The Energy Transition Show with Chris Nelder Podcast
1) [Episode #65] – Climate Science Part 9 – Jet Stream
In this ninth part of our mini-series on climate science, we turn to one of the key suspects in extreme weather events we have experienced in recent years—the shifting shape of the North Atlantic jet ...Show More
2) [Episode #273] – Solar and Batteries Can Power the World
In the sunniest parts of the world, solar and batteries are already the cheapest way to build new power generation capacity on an unsubsidized full system cost basis, and that cost advantage is expand...Show More
3) [Episode #272] – Global Energy Crisis 2026
The attacks on Iran by US and Israel have touched off a regional conflict that has resulted in the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world's oil and LNG transits, and is doing ...Show More
4) [Episode #271] – China Update 2026
China's total CO2 emissions went flat and slowly started declining almost two years ago, but you probably wouldn't know it from reading the news about how its pipeline of coal power plant projects sur...Show More
5) [Episode #270] – View from the Energy Transitions Commission
Both the IEA and BNEF now project that current policies put us on track for roughly 2.5°C of warming. Some voices, like Daniel Yergin and Bill Gates, argue we should accept that trajectory and focus o...Show More
6) [Episode #269] – Trump’s War on the Energy Transition
In the first year of his second term, President Donald Trump waged an all-out war on the energy transition. His administration canceled hundreds of projects created under the Inflation Reduction Act, ...Show More
7) [Episode #268] – Activism 101
If you want to see the energy transition succeed where you live, you might want to get involved in some local advocacy campaigns, or even become an organizer yourself. But how? The energy and clima...Show More
8) [Episode #267] – Japan: Petrostate or Electrostate?
Depending on where you live, the energy transition might feel like it's stalling or accelerating faster than ever. Countries are sorting themselves into two camps: petrostates seeking to stay on the f...Show More
9) [Episode #266] – Global Electricity Review 2025 (Lagniappe edition)
Happy new year! To close out 2025, by popular demand, we're lifting the paywall on Episode #254, our comprehensive review of the state of the global energy transition with Ember's Nic Fulghum. This...Show More
10) [Episode #265] – IEA World Energy Outlook 2025
In November, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its annual World Energy Outlook (WEO) report. It was greeted with cheers from the fossil fuel industry and jeers from energy transitionistas...Show More