United Kingdom
also referred to as: uk
9 statements across 7 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Dec 23, 2021 by Dr. Scott Hsu · said 80 times in 38 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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brought up most by Nick Woolley (12), Shayle Kann (9), Stephen Lacey (7), Charlotte Johnson (6), Michael Dunne (5), Dr. Michael Webber (5), Julio Friedmann (4), Varun Sivaram (2)
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2026 13 mentions in 5 episodes 3 per episode
- How China is reshaping the global auto market
- Battery booms and the rise of flexibility [partner content]
- Surprising trends in global electricity generation
- The rise of grid power electronics with Drew Baglino
- A ‘rain delay’ for the energy transition [partner content]
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2025 11 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
- Calibrating hype with Akshat Rathi
- Serving data center load with carbon capture
- Unpacking DOE's proposal to transform data center interconnection
- How insurance can narrow the valley of death [partner content]
- The U.S. nuclear groundswell
- Catalyst Live at SF Climate Week
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2024 17 mentions in 8 episodes 2 per episode
- The state of connected DERs [partner content]
- How an obscure, 100-year old law is disrupting U.S. energy
- Sourcing biomass for carbon removal
- DAC’s bumpy road to commercial scale
- CO2 utilization
- More 2024 trends: ESG, carbon certifications, curtailment, and AI
- What’s really happening in the U.S. EV market?
- 2023 climate tech venture investment trends
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2023 27 mentions in 9 episodes 3 per episode
- EV charging on both sides of the pond
- The food-energy nexus
- Four ways to store sunlight
- Update: What the new Treasury rules mean for EV supply chains
- The cost of nuclear
- Beaming 24/7 solar… from space
- The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry
- What the new Treasury rules mean for EV supply chains
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2022 10 mentions in 8 episodes 1 per episode
- Advance market commitments to decarbonize heavy industry
- Columbia Energy Exchange: Will Putin’s Energy Strategy Backfire?
- Solving the conundrum of industrial heat
- Unpopular solar opinions, 2022 edition
- What’s holding up hydrogen in Europe?
- How to Save a Planet: Spark Tank! How Do We Solve the Energy Storage Problem?
- Will this carbon market boom be different?
- Will advanced reactors solve nuclear's problems?
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2021 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
Everything said about United Kingdom, oldest first
Dec 23, 2021
Hsu: The UK's JET tokamak achieved 70 percent instantaneous fusion power
“The record is held by the JET device in the UK, which is, has achieved about 70%, but I think it's important to, again, clearly define that this is the fusion, instantaneous fusion power is, has been about 70% of the heating power at that moment.”
Sep 8, 2023 negative
Nov 30, 2023
Feb 1, 2024 positive
Cantor: US is second in EV volume behind China; major European markets hit 25-30% share
“Because the U.S. In terms of absolute market Sales was second after China, which is awesome. But if you look at Europe, you're seeing more in that 25% to 30% for UK, Germany, France, the major markets in Europe.”
Sep 24, 2024 neutral
Johnson: UK needs 200 GW of new flexible capacity by 2050
“The UK has a similar number that national gridders put out for, I think it's 20 50, which is around 200 gigawatts of dispatchable capacity. And that sounds huge. And when you think about the amount they have today, they've got about 50 to 60 gigawatts today. 8…”
Sep 24, 2024 bullish
Sep 24, 2024 bullish
Oct 30, 2025 positive
Norris: UK Curtailable Connections Program Compensates Customers for Excess Curtailment
“The UK has this whole curtailable connections program, and they actually remarkably, if they end up curtailing either the generator to the load more than what their sort of guarantee says, that they actually compensate the customer.”
Jun 4, 2026 bullish
Fulgham: Global solar generation increased by 636 TWh (30%) in 2025
“Solar has really had a standout year in 2025 increased by 636 terabyte hours. So that's twice the size of the UK's annual electricity demand. Huge amount of additional electricity globally that's coming from solar. And the really interesting trend that we foun…”