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Interchange Recharged

Clean tech, green finance and energy innovation are the three lanes on the road to a successful global energy transition. At the intersection of these lanes is a place where ideas on finance, technology and policy are shared and debated. That intersection is Interchange Recharged.  

Sylvia Leyva Martinez, principal analyst at Wood Mackenzie, invites visionaries, entrepreneurs, policy-makers and energy analysts to explore the newest developments in renewable technology, explain the ideas on global energy policy that could accelerate the energy transition, and identify new funding and financial models that could solve the biggest challenges we face on the way to net zero.  

Sylvia and her guests bring you data and forecasts on clean technology, climate science, and offer predictions on the build out of utility-scale projects and the future of green finance. 

What impacts do the annual UN Conference of the Parties have on decarbonisation goals and climate change? What will COP30 bring? What’s happening in global EV adoption and development? What’s the forecast for solar energy, one of the major success stories of renewable energy in the last ten years? What does the data tell us about the future of hydrogen, of nuclear, or of low-carbon power?  These are examples of the insights and detailed analyses you can expect bi-weekly on Tuesdays at 7am ET.  


If you like The Energy Transition ShowCatalyst with Shayle Kann, The Big Switch from Columbia University, Open Circuit  with Jigar Shah or The Green Blueprint, you’ll enjoy Interchange Recharged. 

 

Want to get involved with the show? Reach out to [email protected] to: 

Bring Sylvia and Interchange Recharged to your event 

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Check out another leading clean tech global podcast by Wood Mackenzie, Energy Gang, at woodmac.com/podcasts/the-energy-gang 

Wood Mackenzie is the leading global data and analytics solutions provider for renewables, energy and natural resources. Learn more about Wood Mackenzie on the official website: https://www.woodmac.com/ 

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Meeting energy demand requires long-term solutions. What do they look like?

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The energy analysts' view on what’s ahead in 2025

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00:51:35  |   Tue 14 Jan 2025
Is US solar growth truly unstoppable?

Is US solar growth truly unstoppable?

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00:34:20  |   Tue 17 Dec 2024
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What does a second Trump term mean for US solar?

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00:32:50  |   Tue 03 Dec 2024
Can CCUS help achieve net zero?

Can CCUS help achieve net zero?

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00:41:01  |   Tue 19 Nov 2024
How can we ease stress on the grid?

How can we ease stress on the grid?

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00:44:20  |   Tue 05 Nov 2024
How are tariffs and trade policies impacting green energy growth in the US?

How are tariffs and trade policies impacting green energy growth in the US?

Global investment in renewables is projected to surpass US$2 trillion by 2030, with wind, solar and storage projects leading the way. Syliva Martinez, Principal Analyst at Wood Mackenzie is joined by…
00:30:14  |   Tue 22 Oct 2024
How the energy industry is solving issues with battery safety – part 2

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Part two of our analysis of safety developments for energy storage and batteries. Guest host Sylvia Leyva Martinez, Principal Analyst at Wood Mackenzie, joins us to explore the challenges and soluti…
00:41:53  |   Wed 09 Oct 2024
How can the industry improve battery and storage fire safety? - part 1

How can the industry improve battery and storage fire safety? - part 1

Exploring fire risk mitigation in the face of lithium-ion challenges. Battery and energy storage-related fires are still relatively rare, but when they do occur, they are challenging to manage due t…
00:49:39  |   Mon 23 Sep 2024
Innovative financing is needed to mobilise clean energy capital in developing countries. What could it look like?

Innovative financing is needed to mobilise clean energy capital in developing countries. What could it look like?

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00:43:24  |   Tue 10 Sep 2024
Is the industry taking the wrong approach to Scope 3 emissions reporting?

Is the industry taking the wrong approach to Scope 3 emissions reporting?

How can we reimagine Scope 3 in order to make faster progress? The intention of the original framing of Scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions reporting was to support business understanding of their broader impa…
00:35:31  |   Tue 27 Aug 2024
Green hydrogen may be less clean than we think

Green hydrogen may be less clean than we think

The Environmental Defense Fund wants changes made to the way the industry analyses hydrogen emissions data. A recent study from the Environmental Defense Fund asserts the energy industry is miscalcu…
00:33:21  |   Tue 13 Aug 2024
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Renewable propane is scaling up, but how far can we take it?

Over 50 million homes in the US use propane. Within a few years, anywhere from 100-300 million gallons of renewable propane are expected to be available for homes and the transport industry. By 2050,…
00:38:36  |   Tue 30 Jul 2024
To strengthen American competitiveness in energy, the DOE’s ARPA-E department is focusing on advanced nuclear

To strengthen American competitiveness in energy, the DOE’s ARPA-E department is focusing on advanced nuclear

The Department of Energy’s ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy) is an agency tasked with the research and development of advanced energy technologies. Since 2009, they’ve provided near…
00:42:43  |   Tue 16 Jul 2024
Out with lithium and nickel, in with salt and bricks?

Out with lithium and nickel, in with salt and bricks?

Demand for heating at industrial sites around the world is rising. How can demand be met sustainably? Think of energy storage, and what do you think of? Probably lithium and nickel. But what about s…
00:58:57  |   Tue 02 Jul 2024
Distributed energy storage is taking off

Distributed energy storage is taking off

5x growth in five years: Convergent energy is overseeing $1 billion worth of energy storage development. Managing intermittent energy supply is a crucial part of the energy transition. When the wind…
00:18:35  |   Wed 19 Jun 2024
The evolution of the solar industry in the US since 2021

The evolution of the solar industry in the US since 2021

The 2024 Solar and Energy Storage Summit has wrapped. What are the key takeaways? In the past three years there’s been a lot of advancement in solar deployment. We’ve seen technology develop and pol…
00:29:29  |   Tue 18 Jun 2024
Demand for solar power and energy storage is only going to increase. What’s the plan for meeting it?

Demand for solar power and energy storage is only going to increase. What’s the plan for meeting it?

Insight and analysis from the second day of the Solar & Energy Storage Summit 2024. Day 2 of the 2024 Solar and Energy Storage Summit and the conversation was still in full swing. We were there onc…
00:59:38  |   Fri 14 Jun 2024
Two years on from the IRA and the impact on solar and storage is clear

Two years on from the IRA and the impact on solar and storage is clear

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01:03:54  |   Thu 13 Jun 2024
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