Energy Nerd Show
Each week, Jeannie and Bruce will interview an energy nerd about what's been getting them psyched about energy!
Episodes
63 episodes
A Smarter, More Flexible Grid with the Demand Stack
In this episode, we speak with Neil Veilleux from Uplight. Neil shares how the demand stack can be used to create a better, more flexible grid. Episode 157 of the Energy Nerd Show.Links for more info on today's topic:Uplight: https:...
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Future Proofing Our Electric Grid with Grid Flexibility
In this episode, we speak with Jeremy McDiarmid from Advanced Energy United. Jeremy gives us a roadmap for what the future looks like for the electric grid and how grid flexibility will be important to keeping up with increasing electrical dema...
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The Groundbreaking Design Based High School that's Changing the World (NuVu)
On this episode, we visit NuVu High School to chat with students about their incredible projects. NuVu is an alternative learning model high school that teaches kids via a hands-on design studio approach. This project based learning helps stude...
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Responding to Your Heavy Machinery Electrification Comments! (w/RISE Robotics)
Blake Sessions from RISE Robotics answers your Beltdraulic questions at RISE's groundbreaking engineering lab. Blake demystifies RISE’s incredible new inventions that will replace dirty and inefficient hydraulics across the heavy machinery indu...
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Electrifying Heavy Machinery at RISE Robotics!
Hiten Sonpal from RISE Robotics gives us a tour of RISE's groundbreaking engineering lab. Hiten shows us the incredible new inventions that RISE is working on that will replace dirty and inefficient hydraulics across the heavy machinery industr...
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Why Utility Regulation Impacts Your Life Much More Than You Realize w/Charles Hua
Charles Hua from Powerlines.org shares how important public utility commissions are and why more people should care about their utility regulations if they're worried about their energy bill and where their energy comes from. Episode 152 of the...
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The Science Based Approach to Preparing for Climate Change in Boston w/ Paul Kirshen
Can Boston adapt to climate change? Paul Kirshen from the Stone Living Lab shares his philosophy on how cities will have to utilize adaptive management practices in order to prepare for the changing landscape that climate change will bring. Cit...
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Gas Utilities Need to Plan for Declining Sales w/Alice Napoleon
How will Natural Gas Utilities adapt to electrification? In order to keep rates reasonable, they'll need to make some big, calculated changes. Alice Napoleon shares what several different approaches will do for the industry. Episode 150 of the ...
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The Extremely Sustainable Lifestyle of a Sloth w/Lucy Cooke
Lucy Cooke is a zoologist, author and sloth expert. In this episode, Lucy shares how sloths can teach us a lot about sustainability and energy conservation. Episode 149 of the Energy Nerd Show.Visuals and links available at energynerdsh...
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Forests are Key to Solving Climate Change w/Dr. Bill Moomaw
Bill Moomaw shares the story of his career; convincing DuPont to change and help fix the ozone hole, pushing net negative GHG emissions, and pioneering a new type of sustainable forest management: proforestation. Episode 148 of the Energy...
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The History of Natural Gas and Oil in the US w/ Cutler Cleveland
Cutler Cleveland shares his new project "Visualizing Energy" and tells the story of the history of Natural Gas and Oil in the US. Episode 147 of the Energy Nerd Show.Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodesAudio on...
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Utilizing Alternative Interconnection for Fast and Cheap Green Energy
Sophie Schadler and Chelsea Mattioda from Synapse Energy Economics show us how utilizing surplus interconnection and generator replacement can allow for faster and cheaper energy projects. Episode 146 of the Energy Nerd Show.Visuals and...
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Human Centric Planning for Energy Projects (Distributional Equity Analysis)
Tim Woolf from Synapse Energy Economics shows us how using equity in a DEA can yield positive results when planning energy projects. Episode 145 of the Energy Nerd Show.Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodesAudio...
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The Electric Grid Can Handle Electrification: Here's why.
Kenji Takahashi from Synapse Energy Economics chats with us about a new Synapse report that explores whether the electric grid can handle electrification. Episode 144 of the Energy Nerd Show.Visuals and links available at energynerdshow...
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Adding 9 Gigawatts of Wind Power to New England
Shelley Kwok from Synapse Energy Economics chats with us about how adding wind power to New England could majorly reduce how much ratepayers spend on energy. Episode 143 of the Energy Nerd Show.Visuals and links available at energynerds...
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Electric Vehicles are Making Everyone's Electricity Cost Less
Sarah Shenstone-Harris from Synapse Energy Economics chats with us about how electric vehicles are putting downward pressure on energy rates. Episode 142 of the Energy Nerd Show.Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodes...
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Overcoming a Key Obstacle to Building Decarbonization
Kristin George Bagdanov explains how Gas Utilities' "Obligation to Serve" is a key barrier to overcome if we want to decarbonize our building stock. Episode 141 of the Energy Nerd Show.Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/e...
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An Awesome and Free Interactive Tool for Siting Solar in MA
Ellen Carlson from Synapse Energy Economics shares the new free, interactive tool for evaluating solar siting in Massachusetts. Episode 140 of the Energy Nerd Show.Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodesAudio only...
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Cracking the Gasoline Code (How Superusers are the Key to Fighting Emissions)
Matthew Metz and Rob Sargent from Coltura discuss their new report on Gasoline Superusers, "Cracking the Gasoline Code". Episode 139 of the Energy Nerd Show.Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodesAudio only versio...
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The BEST Tool for Analyzing Emissions from Heavy Manufacturing
Philip Eash-Gates from Synapse Energy Economics walks us through this amazing new tool to analyze heavy manufacturing emissions. Episode 138 of the Energy Nerd Show.Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodesAudio onl...
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The Portable EV Charger of the Future
Ross Bloom from Revvit chats with us about his new, innovative, Level 1 EV charger. Episode 137 of the Energy Nerd Show.Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodesAudio only version on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: Ener...
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Planning the Grid to Optimize Distributed Resources (Batteries and Rooftop Solar!)
JP Carvallo from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab chats with us about distributed energy resources, renewable energy and the electric grid of the future. Episode 136 of the Energy Nerd Show.Visuals and links available at energynerds...
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Making Solar Affordable for Everyone (with Resonant Energy)
Ben Underwood from Resonant Energy tells us how solar projects can be made affordable for everyone. Episode 135 of the Energy Nerd Show.Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodesAudio only version on Spotify and Appl...
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New Orlean’s Community Network of Solar ‘Lighthouses’
Broderick Bagert from Together New Orleans chats with us about resilience for vulnerable communities in New Orleans, Louisiana and beyond. Episode 134 of the Energy Nerd Show.Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodes
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The Grid of the Future: New Orleans has a Plan for Resilience!
Resilience is key to the electric grid of the future. Jenn Kallay shares some case studies in resilience strategies from Texas, New Orleans and Massachusetts. Episode 133 of the Energy Nerd Show.Visuals and links available at energynerd...
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