Episodes
Reyad Fezzani discusses recent technological and business advances made by Chinese engineers and companies in relation to the clean energy sector with a particular emphasis on the solar photovoltaic industry. (March 3, 2010)
Published 03/15/10
Stephen Schneider, Professor of Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies at Stanford, and Karim Farhat, graduate student in Energy Resources Engineering at Stanford, discuss their experiences attending the COP15 climate summit. (February 24, 2010)
Published 03/08/10
Chris Llewellyn Smith discusses the advantages of fusion power for meeting the future energy needs of a still growing and modernizing world population with special emphasis on the technical challenges of tokamak fusion facilities. (February 17, 2010)
Published 03/03/10
Bert Metz discusses the implications of the poor results of the 2009 Copenhagen Summit along with his new book, Controlling Climate Change, which provides an unbiased and comprehensive overview of the latest findings of the IPCC. (February 10, 2010)
Published 02/23/10
Marija Ilic discusses applications of systems thinking and automation from computer engineering to the problem of sustainable electricity delivery services on a national grid level. (February 3, 2010)
Published 02/16/10
Suedeen Kelly discusses from a regulatory perspective the multi-layered complexities in reforming the large-scale electricity distribution infrastructure in the United States. (January 27, 2010)
Published 02/09/10
John Curtis discusses a broad range of perspectives on the state of U.S. shale gas reserves and resources along with the industries and technologies that are involved in extracting and bringing these energy resources to market. (January 20, 2010)
Published 02/01/10
Efran Ibrahim engages the rapidly evolving discussion around the Smart Grid by separating core issues involved in its development and implementation from hype and speculation. (January 13, 2010)
Published 01/25/10
John Weyant discusses global climate policy agreements in the context of the Copenhagen climate summit and explores what aspects of these agreements warrant modification or wholesale restructuring. (January 6, 2010)
Published 01/20/10
Published 01/20/10