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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 

Be a guest on the show 

Sponsor an episode 

Ask a question to Sylvia or one of our guests 

 

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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Energy-Themed Game Show: Would I Lie to You?

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The State of Carbon Capture, Removal and Utilization

The State of Carbon Capture, Removal and Utilization

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00:40:45  |   Fri 30 Oct 2020
The Carbon Hidden in Our Buildings

The Carbon Hidden in Our Buildings

When we talk about climate change on this show, and what causes it, we are usually talking about gases that come from vehicles or from the electricity sector.  But what about the built environment? …
00:38:59  |   Thu 22 Oct 2020
Making Sense of the DER Extravaganza

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00:32:25  |   Wed 14 Oct 2020
Will California’s Gas-Car Ban Boost America’s Flat EV Market?

Will California’s Gas-Car Ban Boost America’s Flat EV Market?

California plans to ban new internal-combustion vehicles by 2035. But are electric vehicles ready to take their place? We know that there are dozens and dozens more models of electric cars on the ma…
00:43:45  |   Fri 02 Oct 2020
California's Grab Bag of Climate Risks

California's Grab Bag of Climate Risks

In recent weeks, five million acres have burned across California, Oregon and Washington State -- killing dozens, displacing tens of thousands of people, and causing untold damage. In California, ov…
00:37:50  |   Fri 18 Sep 2020
The Cleantech SPAC Attack

The Cleantech SPAC Attack

The market for initial public offerings dropped way down this year. Or did it? There is a surge in activity in a different kind of IPO: a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. It’s also known…
00:36:11  |   Mon 14 Sep 2020
Demand Response and California’s Blackouts

Demand Response and California’s Blackouts

There are still questions about what exactly caused California’s blackouts during last month’s heat wave. We know that imports were down, natural gas plants tripped off line, and wind generation fell…
00:38:48  |   Mon 07 Sep 2020
Why Trump’s Energy Dept Squashed a Supergrid Report

Why Trump’s Energy Dept Squashed a Supergrid Report

This week: how an innocuous grid-modeling project became a threat to Trump’s efforts to save coal -- and then languished inside the Department of Energy. It’s one of many pieces of research that hav…
00:22:16  |   Fri 28 Aug 2020
The Wild World of ESG

The Wild World of ESG

Before the pandemic, one of the biggest news stories of the year was BlackRock’s decision to make climate risk a central part of its investment strategy. This isn’t your average family office; this i…
00:30:49  |   Fri 21 Aug 2020
The 'Climatetech' Hype Cycle: Buy, Sell or Hold?

The 'Climatetech' Hype Cycle: Buy, Sell or Hold?

We’re constantly going through waves of hype in different energy sectors: flexible solar panels, vertical-axis wind, electric planes, vehicle-to-grid, the smart home, blockchain. Some are real, some …
00:41:53  |   Thu 13 Aug 2020
The Summer of Battery Storage

The Summer of Battery Storage

We may be facing one of the worst economic downturns in American history, but it hasn’t stopped the surge in battery storage development. We’re constantly hearing the phrase “world’s largest” or “re…
00:36:18  |   Fri 07 Aug 2020
Cleantech Venture Capital in a Pandemic

Cleantech Venture Capital in a Pandemic

The world looked bleak for startups in the spring.  According to figures from Crunchbase, venture capital deals were down 44 percent from March to June compared with last year. Seed-stage deals took…
00:46:14  |   Fri 31 Jul 2020
How Covid Is Reshaping Urban Transportation

How Covid Is Reshaping Urban Transportation

Coronavirus is reshaping the way we move around. Will we emerge from this pandemic with smarter planning? Or will it dismantle already-weakened public transportation systems? When economies across t…
00:40:35  |   Thu 23 Jul 2020
The Next Solar Behemoth: Sunrun Buying Vivint

The Next Solar Behemoth: Sunrun Buying Vivint

Earlier this month, Sunrun, the largest residential solar company in the U.S., declared its intent to acquire Vivint Solar, the second largest installer. It’s an all-stock transaction that would valu…
00:44:46  |   Thu 16 Jul 2020
Is the 'Carbon Transparency' Era Coming?

Is the 'Carbon Transparency' Era Coming?

This week: is carbon transparency finally coming? Electronics maker Logitech became the most recent company to offer carbon labels on its products. Logitech CEO Bracken Darrell called carbon “the ne…
00:54:16  |   Fri 26 Jun 2020
Data Centers: The Epicenter of the Clean Energy Economy

Data Centers: The Epicenter of the Clean Energy Economy

There is a widely-held perception that data centers -- the giant facilities that hold networks of society’s supercomputers -- are an out-of-control energy suck. We’ve all seen headlines like this: “…
00:49:45  |   Fri 19 Jun 2020
The Strange Hype Around Nikola Motor

The Strange Hype Around Nikola Motor

A boisterous CEO who brags of “out-Eloning” Elon Musk; a reverse merger that makes a little-known fuel cell trucking company as valuable as Ford; and no actual cars or trucks in production. This wee…
00:37:38  |   Thu 11 Jun 2020
A ‘Just Transition’ for Fossil Fuel Workers

A ‘Just Transition’ for Fossil Fuel Workers

We use the term “energy transition” to define markets, technology, business models. But what about people? The transition away from fossil fuels isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s a must-have. The hardest p…
00:48:31  |   Fri 05 Jun 2020
Decarbonization Draft: The Corporate Raider Edition

Decarbonization Draft: The Corporate Raider Edition

Greed is good. At least, it’s good for decarbonization. This week on The Interchange podcast, we have a new edition of the fantasy decarbonization draft -- this one focused on acquiring and restruct…
00:41:54  |   Thu 28 May 2020
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