Where we Are Now and will be by 2050. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. The US Energy Information Administration recently issue the Annual Energy Outlook for 2023 along with projections into 2050. Though it shows where we are now and where we are trending, it still illustrates a rather overly optimistic view […]
Grid Reliability Concerns (Perspectives on Energy)
Solar, Wind and Risk. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. As the industry commissions a growing number of utility scale solar and wind projects, larger entities have the ability to manage and mitigate the effects of premature retirements of base load generation in favor of renewables. Unfortunately, smaller entities such as cooperatives and […]
Europe’s Energy Crisis is a near Miss (Perspectives on Energy)
Is Europe’s Energy Crisis over. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. Europe has managed to avoid a serious energy crisis for now, thanks mostly to unusually warm weather and procuring other sources of LNG after Russia cut off supply. Unfortunately, winter is not yet over and current energy prices, even with price caps, […]
Goodbye Coal, Hello Clean Energy (Code Green)
Hawaii Leads in Clean Electricity. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Howard Wiig. Oahu’s 180 megawatt power plant closes August 31, 2022. Keeping the lights on involves a massive team effort led by Hawaiian Electric. The Hawaii State Energy Office is a very supportive partner doing all we can to […]
RevoluSun Coming out of Covid (Community Matters)
The Mood of Today’s Solar Market. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Josh Powell. We’ve been in the pandemic emergy for 18 months now. The effects of covid on the solar market last year were one thing, but covid is changing again this year. Josh Powell, CEO of RevoluSun, tells […]
KIUC, Hawaiian Power, Born and Raised (Stan The Energy Man)
Kauai Electric Grid Leads the Way. The host for this episode is Stan Osserman. The guest for this episode is Brad W. Rockwell. KIUC is Hawaii’s only island wide power cooperative and it’s getting national recognition for it’s work with clean renewable energy, particularly “intermittent” renewables. Stan and Brad Rockwell talk about how KIUC is […]
Kauai-the greenest county of all? (Code Green)
Why is Kauai so incredibly green? The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guest for this episode is Ben Sullivan. In the middle of Kauai’s days, all electrical power is supplied by renewable sources. Over a 24-hour period, almost 70% of electrical power is clean energy. Power sources include rooftop solar, utility grade […]
Keeping up with Solar on the Big Island (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Kim Keahiolalo. Kim Keahiolalo helps us understand Keeping up with Solar on the Big Island, Things have not slowed down. We discuss solar and other renewables on the Big Island, the success, challenges and what it looks like for the future. […]
Will Covid-19 Debt Halt the Energy Transformation? (Energy In America)
Will we have the money to move to clean energy. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Lou Pugliaresi. Lou Pugliaresi of EPRINC will explain how the huge debt that has been incurred, and will be incurred, in dealing with Covid, taken together with the damage to our […]
Sustainable Energy Hawaii (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
Spreading the word on Sustainable Energy. The host for this episode is Mitch Ewan. The guests for this episode are Peter Sternlicht and Noelani Kalipi. “Talk story” about what SEH is all about and what their goals are. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Hawaii time most weekdays, […]