The Energy Collective podcasts

Webinar Replay: Can Shale Gas Global?

JesseJenkins — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:08:04 +0000

Webinar Replay: Energy Policy in the 113th Congress - A Look Ahead

HenryS — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:56:48 +0000

The bankruptcy of solar manufacturer and stimulus-loan recipient, Solyndra, sparked a national media firestorm and political debate over the role of government in funding emerging clean energy technologies.

Webcast Replay: Carbon Capture and the Climate Crisis

Henry Spethmann — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:00:12 +0000

On September 12, The Energy Collective explored with a panel of experts the potential of carbon capture, both in the form of the nascent direct air capture industry and the more traditional carbon capture taking place at fossil fuel power generation plants, to combat the rise of greenhouse gases and accelerating climate change. We hope you'll enjoy this crucial discussion in either podcast or video form below.

Energy Risk & the End of Coal?

HenryS — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:28:56 +0000

This Tuesday, we featured a fascinating panel discussing the risk of closing down several megawatts of coal fired power plants and instead relying on natural gas as a source for baseload power.

Please enjoy this webinar replay in both audio and video format.

Webcast Replay: Power Outages and Our Vulnerable Grid

Henry Spethmann — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:48:35 +0000

Please enjoy this webinar recording in either audio-only or video format. The slide material presented with the webinar is available for viewing and download here.

Webinar Replay: The Department of Defense and Energy Innovation

Henry Spethmann — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:46:59 +0000

Please enjoy this webinar replay in both audio and video format.

Audio Archive: Avoiding the Clean Tech Crash

Henry Spethmann — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:54:32 +0000

Enjoy the archive from this webinar in both audio and video format.

Audio Archive: Energy Storage and Renewable Power

Henry Spethmann — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:40:04 +0000

Energy Storage and Renewable Power:Is Storage a Solution to Renewable Intermittence and Grid Inefficiency?

Audio Archive: Unlocking the Next Energy Breakthroughs

Henry Spethmann — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:57:06 +0000

What technologies are at the cutting edge of energy innovation in 2012, and which ones show the most promise for helping us to establish a sustainable energy future and power our economy in the process? What are the respective roles of the public and private sectors in driving innovation in the space?

Audio Archive: The Future of Oil & Gas: Exploring New Innovation in Old-Fashioned Energy

Henry Spethmann — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:39:01 +0000

Thanks to everyone who listened to last week's The Energy Collective's webcast, which originally aired on January 27, 2012. For everyone who missed it, you can find the audio below, and explore the accompanying slide material.

Microgrids: Game Changing Solutions: An Audio Archive

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:49:57 +0000

The Smart Grid enables new business and operations models for the electricity supply chain. Microgrids offer great promise to embed new technologies in the distribution grid ranging from generation, energy storage, and intelligent consumption solutions.

Audio Archive: Growing Wind Power

EnergyCollective — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:38:47 +0000

What a great webinar this was! The conversation covered a range of topics, from the workforce needed to grow the wind industry, to hotspots of projected growth, to an onshore-offshore debate, to the perils of permitting. This was a great starting point for TEC as we seek to incorporate more coverage of this interesting power source.

Audio Archive: Fukushima and Nuclear Power

Amelia Timbers — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 02:27:15 +0000

Listen to The Energy Collective's panelists as they seek answers to questions raised after Fukushima and discuss nuclear power's role in our energy future. The panel covered topics as wide ranging as the carbon cost of countries' choice to abandon nuclear, what we know about future of nuclear policy internationally, and what to do about nuclear waste. If you missed this webinar live, make sure to listen to it here! Certainly one of the best webcasts TEC has held yet.

Audio Archive: Smarter Grid, Better Demand Response

admin — Mon, 09 May 2011 16:23:41 +0000

Most traditional systems for distributing electricity are severely limited by a mismatch between available power and fluctuating consumer demand for power. Often, this results in wasted energy during light load times, and insufficient power during peak times—in the worst cases, leading to brownouts and blackouts. The Energy Collective partnered with several experts in the field and asked the question, what will motivate consumers to adopt smart grid technology and how is the data used? Listen below...

Is Hydrogen A Bridge to Increased Renewables?

Amelia Timbers — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:22:19 +0000

At the Hanover Fair in Germany, I sat down with Dr. Jon Moore of Intelligent Energy, a UK firm that specialized in hydrogen fuel cells. I came to this conversation with a wind/solar/renewable policy background, and limited knowledge of hydrogen technology, except for being aware of criticism it receives from competing renewable energy advocates. Dr. Moore debunked many of these criticisms in the interview you can listen to below.

Audio Archive: The eMobility Challenge

admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:45:22 +0000

Electric vehicles offer a major opportunity for more energy-efficient transportation, as well as reduced dependency on carbon-producing fuels. However, the cars themselves are only half the solution. We must create a new charging infrastructure to get those cars the power they need. In this webcast, The Energy Collective explored the challenge and opportunity of widespread EV adoption. Our expert panelists discussed the various charging network options and their impact on the electric grid.

Audio Archive: Supply, Demand, and Revolution

EnergyCollective — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:00:00 +0000

Originally aired March 9th, 2011

Audio Archive: Energy in China

EnergyCollective — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:11:23 +0000

A big thanks to our moderator, Marc Gunther, and our panel, including Jesse Jenkins and Commissioner Carolyn Bartholomew. We had a great conversation with a lot of audience participation (see the questions below). You can listen to the webinar below or download for later!

Audio Archive: Natural Gas - Friend or Foe to Energy Sustainability?

EnergyCollective — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:23:13 +0000

On November 30th, The Energy Collective presented a live webinar on natural gas with our moderator, Marc Gunther, David Hone from Shell, and Geoff Styles from GSW Strategy Group, LLC. The panel talked about how natural gas is discovered, gathered, and used. You can listen to the archive (or download it for later) and check out the slide deck below.

Audio Archive: Beyond the Meter - The Next Smartgrid

EnergyCollective — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:45:10 +0000

The modernization of electrical grids presents an opportunity to improve the efficient use of energy through analytics of energy consumption data. Uses of this data can go well beyond efficiency and flexible pricing programs. Energy consumption data is a potential goldmine of knowledge about consumers. And this means that utilities, energy service providers, consumers, policy and regulatory representatives and vendors have interests in access, use, and storage of this data. This webinar, hosted by The Energy Collective, answered some of these questions and many others. Listen or download below!