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Interchange Recharged — 344 episodes

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Beyond combustion: Long Island's first hydrogen-powered linear generator and the fuel-flexible answer to the dispatchable emissions-free resource problem

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The electrolyzer reckoning: Can disciplined product development deliver on green hydrogen's promise before the survivors run out of runway?

3

Flexibility as a service: Can Octopus's acquisition of Uplight finally make US residential VPPs work?

4

The muscle we forgot: SMRs, hyperscalers, and why this nuclear renaissance might actually be different

5

The grid nobody planned for: public power, hyperscalers and the race to rewire America for the AI age

6

Is hyperscaler demand finally giving CCS its moment?

7

Building the plane while it’s flying: data centers, utilities, and the new rules of power

8

Fuel cells are powering AI data center demand: they’ve moved from interesting clean tech to major player. How are utilities using them?

9

AI, and the battle for energy in 2026. What clean energy sources are going to meet demand?

10

How are key renewable energies faring at the end of 2025? Guest host and energy analyst Bridget van Dorsten talks through developments in geothermal, hydrogen and wind.

11

Energy policy, technology, and utility challenges: How industry leaders are overcoming barriers

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Will energy storage save the grid? How batteries and the software behind them are reshaping reliability in the age of AI demand

13

From capture to storage: inside the full CCUS value chain | Recorded live at CCUS in Houston

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From policy to possibility: How CCUS is moving from talk to action

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Can finance and policy unlock the carbon capture boom? | Recorded live at CCUS in Houston

16

What to do now clean energy subsidies are going? Analysis and insights from clean energy’s biggest North American event

17

Navigating the world after OB3: implications for innovation and local manufacturing | Sponsored content from Hithium - Recorded Live at the PowerUp Stage at RE+

18

Gas prices are rising and the demand for renewable energy is growing. How are big players in the green tech industry preparing for the evolving policy around solar energy credits? (Recorded live at RE+ in Las Vegas)

19

OB3 and market uncertainty has put more pressure than ever on clean energy assets. How are owners and operators getting the most out of their wind, solar and storage? (Recorded Live at RE+ in Las Vegas)

20

Forget Net Zero. Everyone’s talking about energy dominance, but is a rebrand really the best thing for climate action? Recorded at RE+ in Las Vegas as the energy industry’s biggest event gets underway, storytelling becomes part of the strategy.

21

Could your EV power your home? A look at how electric vehicles could be used as two-way charging systems, easing strain on the grid.

22

Transferable tax credits for renewable projects has created a $52 billion market | How are clean energy developers making the most of it?

23

What’s the forecast for energy projects as the Big Beautiful Bill looms over the industry? Developers and suppliers are adapting to the chaos – but how?

24

How is geothermal faring in 2025? Investment is booming but is the technology and policy support there?

25

The oil and gas majors are phasing down their renewable strategies. What does it mean for climate goals?

26

The world’s most-used carbon accounting rule is about to get a major overhaul. What does it mean for clean energy buyers?

27

It’s turbulent times for the wind sector in the US, but the outlook is better across the pond. What can the US learn from Europe?

28

$8 billion in clean energy projects were cancelled this year. Can the US clean energy market survive tariff uncertainty?

29

What’s the biggest mistake clean energy developers make when chasing tax equity? | Sponsored content from Foss and Company

30

An energy podcast crossover: Energy Gang and Interchange Recharged join forces to discuss flexibility on the power grid: why it is so important, and how to create it

31

In uncertain times, is a greater reliance on battery storage what’s needed? And how can developers better prepare for it? | Recorded live at Wood Mackenzie’s Solar & Energy Storage Summit

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Solar and energy storage experts debate the current market: what have we seen in the first quarter of 2025?

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It’s uncertain times in solar and storage. How can we use smarter grid optimisation to give developers some assurance? | Recorded live at SESS 2025

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Are current legal frameworks too restrictive for CCUS projects? What permitting and tax credit reform needs to happen to make things easier?

35

Uncertainty isn’t good for domestic solar manufacturing. How are suppliers and utilities managing it?

36

Is the world giving up on green hydrogen? | Hydrogen energy is having an identity crisis but who’s to blame?

37

The US needs nuclear energy now, more than ever | Are permitting and regulations set up for rapid deployment?

38

What needs to happen to strengthen climate resilience in the US? | Balancing climate mitigation with adaptation is getting harder and harder

39

Meeting energy demand requires long-term solutions. What do they look like?

40

The energy analysts' view on what’s ahead in 2025

41

Is US solar growth truly unstoppable?

