Importance of battery storage depends upon the power grid

Markham interviews Dr. Nick Laws and his University of Texas at Austin co-authors' recently published a paper in the Science Direct journal argues that expanding distributed energy resources like rooftop solar and battery storage might reduce the strain on old power grids. 

Markham interviews Dr. Tilo Buehler, global product manager for Hitachi Energy's Grid Edge Solutions.

Markham interviews Betsy Agar, director of the Pembina Institute's buildings program, about British Columbia's recently announced clean energy strategy.

Markham interviews Alex Heil, senior economist at The Conference Board, about a new report, Smart Power: Will AI Spike Electricity Demand or Reduce It Through Efficiencies? 

Markham interviews David Schlissel, director of resource planning analysis for the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, about a new report, “Small Modular Reactors: Still too expensive, too slow and too risky.”

Markham interviews Brendan Frank, director of policy and strategy for Clean Prosperity, and lead author of the new report, Nuclear for a Net-Zero Canada.

Markham interviews lawyer Andrew Gage of West Coast Environmental Law about the Sue Big Oil campaign to launch a class action lawsuit against oil companies to force them to help pay for climate change adaptations required in communities across British Columbia.

Markham interviews Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association.

Markham interviews Stephen Ezell, Vice President, Global Innovation Policy, and Director, Center for Life Sciences Innovation at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.

Markham interviews energy economist and modeller Dr. Chris Bataille.Note: in the introduction, Markham incorrectly said that the Government of Canada commissioned the report. In fact it was the Government of Alberta.