Benjamin Sovacool on the great Nordic energy transition(s)

Benjamin Sovacool on the great Nordic energy transition(s)

How are the Nordic countries spearheading the energy transition? What policies, governance and practices are in place? and what lessons can the rest of us learn from these small but significant countries? 

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Paul Balcombe on the future of Natural Gas in the U.K

Paul Balcombe on the future of Natural Gas in the U.K

What is the future of natural gas in the U.K? Does it have a big, important role or is it a bridge fuel with a clear use-by date? Climate change demands that we have answers to some of these questions but do our politicians do?

On this podcast we have Paul Balcombe from the Sustainable Gas Institute. You can check out his white paper on the carbon emissions within the natural gas supply chain.

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What lessons do historical energy transitions have for us today?

What lessons do historical energy transitions have for us today?

How did we transition from candles to kerosene? or kerosene to electricity? What and when were the conditions ripe for energy transitions of our past? and what lessons do they have for us in the 21st century as we make a transition from high carbon intensity fossil fuels to renewable energy.

On this podcast we have Roger Fouquet from the Grantham Institute at the London School of Economics. He's looked at energy transitions very closely and I speak with him about how the next transition may happen. 

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