42

What does a second Trump term mean for US solar?

43

Can CCUS help achieve net zero?

44

How can we ease stress on the grid?

45

How are tariffs and trade policies impacting green energy growth in the US?

46

How the energy industry is solving issues with battery safety – part 2

47

How can the industry improve battery and storage fire safety? - part 1

48

Innovative financing is needed to mobilise clean energy capital in developing countries. What could it look like?

49

Is the industry taking the wrong approach to Scope 3 emissions reporting?

50

Green hydrogen may be less clean than we think

51

Renewable propane is scaling up, but how far can we take it?

52

To strengthen American competitiveness in energy, the DOE’s ARPA-E department is focusing on advanced nuclear

53

Out with lithium and nickel, in with salt and bricks?

54

Distributed energy storage is taking off

55

The evolution of the solar industry in the US since 2021

56

Demand for solar power and energy storage is only going to increase. What’s the plan for meeting it?

57

Two years on from the IRA and the impact on solar and storage is clear

58

How to build and optimize the grid of the future

59

Demand for batteries is skyrocketing - we need new ways of extracting lithium

60

How banks and government are working together to achieve net zero in the UK

61

What’s the energy transition going to cost?

62

Can we rely on nuclear as a source of clean, reliable power?

63

$802 billion on the horizon: the current state of the EV market

64

A ground-breaking new method of sustainable aviation fuel production

65

How to create the skilled workforce of 2030

66

Cutting the red tape around geothermal energy

67

Transforming EV battery development through the power of AI

68

Checking in on the hydrogen sector

69

AI is transforming demand-side management

70

Carbon capture technology leads the charge for a sustainable future

71

Textile recycling is helping create a circular economy

72

What does the world need from COP28?

73

Creating a circular economy through plastics recycling

74

How new climate modeling can shape the renewable energy landscape

75

The Interchange: Recharged - Live at Wood Mackenzie's CCUS Conference - Part 2

76

Electricity 4.0: A Sustainable, Resilient, and Efficient Future [Sponsored Content]

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The Interchange: Recharged - Live at Wood Mackenzie's CCUS Conference - Part 1

78

Are PPAs Still Playing Their Part In The Expansion Of Solar?

79

From Hours To Days - Reinventing Long-Duration Energy Storage

80

Could Deep-Sea Mining Solve Our Critical Metals Dilemma?

81

A Global Outlook For Local Solar Energy

82

The Money Circuit – Where Are Banks Investing In Clean Energy?

83

GHG Accounting Reform Could Transform Energy Investment

84

Accelerating The Expansion of Utility-Scale Solar [Sponsored Content]

85

The Interchange Live from Wood Mac's Solar & Energy Storage Summit 2023 – Day 2

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The Interchange Live from Woodmac’s Solar & Energy Storage Summit 2023 – Day 1

87

The US Solar Industry Is Booming - What's Driving The Growth?

88

How Close Are We To The Perfect Battery?

89

The Four Horsemen of the Energy Transition: Where’s The Money Going?

90

The Great Digitization Of The Power Sector Is Underway

91

Can SMRs Scale Fast Enough To Reach Climate Goals?

92

The Tide is Turning on Marine Power Investment

93

Spark of Inspiration: The Huge Opportunity to Power The EV Market

94

Can Energy Vault’s System Solve Our Storage Problems?

95

Data and Innovation Are Revolutionizing The Grid

96

All the Best and Unheard Interviews From the Grid Edge Innovation Summit: Addressing Key Issues Affecting the Sector

97

Hydrogen Powering Our Future: Would You Bet On It?

98

The Interchange: Recharged – 2022 In Review

99

The Interchange Recharged podcast: Live at the Grid Edge Innovation Summit – Recap & Highlights

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The Interchange Recharged podcast: Live at the Grid Edge Innovation Summit – Day Two

101

The Interchange Recharged podcast: Live at the Grid Edge Innovation Summit – Day One

102

A New Way of Producing Green Hydrogen

103

Accelerating the transition to net zero – COP27 and the urgency to act now

104

Using energy technology to balance the grid

105

Can Maersk lead the charge to net zero by using methanol as a fuel?

106

Sustainability at sea: How the Maritime Industry is Powering Through the Energy Transition

107

Speed or Sustainability - Will We Always Have to Choose?

108

Solving the Food-Cooling Conundrum: Making Storage Sustainable

109

Could Hydrogen Power the Future of Flight?

