Ranked #1
Grid Operator PJM Talks Details of Energy Price Formation
Grid Operator PJM Talks Details of Energy Price Formation
The Energy Department’s proposal to shore up coal and nuclear power plants could undermine the very foundations of compe... Read more
12 Dec 2017
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37mins
Ranked #2
Advancing Energy Storage
Advancing Energy Storage
New energy storage technologies are increasingly connecting to the electric grid, but it’s not clear that current rules ... Read more
30 Jan 2017
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29mins
Ranked #3
Can Nuclear Bailouts and Electricity Markets Coexist?
Can Nuclear Bailouts and Electricity Markets Coexist?
Recent financial bailouts of nuclear reactors in New York and Illinois highlight the conflict between states’ environmen... Read more
26 Jun 2017
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43mins
Ranked #4
U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Arrives
U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Arrives
After a decade of false starts, the U.S. offshore wind industry is poised for real growth. The Chief of the U.S. Bureau ... Read more
24 Jul 2018
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24mins
Ranked #5
Distributed Energy: Utilities' Existential Challenge?
Distributed Energy: Utilities' Existential Challenge?
Distributed energy technologies like rooftop solar are eating away at electric utilities’ business. Can utilities adapt,... Read more
28 Mar 2017
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25mins
Ranked #6
Are 100% Renewable Energy Targets Realistic?
Are 100% Renewable Energy Targets Realistic?
A number of states are pushing legislation that would require 100% renewable energy supply. But challenges ranging from ... Read more
31 May 2018
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33mins
Ranked #7
The Economics of Climate Change
The Economics of Climate Change
How much should countries spend today to avoid climate change impacts that may be far into the future? A renown economis... Read more
29 May 2017
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25mins
Ranked #8
What’s the FERC, and How is it Shaping Our Energy Future? (Part 1)
What’s the FERC, and How is it Shaping Our Energy Future? (Part 1)
Former FERC Commissioner Colette Honorable explains the work of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and its often ... Read more
30 Apr 2019
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41mins
Ranked #9
Distributed Energy's Wholesale Opportunity
Distributed Energy's Wholesale Opportunity
Owners of rooftop solar could soon begin selling power into wholesale electricity markets, the traditional domain of big... Read more
14 Nov 2017
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29mins
Ranked #10
Envisioning a Low Carbon, Lowest Cost Grid
Envisioning a Low Carbon, Lowest Cost Grid
Today's electric grid will need to be reimagined to deliver carbon-free power. MIT's Jesse Jenkins talks about what a de... Read more
30 Jan 2018
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46mins
Ranked #11
How U.S. LNG is Changing the Global Gas Market
How U.S. LNG is Changing the Global Gas Market
In 2016 the first shipment of U.S. liquefied natural gas left by tanker from a terminal on the Gulf coast. In the year s... Read more
28 Feb 2017
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29mins
Ranked #12
The Path Forward for Grid Electricity Storage
The Path Forward for Grid Electricity Storage
Battery storage will play a central role in decarbonizing the nation’s electric grid, yet the rules by which batteries w... Read more
15 Oct 2019
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22mins
Ranked #13
200 Years of Energy History in 30 Minutes (And What We Might Learn for the Future)
200 Years of Energy History in 30 Minutes (And What We Might Learn for the Future)
The current energy transition is fraught with economic and social implications, not to mention abundant political squabb... Read more
19 Mar 2019
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34mins
Ranked #14
Debunking the "War on Coal"
Debunking the "War on Coal"
The Trump Administration has blamed the decline in America’s coal industry on a regulatory “war on coal.” Yet investor r... Read more
9 Oct 2019
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40mins
Ranked #15
The Airline Industry Eyes its Carbon Footprint
The Airline Industry Eyes its Carbon Footprint
The airline industry accounts for two percent of global carbon emissions, and emissions are likely to increase as the po... Read more
19 Jan 2017
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35mins
Ranked #16
Carbon Capture's Clean Coal Ambition
Carbon Capture's Clean Coal Ambition
Carbon Capture and Storage has the potential to dramatically reduce the carbon emissions from the burning of coal. Yet t... Read more
15 May 2017
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31mins
Ranked #17
Distributed Energy's Cyber Risk
Distributed Energy's Cyber Risk
As distributed energy grows, so does cyber risk to the grid. Two energy security experts discuss solutions. --- In recen... Read more
30 Apr 2018
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34mins
Ranked #18
Rethinking Global Emissions Trading
Rethinking Global Emissions Trading
The Environmental Defense Fund's chief economist discusses a plan that leverages international cooperation to achieve am... Read more
26 Nov 2019
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27mins
Ranked #19
Where Coal Mining Brings Environmental Benefits
Where Coal Mining Brings Environmental Benefits
Can tightly regulated coal mining help undo decades worth of environmental damage caused by the coal industry? A Pennsyl... Read more
18 Sep 2017
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34mins
Ranked #20
Vox’s David Roberts on Energy, Climate, and the Media
Vox’s David Roberts on Energy, Climate, and the Media
Vox writer David Roberts weighs in on the media’s role in shaping views on energy and the environment.---Vox Media’s Dav... Read more
27 Nov 2018
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37mins