn’t the only venue for climate action…

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Frontier Forum: An energy-first approach to data centers 27:08

4M ago27:08

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AI is enabling a multitude of solutions across power, industry, and transportation. But AI energy demands are increasingly stressing the electric grid — creating a bottleneck for growth and new challenges for clean energy supply. The mounting tension highlights the need for an energy-first approach to computing. Developer Crusoe is building AI infr…

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Ep 157 | Stuart Grehan - A New Path 52:55

4M ago52:55

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On this week's edition of the podcast we are joined by Stuart Grehan. Two weeks ago Stuart took the decision to retire from professional golf at the age of 31 and pursue a new career path as a financial consultant with DFP. On the pod he explains to Peter and Ronan how he came to the decision to move on from professional golf, the highs and lows of…

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The complex path to market for low-carbon cement 40:06

4M ago40:06

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Getting the construction industry to try a novel form of cement is like turning a giant ship. It’s hard to redirect the immense momentum behind existing ways of doing business, especially involving cement, the most energy-intensive ingredient in concrete. Industry insiders point to tight margins, concerns about messing with the ingredients that lit…

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Ep 156 | Tim Rice - The Strive for Perfection 47:43

4M ago47:43

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On this episode of The Irish Golfer Podcast, Peter sits down with PGA Professional Tim Rice after he claimed the season long Elavon Order of Merit. Tim reflects on a great season and shares his goals and dreams that he still wants to achieve in his constant strive for perfection with the game of golf.…

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Unpacking China’s cheap battery costs 47:08

4M ago47:08

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Chinese battery companies are manufacturing the cheapest cells in the world right now, and it’s not just because of cheap labor and state subsidies. They’ve streamlined the process in a way that has industry experts wondering how international competitors can ever catch up. In this episode, Shayle talks to James Frith, principal at the battery inve…

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Giving tribes a stake in the critical minerals boom [partner content] 18:17

4M ago18:17

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Tannice McCoy grew up in a mining family, but she never imagined herself in the mining business. Today she’s the president and general manager of NewRange Copper Nickel. Jenna Lehti never imagined herself in the mining industry either. She’s a member of the Bois Forte band of the Ojibwe tribe in Northern Minnesota, and grew up on a reservation adja…

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Ep 155 | iGolf reaction and what next for golf's peace deal post Dunhill Links?? 1:02:35

4M ago1:02:35

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On this week's edition of the podcast, we sit down to discuss to Golf Ireland's announcement of the iGolf scheme. Is it good, is it bad? What does this mean for golf clubs? Who will it benefit? The big power hitters from golf's merger deal were all on site at the Alfred Dunhill Links, how will this never-ending negotiation deal play out? It was als…

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Project 2025 30:11

5M ago30:11

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Project 2025 has been all over the news lately. But what exactly is this conservative playbook for the Federal government? And what does it mean for climate policy? This week, A Matter of Degrees dives into the Heritage Foundation's plan for the next conservative presidential administration. Just weeks away from a pivotal election, we lay out what …

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DAC’s bumpy road to commercial scale 42:54

5M ago42:54

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The world’s first large-scale, commercial direct-air capture (DAC) plants are coming online – or are about to. How soon will we see a boom in high-quality, durable DAC supply? In this episode, Shayle talks to Andreas Aepli, chief financial officer of Climeworks, the world’s largest provider of DAC. They talk about Climeworks’ challenges with its tw…

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Ep 154 | Presidents Cup debrief + Irish Q-School success 52:14

5M ago52:14

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We’re back! (Again) On this week’s edition of the podcast we discuss an electric President’s Cup that still came to its inevitable conclusion. Are the USA in good shape for next year’s Ryder Cup? We also discuss Tom McKibbin's progress with just 6 events to go on his DP World Tour season plus all the drama from the Irish at Stage 1 of DP World Tour…

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Ammonia: the beer of decarbonization 55:20

5M ago55:20

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Editor’s note: There’s some big money flowing into low carbon ammonia right now. Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a $1.56 billion conditional loan guarantee for Wabash Valley Resources, an Indiana low-carbon ammonia facility. In August, oil and gas producer Woodside Energy spent $2.35 billion on a low-carbon ammonia plant in Texas…

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The state of connected DERs [partner content] 19:39

5M ago19:39

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The U.S. and U.K. could see 500 gigawatts of distributed resources hitting the power system in the next few years. But after years of watching DERs grow quickly, utilities and grid operators are still figuring out how to utilize them. Are we finally reaching an inflection point? “When you move to a world where you have millions and millions of gene…

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Can AI revolutionize materials discovery? 39:05

5M ago39:05

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AI is working its way across climate tech, helping companies discover giant lodes of ore, catch battery defects, and monitor energy infrastructure. Could it help us find revolutionary new materials, too? Turns out, it’s complicated. In this episode, Shayle talks to Ekin Dogus Cubuk, or Dogus, a researcher focused on materials at Google DeepMind. De…

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The better mousetrap fallacy 46:49

5M ago46:49

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Deploy or innovate? Scale up an existing technology or develop a breakthrough? Build, build, build, or invent a better mousetrap? The question isn’t which strategy to follow; it’s which strategy to use in which sector. Virtually no one thinks that solar needs brand new tech breakthroughs to scale. Crystalline silicone took the lion’s share of the m…

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Ep 153 | Amgen Irish Open Preview 43:48

5M ago43:48

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On this weeks edition Peter & Ronan sit down in the Media Centre in RCD to discuss all from the Irish Open. One of the toughest tests in world golf awaits as the weather threatens to wreak havoc in Co. Down.

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The rise of climate adaptation tech 39:33

6M ago39:33

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Cutting emissions is essential to avoiding the worst of climate change, but we also have to deal with the impacts of climate change happening now. Fortunately, there’s a growing list of technologies that could help us adapt — and potentially turn a profit for investors, too. Will these emerging adaptation and resilience (A&R) technologies take off …

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