110

A New Way of Procuring Energy

111

How Wave Power Can Supplement Wind & Solar

112

The Ever-Changing Role of PPAs In The Energy Transition

113

Green Tech Investments, Green Washing and SPACS

114

The Interchange: Live At The Solar & Energy Storage Summit - Day 3 Recap

115

The Interchange: Live At The Solar & Energy Storage Summit - Day 2 Recap [Bonus Episode]

116

The Interchange: Live At The Solar & Energy Storage Summit - Day 1 Recap [Bonus Episode]

117

6 Months of The Interchange: Recharged - Best Of

118

The Future of Lithium Extraction

119

Redefining Energy Storage

120

Timing the Grid to Reduce Emissions

121

A New Era of the Space Race - Can It Be Done Sustainably?

122

Residential Solar and Storage

123

The Future of Community Solar

124

Scalable Carbon Capture Technology - Putting a Price on Carbon

125

Quaise Energy Digs Deep - Into The World Of Geothermal

126

Innovation And Data Are Revolutionizing The Grid

127

A Conversation With Alight – The Commercial Side of Solar

128

EVs in the US – Are We Lagging Behind?

129

The Future of Solar Storage

130

Solar Power: The Silver Linings of Ditching Silver

131

Our Transition: Shayle Kann Hands Off the Show

132

What the Frack Is Happening With Natural Gas?

133

Would I Lie to You? (Rebroadcast)

134

Carbon Recycling: Microbes, Jet Fuel and Leggings

135

Microsoft’s $1B Climate Innovation Fund

136

Will Hydrogen Look Like Solar?

137

Climate Tech Brings in $16 Billion. Where's It Going?

138

The Climate Workhorse: Extremely Cheap, Clean Electricity

139

Why Fertilizer Is Such a Big Climate Problem

140

What Does a 'Just Transition' Look Like? (Rebroadcast)

141

The Big Moment for Carbon Accounting

142

The Crypto vs Climate Showdown

143

Form Energy Unveils Its Iron-Air Battery

144

How Biden's Clean Electricity Standard Might Work

145

The Price is Right: Deep Decarbonization Edition

146

Where Are Elon's Solar Roofs?

147

The New ‘Valleys of Death’ in Climate Investing

148

Where Are the Gaps in Climate Tech?

149

How A.I. Will Revolutionize Climate Tech

150

Is the 'Carbon Transparency' Era Coming? (Rebroadcast)

151

Where Are We in the Hydrogen Hype Cycle?

152

How Cheap and Abundant Can Clean Power Get?

153

Remaking the Climate-Resilient City

154

Jigar Shah Has $40 Billion. What Will He Do With It?

155

Pathways to Transforming Heavy Industry

156

Where Will Big Money Be Made in Climate Tech?

157

An Island’s Path to 100% Renewables [Special Content From Wärtsilä]

158

Can Computers and Math Save the Climate? (Rebroadcast)

159

The Magnitude of 24/7 Zero-Carbon Energy

160

Why We Underestimate Clean Energy Cost Declines

161

Oil Majors in a Post-Covid World

162

What Does a 'Climate Resilience Director' Do?

163

Are Batteries at a Turning Point?

164

The State of Climate Tech Investing

165

How to Strip Carbon From the Atmosphere

166

Decarbonizing Natural Gas

167

All Finance Is ‘Climate Finance’

168

What Could Dethrone Solar in Home Energy?

169

Covid Gave Us a Glimpse of the Future [Special Content from Wartsila]

170

Deep Decarbonization: Infinity War

171

Is 'Too Much' Wind and Solar a Good Thing?

172

Paths to Net-Zero Emissions by 2050

173

The Virtuous Climate Tech Cycle of 2020

174

The Bumpy Road to a Hydrogen Economy

175

Decoding the New Energy Customer

176

Autonomous Vehicles Are Going Off-Road

177

California’s Optimal Decarbonization Path [Special Content From Wartsila]

178

Energy-Themed Game Show: Would I Lie to You?

179

The State of Carbon Capture, Removal and Utilization

180

The Carbon Hidden in Our Buildings

181

Making Sense of the DER Extravaganza

182

Will California’s Gas-Car Ban Boost America’s Flat EV Market?

183

California's Grab Bag of Climate Risks

184

The Cleantech SPAC Attack

185

Demand Response and California’s Blackouts

186

Why Trump’s Energy Dept Squashed a Supergrid Report

187

The Wild World of ESG

188

The 'Climatetech' Hype Cycle: Buy, Sell or Hold?

