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Volts

Volts

299 Episodes • By David Roberts • www.volts.wtf/podcast
A newsletter, podcast, & community focused on the technology, politics, and policy of decarbonization. In your inbox once or twice a week.
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What's the deal with pumped-hydro energy storage?
In this episode, I talk with Erik Steimle of Rye Dev... more
Jan 22 2025 57m
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Assembling diverse resources into super-powered "energy parks"
I'm joined by Eric Gimon to discuss "energy parks" —... more
Jan 15 2025 1h 9m
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Organizing local support for clean energy projects
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Jan 8 2025 1h 9m
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Thermal energy networks are the next big thing
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Jan 1 2025 1h 22m
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The promise of residential VPPs
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Dec 20 2024 1h 8m
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Should we put utilities in charge of distributed energy?
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Dec 18 2024 1h 53m
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Time to stop taking hydropower for granted?
In this episode, I speak with Malcolm Woolf and Conn... more
Dec 13 2024 1h 2m
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Can we avoid the enshittification of clean-energy tech?
In this episode, I chat with author Cory Doctorow ab... more
Dec 11 2024 1h 37m
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Climate change and insurance: a growing fustercluck
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Dec 4 2024 1h 6m
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Checking in on local and state climate races
In this episode, I talk with Caroline Spears of Clim... more
Nov 27 2024 55m
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Electrifying big trucks
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Nov 22 2024 1h 11m
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Dan Savage on blue America in the age of Trump
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Nov 20 2024 1h 9m
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Residential solar is becoming residential solar + storage + VPP
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Nov 13 2024 48m
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How railroads could boost the US energy transition
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Nov 6 2024 1h 13m
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How is electrification going?
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Nov 1 2024 52m
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Tying utility profits to actually doing a good job
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Oct 23 2024 1h 2m
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The Department of Energy has gotten serious about technology commercialization
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Oct 16 2024 1h 4m
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Digging into one of this year's most important-but-overlooked clean energy elections
In this episode, Ylenia Aguilar joins me to discuss ... more
Oct 11 2024 51m
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What Allison Clements thinks about the grid
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Oct 9 2024 1h 10m
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What's the deal with the Texas Railroad Commission?
In this episode, I explore the controversial Texas R... more
Oct 4 2024 59m
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A closer look at Pennsylvania, the swingiest of swing states
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Oct 2 2024 56m
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A new way to retrofit old buildings ... from the outside
In this episode, I geek out with David Goldstein, fo... more
Sep 25 2024 1h 10m
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How the Biden investments are changing America
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Sep 18 2024 1h 1m
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A tool that enables solar-first home electrification
California homeowners face a complex puzzle in decar... more
Sep 13 2024 50m
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This new organization wants to remake PUCs for the energy transition
Public utility commissions (PUCs) wield enormous inf... more
Sep 11 2024 1h 13m
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