The episode examines material requirements for a range of clean electricity generation technologies like solar, wind, nuclear, carbon capture, etc.
The podcast episodes discuss a range of clean energy technologies and their role in addressing the growing demand for electricity and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Several episodes highlight the importance of technologies like renewable energy, energy storage, carbon capture and utilization, nuclear power, and hydrogen in meeting climate and energy goals. For example, this episode examines the collaboration between companies like Google and Microsoft to accelerate the development of clean energy technologies, while this episode explores the US government's strategies for deploying a variety of clean technologies to achieve net zero emissions.
The episodes also explore the material and resource requirements of the energy transition, as well as the geopolitical and economic implications of clean energy technologies disrupting traditional fossil fuel industries.