Ep 125: Michael Skelly, Sr. Advisor at Lazard and Co-Founder of Horizon Wind Energy

In today’s episode, we cover:

• Skelly’s background and journey as a renewable energy entrepreneur.
• His formative experience in canopy tourism.
• The reasons and motives that drove Skelly to get into wind energy.
• His reflection on the Industrial Revolution.
• What has changed in renewable energy since he first began working in it.
• Texas’ experience with renewable energy.
• Skelly’s thoughts on existing nuclear energy power plants.
• The prospect of putting a price on carbon.
• The importance of transmission line infrastructure and the current impediments.
• Skelly’s experience running for Congress in Texas.
• The Green New Deal and its viability.
• The role of big fossil fuel companies in renewable energy.

Links to topics discussed in this episode:

• Clean Line Energy Partners: https://www.cleanlineenergy.com/
• HBS Profile (with mention of Skelly’s experience in canopy tourism): https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=5899
• “Factfulness”: https://www.amazon.com/Factfulness-Reasons-World-Things-Better/dp/1250107814
• ERCOT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Reliability_Council_of_Texas
• Form Energy: https://formenergy.com/

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