189

The Summer of Battery Storage

190

Cleantech Venture Capital in a Pandemic

191

How Covid Is Reshaping Urban Transportation

192

The Next Solar Behemoth: Sunrun Buying Vivint

193

Is the 'Carbon Transparency' Era Coming?

194

Data Centers: The Epicenter of the Clean Energy Economy

195

The Strange Hype Around Nikola Motor

196

A ‘Just Transition’ for Fossil Fuel Workers

197

Decarbonization Draft: The Corporate Raider Edition

198

The New Wave of Carbon Offsets: Is This Time Different?

199

Mapping the Post-Covid Future for EVs and Energy Markets

200

Fuels Are the Final Piece of the 100% Renewable Grid [Special Content]

201

A ‘Permanent Reset’ in Oil?

202

It’s Time to Build: The Climate Edition

203

Live From the Utility Closet and Sunroom

204

What Will the New Normal Look Like?

205

Rewriting the Startup Survival Guide

206

Quarantine Wonkery

207

Everything Is Different

208

Electricity Use During a Pandemic

209

The Energy Intensity of Your Meal Kit Delivery

210

A Founder's Tech-to-Climate Journey

211

The Key to Unlocking 100% Renewables [Special Content]

212

Using Artificial Intelligence to Mitigate Climate Change

213

A Home Solar Veteran Talks Batteries, Smart Home, Tesla Roof, and More

214

24/7 Wind and Solar: The Art of Matching Round-the-Clock Renewables

215

'Climatetech' Is Hot. Will Venture Investors Learn From the First Cleantech Wave?

216

Could Green Hydrogen Become the ‘New Oil’?

217

Would You Take These Bets About Cars, Cities and Voice Control? (Rebroadcast)

218

Proof the Energy Future Is Here

219

Our Most Popular Interviews of 2019

220

Making 100% Clean Energy Goals a Reality [Content From Wartsila]

221

Decade in Review: Most Influential Deals, Stats, Twists and Buzz Phrases

222

Emerging Tech That Will Help Revive Our Infrastructure

223

The Expert Who's Ranking Every Climate Solution

224

The Deep Decarbonization Draft, Part II

225

Climate Risk, Part 3: The Underwater Mortgage Market

226

Climate Risk, Part 2: California's Crisis

227

Climate Risk, Part 1: How Do We Measure It?

228

The Internet-of-Things Promise in Buildings [Special Content From Centrica]

229

3 Barometers of the Energy Transition

230

Can Venture Capital Make America Do Tough Things Again?

231

What’s Driving the Residential Battery Surge?

232

The Stranded Asset Threat to Natural Gas

233

The Age of 100%

234

Tesla’s Solar Gigafactory Struggles

235

How Bad Are Oil & Gas Methane Leaks?

236

How the Kochs Built an Industrial Empire and Reshaped Politics

237

Merchant Solar and Wind: A Ticking Time Bomb?

238

The State of Distributed Energy Aggregation: How Is It Working?

239

The Surprising Public Opinion Trends Behind the Green New Deal

240

The Complexity of NYC’s Green New Deal [Special Content From Centrica]

241

Where Is the Global Energy System Headed?

242

Solar & Wind Curtailment: A Liability or Asset for Grid Decarbonization?

243

Challenging Our Beliefs, Part 2: Do Individual Actions Matter for Climate?

244

Challenging Our Beliefs, Part 1: Do People Care About Energy?

245

The Epochal Shift in Commercial Energy [Special Content From Centrica]

246

Jay Inslee's Climate Plan Is Every Wonk's Dream

247

Are Uber and Lyft Bad for Energy and Climate?

248

Big Companies Quietly Embracing the Energy Transition

249

A Futurist’s Take on ‘Exponential’ Energy Shifts

250

PG&E's Wildfire Saga

251

Why Shell Is Pouring Billions Into Batteries, Microgrids, EVs and Electrification

252

Which Legacy Automaker Is Leading the Electric Vehicle Race?

253

Transmission: The 800kV Gorilla

254

Replay: Ode to the Pivot!

255

What’s Up With Tesla’s Energy Business?

256

What Should We Do With All This Distributed Energy?

257

The Accidental Green Job Counselors

258

Building a Career With Intention [Special Content From Wunder Capital]

259

Cleantech Venture Capital Is Back

260

Steal This Decarbonization Strategy!

261

Battle Royale: Utilities vs Oil Majors vs Mobility Providers vs Big Tech

262

What's Behind Rising US Emissions?

