The Energy Transition Show with Chris Nelder

Straight talk about the world’s transition from fossil fuels to renewables with energy expert Chris Nelder

Episodes

[Episode #252] – Steelmaking in the Mid-Transition

June 18, 2025 • 23 mins

How can a country replace a critical technology like blast furnaces with a low-carbon alternative while preserving national security and jobs?

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[Episode #251] – South Australia on Point

June 4, 2025 • 16 mins

How will South Australia maintain stability and reliability as it becomes the world’s first gigawatt-scale grid to operate with a 100% renewable energy supply?

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[Episode #250] – Russia Revisited

May 21, 2025 • 21 mins

Will Russia finally get on board with the energy transition, or will it just white-knuckle its energy exports all the way down to zero?

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[Episode #249] – Solar Innovation in Australia

May 7, 2025 • 16 mins

Dr. Martin Green, the “father of solar cells,” recounts the evolution of modern solar PV cells, and we interview the CEOs of two CSP companies in Australia.

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[Episode #248] – The Future of Geothermal

April 23, 2025 • 16 mins

What will it take to make next-generation geothermal energy economically competitive and commercially available all over the world?

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[Episode #247] – Energy Innovations in Australia

April 9, 2025 • 14 mins

Numerous energy innovations in Australia help to integrate DERs, VPPs, microgrids, advanced solar and grid technologies, efficient buildings, and more.

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[Episode #246] – Meeting Australia’s 2030 Target

March 26, 2025 • 16 mins

How is the Australian government is working with the grid power sector to plan and execute its transition away from fossil fuels and toward renewables?

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[Episode #245] – Evolving the UK Energy System Part 3

March 12, 2025 • 24 mins

How is Great Britain developing a coordinated plan to evolve all of its energy networks toward complete decarbonization?

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[Episode #244] – Rethinking Industrial Strategy

February 26, 2025 • 19 mins

What makes for good, effective, and enduring green industrial policy?

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[Episode #243] – Decarbonizing Heating

February 12, 2025 • 17 mins

Heat pumps are a low-cost way to decarbonize space heating. Dr. Richard Lowes explains how to design policies to encourage the adoption of heat pumps.

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[Episode #242] – IEA Outlook 2025

January 29, 2025 • 20 mins

What are the implications of the IEA’s view that world demand for all fossil fuels will peak and begin a slow decline within the next five years?

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[Episode #241] – Evolving the UK Energy System Part 2

January 15, 2025 • 18 mins

In this second part of a miniseries on how the UK is evolving its energy system, we discuss innovations on the electricity grid.

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[Episode #240] – Evolving the UK Energy System Part 1

January 1, 2025 • 22 mins

In this first part of a miniseries on how the UK is evolving its energy system, we discuss its world-leading efforts to meet its decarbonization goals.

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[Episode #239] – Making Sense of Chaos

December 18, 2024 • 16 mins

Why have most economic models consistently underestimated the actual speed of the energy transition?

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[Episode #238] – Transition in Europe 2024

December 4, 2024 • 24 mins

Europe’s energy transition is still gathering momentum and moving ahead according to European energy expert Jan Rosenow.

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[Episode #237] – Why Nuclear?

November 20, 2024 • 22 mins

Why do governments continue to push nuclear power when it is the most expensive, risky, and slow way to decarbonize the power grid?

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[Episode #236] – Zero Carbon Industry

November 6, 2024 • 18 mins

What are the specific industrial sectors and processes that produce greenhouse gas emissions, and how can we decarbonize them?

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[Episode #235] – China, India and Australia 2024 Update

October 16, 2024 • 21 mins

Is China relying on coal to power its growth, or renewables? Are their emissions on track to increase, decrease, or go flat? We review the facts!

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[Episode #234] – Transition in Australia 2024

October 2, 2024 • 20 mins

Chris travels to Australia and interviews Giles Parkinson, a longtime journalist and observer of the energy transition Down Under.

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[Episode #233] – Ending the Monopoly Utility

September 18, 2024 • 23 mins

Is it time to break up the utility monopolies in the US and turn ownership and control of the grid over to the public?

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Episodes

.css-14f5ked{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:2;overflow:hidden;}[Episode #252] – Steelmaking in the Mid-Transition

.css-r6mb8g{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:1;overflow:hidden;}[Episode #251] – South Australia on Point

[Episode #250] – Russia Revisited

[Episode #249] – Solar Innovation in Australia

[Episode #248] – The Future of Geothermal

[Episode #247] – Energy Innovations in Australia

[Episode #246] – Meeting Australia’s 2030 Target

[Episode #245] – Evolving the UK Energy System Part 3

[Episode #244] – Rethinking Industrial Strategy

[Episode #243] – Decarbonizing Heating

[Episode #242] – IEA Outlook 2025

[Episode #241] – Evolving the UK Energy System Part 2

[Episode #240] – Evolving the UK Energy System Part 1

[Episode #239] – Making Sense of Chaos

[Episode #238] – Transition in Europe 2024

[Episode #237] – Why Nuclear?

[Episode #236] – Zero Carbon Industry

[Episode #235] – China, India and Australia 2024 Update

[Episode #234] – Transition in Australia 2024

[Episode #233] – Ending the Monopoly Utility

Popular Podcasts

[Episode #252] – Steelmaking in the Mid-Transition

[Episode #251] – South Australia on Point