Episodes

  • EnergyCents- Change Makers: itselectric Co-Founder & COO Tiya Gordon (Ep. 162)
    Sep 19 2024

    itselectric, a Brooklyn-based electric vehicle (EV) curbside charging company, partners with municipalities and property owners to install, operate, and maintain public chargers on sidewalk curbs. The Level-2 charging ports use spare electrical supply from nearby buildings via a revenue share with property owners and allow EV-drivers to recharge their vehicles without the hassles of locating off-street parking, garages, or out-of-the way charging stations.

    Tiya Gordon, itselectric co-founder and COO, joins EnergyCents hosts Hill Vaden and Sam Humphreys to discuss itselectric’s business model and how the company is working behind-the-meter to accelerate zero-emission vehicle adoption in cities.

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    36 mins
  • EnergyCents- Emissions mission: California prepares to adjust its climate regulations (Ep 161)
    Sep 12 2024

    The California Air Resources Board (CARB) pioneered much of North America’s emissions-reduction policies and is now in the process of updating its regulations as net-zero deadlines near. S&P Global experts Erin Tully and Matt Williams join EnergyCents hosts Hill Vaden and Sam Humphreys to discuss California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) and Cap-and-Trade Program and how these initiatives may evolve as the state makes progress toward its goal of net-zero emissions by 2045.

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    33 mins
  • EnergyCents- Drilling the Shire: New Zealand mulls lifting exploration ban (Ep 160)
    Sep 5 2024

    New Zealand announced on August 26, 2024, that it will reverse its 2018 ban on offshore oil and gas exploration before the start of 2025. S&P Global Expert Joe Keith joins EnergyCents with hosts Hill Vaden and Sam Humphreys to discuss background behind New Zealand’s exploration ban and how domestic demand for natural gas influenced a campaign for its reversal.

    Note: this podcast was recorded on August 7, 2024.

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    33 mins
  • EnergyCents- In a Metal Mood: China's evolving role in global cleantech supply chains (Ep 159)
    Aug 29 2024

    Metals are increasingly a part of the global energy story as low-carbon technologies compete with fossil fuels for market share. Energy planners are therefore paying renewed attention to, and often investing in, the metals and mining sector. S&P Global Expert Nick Trickett joins EnergyCents with hosts Hill Vaden and Sam Humphreys to discuss how clean-electron ambition is stimulating interest in global metals and how China has become a major player in the sector.

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    32 mins
  • EnergyCents- A second chance: Operators turn to refracs in mature shale plays (Ep 158)
    Aug 22 2024

    Production from shale has always been driven by those wells drilled in core acreage. While core inventory depletes each year, each well’s recovery rate is low enough that production growth remains possible with improvements in technology. S&P Global Expert Prescott Roach joins EnergyCents with hosts Hill Vaden and Sam Humphreys to discuss the potential for refracs in North America’s mature shale plays and why industry is optimistic about incremental oil and gas volumes from already-drilled wells.

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    32 mins
  • EnergyCents- Sunburn: Solar sector seeks relief as supply outruns demand (Ep. 157)
    Aug 15 2024

    Low-cost manufacturing of solar technologies has enabled one of the fastest growth trajectories of global low-carbon energy supply. The pace of growth, led by China, has led to both a glut in supply and protectionist measures from other countries looking to develop solar capabilities of their own. S&P Global expert Cormac Gilligan joins EnergyCents hosts Hill Vaden and Sam Humphreys to discuss the success of solar in decarbonizing electricity markets and share perspective on what the future may hold for the fast-growing sector.

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    30 mins
  • EnergyCents- Change Makers: Diversified Energy SVP Doug Kris (Ep 156)
    Aug 8 2024

    Diversified Energy owns and operates onshore natural gas wells in the United States and has built itself by acquiring the long-lived, non-core assets of other operators. The company prides itself on ensuring consistent free cash flows from operations; reducing its portfolio’s scope 1 methane emissions; and retiring end-of-life wells through its Next LVL Energy affiliate.

    Diversified Energy Senior Vice President of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications Doug Kris joins EnergyCents with hosts Hill Vaden and Sam Humphreys to discuss how Diversified’s core competencies acquiring, managing, and retiring mature upstream assets enable the company to deliver shareholder value and meet, or exceed, sustainability goals.

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    https://www.div.energy/about-us/

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    35 mins
  • EnergyCents- Hotspot: The E&P race in the Atlantic Margin (Ep. 155)
    Aug 1 2024

    The Atlantic Margin, the play between the west coast of Africa and the east coast of South America, is increasingly under the upstream spotlight. With high E&P potential in countries like Guyana, Suriname and Namibia, many major oil and gas players are keen to explore and invest.

    S&P Global experts Ford Tanner and Ida Hockerfelt join EnergyCents hosts Hill Vaden and Sam Humphreys to discuss the potential in the Atlantic Margin, as well as the responses from governments in the region towards foreign investment.

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    35 mins