263

This Republican Campaigned on Renewables and Won [Special Episode from Energy News Network]

264

How Flexible, Dispatchable Solar Works

265

Hyped Stories, Underplayed Trends and Breakthroughs of 2018

266

Live: Energy Storage Trends of 2018, Oscars Style

267

Europe ’18 Tour: Brexit Chaos, French Gas Riots, & Polish Climate Talks

268

Blockchain in 2018: Where Are We in the Hype Cycle?

269

A Game of 'Would You Rather' for Energy Wonks

270

Plugging 'Plant Factories' Into the Grid

271

8 Bets About the Future

272

The Solar Window Shopper

273

Are Buildings Smart Yet?

274

Meet the Women Closing Solar Deals [Special Episode From Wunder Capital]

275

Electric Aviation Is Coming

276

Judge Kavanaugh's Past

277

Untangling Solar and Storage Markets

278

Where Did All Those Electric Scooters Come From?

279

Best and Worst Cleantech Ad Campaigns of All Time

280

The Always-On Energy Vampires in Your Home

281

How a Solar Bromance Cracked the Code for Commercial PV [Special Content From Wunder Capital]

282

Watt It Takes: How Schwarzenegger’s Chief of Staff Built a Battery Company

283

Can the Eco-Right Push Republicans on Climate?

284

Energy Policy in a Tweet

285

Ode to the Pivot!

286

'Energy Independence' in Trump's America

287

Are Robots Coming to Take Over the Grid?

288

Solar Is Getting Super Cheap. What Next?

289

Would Electricity Work in a Zombie Apocalypse?

290

Deep Decarbonization Draft: Fantasy Sports for Energy Nerds

291

Damn, Commercial Solar Is Hard

292

Batteries Are Changing Residential Solar

293

European Solar Rises Again, With Fewer Subsidies

294

Shell Thinks Solar Could Beat Oil & Gas

295

What Will Energy Blockchain Become?

296

How Blockchain Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Might Work

297

Gina McCarthy

298

Solar's Tough Year

299

Google and Microsoft Are Shaping Energy Markets

300

A Blueprint for the Transactive Grid

301

Don't Like the Solar Buying Process? Start Your Own Company

302

Can Solar Become the World's Dominant Source of Energy?

303

Cleantech's Top Venture Capitalist, Nancy Pfund

304

Death to Energy Tribalism

305

Our Blockchain Explainer Segment: 'Consensus'

306

Trump Issues Solar Tariffs: We Answer Your Questions

307

What the Grid Really Needs

308

Is Trump Saving Coal?

309

Watt It Takes: The Origin Story of Greentech Media

310

Rebuilding Puerto Rico With Solar and Batteries

311

Energy Storage Has Arrived

312

The Conservative and Progressive View on the Future of Electricity Markets

313

Tesla's Giant Battery: Pros and Cons

314

Dan Shugar, the King Midas of Solar

315

Collision Course: How Wind and Solar Are Disrupting Power Markets

316

Watt It Takes: Sungevity CEO Andrew Birch

317

Halloween Special: You Should Fear a Cyber Attack on the Grid

318

Blockchain for Energy, Part Deux: Real-World Use Cases

319

Watt It Takes: Dick Swanson, Founder of SunPower

320

Rick Perry's Value-of-Coal Tariff

321

The Utility-Startup Paradox

322

America's Solar Trade War Escalates

323

Microgrids, Hurricanes and Resiliency

324

Policymakers Can't Keep Up With Battery and Solar Costs

325

Travis Fisher on DOE's Epic Grid Reliability Report

326

From the Vault: Elon Musk and Grid Fan Fiction

327

Debating Google's Track Record in Energy

328

Can We Make Nuclear Great Again?

329

So You Want to Build a Cleantech Startup?

330

100% Renewables: A Dead End?

331

Leaked Study Puts Energy Dept. in an Awkward Position

332

Mark Jacobson Responds to Skeptics of 100% Renewable Energy

333

A Guide to Blockchain and Energy

334

The Changing Market Rules for Energy Storage

335

Inside the Minds of Top Utility Executives

336

Journey to the Center of the Solar Industry

337

Suniva Trade Case: A Doomsday Scenario for US Solar?

338

Sunrun CEO Lynn Jurich Imagines the Future of Solar

339

Mary Powell Is Not Your Typical Utility Executive

340

Tesla's Grid Storage Architect

341

New York's Historic Utility Reform, Three Years On

342

How Wealthy Are Residential Solar Customers?

343

The Complexity of a Zero-Carbon Grid

344

Offshore Wind Is Finally Coming to America