Rethink Energy Podcast

Rethink Energy Podcast 46: Peter Kelly Detwiler talks EV grid participation, Rethink Energy releases Green Steel report

In this episode the Rethink Energy Team is joined by highly experienced renewables journalist Peter Kelly Detwiler to discuss the future of EVs and their on-grid participation. We also cover Rethink Energy's latest report covering the hydrogen transition which the global steel industry is about to embark on, the US startup Breeze which plans to use pipelines as compressed-air energy distribution, The US' budding plans to develop its own solar manufacturing industry, and the marine energy startup Eco Wave Power.

Rethink Energy Podcast 45: Big oil considers divestment from the Permian Basin

In this episode the Rethink Energy Team discusses the looming mass low-price selloff of Permian Basin oil assets, how the latest monthly EV sales figures from Europe surpass even our forecasts, our Spain country profile, The "B3W" Build Back Better World initiative to mobilize $40 trillion of private finance from the West for the energy transition, the UK Climate Change Committee's milquetoast criticisms of the government, kWhAanalytics' update to the expected degradation of solar projects, and on-site spiral welding enabling larger wind turbines to be erected unhampered by transportation size limits.
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Rethink Energy Podcast 44: 30 GW solar in Q1 worldwide

In this episode the Rethink Energy Team discusses an estimated 30 GW of soalr installed worldwide in Q1, a new wind power technology with five times the generation density per square kilometer, the pressure Royal Dutch Shell is coming under to decarbonize, and EV maker Lordstown's continued woes.

Rethink Energy Podcast 43: Mercedes-Benz invests in green steel via hydrogen

In this episode the Rethink Energy team discusses Mercedes-Benz's investment in green steel, Vietnam's 5.4 GW pipeline of wind to be built in 2021, Brazil's drought and the related issues of hydropower and the rainforest, and NREL's energy storage predictions for the US.

Rethink Energy Podcast 42: Icelandic floating offshore wind to send power 1,000 kilometers to UK

In this episode the Rethink Energy team discusses the multi-GW floating offshore wind platforms to be built in Icelandic waters, Malta Inc's thermal pumped energy storage, how Mexico's turn against renewables may be set in stone in the midterm elections this week, and how we expect oil consumption to reach its second peak in 2031, having never fully returned to 2019 numbers.

Rethink Energy Podcast 41: IEA embraces the energy transition with massive forecast

In this episode the Rethink Energy Team discusses the UK's post-EU carbon market, the IEA's report forecasting even more renewable energy than we expect, India's anti-dumping probe against almost all solar cells used in the country last year, the latest accusations of forced labor against the Chinese polysilicon industry, and Algeria's stagnant energy policy.

Rethink Energy Podcast 40: Biden Admin approves 800 MW Vineyard offshore wind project

In this episode the Rethink Energy Team discusses the Biden Administration's approval of the 800 MW Vineyard Wind offshore wind project, the IEA's minerals report, the likelihood of Europe reaching a mooted 20 GW solar manufacturing capacity, Ocean Sun's floating solar in Colombia, the Colonial Pipeline hack, and Vietnam's 6% cut to coal generation in 2021 even as its demand grows.

Rethink Energy Podcast 39: Will US oil majors use recovering prices to invest in renewables?

In this episode the Rethink Energy Team discusses: how US oil majors are more concerned with paying down debt, dividends or share buybacks than with the energy transition; a 17 GW set of five solar projects in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang; Chile's potential as a hydrogen giant; and the implications of rocketing steel prices.

Rethink Energy Podcast 38: US government‘s $8 billion for transmission upgrades

In this episode the Rethink Energy Team discusses $8 billion in US government funding for transmission infrastructure, the oil majors' results and the implication for their renewables investments, China's last-minute attendance at the Climate Summit, and vertical-axis wind turbines.

Rethink Energy 37: Producing hydrogen without an an electrolyzer?

In this episode the Rethink Energy team discusses a new hydrogen production process that uses solar power directly without electrolysis, the Earth Day Summit and international climate targets, China's 30 GW five-year energy storage ambitions, and some pro-gas bills in the aftermath of the February Texas powercut, and our upcoming Steel Report forecasting global demand and decarbonisation.