23 episodes

How do we build a world with abundant, affordable, carbon-free electricity?
 
That’s the question at the heart of Good Clean Energy, a podcast featuring interviews with scientists, innovators and energy experts working to transform the energy ecosystem and tackle climate change.

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    • Science
    • 4.9 • 19 Ratings

How do we build a world with abundant, affordable, carbon-free electricity?
 
That’s the question at the heart of Good Clean Energy, a podcast featuring interviews with scientists, innovators and energy experts working to transform the energy ecosystem and tackle climate change.

    Why we need to electrify everything in our homes, with Rewiring America’s Stephen Pantano

    Why we need to electrify everything in our homes, with Rewiring America’s Stephen Pantano

    Roughly 42% of energy-related carbon emissions come from households—our cars, water heaters, furnaces, dryers, cooktops and where we get our energy. Stephen Pantano, head of Market Transformation for Rewiring America, joins Good Clean Energy to explain how replacing fossil-fueled machines at home with electric ones is a critical and achievable strategy for reaching net zero emissions in the U.S. Covered in this episode:[2:30] The mission of Rewiring America[4:02] “The perfect household i...

    • 33 min
    U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry unveils an international fusion plan at COP28

    U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry unveils an international fusion plan at COP28

    At COP28, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry announced a major fusion strategy for the world. Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz joins Good Clean Energy from Dubai to break down this White House plan to bring fusion to market as fast as possible. For a full transcript, head to the episode page.Listen and Follow 'Good Clean Energy' on Apple Podcasts Listen and Follow 'Good Clean Energy' on Spotify

    • 16 min
    How to tackle cement's massive CO2 problem, with Sublime Systems' Leah Ellis

    How to tackle cement's massive CO2 problem, with Sublime Systems' Leah Ellis

    Cement accounts for 8 percent of global CO2 emissions. The production of one ton of Portland cement — the kind most commonly used — results in one ton of CO2 released into the atmosphere. And since cement is exceptionally cheap and the most massively produced man-made material in the world, those emissions are going to grow. “In a do-nothing scenario, emissions from cement are projected to increase 50 percent between now and 2050,” says Dr. Leah Ellis, co-founder and CEO of Sublime Syst...

    • 31 min
    On a mission to eliminate legacy carbon emissions, with Carbon180’s Anu Khan

    On a mission to eliminate legacy carbon emissions, with Carbon180’s Anu Khan

    Anu Khan, Deputy Director of Science and Innovation at the nonprofit Carbon180, joins Good Clean Energy to discuss the ins and outs of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.Throughout the industrial era, we’ve emitted roughly 2 trillion tons of carbon dioxide, 1 trillion of which is still in the atmosphere today and is going to continue to cause warming for an extended period of time. Most of that warming is caused by the burning of fossil fuels for energy, and reducing emissions is cru...

    • 37 min
    Solving today’s biggest challenges facing EVs, with TAE Power Solutions CEO Kedar Munipella

    Solving today’s biggest challenges facing EVs, with TAE Power Solutions CEO Kedar Munipella

    What are the biggest challenges to widespread adoption of electric vehicles? Cost, range anxiety and charge time. Kedar Munipella, CEO of TAE Power Solutions, joins the show to talk about how his company solves for all that. Working with a radical new approach to power distribution, battery performance is optimized and charge time is reduced. That, in turn, will make EVs less expensive.For show notes and a full transcript, head to the episode page.Listen and Follow 'Good Clean Energy' o...

    • 33 min
    How to decarbonize manufacturing using really hot bricks, with Rondo Energy's John O'Donnell

    How to decarbonize manufacturing using really hot bricks, with Rondo Energy's John O'Donnell

    Industrial heat accounts for 25% of global energy consumption to make products ranging from steel to cement to paper and so many other things you've probably never thought about. It’s a huge chunk of our climate problem — and it’s uniquely hard to decarbonize. That’s where John O’Donnell’s company, Rondo Energy, steps in. Rondo is using hot bricks to store energy as heat. And since industrial processes need energy in the form of heat anyway, it’s a no-brainer. “It happens to be the world’s mo...

    • 38 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
19 Ratings

19 Ratings

Jessiewren18 ,

Window into the future

Fusion is definitely the future of green energy and this is such an accessible and wide-ranging way to learn about it! Highly recommend

mattdoherty83 ,

Eye opening

So many smart people are inventing and figuring out energy but we seem way off on where we need to go

seahawks2002 ,

Highly recommend

Great guests who really help you understand the big energy problems we face

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