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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

Episodes (409)

How inverters can stabilize a renewables-heavy grid

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What's the deal with sodium-ion batteries?

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Climate philanthropy in a time of Trump

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Episodes (409)

How inverters can stabilize a renewables-heavy grid

What's the deal with sodium-ion batteries?

Climate philanthropy in a time of Trump

What does clean energy activism look like?

Trump's latest attempt to save coal

What the FEOC?

A fireside chat with Jigar Shah

US transit costs and how to tame them

Ann Arbor's experiment with a new kind of utility

What's going on with electric boats?

Solar+storage is so much farther along than you think

Trump's big bill: How bad is it and what comes next?

A closer look at Montana's housing "miracle"

PG&E tries to prove that a big utility can innovate

Can data centers be good grid citizens?

Reducing the climate impacts of food and farming

The fight to build faster in California

Rep. Mike Levin reflects on the Republican budget bill

A win for transit-oriented development in Washington state

Sen. Martin Heinrich on the fight over clean energy in the Senate

Making electric motors better

A journey from clean-energy wonkery to influencer fame

How to reduce the impact of mining

What the F is happening? Part 3

Parking reform in Washington, parking reform everywhere!

The past and future of community choice aggregation

A "Google Maps for electrons"

Embedding intelligence at the edge of the grid

Taming the hydrogen hype

Trying to bring geothermal heat pumps to scale

How is public transit doing in the US?

The coolest new home electrification widget

The governor of Illinois discusses decarbonization in the era of Trump

Me, on the Climate Papa podcast

What's up with hydrogen-electric aviation?

What the F is happening? Part 2

How is decarbonization going in the UK?

What in tarnation is going on in Texas?

What's up with clean energy in Finland?

How is clean electricity doing globally?

What's up with clean-energy supply chains and global trade?

The view from inside DC, with Rep. Sean Casten

Mailbag episode - March 2025

What's going on with public power in New York?

Canada's largest sustainable community takes shape

Making sure smart devices can talk to each other and the grid

Who is paying for all that data center power?

Why housing is a pass/fail question for climate

The fate of the EV tax credits

What the F is happening?