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Grid Talk Podcast

Award winning energy journalist Marty Rosenberg shares insights from electric industry experts on emerging technology and trends for powering our lives. We highlight how the electrical grid is changing faster and more dramatically than ever. Grid Talk is part of the Voices of Experience Initiative sponsored by the DOE Office of Electricity’s Advanced Grid Research division.

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    From America to Germany - The Race to Climate Neutrality

    Germany and Europe are somewhat envious of the massive federal spending now underway in America to ready the grid and the energy economy to combat climate change. That’s according to Simon Müller who is one of Europe’s leading thinkers on the future of energy and sustainability. As the director of the think tank Agora Energiewende, he took time to explain his views on the Department of Energy’s Grid Talk Podcast.“When it comes to the buildout of renewable energies actually what we see in...

    29 min

  2. 4 SEPT

    Nevada Utility and Google Strike Innovative Green Accord

    NV Energy and Google have pioneered new utility regulatory policy to help the tech company’s move to power its data center with renewable and green energy.In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg interviews Doug Cannon, President and CEO of NV Energy. Google executives say the agreement could be a template for similar pacts with utilities around the country. Higher revenues from new fee structures will be used to fund new geothermal generation resources in Nevada. “We real...

    29 min

  3. 19 AUG

    Google Hopes to Hasten Clean Energy Revolution

    Google’s data centers consume an enormous amount of electricity. That’s prompted the information giant to proactively engage in the accelerating energy revolution. From Nevada to North Carolina and many points between, it is gearing up to power the Artificial Intelligence wave by striking novel relationships with utilities and encouraging the transformation of energy regulation, state by state. That is the focus of this episode of Grid talk. Host Marty Rosenberg interviews Amanda Peterso...

    26 min

  4. 12 AUG

    TerraPower Aims to Trigger US Nuclear Rebirth

    TerraPower, fueled with $1 billion from Bill Gates, hopes to be first out of the gate with next generation nuclear projects that will complement and back up burgeoning renewable energy generation. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg interviews Chris Levesque who is president and CEO of TerraPower. The company is developing its 345-megawatt prototype. Ultimately, the units will be plugged in to the grid and replace generation at many coal-burning power plants. That wil...

    29 min

  5. 1 AUG

    Getting Smarter with Grid Design

    Massive investments to overhaul our aging power grid are underway, but it’s going to require significant planning to be successful.In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg sits down with Ron Ambrosio, an energy transformation professional, to talk about getting smarter and more deliberate how we plan for the future.“One of the key themes that we’re trying to educate the industry on is the importance of not just looking at forward incremental steps and design, but also the importance...

    29 min

  6. 20 JUN

    Hardening Puerto Rico - Transforming Our Grid

    In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Shay Bahramirad who is the vice president of T&D, strategy, and sustainability at LUMA and president of the IEEE Power & Engineering Society. The discussion focuses on rebuilding the grid in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in 2017 and how the world is pivoting to a new electric grid.Bahramirad is the point person helping to rebuild the grid in Puerto Rico and and go beyond what existed prior to Hurricane Maria. The ...

    28 min

  7. 10 JUN

    FERC Aims to Spur More Coordinated Transmission Buildout

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a new rule to better coordinate the massive buildout of new electric transmission systems. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg interviews Ari Peskoe who is the director of the Electricity Law Initiative at the Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program.FERC is trying to help pave the way to get a reported 11,000 wind, solar, and battery projects online. Right now, they are in limbo because of the lack of tr...

    29 min

  8. 24 MAY

    NGOs Pitch in to Achieve High Sustainability Goals

    Countries around the world are stepping up efforts to combat climate change but mountainous challenges loom. That’s according to the guest on the latest episode of Grid Talk.Host Marty Rosenberg speaks with David Waskow, director of International Climate Initiatives at the World Resources Institute. Waskow says non-governmental organizations (NGOs), are shoulder to shoulder with national governments’ stepped-up engagement.“We’re both making a lot of progress and have enormous challenges ...

    29 min
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Award winning energy journalist Marty Rosenberg shares insights from electric industry experts on emerging technology and trends for powering our lives. We highlight how the electrical grid is changing faster and more dramatically than ever. Grid Talk is part of the Voices of Experience Initiative sponsored by the DOE Office of Electricity’s Advanced Grid Research division.

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  • Creator
    DOE|Advanced Grid Research
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    95
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Grid Talk
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    Grid Talk

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