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Aug 15 • Samuel R (Volts team)
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How to clean up beer brewing and other low-temperature industries
Teresa Cheng and Richard Hart join me to discuss how to decarbonize industries that run on industrial boilers, like beer and paper.
2 hrs ago • David Roberts
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How can Africa benefit from the critical-minerals rush?
Patrick Kipalu joins me to discuss how African nations can leverage their valuable critical minerals to benefit their own people.
Sep 19 • David Roberts
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39:47
Are we finally getting 3D-printed batteries?
Sakuu's Karl Littau joins me to discuss how 3D-printing is poised to make battery manufacturing cheaper and more adaptable.
Sep 17 • David Roberts
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Volts community thread #22
Open to all free & paid subscribers.
Sep 15 • David Roberts and Samuel R (Volts team)
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The debate over renewable energy certificates (RECs)
What does "100% renewable" really mean? A look inside the REC debate with Michael Leggett and Peggy Kellen
Sep 10 • David Roberts
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How inverters can stabilize a renewables-heavy grid
Daniel Duckwitz and Catarina Augusto explain how we can run stable electricity grids on inverter-based clean energy resources.
Sep 5 • David Roberts
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What's the deal with sodium-ion batteries?
Landon Mossburg on beating lithium-ion on cost and safety with a grid storage system that has no moving parts.
Sep 3 • David Roberts
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Climate philanthropy in a time of Trump
I get frustrated at liberals' refusal to fight, and take it out on Giving Green's Dan Stein of all people.
Aug 27 • David Roberts
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What does clean energy activism look like?
Bill McKibben and Jamie Henn join me to discuss a new vision for climate activism focused on celebrating and accelerating the global solar boom.
Aug 20 • David Roberts
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Volts community thread #21
Open to all free & paid subscribers.
Aug 18 • David Roberts and Samuel R (Volts team)
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Trump's latest attempt to save coal
Frank Rambo joins me to discuss the multi-billion-dollar utility practice of running expensive coal plants and the Trump administration's efforts to…
Aug 13 • David Roberts
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