Energi Talks

Journalist Markham Hislop interviews leading energy experts from around the world about the energy transition and climate change.

From bad to worse: Canada's labour productivity crisis

Markham interviews TD senior economist James Marple about his new report, From Bad to Worse: Canada’s Productivity Slowdown is Everyone’s Problem.

09-24
41:20

Role of incumbents in the British Columbia hydrogen sector

Markham interviews Orland Clark, graduate student in the Department of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick, about his thesis, which examines the role of incumbent companies in the development of the BC hydrogen industry. Thesis title: "Hydrogen and the Carbon Trap: Hydrogen Coalitions and the Feedback Effects of the BC Hydrogen Strategy." 

09-24
38:37

Can legacy automakers successfully pivot to EVs?

Markham interviews Flavio Volpe, head of the Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association.

09-24
49:53

British Columbia needs an energy plan, stat

Markham interviews Jessica McIlroy, manager of Pembina Institute's’s buildings program, about Pembina Institute new report, A Clean, Resilient Future: Recommendations for Advancing British Columbia’s Net-Zero Energy Economy, which outline a roadmap for the province to build a cleaner economy. 

09-19
35:24

Solar is taking over the world

Markham interviews Andries Wantenaar of UK-based Rethink Technology Research.

09-19
22:42

China leads now, but US will dominate electric heavy equipment

Markham interviews Pranav Jaswani, technology analyst with UK-based IDTechX.

09-17
28:59

Auke Hoekstra on the global clean energy transition: It's now inevitable

Markham interviews Auke Hoekstra, energy transition researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology, where he founded the NEON research program.

09-13
40:08

Canada's EV strategy failing consumers and automakers

Markham interviews Joanna Kyriazis of Clean Energy Canada.

09-12
39:11

Is the University of Alberta a 'petro-university'?

Markham interviews University of Alberta professor Laurie Adkin, whose scholarship includes “Petro-Universities and the Production of Knowledge for the Post-carbon Future,” in How Corporate Power Blocks Energy Democracy,” edited by William Carroll.

09-11
58:01

Energi Talks Live! with Gil McGowan, Alberta Federation of Labour

Markham interviews Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, about workers and the energy transition. Gil also took questions from the audience.

09-10
01:15:39

Clean energy innovation in China

Markham interviews Anders Hove, a member of the China Energy Research Programme at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, about his new study, “Clean energy innovation in China: fact and fiction, and implications for the future.”

09-10
48:48

Tesla's Cybertruck: polarizing look but solid technology?

Markham interviews US News’ expert automotive reviewer Zach Doell.

09-05
24:03

Only $50,000 AER penalty for a major oil sands leak?

Markham interviews public interest lawyer Drew Yewchuk.

08-30
48:45

What's it like to sit around the table writing the US Inflation Reduction Act?

Markham interviews Leslie Chang, one of the Inflation Reduction Act authors and director of strategy and policy for Caelux, a California-based solar startup. 

08-30
45:34

100% tariffs on Chinese EVs a 'blunt instrument'

Markham interviews economist Dr. Chris Bataille.Related links:1. Canada implementing measures to protect Canadian workers and key economic sectors from unfair Chinese trade practices - August 26, 2024 news release2. What if all the cars in the world are made in China? With Michael Dunne - Episode 3353. Should Canada slap 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs? - Episode 326

08-27
24:54

China, US industrial policies and global energy transition competition

Markham interviews Dr. Zoe Liu about her Foreign Affairs article titled, “China’s Real Economic Crisis: Why Beijing Won’t Give Up on a Failing Model.” She is the Maurice R. Greenberg Fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of “Sovereign Funds: How the Communist Party of China Finances Its Global Ambitions.”

08-15
46:41

Alberta renewables moratorium and lost local govt tax revenue

Markham interviews  Jordan Dye, executive director of the Business Renewables Centre-Canada, which released a report that calculated the cost of the Alberta government’s wind and solar moratorium for municipal tax revenues.

08-09
24:10

Canada's high-GHG chemical industries risk becoming uncompetitive

Markham interviews Oliver Sheldrick of Clean Energy Canada about his report, Catalyzing Change: Why Canada Needs a Roadmap to Net-zero Chemistry.

08-02
41:06

Robo-taxis, autonomous freight trucks not far off

Markham interviews Dr. James Jeffs of UK-based IDTechX about his new report, “Autonomous Trucks 2024-2044: Technologies, Trends, Forecasts.”

08-01
29:17

After Jasper: How AI can help reduce wildfires

Markham interviews Bryan Spear, the CEO of Technosylva, whose company works with fire agencies and some of America’s biggest utilities to better monitor and forecast weather and wildfire risk scenarios.

08-01
31:44

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