Clean Energy
topic on 6 shows · 22 statements across 21 episodes
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22 statements about Clean Energy, every show
Gil: 1970s Safety Lobby Killed Abundant Clean Nuclear Energy in the US
“We had a safety lobby in the seventies basically kill abundant clean energy for us, right?”
Burton: Clean energy investment will likely continue declining next year
“Overall, though, you know, when it comes to clean energy, certainly this year, you know, the last three years really have been declining. Overall dollars have declined, you know, each year, and this year is no exception, and it will probably be a similar thing…”
Lacey: State energy policy focus has shifted from decarbonization to affordability
“I think we're well beyond decarbonization. Certainly decarbonization is really important for many state leaders, but the affordability and economic growth issue is front and center, as you said.”
Lacey: Clean energy attracts nearly $3 trillion in annual investment
“Clean energy now attracts nearly three trillion dollars of investment every year.”
Only one company is delivering a 100MW firm clean project in 2026
“There is one company that's building a hundred megawatt firm clean energy project that's going to be delivered in twenty-twenty-six, and that's a geothermal company.”
Johnson: 95% of US interconnection queue is clean energy
“About 95% of the current interconnection queue is associated with clean energy of various kinds.”
AI clean energy efficiency gains outweigh data center power consumption
“Data centers use a lot of energy, but you'll have to use a lot of very dirty energy to compensate how much more efficient you can make the process of identifying Sites for clean energy.”
Hamilton: Clean energy accounted for 60% of US energy job growth
“They showed that U.S. Energy sector jobs grew three percent in 2023, which outpaces normal employment growth by 50%. And of those jobs, clean energy and Deployment counts for about 60% of those jobs. So they grow at a rate in clean energy of, like, almost five…”
Alperovitch: US leads China in AI and space, but loses badly in green energy
“Well, so on those three, we're winning in the on those four technologies, we're winning the first three. We're losing badly in energy across the board, right? They're dominating batteries. They're now dominating AVs. They're dominating wind and solar and nucle…”
India will export clean energy instead of importing fossil fuels by 2047
“हमारा लक्श अमृत काल में ये है जो मान्या प्रतान मंतरी जी ने कहा कि हम दोहजार सैंतालीस तक हम इमपोरट करने के बदले इनर्जी कलीन इनर्जी को एकसपोरट करेंगे So we'll be an exporter of clean energy rather than an importer of hundred and eighty billion worth of fossil fu…”
Domenech: Universal permitting reform benefits clean energy innovators most
“Republicans approach permitting as a, this should be across the board and fair for everyone. I say this as the person who negotiated the last permitting deal. We want to make this the most fair environment for every person who wants to build in America, which …”
Ramanathan: Grid may revert to polluting fuels if clean energy isn't accessible
“If the demand isn't met with clean energy, and if it isn't reasonably easy to meet it with clean energy I do worry that, you know, we'll revert to more polluting, a more polluting fuel stack just because it's easier to do”
LNG operators will actively undermine clean energy investment for decades
“These are projects that are going to take years to build and once they're built, they rely on streams of demand and markets for decades in order to make them profitable. And so they're going to be creating those markets. They're going to be doing everything th…”
Kimber: Energy-intensive businesses will reprioritize energy availability over decarbonization alone
“I do think a reprioritization around not just clean energy, but energy availability is coming for very, very energy intensive businesses generally.”
Microsoft pledges to remove data center diesel backup generators by 2030
“When we look out to 2030 we are committed to being carbon-free as a company, to removing diesel gensets from as a backup power source to our data centers, which by the way means we need a really, really, really reliable grid globally, like everywhere, and so w…”
Houser: National ambitions drive partisan climate rhetoric despite state-level bipartisan support
“There, elected officials from those states that have national ambitions will, if there's rewards to them politically at a national level, for taking a more partisan view on climate or clean energy then they'll probably do it, but at this, at the state level, t…”
Lacey: Clean Energy Is Only 5% of Global Oil Capex
“And even with windfall profits, clean energy only accounts for five percent of oil company capital expenditures globally.”
Beard: Next-gen geothermal is close to enabling baseload clean power globally
“And the idea that we could do that, and we're on the cusp of being able to do that, is, is a really amazing thought. Because literally then, you're talking about being able to place You know, regional geothermal power plants as a firm, reliable, weather-secure…”
Fossil and clean energy geopolitics will overlap for decades
“There's a multi-decade period where the old geopolitics of energy Are layered on top of the new geopolitics of clean energy, and we're going to have to address the risks, challenges, opportunities around both.”
Clean energy will reduce geopolitical influence by localizing power generation
“A clean energy world is, in many respects, going to reduce the geopolitical influence of energy, because it's inherently more local.”
Lacey: Build Back Better commits $555B to clean energy
“It pulls together five hundred and fifty-five billion dollars in investment to get vast amounts of clean energy built fast.”
Ma: Industry operators and family offices launch dedicated climate funds
“We're actually also seeing some, especially on the private side, some operationally focused managers who have spun out of industry, of strategics, and even some family offices who have been very active in certain areas like environmental sustainability and cle…”