Volts
A podcast by David Roberts

321 Episodes
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The cybersecurity implications of a clean-energy grid
Published: 2/5/2025 -
Chris Hayes on the attention economy
Published: 1/29/2025 -
What's the deal with pumped-hydro energy storage?
Published: 1/22/2025 -
Assembling diverse resources into super-powered "energy parks"
Published: 1/15/2025 -
Organizing local support for clean energy projects
Published: 1/8/2025 -
Thermal energy networks are the next big thing
Published: 1/1/2025 -
The promise of residential VPPs
Published: 12/20/2024 -
Should we put utilities in charge of distributed energy?
Published: 12/18/2024 -
Time to stop taking hydropower for granted?
Published: 12/13/2024 -
Can we avoid the enshittification of clean-energy tech?
Published: 12/11/2024 -
Climate change and insurance: a growing fustercluck
Published: 12/4/2024 -
Checking in on local and state climate races
Published: 11/27/2024 -
Electrifying big trucks
Published: 11/22/2024 -
Dan Savage on blue America in the age of Trump
Published: 11/20/2024 -
Residential solar is becoming residential solar + storage + VPP
Published: 11/13/2024 -
How railroads could boost the US energy transition
Published: 11/6/2024 -
How is electrification going?
Published: 11/1/2024 -
Tying utility profits to actually doing a good job
Published: 10/23/2024 -
The Department of Energy has gotten serious about technology commercialization
Published: 10/16/2024 -
Digging into one of this year's most important-but-overlooked clean energy elections
Published: 10/11/2024
Volts is a podcast about leaving fossil fuels behind. I've been reporting on and explaining clean-energy topics for almost 20 years, and I love talking to politicians, analysts, innovators, and activists about the latest progress in the world's most important fight. (Volts is entirely subscriber-supported. Sign up!) www.volts.wtf